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Would Carmelo Anthony look good in Boston Celtics green? Some members of the coaching staff seem willing to find out. With New York Knicks team president Phil Jackson openly stating in his end-of-season presser that Anthony would be better off playing elsewhere, all the usual trade possibilities are being revisited. The Celtics have always been [...]

Kevin Durant didn’t partake in the Golden State Warriors’ Game 2 matchup with the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night. He wasn’t alone, either. Matt Barnes and Shaun Livingston joined him on the shelf. It didn’t matter. The Warriors pummeled the Blazers, winning 110-81. If you think such a decision victory, along with a 2-0 [...]

Take a deep breath, New York Knicks fans. Kristaps Porzingis doesn’t want to leave. And if he does, he only wants to play for the Brooklyn Nets, so you won’t entirely lose him. As the 7’3″ skyscraper told the New York Post‘s Marc Berman: Kristaps Porzingis will leave for Latvia on Thursday without meeting with Phil [...]

Danilo Gallinari’s time with the Denver Nuggets may be drawing to a close, even though he doesn’t want it to. The expectation has always been that he’ll decline next season’s $16.1 million player option and enter free agency. He would immediately become a top-12 available name and might be worth short-term max money to the [...]

One second, Mike D’Antoni is out of head-coaching work in the NBA, the stench of his failed tenures with the New York Knicks and Los Angeles Lakers persisting, even after the Golden State Warriors won a championship, in 2015, playing a style similar to what he championed. The next second, D’Antoni is guiding the Houston [...]

Neither Nerlens Noel’s departure nor Joel Embiid’s latest battle with injuries has changed the Philadelphia 76ers’ plan: They still want to trade Jahlil Okafor. Team president Bryan Colangelo recently said as much, per Philly.com’s Keith Pompey: “If a deal comes along that makes sense for both of us, then we will go ahead and make [...]

On Wednesday night Russell Westbrook may have set an NBA record with his 51-point triple-double, but that just wasn’t enough. His 51 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds were the most points ever scored in a playoff triple-double. But when it was over, all Westbrook could see was a 115-111 loss to the Rockets that [...]

Paul George hasn’t exactly been a beacon of positivity following losses this season, and that didn’t change after the Indiana Pacers’ Game 2 letdown against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Though he delivered other notes, George specifically cited Lance Stephenson’s need to keep himself in check during games, per ESPN.com’s Dave McMenamin: “He’s got to learn to [...]

After firing general manager Rob Hennigan at the end of the regular season, the Orlando Magic have a gaping hole in their front office — causing a problem with the draft and free agency on the horizon. Matt Lloyd has taken the reins in the interim, but the team has reportedly started kicking around a bunch [...]

Down the stretch of the Boston Celtics’ Game 2 loss to the Chicago Bulls on Tuesday, Rajon Rond told Avery Bradley that the boys in green were accepting defeat. And Bradley, afterward, couldn’t disagree with him, per ESPN.com’s Chris Forsberg: “I looked around and a few times in the game guys were putting their heads [...]