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37-year-old Elton Brand is returning for another season, re-signing with the 76ers. [tweet https://twitter.com/TheVertical/status/773615652594671616] Brand played four somewhat injury riddled and disappointing seasons for the 76ers in his fist stint with the team, averaging 12 points and seven rebounds in 263 games after signing a five-year, $80 million contract as a free agent in 2008. [...]

Nerlens Noel and Jahlil Okafor are both still members of the Philadelphia 76ers…for now. But that could change…eventually. The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski dropped this tidbit at the end of his report that the Sixers had signed Elton Brand to a one-year deal: The Sixers have had periodic trade talks this summer involving Noel and Okafor [...]

If Ray Allen ever does decide to come out of retirement, Doc Rivers believes he will make an impact somewhere. Why exactly? Because, well, he’s Ray Allen. From MassLive.com’s Jay King: “I think if Ray was in the right spot he may play. I think Ray wants to golf a lot too right now,” Rivers [...]

Most of us will be pretty surprised if Justise Winslow starts hitting a ton of three-pointers and overall jumpers next season. But the Miami Heat won’t be. According to the Miami Herald‘s Barry Jackson, the team is pleased with all the progress he’s making as a perimeter scorer: The Heat is very encouraged by the [...]

Avery Bradley is stoked about the Boston Celtics’ acquisition of Al Horford. So stoked, in fact, that he believes the team has a chance to finish the 2016-17 season as the NBA’s best, or second-best, defensive faction. From Brian Robb of CBS Boston: “I think he’ll help us out a lot,” Bradley explained. “Having a [...]

Though the Golden State Warriors look absolutely terrifying on paper after signing Kevin Durant, don’t expect them to try outdoing regular-season history from the jump. Or at all. The Warriors broke the record for single-season victories last year, rattling off 73 wins, resetting the 72-win bar that the Chicago Bulls created in 1995-96. Immediately after [...]

Derrick Rose is not alone in his belief that the New York Knicks are ready to contend for an NBA title, perhaps as this quasi-superteam, or whatever else he might be thinking these days. Courtney Lee is right there with him. Here’s what the Knicks’ three-and-D specialist said of his expectations for the team leading [...]

Joakim Noah and Derrick Rose are going to have words. The two New York Knicks newbies appear to have very different takes on their team. Rose put the Knicks in the same class as the Golden State Warriors back in July, but during an interview with XXL Mag’s Roger Krastz, Noah referred to the Knicks [...]

The Golden State Warriors signed Kevin Durant this summer. Did you know that? They took a 73-win nucleus, and attached another top-three superstar to it. Did you know that? Of course you did. It’s all anyone is talking about with regard to the Warriors—well that, and the lack of depth that, frankly, is being overblown. [...]

So that’s why Chris Bosh made it a point to talk about hooping again. On the heels of Bosh using Snapchat to declare that he’s playing basketball, suggesting that he’s on track to return to the court for the Miami Heat after missing the latter halves of each of the last two seasons, we now [...]