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In addition to being without rookie Ben Simmons for the next few months, the Philadelphia 76ers also expect to begin the 2016-17 season without Nerlens Noel. Said head coach Brett Brown of Noel, who is dealing with a groin injury, per Tom Moore of Calkins Moore: [tweet https://twitter.com/tmoore76ers/status/787404219590512640] Welp. Fortunately for the Sixers, I guess, [...]

Word came down over the weekend that the Chicago Bulls and Milwaukee Bucks had come to an agreement on a trade to send Michael Carter-Williams to the Bulls in exchange for Tony Snell. It became official Monday morning. [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/788029771670183940] Carter-Williams had been a huge disappointment for the Bucks since trading for him at the [...]

Take it from Stephen Curry: The Los Angeles Lakers’ players love them some Luke Walton. Baxter Holmes wrote a fabulous piece for ESPN.com on Walton’s attempts to bring a little Golden State Warriors culture to Hollywood. There is a long way to go, quite obviously, but the early returns are good. Walton’s players like him [...]

Houston Rockets fans are adjusting to the idea of James Harden being used as the primary point guard, and will hopefully also have time to adapt to the high-volume usage of an Eric Gordon-Harden backcourt. Based on what head coach Mike D’Antoni said, per The Dream Shake’s Josh Reese, it doesn’t sound like Patrick Beverley, [...]

Phew, that was close. On Saturday night, midway through the Memphis Grizzlies’ 134-125 double-overtime preseason victory (WUT), Ronald Tillery of the Commercial Appeal tweeted that Marc Gasol appeared to have hurt his right ankle: [tweet https://twitter.com/CAGrizBeat/status/787468497068576768] Given that Marc Gasol missed nearly half of last season after fracturing that same foot, you can understand the [...]

When Isaiah Thomas reaches free agency in 2018, the New York Knicks better not come calling. Unless, of course, they’ve ditched all remnants of Phil Jackson’s beloved triangle offense. As Isaiah Thomas made clear to the New York Daily News‘ Stefan Bondy while discussing Knicks head coach Jeff Hornacek, for whom he played while with [...]

J.R. Smith will not be sporting Boston Celtics green next season–not unless he wears a leprechaun suit to a St. Patrick’s Day rave, anyway. We knew this already, of course. Smith remains an unsigned free agent, but even with the regular season drawing closer, his future still very clearly lies with the reigning NBA champion [...]

Kristaps Porzingis is the best, which isn’t an offhand distinction we throw around lightly when it comes to players who represent the New York Knicks. In an essay penned for The Players’ Tribune, the 21-year-old skyscraper talks a lot about his playing days prior to joining the Knicks. He touches upon his family, the homesickness/anemia [...]

So, um, Carmelo Anthony is ready for Derrick Rose to return to the New York Knicks. The team’s new point guard has been in Los Angeles for a civil sexual trial that began on October 4. Rose and two of his friends are accused of raping a former girlfriend of Rose’s. And while, quite clearly, [...]

Andrew Bogut has been a member of the Dallas Mavericks for, like, a minute, and yet he’s already thinking about staying with them beyond this season. From NBA.com’s Scott Howard-Cooper: Next summer, Bogut will be 32 and a free agent, able to select a championship contender for another run at a ring. Yet his first [...]