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Josh Jackson doesn’t seem fazed by the Kyrie Irving trade rumors. He doesn’t even think the Phoenix Suns are going to get him. Asked about the situation during a recent appearance on SiriusXM NBA Radio, the rookie placed little to no weight in the rumor mill (via CBS Sports’ Jack Maloney): “I think if that [...]

Kyrie Irving was not the most social member of the Cleveland Cavaliers during the NBA playoffs. While making an appearance on  The BBall Breakdown Podcast, ESPN.com’s Dave McMenamin relayed an anecdote told to him by James Jones, who says that Irving went days without speaking to his teammates in practice during the postseason. Here’s the transcription, courtesy [...]

You know what we haven’t enjoyed enough of in recent weeks? Carmelo Anthony updates! The latest from ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski has the New York Knicks and Houston Rockets renewing trade negotiations, with only one twist: There is no new twist! Per Woj: The New York Knicks and Houston Rockets have re-engaged on trade talks involving 10-time All-Star Carmelo Anthony, with [...]

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 [...]