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Has there ever been a point guard in the NBA as good at blocking shots as John Wall? John Wall doesn’t think so. From NBC Sports Washington’s Chase Hughes: Seriously. Wall staked his claim after Friday night’s win over the Pistons, one in which he had two jawdropping blocks; one against a power forward and the other [...]

LeBron James is ready to start playing with Isaiah Thomas. Though the 5’9″ point guard has become something of a forgotten commodity from the Kyrie Irving trade, the Cleveland Cavaliers know what they have in him—James included. Thomas has no timetable for his return from a hip injury, but he and James have, per Cleveland.com’s [...]

LaMarcus Aldridge and the San Antonio Spurs are a weird pairing. First it seems like he’s unhappy. He didn’t show up in the Western Conference Finals after Kawhi Leonard went down, and his name was bandied about the trade rumor mill over the offseason. So, naturally, the summer ended with the Spurs giving him a [...]

Carmelo Anthony has some advice for Kristaps Porzingis as he slides into his role as the face of the New York Knicks franchise: Embrace it. Anthony said other stuff too, per Newsday‘s Al Iannazzone: Carmelo Anthony tried to groom Kristaps Porzingis the past two years, knowing that he someday would replace him as the Knicks’ franchise [...]

Gordon Hayward suffered a dislocated left ankle and fractured tibia barely five minutes into his regular-season debut with the Boston Celtics. He underwent surgery last Thursday and is expected to miss the rest of the year. Oh, and lastly, he’s already started the rehab process. WAIT, WUT? Yep, it’s true. Hayward essentially began the recovery [...]

Carmelo Anthony is no longer with the New York Knicks, but his former teammates have not forgotten about him. And how could they? After all, he was New York’s Teammate of the Year in 2016-17. Yup, true story. Here’s the lowdown from ESPN.com’s Ian Begley, with some fire sentiments from Lance Thomas:  A few months [...]

DeMarcus Cousins is ready to wage war against the NBA’s small-ball era alongside Anthony Davis. Ahead of the New Orleans Pelicans’ season-opener, which they lost, Cousins said he believed his team’s dual-big model could spur a movement of its own, per The Times-Picayune‘s William Guillory: I was always a guy that tried to do things a [...]

Kevin Love isn’t unconditionally enjoying his move to the center spot. But he’s not not enjoying it either. As he told reporters, per Cleveland.com’s Chris Fedor, he’s still in the figuring-shit-out stages of the switch: “It’s been a little bit of a change for me,” Love admitted. “I still find myself spacing a little bit wanting [...]

Chris Paul is just like you—provided, of course, you also enjoy watching James Harden play. The Houston Rockets’ new point guard, who missed the team’s win over the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday with a knee bruise, continues to revel in seeing Harden operate, almost to a fault, per ESPN.com’s Tim MacMahon: “One of the biggest [...]

Chandler Parsons getting booed during the Memphis Grizzlies’ opening-night win over the New Orleans Pelicans wouldn’t be news…if it wasn’t for the fact he was playing in Memphis. A sector of Grizzlies fans are clearly unhappy that he appeared in 34 games during the first season of a four-year, $94 million before suffering a third [...]