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Here’s hoping you didn’t expect the beef between LeBron James and Enes Kanter to subside anytime soon. Because it’s not going to. What started as LeBron taking jabs at Phil Jackson while indirectly marginalizing Frank Ntilikina has since evolved into an on-court scuffle and full-out war of words and Instagram posts and responses to those [...]

Does Paul George get annoyed when people pester him or speculate about his future—or lack thereof—with the Oklahoma City Thunder? Nope. Well, actually, he probably does get aggravated and frustrated and pissed off and exhausted and all that stuff. But he doesn’t let it get to him. After all, as he notes, per ESPN.com’s Royce [...]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr is so impressed with the Boston Celtics thus far that he might be prepping his team to face them in the NBA Finals this June. Okay, fine. Probably not. Even he has to be feeling that the Cleveland Cavaliers’ struggles, on some level, will work themselves out. They’re [...]

Gregg Popovich and LaMarcus Aldridge really are on the same page nowadays. Speaking with reporters ahead of the San Antonio Spurs’ close-but-not-really-close-but-kind-of-actually-close win over the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday, the head honcho went out of his way to compliment his All-Star big man, per Tom Osborn of the San Antonio Express-News: [tweet https://twitter.com/tom_orsborn/status/930596174427557889] Aldridge has no [...]

Kyrie Irving suffered a facial fracture in the first quarter of the Boston Celtics’ Friday night victory over the Charlotte Hornets. The injury forced him to miss the team’s Sunday night tilt (and win) against the Toronto Raptors. But that’s all the time it will cost him. Irving is slated to return when the Celtics [...]

Sigh, Enes. During the New York Knicks’ Monday night loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, Enes Kanter did a good thing: came to the defense of rookie Frank Ntilikina, who found himself in the middle of a miniature scuffle with LeBron James—no doubt the result of lingering tension following the latter’s sentiments on Dennis Smith Jr. [...]

Good news for people who don’t want Dirk Nowitzki to retire after this season: The Dallas Mavericks’ record won’t have any bearing on whether he hangs it up for good this summer. As he told ESPN.com’s Tim MacMahon: Year 20 could potentially be it for Nowitzki, who has matched Kobe Bryant’s record for longest career [...]

Chris Paul hasn’t played since the Houston Rockets’ opening-night victory over the Golden State Warriors, and though he’s expected to return sometime this week, the team isn’t making any promises. From the Houston Chronicle‘s Jonathan Feigen: With the Rockets hoping to have guard Chris Paul ready to play Thursday in Phoenix, Paul ramped up his workouts [...]

Rudy Gobert still isn’t happy with Dion Waiters. Not only did the Miami Heat guard collide with his right knee, an incident that will cost the big man four to six weeks of basketball, but he sounded less than sympathetic afterward, telling reporters, per Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel: “I’ve never been a dirty [...]

Aaron Gordon is game for a third shot at the NBA’s slam-dunk title. He indicated as much to The Undefeated’s Marc J. Spears: Magic forward Aaron Gordon told ESPN’s The Undefeated he would accept an invite to the 2018 NBA Slam Dunk contest if asked by the league. Gordon’s return to the Slam Dunk Contest [...]