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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 [...]

At long last, some good news on the injury front for the Golden State Warriors. After missing the team’s past six games with an incomplete right ribs fracture, Kevin Durant plans to rejoin the rotation for Thursday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks, per ESPN.com’s Chris Haynes: Warriors head coach Steve Kerr, ever the cautious prognosticator [...]

Dirk Nowitzki has had a record-breaking NBA career as one of the greatest scorers and power forwards in league history and the best player to ever come from Europe. He is apparently planning on making some more history. Dirk is planning to return for his 21st season with the Mavericks in 2018-19, which will set [...]

Just in case you needed another reminder that the relationship between LeBron James and Dwyane Wade is bigger than basketball, here it comes. Prior to the Cleveland Cavaliers’ loss at the hands of the Miami Heat on Tuesday night, James told ESPN.com’s Dave McMenamin that he hasn’t lost touch with Wade in the slightest since [...]