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The Houston Rockets will not be entering the NBA playoffs unscathed. No team will, really, The push and pull and grind of an 82-game season always takes its toll. Many players aren’t beginning the postseason at 100 percent, or even at something close to 100 percent. But Luc Mbah a Moute won’t be beginning the [...]

So this is what complete and utter happiness feels like. Dirk Nowitzki has one year left on his contract—a team option worth $5 million. We know he plans to honor it, even after having season-ending ankle surgery. But could he maybe, possibly, if we’re lucky, also play beyond it, into 2019-20 and further on? Apparently, [...]

Blake Griffin is one helluva comedian. This, for the record, is presented without sarcasm or irony. I really mean this. The clip of him doing stand-up that made the internet rounds last summer was mostly hysterical, and he remains one of the NBA’s best follows on Twitter. Speaking of which, the All-Star forward, who will [...]

At long last, some good news on the health front for the Golden State Warriors: Andre Iguodala will be ready to rock when the NBA playoffs tip off. From the San Francisco Chronicle‘s Connor Letourneau: After missing six of the Warriors’ final seven regular-season games with left knee soreness, Andre Iguodala is poised to return for [...]

Kevin Durant will be a free agent this summer… not really though. According to a report from Chris Haynes of ESPN, Durant is going to opt out of his deal in order to restructure his contract this summer. “A nine-time All-Star and the reigning NBA Finals MVP, Durant will be turning down a salary of [...]

Despite being without their All-Star Center Joel Embiid, the 76ers have been the hottest team in the NBA since the beginning of March. They set a new franchise record with their 15th straight win on Tuesday night over the Hawks, 121-113. They are now sitting at 51-30 and can clinch the No. 3 seed in [...]

The Boston Celtics are limping into the 2018 NBA Playoffs as their three best guards will likely be out for their first round match-up. Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward will be out for the entire postseason, but Marcus Smart is recovering from a hand injury (suffered by punching something after a game) and could be [...]

Does J.R. Smith miss being a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ starting lineup? Kind of. Maybe. Sort of. Okay, not really. Asked about head coach Tyronn Lue’s decision to move him back to the pine after an extended stay in the opening five, Smith didn’t hesitate to acknowledge he’s comfortable in his current role, per [...]

Kendrick Perkins must be the greatest locker room guy of all time. According to a report from ESPN, the Cavaliers have signed Kendrick Perkins to fill their 13th and final roster spot for the final game of the regular season against New York and for the postseason. Perkins averaged 8.7 points and 7.1 rebounds in [...]

Stan Van Gundy’s coach-president role with the Detroit Pistons is safe. Or, actually, maybe he’ll be back next year only as the coach. Or perhaps he won’t be back at all. So much for clarity. Pistons owner Tom Gores didn’t provide any concrete inklings of his own while talking to reporters during halftime of his [...]