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The Dennis Schroder takeover in Atlanta is complete. Already crowned the Atlanta Hawks’ starting point guard following the Jeff Teague trade, the 23-year-old is now the proud owner of a four-year, $70 million extension that will kick in next season. ESPN.com’s Marc Stein and Zach Lowe first broke the news and expanded upon the agreement: [...]

It’s always good when the expectations and goals of an NBA franchise and its best player align. Too bad that’s not happening for the Sacramento Kings and DeMarcus Cousins. The Kings are preaching patience and process. They hired a new coach in Dave Joerger. The offense is going to be different. The defense is going [...]

Though the Miami Heat are hovering on the brink of a full-tilt rebuild, they apparently don’t have any plans to shop veteran point guard Goran Dragic. Yet. From ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: The Miami Heat aren’t actively trying to trade ?point guard Goran Dragic. We know this because if they were, it wouldn’t take the Heat [...]

As a 7’3″ beanpole with three-point range, a strong presence around the rim and a burgeoning fadeaway jumper, New York Knicks sophomore Kristaps Porzingis is already terrifying to opposing defenses. And yet, he’s aiming to be scarier. The 21-year-old is continuously trying to broaden his offensive horizons, and at the moment, that includes honing his [...]

Every so often, Dirk Nowitzki, 38, says something that we must interpret as a career update. This is one of those times. Asked yet again about his future in the NBA, Nowitzki told Talk Basket’s John Hobbs that he intends to finish out the contract he signed with the Dallas Mavericks this summer before riding [...]

If the Detroit Pistons want Kentavious Caldwell-Pope to stick around, it’s going to cost them. The 23-year-old swingman will become a restricted free agent this summer if he doesn’t sign an extension before the impending late-October deadline. That extension doesn’t appear to be in the cards, because Caldwell-Pope is believed to be seeking around $20 [...]

Ah yes, the NBA was officially back last night and we were treated to the King picking up right where he left off last season with a triple-double and a dominating victory over the Knicks. Damian Lillard and Joe Johnson had an “anything you can do I can do better” battle, and the Spurs absolutely [...]

Whatever you might think of Derrick Rose the person and Derrick Rose the player, you can’t deny that he’s never lacked confidence. On many occasions, that’s been part of the problem. People don’t want to hear him expressing faith in his abilities and his star status after all these injuries and setbacks and on-court regressions. [...]

Golden State Warriors general manager Bob Myers seems like an even-keeled, genuine, all-around good dude. Let’s get that out of the way. Part of his charm is his humility—this refusal, deliberate or unconscious, to get caught up in any form of Warriors hysteria. And that doesn’t change when you’re talking about legacies, about historical success, [...]

Bear with us until the end, Los Angeles Clippers fans. It’s about to seem like Chris Paul, your All-Star point guard, is throwing some shade your way. But he’s not. Paul, though, did say he doesn’t feel like Staples Center has become an adequate home-court advantage for the Clippers, per Dan Woike of the Orange [...]