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Welcome to Day 5 of Eric Bledsoe trade watch. If you weren’t paying attention during Day 4, don’t worry about it. Nothing really happened—though the Denver Nuggets certainly have more of an incentive to go all-in on a potential deal following their loss to the Detroit Pistons. Oh, and actually, the “nothing really happened” message [...]

Kawhi Leonard has yet to play this season while recovering from a quad injury, but he might be ready to make his 2017-18 debut very soon. Or maybe not. San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich doesn’t really know, nor does he seem particularly concerned with attaching any sort of timetable to the All-Star’s return, [...]

Losing to the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night did not bilk Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue of his sense of humor. On the contrary, he was in stand-up form while riffing about the letdown. Consider this quip about draft picks, via The Athletic’s Jason Lloyd: [tweet https://twitter.com/JasonLloydNBA/status/923374060112957440] DUH-AMN. In case you don’t remember—though, how [...]

Could the fallout from the Bobby Portis-Nikola Mirotic dustup push one of them out of a Chicago Bulls uniform? No. Yes. Maybe. Mirotic will miss four to six weeks after suffering a concussion and facial fractures following a scuffle with Portis that ended with him being punched in the face. A few days ago, Portis [...]

It’s about damn time. Markelle Fultz has been playing through a shoulder injury, a setback that has also, it seems, caused him to adjust his shooting motion. The returns, naturally, have not been good, which left many people to wonder why the Philadelphia 76ers didn’t see a problem with playing him. Crap hit the fan [...]

So, um, Courtney Lee and Tim Hardaway Jr. were not happy following the New York Knicks’ drubbing at the hands of the Boston Celtics. The root of their problems? A lack of concentration and synergy. Here’s what Lee said after the loss, per Newsday‘s Al Iannazzone: [tweet https://twitter.com/Al_Iannazzone/status/923019997479407616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fclutchpoints.com%2Fknicks-news-courtney-lee-tim-hardaway-jr-lack-rhythm%2F] And here’s Hardaway, via the Record‘s Steve Popper: [tweet [...]

The Cleveland Cavaliers may not be done tinkering with their starting lineup. Although they began the year running out both Derrick Rose and Dwyane Wade in the backcourt with Kevin Love at center, head coach Tyronn Lue elected to pivot fewer than five games into the season. Ahead of Tuesday night’s win over the Chicago [...]

More than four years later, former Cleveland Cavaliers general manager David Griffin has no problems admitting the obvious: The team screwed up in 2013 by drafting Anthony Bennett with the No. 1 overall pick. Now, Griffin wasn’t the Cavaliers’ GM at the time, but he was among the front-office staff that convinced Chris Grant, the [...]

Get ready for a different spin on LaVar Ball’s outspoken demeanor. Plenty of people have criticized his bravado—particularly his serial sentiments on how his son, Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball, is already a star and already better than incumbent superstars such as Stephen Curry. Washington Wizards head coach Scott Brooks is not one of [...]

Everyone expects Eric Bledsoe to be on the move. The Phoenix Suns basically excommunicated him from the team and have been talking with a bunch of other squads about potential deals since his now-notorious “I don’t wanna be here” tweet. Most believe this saga will end quickly. It might have already reached its conclusion by the [...]