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Los Angeles Clippers coach and president Doc Rivers supports Kevin Durant’s right to play for the Golden State Warriors. But that doesn’t mean he has to like the idea. Doc Rivers made this distinction while speaking about superteams on ESPN’s Mike & Mike (as relayed to us by the Sporting News’ Jordan Heck): “It is tough when you [...]

Danilo Gallinari opted out from the final year of his contract with the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday, earning the right to explore unrestricted free agency. Though he’ll be one of the 10 to 12 biggest names available—and while he’s actually higher up on that totem pole when you consider players who aren’t actually flight risks—he [...]

Is your NBA team going to be up for sale in the next, say, 10 to 20 years? If so, LeBron James may be placing a bid. The four-time MVP told The Athletic’s Ken Berger that he plans to join the ownership ranks one day after his playing career is over: Knowing that James had [...]

Plenty of people changed their opinion of JaVale McGee over the past season. His performance with the Golden State Warriors has been that convincing, as has his attitude. Not everyone is sold, though. There is, apparently, at least one player on the Cleveland Cavaliers that doesn’t believe McGee has the mental chops to play in the [...]

Back in February, LeBron James said that the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors were not a rivalry. It didn’t matter that they had faced each other in each of the last two NBA Finals, with each side winning on each other’s court. They were not a rivalry. Fast forward to the end of May, [...]

Tony Parker’s torn left quad will not keep him out of the San Antonio Spurs’ lineup for all of 2017-18—or so he says. In an interview with L’Equipe, Parker said he believes he’ll be ready for action sometime in January (via Eurohoops.net): “I will play my best basketball when I return in January”, Parker told L’Equipe. After his injury during [...]

John Wall knows the Washington Wizards need to work on deepening their bench, which is to say, he has eyes. As he told CSN Mid-Atlantic’s Chris Miller (via CSN Mid-Atlantic’s Chase Hughes): Each time John Wall and the Wizards have made the playoffs, they have advanced past the first round and fallen in the Eastern Conference [...]

Cold water is being thrown on the idea that the San Antonio Spurs pose a threat to stealing Chris Paul from the Los Angeles Clippers. Worst of all, for Spurs fans anyway, this cold water comes courtesy of breaking-news sage Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical. During an appearance on CBS Sports Radio with Gary Parish (h/t Kyle [...]

If the NBA Finals started today, Steve Kerr still wouldn’t be on the sidelines with the Golden State Warriors. Fortunately, the Finals don’t tip off today. But Cavs-Warriors, Part III does begin on Thursday, a mere two days from now. And based off what Kerr said on Monday, per NBC Sports’ Rosalyn Gold-Onwude?, it doesn’t sound like [...]

What was that about bigs who don’t shoot threes struggling to find a place in today’s NBA? Nerlens Noel knows nothing of this. At least, he’s not about to. According to Scout.com’s Mike Fisher, a couple of teams are prepared to sling max offer sheets with the hope of poaching Noel from the Dallas Mavericks: [...]