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Since the Hornets made the decision to let their general manager Rich Cho go a few weeks back after another underwhelming season and missed postseason, rumors have been swirling that former Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak was the top candidate for the job. That interest was a reality as Kupchak was reportedly offered the job by [...]

The 2017-18 season has not gone as Hassan Whiteside would have hoped. After averaging 17.0 points and an NBA-leading 14.1 rebounds per game in 2016-17 in 32.6 minutes per game, Whiteside’s health, productiveness, effort and ultimately minutes have all gone down this season and it has led to much frustration with Whiteside and the team. [...]

When Zach LaVine becomes a restricted free agent, he may have fewer than 25 games under his belt since suffering an ACL tear with the Minnesota Timberwolves last season. Though he has since rejoined the Chicago Bulls rotation, he’s once again sidelined with tendinitis in said knee—a setback that could adversely impact the value of [...]

Frank Ntilikina’s place on the New York Knicks is unclear—both now and over the long haul. Is he a point guard? A shooting guard? Should he be starting? Coming off the bench? Are the Knicks doing him a disservice by at times playing him Trey Burke and Emmanuel Mudiay over him? The answer isn’t a [...]

In his first public comments since being fired by the Milwaukee Bucks earlier this season, Jason Kidd cleared up…very little. Most tend to think he was canned because he lost the locker room, or because he pissed off ownership with a power play similar to what he pulled with the Brooklyn Nets, or because he [...]

Karl Anthony Towns had the best night of his young career on Wednesday night, torching the Atlanta Hawks to the tune of 56 points. He also set a new Timberwolves franchise record for points in a single game in the process. In total Towns had 56 points, 15 rebounds, four assists and one block on [...]

So this seems like a good time to panic—or to at least mentally prepare ourselves to panic. Joel Embiid left during the second quarter of the Philadelphia 76ers’ Wednesday night win over the New York Knicks after colliding with Markelle Fultz. He was diagnosed with a facial contusion and did not return, even though he [...]

Worried that the Oklahoma City Thunder might miss out on making the NBA playoffs? Well, don’t be. Because they won’t. Carmelo Anthony says so. From ESPN.com’s Royce Young: “We’ll be there. We’ll be there,” Anthony said Wednesday. “I think we’re confident enough to know that we’ll be there. Where? We’ll see when that time comes, [...]

LeBron James has been a legitimate MVP candidate and worthy of the award on a yearly basis for the past 10-12 years. He is doing his thing once again in the 2017-18 season, averaging 27.4 points, 9.1 assists and 8.6 rebounds on 55% shooting with a PER of 28.6. Because of his performance and all [...]

Good news, San Antonio Spurs fans: Sean Elliott is almost certain Kawhi Leonard and the franchise are A-OK. In the face of rumors and speculation that Leonard, his teammates and the organization might not be on the same page about his right quad injury and intent to return, the former Spur and current commentator told [...]