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Let’s briefly recap what’s happened between the Houston Rockets and Donatas Motiejunas over the past year. The team tried trading him to the Detroit Pistons last season. But the deal was rescinded because Motiejunas failed a physical on a account of his back. He finished out the season with them, logging some serious time in [...]

Say what you will about the Dallas Mavericks and owner Mark Cuban, but they have foresight. DeMarcus Cousins, the NBA’s best center when locked in, will be a free agent in 2018. That seems like a lifetime away, and many expect the Sacramento Kings to trade him before then. The Mavericks won’t have the assets [...]

The world’s injury bugs have not been kind to the Boston Celtics. Jae Crowder, Al Horford, Kelly Olynyk and Marcus Smart have all missed time, and now Isaiah Thomas seems slated to miss some time with a groin injury for which he needed an injection, per Chris Forsberg of ESPN.com: [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNForsberg/status/806864451681058816?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet] Boston’s offense goes [...]

Kevin Durant is averaging 26.5 points per game with a true shooting percentage of 66.7 for the Golden State Warriors. That’s enough to impress Jerry West, a team advisor, but not quite enough to satisfy him. He thinks Durant should shoot more. As West said, per the Orange Country Register‘s Mark Whicker: Jerry West, adviser [...]

Mo Williams just had to retire, didn’t he? Had he stuck with the Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James and friends would have repped perhaps the most complete team in the NBA. Sure, they lost Matthew Dellavedova to the Milwaukee Bucks. But they still would have had a backup point guard to soak up playmaking duties behind [...]

The Washington Wizards may be the most disappointing team in the NBA through 20 games at 7-13. They have been unable to build any chemistry or momentum with either unit and despite being relatively healthy and talented, they look lethargic and are nowhere near a playoff team. If you want an example of how bad [...]

It appears that the fractured relationship between stretch big man Donatas Moteijunas and the Houston Rockets, which worsened during the bizarre drawn out contract hold-out, has not improved now that he has a new four-year, $37 million contract with the team. He was a no-show for his physical Tuesday, and appears to be upset that [...]

The Golden State Warriors have too much offense for the rest of the NBA to handle and blasted yet another professional team off the court on Monday. There were a few things about this game that made it particularly memorable though, one was the circus-like, Harlem Globe Trotter-esque, eye-popping alley-oop from Curry to Durant on [...]

The Thunder have played 22 games so far this season and Russell Westbrook has posted a gaudy 31.0 points, 10.9 rebounds, while dishing out 11.3 assists. What he has done so far is unthinkable. We haven’t seen a player average a triple double for an entire season since Oscar Robertson. Nor have we seen anyone [...]

Had the 2011 NBA draft unfolded differently, the NBA as we know it might not exist. Klay Thompson, for starters, wouldn’t be on the Golden State Warriors. He would be with the San Antonio Spurs. Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical relayed as much following Thompson’ 60-point detonation during a win over the Indiana Pacers on [...]