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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 [...]

Sorry, Donovan Mitchell. Ben Simmons doesn’t think you have a legitimate chance of winning Rookie of the Year. Nor does he seem impressed by you at all. Consider what the Philadelphia 76ers newbie told ESPN.com’s Chris Haynes: “Who would I pick? Me, 100 percent,” Simmons told ESPN at the Ritz-Carlton in downtown Philadelphia on Saturday. [...]

Currently in the No. 7 seed in the western conference, the Oklahoma City Thunder have not quite had the level of success many expected they would after acquiring Paul George and Carmelo Anthony this summer. While Melo hasn’t exactly fit in seamlessly alongside Russell Westbrook in OKC, Paul George has been pretty effective and has [...]

Quinn Cook has worked his way from undrafted player out of Duke to currently playing an important role for the reigning NBA champions. He has been serving as their starting point guard in Steph Curry’s absence. He has averaged 15.6 points, 5.6 assists and 3.8 rebounds per game in April on 53% shooting from the [...]