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So I guess it’s safe to say the Los Angeles Lakers prefer Luke Walton to Byron Scott. Bold, I know. But it’s the truth. The Lakers are above .500, at 4-3, with one of the 12 best net ratings in the NBA. And while it’s still early, Jordan Clarkson says the team wants to continue [...]

Al Horford suffered a concussion while practicing with the Boston Celtics on October 30, and he hasn’t played since. For now, the Celtics don’t know when he’ll play again, per Mass Live’s Jay King: [tweet https://twitter.com/ByJayKing/status/795715429671071744] Horford’s safety and long-term health is the primary concern here, but the Celtics, quite clearly, need him back as [...]

Our life consists of little victories and failures. And there is no way to say that something is truly bad unless you’ve experienced something extremely great. Everything is learned by comparison to past experiences. So to know that your team is truly a contender, you need to have played for either a contender or a [...]

Even in injury, it doesn’t appear Nerlens Noel wants for trade suitors. With the Philadelphia 76ers’ frontcourt logjam alive as ever, we can expect Jahlil Okafor’s and Noel’s names to be bandied about the rumor mill until one or both of them is moved. Though the Sixers have already moved Jerami Grant, they’ve never once [...]

All is quiet on the DeMarcus Cousins trade rumor front for a change, but some NBA executives don’t expect it to stay that way From Sam Amico of Amico Hoops: The Sacramento Kings are off to another lousy start, another start that makes the playoffs seem like a pipe dream — again. So is this [...]

If the Boston Celtics had gotten their way ahead of the 2014 NBA draft, Joel Embiid would have never needed to trust in The Process. On The Ringer’s Bill Simmons’ latest podcast, he divulged that the Celtics tried trading up for Embiid in 2014, who went with the third overall pick in that draft (transcription [...]

Jaylen Brown just made LeBron James blush. The Boston Celtics’ rookie offered some serious praise to the three-time NBA champion following his team’s Thursday night loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Here’s what Brown said, per Celtics.com’s Mark D’Amico: [tweet https://twitter.com/Marc_DAmico/status/794415963500318720] Amazing. LeBron, truthfully, doesn’t get enough credit for all he does, probably because he’s LeBron. [...]

Good news: New York Knicks head coach Jeff Horaneck and myself are on the same page. Following the beating New York suffered at the hands of the Houston Rockets on Wednesday, Hornacek admitted that the team needs to do a better job of getting Kristaps Porzingis the ball in certain situations, per the New York [...]

The NBA’s extension deadline for fourth-year players came and passed on Halloween, ending without a new deal for many—including Otto Porter. But that doesn’t mean the Washington Wizards don’t want to keep him. They’ve made it clear that they do. As general manager Ernie Grunfeld said, per CSN Mid-Atlantic’s J. Michael: “We had conversations but [...]

Now, about the Utah Jazz winning 50 games this season…that’s probably not going to happen. It’s not that the Jazz don’t have the talent to reach that mark. No, no, no. They’re just a magnet for injury bugs. Boris Diaw is the latest to fall victim. He will miss at least the next two weeks [...]