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Jeremy Lin’s short time with the Brooklyn Nets has been riddled by injury, and nothing, apparently, is going to change. As first reported by ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski, and then soon after announced by the team, Lin suffered a ruptured patellar tendon during Brooklyn’s opening-night loss to the Indiana Pacers and will miss the rest of [...]

Kristaps Porzingis and the New York Knicks will get an early lesson in why the 7’3″ skyscraper has no business playing power forward for long stretches at a time. Like, a really early lesson. As in, during their first game. The Knicks tip off their season against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday, which means [...]

The Cleveland Cavaliers planned to play a Kyrie Irving tribute video on opening night, when the point guard visited Quicken Loans Arena for the first time as an opponent. They never did. And why not? Well, that much is up for debate. Here’s one potential reason, per Cleveland.com’s Joe Vardon: According to team spokesman Tad [...]

LeBron James is here to remind us all that he puts each and every one of us to shame. Most would be content with the line he turned in during the Cleveland Cavaliers’ opening-night victory over the Boston Celtics: 29 points, 16 rebounds, nine assists and two blocks. Sure, he turned the ball over four [...]

As if blowing a 17-point lead against the Houston Rockets on opening night wasn’t enough, the Golden State Warriors also lost Draymond Green. It’s unclear how much time he’ll miss, or whether he’ll sit out at all, but he suffered a knee injury at the end of the third quarter that prevented him from playing [...]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have someone very special to thank for Carmelo Anthony agreeing to accept a trade from the New York Knicks. Nope, it’s not Russell Westbrook. Nor is it Paul George. It’s not assistant general manager Troy Weaver, who helped facilitate Anthony’s arrival to Syracuse, either. It’s Melo’s son, 10-year-old Kiyan Carmelo Anthony. From The [...]

When Gordon Hayward crumpled to the floor early in the Boston Celtics’ opening-night loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, everyone in Quicken Loans Arena knew. The fans, the players, the coaches—they all understood. Something was broken. Hayward’s season was over. It was a gruesome, soul-sundering sight to behold, made so much worse, for some reason, by [...]

Catching Michael Jordan in the NBA’s pantheon of all-time greats isn’t the only thing on LeBron James’ bucket list. He also wants to stick around long enough to face off against his son, LeBron James Jr., at the professional level. Okay, well, he isn’t necessarily determined to do so. But he would welcome the opportunity, [...]

Stop asking Kyrie Irving about why he wanted a trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers. Because he isn’t saying jack shit. As he told reporters ahead of the Boston Celtics’ opening-night clash in Cleveland, per The Athletic’s Jason Lloyd: [tweet https://twitter.com/JasonLloydNBA/status/920315316047155200] Irving is well within his right as a human being—and very real grown-up—to continue deflecting [...]

Joel Embiid, as expected, will begin the 2017-18 NBA season on a minutes cap. As for what that cap will be, the Philadelphia 76ers don’t seem to know for sure. They do know, however, he won’t be clearing 20 minutes out the gate, as head coach Brett Brown detailed, per NBC Sports Philadelphia’s Jessica Camerato: [...]