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The New York Knicks don’t appear any closer to resolving the Carmelo Anthony trade saga. They are, however, scouting Boston Celtics games, and Beantown’s head honcho, despite the sentiments of team president Danny Ainge, would welcome Melo’s arrival. According to the Boston Globe‘s Gary Washburn: A source indicated that Knicks president Phil Jackson has instructed management [...]

If not for the Orlando Magic and New York Knicks, the Chicago Bulls would play host to the Eastern Conference’s most bizarre slop fest. Chief among their issues is an inability to hash out a regular point guard rotation. Rajon Rondo was playing, then he wasn’t, but now he is again, as a member of the bench. [...]

One of the first actions of newly elected President Donald Trump in his first week of office was an executive order (which means a decision that directly bypasses congress and the democratic process) to institute an immigration ban on seven countries in Africa and the Middle East: Iran Iraq Libya Somalia Sudan Syria Yemen Why [...]

It was definitely a Sunday matinee in Phillips Arena as the Atlanta Hawks and New York Knicks treated fans to a whole heaping of free basketball in their 142-139 instant classic that went to four overtimes. Unfortunately the Knicks have found another new, excruciating way to lose a basketball game, something they have being doing [...]

Now that John Wall has officially been named to his fourth NBA All-Star Game, what’s he plan to do next? Lead the Washington Wizards to the Eastern Conference Finals, obviously. As the point guard said on TNT’s Thursday night telecast, per Locked on Wizards’ Ben Standig: [tweet https://twitter.com/BenStandig/status/824776273046142977] So, like, this isn’t an unreasonable goal. Yes, the [...]

The Chicago Bulls locker room and team harmony seems to be eroding at the seams, as an underachieving (not in my opinion) veteran laden 23-24 Bulls team that is led by some outspoken veterans has resulted in a number of stories as players make statements in the media about their dissatisfaction with one another. Dwyane [...]

The former No.3 pick of the 2004 NBA Draft and legendary microwave-esque scoring threat, Ben Gordon appears to be making an attempt at an NBA comeback. [tweet https://twitter.com/nbadleague/status/823952221427601408] Gordon hasn’t been seen in the NBA since the 2014-15 season when he filled a very minor role for the Orlando Magic. He is still only 33 [...]

According to a report form Steve Kyler of Basketball Insiders, murmurs out of Blake Griffin’s camp are that when he enters free agency this off-season he wants and plans to re-sign with the Clippers quickly. [tweet https://twitter.com/basketballtalk/status/825030886991106048] Here is the statement from Kyler in the Basketball Insiders article: “Sources close to Griffin said recently that [...]

Since returning to the Denver Nuggets’ starting lineup as the lone big, Nikola Jokic has fueled an offensive revival, putting up gaudy numbers that have translated to measurable team success. Which is why the hip injury he suffered against the Phoenix Suns on Thursday night is a huge deal: [tweet https://twitter.com/NuggetsPR/status/824841069976223745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Though nothing sinister has [...]

The 2017 NBA All-Star reserves were announced on Thursday night, and as always, there were deserving players left out of the equation. Singling out slights is tricky business, because it’s easy to say so-and-so earned the nod; it’s another thing to pick out who said player should have been selected over.  But Rudy Gobert of the [...]