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Tom Thibodeau, head coach and president of the Minnesota Timberwolves, is no softy—unless you compared him to Kentucky head coach John Calipari. Okay, fine. That’s not exactly what Karl-Anthony Towns told CBS Sports’ Reid Forgrave. But he did say that Coach Cal has was much harder on him than Thibs is now: Q.Who’s tougher on you, [...]

Any changes the New Orleans Pelicans make this summer will come via roster moves. Because the executorial pecking order isn’t going anywhere. According to The Advocate‘s Scott Kushner, the Pelicans plan to keep head coach Alvin Gentry and general manager Dell Demps in place as they prepare for next season: General manager Dell Demps and coach [...]

In taking over for Larry Bird as the Indiana Pacers’ team president, Kevin Pritchard is not inheriting an enviable position. Yes, there’s Paul George’s future to consider. But the roster in general is woefully imbalanced. There’s likely no getting out from under the Monta Ellis and Al Jefferson deals, which aren’t terrible, but are just bad [...]

Neither Nerlens Noel’s departure nor Joel Embiid’s latest battle with injuries has changed the Philadelphia 76ers’ plan: They still want to trade Jahlil Okafor. Team president Bryan Colangelo recently said as much, per Philly.com’s Keith Pompey: “If a deal comes along that makes sense for both of us, then we will go ahead and make [...]

While it is always a difficult and unfortunate decision for an organization to fire their general manager and move forward in a different direction, it was time for the Magic to move on from Rob Hennigan. The Magic never made the postseason in Hennigan’s five seasons and are currently on their 3rd head coach. Hennigan [...]

Are you ready for the most Kawhi Leonard anecdote ever? It involves Kawhi, All-Star weekend and an early morning workout, so of course you are. Here’s what Bleacher Report’s J.P. Abrams unearthed while working on a nicely penned feature about the mysterious character and rise of Mr. Leonard: But if those around Leonard are short [...]

Jrue Holiday will enter free agency this summer, at which time he’ll have an array of suitors and a foregone opportunity to sign a contract that’s worth nine figures over its life. Naturally, he hasn’t given that the slightest bit of thought, per The New Orleans Advocate‘s Scott Kushner: The heralded guard will be a [...]

Sam Hinkie, the author of the Philadelphia 76ers’ Process, may be coming to an NBA team near you—provided, of course, your NBA team is the Sacramento Kings. According to ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe and Marc Stein, Sacramento has been granted permission to speak with the Sixers’ former general manager: The Sacramento Kings have expressed exploratory interest [...]

Doc Rivers is probably okay that the Los Angeles Clippers lost to the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night. He loves Dirk Nowitzki that much. Fine, you got me. There’s no way he’s cool with the loss. It was a contentious game the Clippers needed. They’re now just one game up on the Oklahoma City Thunder [...]

The Lance Stephenson experiment is over in Minnesota and the T’Wolves have now acquired former King and noted rare DeMarcus Cousins buddy, Omri Casspi. Casspi’s stay in New Orleans was about as brief as Andrew Bogut’s in Cleveland as Casspi broke his thumb in his first game with the Pelicans, which caused the Pelicans to [...]