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Things aren’t always what they seem in the NBA. The pay cut Kevin Durant accepted in his new two-year deal with the Golden State Warriors is not one of them. He took the discount for the exact reason you think he did—to keep the reigning champs together. Here’s what Durant told The Athletic‘s Anthony Slater of [...]

While according to most sources, the entire NBA schedule for 2017-18 will be released on Monday, August 14 or Tuesday August 15, the NBA decided to provide a tasy appetizer to fans with the release of the national TV schedule for the opening week and the Christmas Day slate of games. As you can expect(and [...]

Zach Randolph is a guy that was known for having a questionable reputation in his earlier days in the NBA in Portland and New York before going to Memphis and turning his career around. Now that Randolph is no longer the heart and soul of the Grit and Grind Grizzlies and now a member of [...]

The San Antonio Spurs opted not to add an impact point guard this off-season despite the fact that their incumbent starting point guard is 35 and will be coming off of a torn quadriceps. Parker suffered the injury during game 5 of the 2017 western conference semi-finals against the Rockets and is now targeting a [...]

The NBA will continue its international series in the 2017-18 season with the announcement of two games in Mexico City in addition to a game in London between the Celtics and 76ers. [tweet https://twitter.com/LegionWebsite/status/895646684532936705] The Nets will play the Thunder on December 7th and the Heat on December 9. Having a few regular season games [...]

The New York Knicks are a hopeful bunch. Though Carmelo Anthony has thus far refused to expand his trade-destination wish list beyond the Houston Rockets—even, apparently, souring on the Cleveland Cavaliers—the Big Apple’s finest still believe he might relent. And if he does, the Oklahoma City Thunder, New Orleans Pelicans, Portland Trail Blazers and, yes, [...]

Even now, more than a month after the Detroit Pistons started the NBA’s free-agency period wheeling and dealing, their offseason feels weird, and unsettling, and potentially awful. They hard-capped themselves on July 1—July 1!—by using a bulk of the mid-level exception on Langston Galloway. They flipped Marcus Morris’ two-year, $10.4 million commitment for Avery Bradley’s [...]

Darrell Arthur has high hopes for the Denver Nuggets next season. So high, they’re probably delusional. Per BSN Denver’s Harrison Wind: [tweet https://twitter.com/HarrisonWind/status/895065810284052480] Well, damn. The Nuggets have improved. No one is denying that. Some of their possible lineup combinations are scary as well. Run out Jamal Murray, Gary Harris, Wilson Chandler, Paul Millsap and [...]

The 2017-18 NBA schedule is expected to drop soon, and when it does, you might notice some changes—fewer back-to-backs, more team-friendly travel and strategically placed National TV games among them. As relayed by ESPN.com’s Brian Windhorst, the Association issued a memo to its squads that outlines a scheduling package for next season aimed at improving [...]

Regular inclusions in the trade rumor mill have not soured Jahlil Okafor’s taste for playing on the Philadelphia 76ers. He still loves them. Asked about his seemingly shaky status with the team and the prospect of playing in another NBA city, Okafor spoke in glowing terms, per Gatehouse Media’s Tom Moore (via CBS Sports’ Chris [...]