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Professional sports is a mercenary sport as players are more loyal to their brand than their teams and organizations view players more as assets than valued employees like in most industries. This has become especially true in the NBA as a handful of stars seem to change teams every off-season these days as teams try [...]

Most of the NBA world has been on tilt since LeBron James left the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Los Angeles Lakers. Stephen Curry does not count himself among those who are especially concerned with the four-time MVP’s latest relocation. As he told USA Today‘s Sam Amick: There’s a lot that’s been made about the competition in [...]

Give NBA commissioner Adam Silver truth serum, and he’ll probably cop to wishing the Golden State Warriors never signed Kevin Durant. As far as them ruining the league, though? You’ll never get him to admit that. Silver was asked about the potentially adverse impact the Warriors’ dominance is having on the NBA while speaking with [...]

The Dallas Mavericks apparently don’t have any interest in trying to sign DeAndre Jordan this summer if he opts out of the final year of his contract with the Los Angeles Clippers. I wonder why. From the Dallas Morning News‘ Eddie Sefko: What do you make of this DeAndre Jordan chatter? Would the Mavs seriously be [...]

The New Orleans Pelicans are the NBA playoff team no one saw coming. They weren’t supposed to be the first squad that secured entry into Round 2. Few people picked them to beat the Portland Trail Blazers at all. They sure as hell weren’t supposed to complete a sweep—and be the only team to do [...]

First and foremost: Breathe a sigh of relief. Anthony Davis is fine—for the most part. But he almost wasn’t. Midway through the second quarter of the New Orleans Pelicans’ Tuesday night victory over the Los Angeles Clippers, Davis collided with DeAndre Jordan and immediately began favoring his side. He didn’t make it back down the [...]

Anthony Davis has been playing out of his mind since DeMarcus Cousins went down with a torn Achilles on January 27. He is averaging 35.9 points, 12.8 rebounds, 2.5 blocks, 2.4 assists and 2.3 steals for the month of February and has led the Pelicans to a 8-3 record for the month. He had one [...]

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 [...]

Twenty-seven percent of NBA players polled by ESPN agree: The Boston Celtics make the league’s best free-agency pitches. The worldwide leader polled “48 NBA pros” on various hot topics, including LeBron James’ free agency, DeMarcus Cousins’ future with the New Orleans Pelicans and LaVar Ball’s impact on the Los Angeles Lakers’ appeal. ESPN also asked [...]

Another NBA All-Star is down. The San Antonio Spurs announced on Monday that LaMarcus Aldridge would be out of the lineup through the All-Star break while tending to a sore right knee. The good news? This injury isn’t serious enough to keep him out of Sunday’s All-Star tilt itself, per the San Antonio Express-News‘ Jeff McDonald: [...]