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At this point, with Joel Embiid having missed his first two seasons in the NBA due to foot injuries, simply seeing him on the court, in an actual game, will be a boon for the Philadelphia 76ers’ morale. Just don’t expect to see him on the hardwood too much, or even on back-to-back nights. From [...]

Los Angeles Lakers rookie Brandon Ingram has only been an NBA player for a few months, but he’s already making the text-message rounds with veterans. Including Golden State Warriors sixth man Andre Iguodala. The talked about this bromance on Fox Sports’ The Herd with Colin Cowherd, per Serena Winters of Lakers Nation: [tweet https://twitter.com/SerenaWinters/status/777952650595749888] [tweet [...]

It looks like the Greg Monroe will be a member of the Milwaukee Bucks to start the 2016-17 NBA regular season. But not by choice, for either party. From Gery Woelfel of the Racine Journal Times: Multiple NBA sources told me the Bucks accelerated their attempts to trade Monroe this summer — even though from [...]

Rudy Gay seems to have purchased some property and has been residing on the trade block for quite some time now. That constant possibility of being dealt along with playing for a dysfunctional organization like the Kings has seemed to wear on the 30-year-old small forward. Gay made it no secret to Kings management that [...]

Jeremy Lin entered free agency after a terrific year with the Charlotte Hornets. The New York Knicks, at the time, needed a good point guard. Lin, most likely, wanted a starting spot. The timing was perfect. These two parties needed each other, just like they did in 2011-12, only in a different capacity. Lin needed [...]

The Bucks went a long way toward securing a vital member of their burgeoning core Monday morning as they agreed to a four-year, $100 million extension with budding superstar jack of all trades Giannis Antetokounmpo. [tweet https://twitter.com/basketballtalk/status/777950669504258048] This deal is genius and a massive, repeat massive, coo for the Milwaukee Bucks organization as they not [...]

David Blatt is a championship NBA head coach. Sort of. According to the Beacon Journal‘s Jason Lloyd, Blatt will be receiving a championship ring from the Cleveland Cavaliers even though he was canned midway through the season: David Blatt is getting one more parting gift from the Cavaliers: a championship ring. Blatt was fired at [...]

Don’t be fooled by Dirk Nowitzki’s two-year, $50 million deal with the Dallas Mavericks. He may not have that much basketball left in him. From Stephen Hunt of Today’s Fastbreak: “I always said I wanted to kind of take it year-by-year. Signing a two-year deal doesn’t mean I necessarily have to play those two years. [...]

A number of teams unveiled some new alternate jerseys that they will be wearing on occasion during the 2016-17 season including the Grizzlies, 76ers and Nets. All of which are paying homage to their franchise or territory’s history. Here is the Brooklyn Remix Uniform that the Nets will wear for 12 games in the 2016-17 [...]

Steve Clifford knows the Charlotte Hornets have their work cut out for them on offense. Last season, his troops finished ninth in points scored per 100 possessions, according to Basketball-Reference, surprising just about everyone. But Clifford isn’t expecting a repeat of that points-piling success, per the Charlotte Observer‘s Rick Bonnell: “We probably don’t have as [...]