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The Minnesota Timberwolves got some rough news over the weekend. Their leader and All-Star wing player Jimmy Butler will likely miss at the least the remainder of the regular season after suffering a torn meniscus in Minnesota’s loss to Houston Friday night. He underwent surgery over the weekend and doesn’t have a clear timetable for [...]

Dirk Nowitzki is perturbed by Sports Illustrated‘s look into the Dallas Mavericks’ toxic workplace culture. While the report specifically included a former senior employee applauding the environment within the locker room and around the players, the business side of the organization appears to have been fraught with misogyny and harassment for decades, dating back to before [...]

Anthony Davis’ latest comments will come as music to New Orleans Pelicans’ fans ears. Although The Brow recently acknowledged he’s thought about becoming the next Kevin Garnett—loyal to a fault—he followed up these thoughts by reiterating his commitment to his current team, per The Advocate’s Scott Kushner: “I’m here until 2021 and then I’ll make [...]

Marquese Chriss came into the 2016 NBA Draft as one of the most raw but intoxicating players of the class. He is a 6’9″ athletic marvel with all of the physical abilities to develop into a really good NBA player, something that teams hoped he would develop into in time as he only began playing [...]

On the heels of the latest school shooting in Florida, students have started speaking out in favor of more thorough gun-control policies en masses. Walkouts have been staged. Plenty of tweets have been sent. Teenagers are doing TV interviews, addressing and verbalizing profound issues with the poise and polish that almost makes you forget they’re, [...]

The NBA is returning to Seattle… for a pre-season game, sorry to get your hopes up there. According to Ailene Voisin of the Sacramento Bee, the Kings and Warriors will have a pre-season game in Seattle in 2018: “The Kings and Golden State Warriors have scheduled a preseason game next season in Seattle, according to [...]

The NBA’s All-Star Weekend is known for many things—food, parties, fashion statements, great memes, awesome gifs, even a little basketball. It’s also a hotbed for tampering. How could it not be? Put that many agents, team executives and league officials in the same vicinity, and some risque discussions are bound to take place. All-Star participants, [...]

LeBron James is cool with the NBA’s new method of fielding All-Star teams each and every February. He is not, however, on board with a proposed change that would send the 16 best squads to the playoffs irrespective of conference affiliation. From the Associated Press’ Tom Withers (via NBA.com): Commissioner Adam Silver recently floated a [...]

Anthony Davis views Kevin Garnett as a cautionary tale. Back in May 2010, a couple years after he was traded to the Boston Celtics and just before LeBron James fled the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Miami Heat, The Big Ticket offered candid comments about the perils of loyalty in the NBA. He had spent 12 [...]

Klay Thompson is among the handful of superstar free agents the Los Angeles want to sign in 2019…according to his father. Speaking with KNBR’s Tolbert & Lund, Mychal Thompson, a Lakers broadcaster for Spectrum Sports, said team president  Magic Johnson and general manager Rob Pelinka have their eyes on his son, in addition to Jimmy [...]