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Ah yes, feels like a bit of deja vu with Scottie Pippen commenting on the debate between King James and Air Jordan. In an appearance on ESPN’s First Take (the perfect sort of show for this sort of headline grabbing material), Pippen explained how he would statistically put LeBron over Jordan. See the quote here: [...]

Nerlens Noel’s situation with the Dallas Mavericks continues to rank among the NBA’s most wild roller coaster rides in recent memory. First he excelled after being shipped to Big D from the Philadelphia 76ers—particularly when slotted alongside Dirk Nowitzki, according to NBA.com. Then, in restricted free agency, the Mavericks offered him life-changing money: roughly $70 [...]

After missing the past six games with a left ankle sprain, Nikola Jokic was medially cleared to rejoin the Denver Nuggets for their Wednesday night bout with the Boston Celtics. But that wasn’t good enough for Mike Malone. As Denver’s head honcho told reporters following the 124-118 loss, he remains concerned that Jokic isn’t mentally [...]

The Houston Rockets have been the best team in the NBA thus far this season. James Harden is playing at an MVP level once again and Chris Paul adds another layer of intensity and play-making to a team rife with shooters and guys who can fill up a stat sheet. As good as the Rockets [...]

Gordon Hayward continues to make progress in his recovery from a dislocated left ankle and fractured tibia—loads of progress, actually. Most recently, on Wednesday, Hayward divulged that doctors have cleared him to move around without his walking boot on a (hopefully) indefinite basis. As he told reporters, per ESPN.com’s Chris Forsberg: “The process is always [...]

Things have gone downhill in a hurry for the Memphis Grizzlies. They have lost 16 of their last 17 games and have gone from 7-4 to last place in the western conference at 8-20. One of their stars is out recovering from Achilles and heel soreness, but the other has been slogging away with the [...]

Paul George has been way more open than most NBA players about his desires in his upcoming free agency and his dream to play for his hometown team: the Los Angeles Lakers. George made this abundantly clear to the Indiana Pacers, but at least did so with enough time for the Pacers to deal George [...]

LaVar Ball isn’t viewed as a very likable guy to many in the basketball world. The classic stage dad (or court dad in this case I suppose) that tries to feed off of the fame of his sons and capitalize on it for his own benfit and fame, even at the detriment to his sons. [...]

As you now know, the man, the myth, the legend, LaVar Ball, has decided to pull his two younger sons out of UCLA and Chino Hills High School in Los Angeles in order to have them sign a professional contract overseas. Somewhat surprisingly, he was successful as both LiAngelo and LaMelo signed a contract with [...]

The Philadelphia 76ers? In the NBA Finals? Against the Golden State Warriors? In a winner-take-all Game 7? Joel Embiid will take it. Actually, strike that: He’s already predicted it. ESPN.com’s Ramona Shelburne released an interesting profile on the Sixers’ big man, and while the entire piece is worth your time, a sentiment near the beginning [...]