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To answer a question many of you had and many of you didn’t: No, the Cleveland Cavaliers don’t currently have a desire to deal Kevin Love in the aftermath of the Kyrie Irving trade. From ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe: The Cavs have contemplated trading Love off and on almost since that series, though they have no [...]

The Miami Heat are all in on building around their core that helped lead them to a 30-11 record the second half of the 2016-17 season (Richardson was hurt for much of that) and are signing 23-year-old 3-and-D wing Josh Richardson to a four-year, $42 million extension. [tweet https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/908086432996229120] Richardson dealt with some injury issues [...]

Magic Johnson was a wanted man long before he became the Los Angeles Lakers’ team president. During a recent interview on ESPN’s First Take, the 58-year-old Hall of Famer revealed that he fielded job offers from teams like the Detroit Pistons and Golden State Warriors, in addition to perhaps the New York Knicks. Here’s the video [...]

Draymond Green wasn’t necessarily expecting to see Kyrie Irving suit up for the Boston Celtics this season, but he also wasn’t surprised to learn of the All-Star point guard’s trade request. As he told reporters, per The Athletic’s Anthony Slater (h/t Bleacher Report’s Tyler Conway): “I wouldn’t necessarily say it surprised me,” Green told reporters Tuesday. “I [...]

Of all of the jersey reveals this summer, as the NBA transitions to Nike as their apparel sponsor and all 30 teams release their four uniforms for the 2017-18 season, there may be none more exciting than the Hornets reveal on Wednesday. The Hornets official Twitter account announced that they will be bringing back the [...]

Carmelo Anthony pays attention to public perception. Well, okay, maybe not all public perception. But he definitely takes stock of where ESPN places him within its annual #NBA Rank. This year, he checked in at No. 64—a 33-spot plunge from where he placed leading into last season. And guess what? He wasn’t happy about it. [...]

Stephon Marbury hasn’t appeared in an NBA game since May 2009—an eight-plus-year hiatus he hopes to end soon. The point guard, who has spent the better part of a decade establishing himself as a living legend on China’s basketball circuit, delivered a quasi announcement on his Instagram account, which stated he plans to finish his [...]

The Timberwolves and Shabazz Muhammad essentially went in one big circle this summer and ended up at the same place. After renouncing his rights during free agency in order to sign Taj Gibson, the T’Wolves have decided to bring back 24-year-old swing man Shabazz Muhammad on a one-year deal for the minimum. [tweet https://twitter.com/ShabazzMuhammad/status/907713503045279746] Muhammad [...]

According to reports from TMZ Sports and ESPN, The Lakers will retire Kobe Bryant’s jersey during their game against the Warriors on December 18. [tweet https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/907594866238132225] So which number of the Black Mamba’s will be hanging up in the rafters No. 8 or No. 24? The answer is both according to Ramona Shelburne of ESPN. [...]

After playing almost all-star level basketball in his first year and a half with the Pistons, last year was not a good year for Reggie Jackson or the Pistons franchise. Jackson dealt with knee tendinitis all season that caused him to miss the first month of the season and the final nine games once the [...]