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Ban. Injuries. Perhaps we say this every year, but for the life of me, I cannot remember a more brutal opening week in the NBA than the one we’re still living through. Gordon Hayward and Jeremy Lin are done for the season. Draymond Green was/is dealing with some knee problems. Andre Iguodala couldn’t play in the [...]

It seems like J.R. Smith is coming around on this whole “playing off the bench” thing. Though he, unlike Tristan Thompson, first bristled at losing his starting job, the Cleveland Cavaliers’ sometimes-sharp-shooting guard is singing a different tune these days: He now believes the bench that he’s a part of is the best in the [...]

Andrew Wiggins is a party pooper…if you’re an Oklahoma City Thunder fan. The Minnesota Timberwolves’ 22-year-old ruined a magnificent fourth quarter from Russell Westbrook on Sunday night, as well as what should have been a game-winner by Carmelo Anthony. And how: by sinking an actual game-winner just inside half-court. Here’s a video of the play: [...]

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 [...]