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Brandon Ingram has been good lately. How good, you ask? So good, he has certain people around the NBA believing he’ll be better than Rookie of the Year favorite Ben Simmons. From The Ringer’s Kevin O’Connor (h/t Lakers Nation): Brandon Ingram is rolling. A few execs told me at @SloanSportsConf they think Ingram will end [...]

Everything is cool between Hassan Whiteside and Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra. Finally. Whiteside and the Heat entered the All-Star break traversing what appeared to be a slippery slope. He was averaging under 25 minutes per game in the nine contests leading into the midseason sabbatical and was, by many appearances, visibly unhappy with [...]

LeBron James is 33 years, in his 15th season in the NBA and he still is playing at an elite level. He is averaging the most assists of any year of his NBA career with 9.0 and the second most rebounds per game at 8.4. He also just became the 1st member of the 30k-8k-8k [...]

Derrick Rose has yet to find another NBA home after being traded from the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Utah Jazz and getting subsequently waived. And he might not get his next opportunity until 2018-19. Bleacher Report’s Ken Berger staged a fantastic deep dive into Rose’s status within the NBA, both immediately and long term. Among [...]

The Houston Rockets are having quite the season thus far, at 47-13 they currently possess the best record in the NBA and have the No. 1 seed in the western conference by way of tiebreaker over the Golden State Warriors. They are also an incredible 30-1 when their three best players, James Harden, Chris Paul [...]

Trevor Booker never really fit as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers. As the asset returned in the Jahlil Okafor trade with the Brooklyn Nets in December, Booker’s hustle play and inconsistency at being able to stretch the floor at the four position made him a poor fit for a team who already has a [...]

Josh Hart’s standout rookie season may have just reached an abrupt end. The 22-year-old newbie suffered a fracture in his left hand during a Los Angeles Lakers team practice on Wednesday. It’s not immediately clear how much time he’ll miss as a result, per ESPN.com’s Ohm Youngmisuk: Los Angeles Lakers rookie Josh Hart suffered a fractured left fourth [...]

To all those hoping LeBron James signs with the Philadelphia 76ers this summer: The four-time MVP hears you. He sees you. He appreciates you. Power Home Remodeling, a company based out of Chester, Pennsylvania put up three billboards in Cleveland that very clearly recruited James on the Sixers’ behalf, per ESPN.com’s Darren Rovell. Well, the soon-to-be [...]

Prospective NBA tankers beware: Commissioner Adam Silver is watching. Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was recently fined $600,000 for pro-tanking comments. But the league, and Silver, didn’t stop there. A memo was sent to all 30 teams shortly thereafter, according to USA Today‘s Sam Amick, the contents of which left little to the imagination about where [...]

Plenty of people are wondering whether the New York Knicks will bring back Jeff Hornacek, who has one year left on his contract, for next season. Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers might, maybe, possibly, potentially be one of them. From the New York Post‘s Marc Berman: It would be an easier sell for Clippers [...]