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The NBA All-Star Game is coming to Cleveland…soon…well, in 2020…or later…maybe. With Quicken Loans Arena set to undergo a nine-figure renovation project, the Cleveland Cavaliers have apparently been told their city will host the league’s All-Star festivities sometime in the near future. From Cleveland.com’s Karen Farkas: A newly-renovated Q will be the site of an [...]

The Minnesota Timberwolves or the Timber-Pups as I like to call them, were every NBA prognosticator and fan’s “sexy” pick to make the leap to becoming a winning team and a new postseason entrant. With seemingly having the best young collection of talent in the NBA and a well-established coach who is known for his [...]

Sophomore point guard D’Angelo Russell has given the Los Angeles Lakers and their fans plenty to be happy about this season when he’s healthy. He is playing more freely, the offensive IQ is clearly there, and he’s showing flashes of potential superstardom. All those good vibes don’t change the fact that the Lakers passed on [...]

Remember all that optimism emanating out of the NBA and the National Basketball Players Associations? All those signs that pointed to the avoidance of a lockout in 2017? All the certainty that the two sides would hash out a new collective bargaining agreement before one of them opted out once allowed on December 15? Yeah, [...]

Justise Winslow hasn’t played since November 14, and it doesn’t sound like he will be returning to the Miami Heat anytime soon. As head coach Erik Spoelstra said, per Manny Navarro of the Miami Herald: [tweet https://twitter.com/Manny_Navarro/status/808373829328400384] But wait, it gets worse, or at least more ominous-sounding: [tweet https://twitter.com/Manny_Navarro/status/808444148034498560] [tweet https://twitter.com/Manny_Navarro/status/808444379320946688] Surgery, quite obviously, would [...]

According to a report from Masslive.com Reporter Jay King, the Celtics team plane received a bomb threat on their trip to Oklahoma City for a game against the Thunder on Sunday. [tweet https://twitter.com/SLAMonline/status/808028008426721280] The team became aware of the threat during their flight Saturday night, but landed safely in Oklahoma City before losing a tight [...]

And here you thought Donatas Motiejunas’ return to the Houston Rockets, and the NBA in general, was finally official. The reunion for Houston and Motiejunas is on hold yet again due to issues with the seven-footer’s physical. Here’s Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle with the latest: With the Rockets’ planned efforts to return forward/center [...]

John Wall is averaging a career-high 23.6 points per game. He is shooting at a personal-best clip from three-point range and from the floor overall. He is playing as many minutes as he did last season. And he’s not even 100 percent. From NBA.com’s David Aldridge: And Wall is playing remarkably well for someone who [...]

Al Horford, it seems, had a lot on his mind during his foray into 2016 free agency over the summer. The Atlanta Hawks were never really irrelevant in the race for his services, though their acquisition of Dwight Howard essentially sealed his departure, even if they were willing to deal Paul Millsap elsewhere. And it [...]

Mark Cuban is known as being one of the most successful, outspoken and interesting entrepreneurs in the world. He is also the passionate and very present owner of the Dallas Mavericks and very much a fabric of the NBA for the past 16 years or so. Being such a massive success in business and as [...]