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Dallas Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle wants you to know he has no interest in becoming the next head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks. Speaking on 105.7FM The Fan earlier this week, the Racine Journal Times‘ Gery Woelfel loosely linked Carlisle to Milwaukee’s ongoing search for a Jason Kidd/Joe Prunty successor: This report was apparently strong [...]

Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra has so much respect for David Fizdale, his former assistant, that he hopes the 43-year-old takes a job with a Western Conference team this summer. Here’s the full context of Spo’s sentiments, per ESPN.com’s Ian Begley: This is quite the endorsement. Spo is one of the best coaches in [...]

The Los Angeles Clippers’ front office isn’t afraid to shoot its shot. Word broke in early January that the Clippers offered Blake Griffin to the Minnesota Timberwolves in a package built around Karl-Anthony Towns. Though many didn’t think much of it then, Los Angeles ultimately dealt its five-time All-Star to the Detroit Pistons on Monday, [...]

Hopefully the Los Angeles Clippers didn’t trade Blake Griffin to the Detroit Pistons with LeBron James in mind, because he certainly doesn’t have them on his brain. Some speculated that the Clippers’ decision to sell early on Griffin’s five-year, $171.2 million contract had to do with clearing cap space in advance of James’ free agency. [...]

The losses just keep on coming for the Los Angeles Clippers. That is, the personnel losses. The Clippers actually won a game on Monday, taking down the streaking Toronto Raptors in what represented Milos Teodosic’s first dose of NBA action in almost two months following a bout fasciitis. But, just as the Clippers were welcoming [...]

Count Stephen Curry among the group of NBA peeps who won’t be giving up on Lonzo Ball just because he’s struggling to leave a dent on the offensive end through the quarterpole of his rookie season. Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers most recently spoke up in support of the 20-year-old point guard. And [...]

The Los Angeles Clippers lost more than the game against the Miami Heat on Sunday. They lost Danilo Gallinari, too. The 29-year-old was forced out of action in the first half with a hip injury, something he’s been laboring through for a few games, per the Los Angeles Times‘ Kevin Baxter: The Clippers lost Danilo Gallinari after he [...]

Danilo Gallinari was always a risk to leave the Denver Nuggets. Now, he’s good as gone. The Nuggets came to terms on a three-year, $90 million deal with Paul Millsap on Sunday night, as first reported by The Vertical’s, Shams Charania, adding to their already full supply of combo forwards. To clear the space necessary for this [...]

Blake Griffin’s latest setback, a season-ending big toe injury, hasn’t changed the Los Angeles Clippers’ plans this summer: They are still going to re-sign him. From The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski (via RealGM): “Griffin is still a significant part of the Clippers’ future. Management remains committed to signing him to a long-term deal this summer, league sources tell [...]

Jamal Crawford is forever. The soon-to-be 37-year-old is in his 17th NBA season, and he has no plans of retiring anytime soon, per the Chicago Tribune‘s K.C. Johnson: Crawford will turn 37 in two weeks. But get this: The ageless wonder said he wants to play three or four more seasons. “When you love the game, [...]