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Welcome to the NBA feud you never saw coming. New York Knicks president Phil Jackson recently sat down with ESPN.com’s Jackie MacMullan for a question-and-answer session. At one point, MacMullan asks Jackson about Riley, and he kind of goes out of his way to criticize LeBron James: JM: It all started when LeBron left, right? [...]

Is there anything a 38-year-old Dirk Nowitzki can teach a 21-year-old Kirstaps Porzingis? We may soon find out. Following the New York Knicks’ victory over the slumping Dallas Mavericks on Monday night, Nowitzki divulged that he and Porzingis have contact outside of basketball, and that there’s a chance, at least to him, the two will [...]

As if playing without Reggie Jackson isn’t enough of a headache, the Detroit Pistons now have Andre Drummond’s ankle to worry about. It was announced last minute that the 23-year-old seven-footer wouldn’t be facing off against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night. He has a sprained ankle that is serious enough to keep him [...]

Phil Jackson is prepared to see through his rebuilding project with the New York Knicks. We’ll let you decide whether that’s a good thing. The Zen Master sat down to talk with ESPN.com’s Jackie MacMullan, and when asked about the opt-out clause in his contract with the Knicks, he made it clear he isn’t going [...]

Marcin Gortat is sorry—or at least that’s what he told his Washington Wizards teammates at the behest of head coach Scott Brooks. From The Washington Post‘s Ava Wallace: After Gortat proclaimed the team’s reserves “one of the worst benches in the league right now” following Washington’s seventh loss in nine games Saturday against Chicago, Brooks [...]

Draymond Green has a hot take that isn’t all that hot. He thinks that he is one of the best players in the NBA, per ESPN.com’s Chris Haynes: “I think I’m one of the best players in the NBA,” Green said to ESPN. “Am I going to go out and score 30 every night? Absolutely [...]

For a second, it looked like Omri Casspi put himself on the trade block. But he pumped the brakes on those rumors very quickly. From CSN Bay Area’s James Ham: The rumor mill is never kind to the Sacramento Kings. On Friday it was Willie Cauley-Stein’s name who came up in potential moves. And on [...]

What was it we were saying about the Utah Jazz finally getting healthy? Alec Burks remains out indefinitely after having ankle surgery; Boris Diaw is still sidelined with a leg injury; George Hill, their offensive lifeline, has missed the last few tilts with a thumb issue; and now Derrick Favors, who already missed the start [...]

UPDATE: It is safe to stay that Dwight Howard enjoys playing for the Atlanta Hawks, the fourth team he has represented in his NBA career. Howard communicated as much following the Hawks’ Saturday night beatdown of the Philadelphia 76ers, complimenting Atlanta’s training staff and coaching staff and everything in between, per Chris Vivlamore of the [...]

Patrick Beverley is well on his way to making his 2016-17 season debut for the Houston Rockets. Though the point guard is still supposed to miss at least one more game, head coach Mike D’Antonio indicated he has made encouraging progress, per Calvin Watkins of ESPN.com: [tweet https://twitter.com/calvinwatkins/status/797870735028928512] Beverley, in fact, has already returned to [...]