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Looking back to July, at the start of free agency, most of us could not imagine offering Stephen Curry anything less than a max deal. But Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob did. According to The Athletic’s Marcus Thompson: Curry went from on top of the world to second fiddle in the very franchise on [...]

The Charlotte Hornets had a disappointing season in 2016-17. A year after being a surprise 48 win team that was tantalizingly close to winning their first playoff series in franchise history in 2016 (remember these are the former Bobcats), they took a huge step back last season winning only 36 games and finishing 11th in [...]

Norman Powell has been a pleasant surprise for the Toronto Raptors in the 2nd round of the 2015 NBA Draft. He is a solid athlete with the capability of knocking down a corner three and provides good depth for the Raptors on the wing, the team is rewarding him for it with a four-year, $42 [...]

Joakim Noah’s production and perception around the league has fallen off a cliff the past few seasons because of a slew of injuries and his body breaking down. The process started a few years ago but that didn’t stop the Knicks from offering what at the moment is a horrific four-year, $72 million contract last [...]

Finally, an optimistic Joel Embiid update. Sort of. The Philadelphia 76ers’ superstud hasn’t played in a game since January after suffering a torn left meniscus, and he’s already been ruled out of the team’s first few preseason games. No one’s quite sure when he’s going to return, or how long he’ll be able to play [...]

Taj Gibson is one of the key veteran additions for the Minnesota Timberwolves that the organization hopes will help them reach the postseason for the first time since 2004. Gibson isn’t really a standout on the court or in the box score per se to the average NBA fan as nothing jumps off the page [...]

The NBA Finals may be eight months away, but according to Jae Crowder, that hasn’t stopped Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue from preparing his troops for the probably inevitable showdown with the Golden State Warriors. From ESPN.com’s Dave McMenamin: Jae Crowder says that Ty Lue already is prepping the Cavs with the Warriors in [...]

Every year since 2002, the NBA has anonymously surveyed all 30 NBA general managers to get the consensus prediction on things such as which team will win the NBA championship in the coming season, who will win MVP ,top four teams in each conference, who you would start a franchise with and more. Overall general [...]

Although the Oklahoma City Thunder are deploying more than their fair share of new members, the locker room does not, apparently, bear resemblance to a team trying to feel itself out. On the contrary, Paul George says everyone already feels like family, per ESPN.com’s Tim MacMahon: [tweet https://twitter.com/espn_macmahon/status/915248348239585280] Maybe this surprises some of you, but [...]

So much for Chris Paul struggling to adjust as a member of the Houston Rockets, mainly as a sidekick to James Harden. This isn’t to say the transition will be entirely wrinkle-free. Pairings of this magnitude are always subject to taking a little bit of time. But anyone who thought it’d take Paul a while, [...]