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Are the Los Angeles Lakers feeling strong pangs of buyer’s remorse after signing Timofey Mozgov to a four-year, $64 million deal over the summer? Do they regret giving Luol Deng four years and $72 million? The short answer: Maybe. The longer answer: Most probably. From ESPN.com’s Ramona Shelburne: As the trade deadline approaches, we’ll hear [...]

It’s officially official: We’re less than two weeks out of the NBA’s Feb. 23 deadline, which means the Philadelphia 76ers are about to dominate the rumor mill until they deal one of their six kajillion bigs. Nothing sounds like it’s imminent, though. We know Jahlil Okafor and Nerlens Noel are available, and that Richaun Holmes [...]

Nike has created “Come Out Of Nowhere,” a new original series highlighting NBA stars Devin Booker, Isaiah Thomas, and Giannis Antetokounmpo. The documentary-style video series showcases each athlete’s path to the NBA, exploring how these rising stars moved from ordinary to extraordinary in the blink of an eye. The first episode of the series features [...]

As the 2016-17 season winds down more teams are agreeing to jersey sponsorship deals with companies. Next season will be the first year in which these sponsorship can be active. Thus far three NBA teams had agreed to jersey sponsorship deals for the 2017-18 season, The 76ers with StubHub, the Kings with Blue Diamond Almonds [...]

Just when you think things with the New York Knicks cannot get any worse, they do. No, I’m not talking about the team having former player and fan favorite Charles Oakley dragged from Madison Square Garden and arrested on Wednesday night. Well, I kind of am. But first there’s the Carmelo Anthony-Phil Jackson business. The [...]

The Milwaukee Bucks just can’t seem to catch a break on the injury front. On a night when they were on a high, having Khris Middleton making his first appearance of the season after injuring his hamstring in the pre-season, the return of one of the better and more underrated young wing players in the [...]

As the Los Angeles Lakers re-usher in the Magic Johnson era, they face some tough questions. Chief among those issues is the future of longtime general manager Mitch Kupchak, who doesn’t seem all that popular outside the organization, according to ESPN.com’s Ramona Shelburne: According to sources close to the situation, Magic has already heard from [...]

Charles Oakley played 19 seasons in the NBA, most notably 10 for the New York Knicks, and was an undersized, bruising, rebounding machine that served as the muscle for the great 1990s Knicks teams. He was infamous for being the resident tough guy and bodyguard of sorts (the sort of thing that is almost non-existent [...]

New York Knicks president Phil Jackson is trying very, very, ridiculously, embarrassingly hard to get Carmelo Anthony to waive his no-trade clause before the Feb. 23 deadline. And he’s failing. Anthony, in fact, seems more motivated than ever to stick with New York, according to The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski: New York Knicks president Phil Jackson’s [...]

Nine games into his tenure with the Portland Trail Blazers’ starting five, Evan Turner suffered a right hand fracture during a Tuesday night win over the Dallas Mavericks. The good news: He doesn’t need surgery. The bad news: He won’t be playing anytime soon, per the Oregonian‘s Joe Freeman: The Portland Trail Blazers will be without their starting [...]