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Before the Los Angeles Clippers took down the Washington Wizards on Wednesday night, Doc Rivers had some high praise for John Wall. He’s playing like an MVP candidate. Sort of. Per Candace Buckner of the Washington Post: [tweet https://twitter.com/CandaceDBuckner/status/847251451508269056] Rivers is correct. On both fronts. John Wall has been absolutely sensational this year. He’s posting career-high [...]

Fred Hoiberg’s job with the Chicago Bulls is apparently safe—insofar as a head coach’s gig can be safe after his team failed to meet internal expectations for the second consecutive season. While appearing on the Washington Post‘s Posting Up podcast with Tim Bontemps, K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune indicated that he thinks Hoiberg’s job will be safe until [...]

Did Gregg Popovich really relate what’s left of Manu Ginobili’s NBA career to a bar of soap? You bet he did. Per the San Antonio Express-News‘ Jeff McDonald: [tweet https://twitter.com/JMcDonald_SAEN/status/847235484011057152] Well, this is fantastic. It would have been more fantastic if the San Antonio Spurs didn’t blow a 22-point lead against the Golden State Warriors on [...]

It has been a long, frustrating journey through the NBA abyss for “Born Ready” Lance Stephenson ever since he decided to leave the Indiana Pacers and sign a three-year, $27 million contract with the Charlotte Hornets in the summer of 2014. After being a breakout star and valuable play maker for a Pacers team that [...]

Carmelo Anthony was super cryptic following the New York Knicks’ Wednesday night loss to the Miami Heat. He referenced “seeing the writing on the wall,” being “at peace” with how the team is finishing and all that good stuff. Here’s the skinny, per ESPN.com’s Ian Begley: “I see the writing on the wall. I see [...]

The Golden State Warriors have an update on Kevin Durant’s recovery from a sprained MCL he suffered against the Washington Wizards in February. He’s going to be okay. Fine, here’s the actual update: [tweet https://twitter.com/WarriorsPR/status/847161447125864449] Clips of Durant getting shots up have surfaced on Twitter, so this was inevitable. Still, for the Warriors, it’s good [...]

2017 has been very good to the Washington Wizards. The Wiz have been 30-12 since the new year began, and have undergone a complete transformation from being a huge disappointment rife with chemistry issues that started 2-8, to a 46-28 division-winner and possible No. 1 seed in the eastern conference. [tweet https://twitter.com/WashWizards/status/846947487910957057] Pretty incredible this [...]

Selecting the NBA’s Coach of the Year is always tough, but it’s going to be particularly hard this year. Three main candidates have emerged from the thicket of sideline-stalkers: Mike D’Antoni of the Houston Rockets; Erik Spoelstra of the Miami Heat; and Gregg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs. For his money, Golden State Warriors [...]

NBA commissioner Adam Silver is committed to having a female head coach in the Association in the near future. He made that much clear while talking about the league’s “LeanIn.org” campaign, per ESPN.com’s Ohm Youngmisuk: NBA commissioner Adam Silver told ESPN he believes there will be a female head coach in his league, and he wants [...]

Jimmy Butler knows how the media game is played. We ask him a non-inflammatory question. He gives a seemingly innocuous answer. But if either the question or answer (or both) is centered around a big name, his response has the potential to go viral and come back to hurt him on the court. Exhibit A, [...]