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Joel Embiid is less than 40 games into his NBA career, and the Philadelphia 76ers already have to start thinking about paying him more money. Though the team shut him down for the rest of the season due to swelling in his knee, Embiid will be extension eligible this summer. Conventional wisdom suggests the Sixers [...]

Much like some others players in recent NBA history, Michael Beasley, Wilson Chandler, J.R. Smith, Stephon Marbury (he never left), Jimmer Fredette has used a stint in the Chinese Basketball Association to rejuvenate his career. Fredette was a national sensation in college at BYU, averaging 29-4-3 his senior season and winning the National Player of [...]

Isaiah Thomas dropped 31 points in the Boston Celtics’ Wednesday night win over the Cleveland Cavaliers, but “only” six of those points came during a pivotal fourth quarter, through which the point guard shot 1-of-4. This naturally led to questions about what the Cavaliers did to shut down Thomas, and the floor general was none too happy [...]

Great news, rational New York Knicks fans: Derrick Rose wants to sign with a winner in free agency this summer. Which, by default, should definitely remove the Knicks from his list of potential landing spots. From the New York Post‘s Marc Berman: Still, as he enters free agency, Rose admitted he wants to sign with a winner [...]

The Hawks have been a franchise seemingly on the cusp of a tear-down and rebuild for almost three years now, as a team occupying the space of a team good enough to win a playoff series, but not a real contender. When the Hawks dealt Kyle Korver a month and a half ago, many around [...]

s Deron Williams played for the Utah Jazz a lifetime ago, and his time there ended in a haze of Jerry Sloane-related controversy, but he still holds a fond place for the franchise in his heart—so much so that he’d like to retire in blueish purple, yellow and green. As ESPN.com’s Tim MacMahon told ESPN 700’s OC [...]

It looks like the magic that was Joel Embiid’s rookie season in Philadelphia has officially come to an end. The team released a statement Wednesday saying that “The Process” will be sidelined for the rest of the 2016-17 season while doctors try to help him recover from his meniscus issue. [tweet https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/837034120559607808] Here is an [...]

Do not fear Kevin Durant’s absence, Golden State Warriors fans. Matt Barnes is here to save the day. According to ESPN.com’s Chris Haynes and Marc Stein, the Warriors plan to sign the 36-year-old Barnes, who was released by the Sacramento Kings following the DeMarcus Cousins trade, as a way of beginning to replace everything they [...]

George Hill’s return to the Utah Jazz next season is no longer a formality. It was assumed all along the two sides might reach an extension that prevents the underrated-turned-Jazz lifeline point gurad from hitting the open market this summer, but extension talks died ahead of Tuesday’s deadline, according to the Salt Lake Tribune‘s Tony Jones: [...]

In two outings since returning from his 15-game absence, Pau Gasol has come off the San Antonio Spurs’ bench. While this is subject to change, head coach Gregg Popovich appears more inclined to roll with a LaMarcus Aldridge-Dewayne Dedmon frontcourt moving forward. And Gasol is totally cool with that, per the San Antonio Express-News’ Jeff McDonald: [...]