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Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra has so much respect for David Fizdale, his former assistant, that he hopes the 43-year-old takes a job with a Western Conference team this summer. Here’s the full context of Spo’s sentiments, per ESPN.com’s Ian Begley: This is quite the endorsement. Spo is one of the best coaches in [...]

There is a large discrepancy between the salaries of NBA players and their G-League counterparts. According to data pulled from Statista, the average NBA salary for the 2017-18 season is about $7 million. Contrast that with the average G-League salary being between $19,000 and $26,000 this past season. This is the major reason why the [...]

Despite a rash of injuries and being without Kyrie Irving, Marcus Smart and Gordon Hayward (yes that still counts), the Boston Celtics are playing great basketball and hold a 2-0 lead over the Milwaukee Bucks in their best of seven series. One of the reasons that the Celtics have gotten out to a 2-0 lead [...]

If you felt a sense of finality following Dwyane Wade’s 26-point detonation during the Miami Heat’s Game 2 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers, you’re probably not alone. You’re also not necessarily feeling something that’s there. On the flip side, you’re not exactly wrong either. Wade hasn’t made a decision about whether he’ll return for a [...]

Kobe Bryant has been lauded as one of the most competitive and hard-working superstars in NBA history, the kind of guy who was consumed by greatness and lived and breathed the game. Bryant was on Jim Rome’s podcast on Monday and he gave a glimpse into one of the situations that motivated Bryant to outwork [...]

It doesn’t sound like Jeff Van Gundy will be competing with ESPN colleague Mark Jackson in the New York Knicks’ head-coaching sweepstakes. Though Van Gundy’s name is one among many that has been floated around as a potential replacement for the fired Jeff Hornacek, ESPN.com’s Ian Begley reports the franchise doesn’t have any interest in [...]

Joel Embiid seems like he’s done watching the Philadelphia 76ers’ playoff campaign unfold from the sidelines. The big man has missed the past 10 games, both regular season and postseason, after having surgery to repair an orbital fracture near his left eye. Though the Sixers won the first nine of those contests without him, their [...]

We saw vintage Dwyane Wade on Monday night in Philadelphia. The future hall of famer and former NBA Finals MVP started Game 2 scorching hot, making his first seven shots and finishing with 21 points in the first half. He would finish with 28 points in the Heat’s 113-103 victory to even the series at [...]

CJ McCollum and Damian Lillard wasted little time breaking down the Portland Trail Blazers’ Game 1 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday. And now, as a result, they’re feeling pretty good about Game 2. From NBC Sports Northwest’s Jason Quick: The text messages zipped back and forth. They talked strategy. They talked about [...]

LeBron James tallied a triple-double during the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Game 1 loss to the Indiana Pacers. On most nights, that would be enough to pick up a victory—or at least keep his team within striking distance until the final buzzer. But it wasn’t. The Cavaliers artificially hung around before fading away during the tail end [...]