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Today is the first exciting and uplifting day for Oklahoma City Thunder fans in quite some time, as Russell Westbrook has decided to make a commitment (kind of) to be the face of the Thunder’s franchise moving forward. [tweet https://twitter.com/NBATV/status/761195984403722240] This is a huge sigh of relief for the Thunder organization as the nightmarish haze [...]

Will Kenneth Faried begin next season in a Denver Nuggets uniform? It’s a fair question, now more so than ever, knowing that Wilson Chandler should be healthy and given Nikola Jokic’s breakout rookie campaign. The Nuggets simply have too many bodies in their frontcourt, and Faried figures less into their future than any of them, [...]

First Kobe Bryant retired, then came Tim Duncan. Could Kevin Garnett be next? According to former Minnesota Timberwolves interim head coach Sam Mitchell, yes, KG may in fact be the next to go before next seasons tips off. Here’s what Mitchell said on SiriusXM NBA Radio (h/t Zach Harper of CBS Sports for the transcription): [...]

Jason Terry isn’t about to bow down at the altar of the Golden State Warriors. Speaking with Yardbarker, the currently unemployed 38-year-old NBA champion addressed the notion that Golden State is a superteam just because they have Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson and Kevin Durant. Spoiler: He doesn’t think they are a superteam. Now [...]

The Milwaukee Bucks’ attempts to shop Greg Monroe make up the worst-kept secret in the NBA—because it’s not a secret. Monroe doesn’t fit what the Bucks are trying to do. He is a defensive liability, and his post game isn’t as valuable to a team that can’t surround him with a ton of shooters. The [...]

Klay Thompson was so excited Kevin Durant chose the Golden State Warriors that he…went back to sleep after hearing the news. This is apparently a true-fact anecdote, one unearthed by The Vertical’s Shams Charania: “I was sleeping,” Thompson told The Vertical, “and my brother came to my room and woke me up to tell me [...]

As part of a long-form piece on Sports Illustrated that was published Tuesday morning and written by Sports Illustrated writer Lee Jenkins, the man who broke LeBron’s return to Cleveland in 2014, King James let it be known his desire for immortality. During a Nike summer camp for high school athletes in which LeBron is [...]

Kelly Olynyk’s role with the Boston Celtics instantly became unclear after the addition of Al Horford. And now his future in Beantown is, too. From The Boston Globe‘s Gary Washburn: Forward/center Kelly Olynyk is eligible to sign a long-term deal before the Oct. 30 deadline but the Celtics are likely to wait until next summer [...]

Nine-time NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony is just like you—assuming you, too, believe the New York Knicks will begin their season or play on Christmas Day against the Chicago Bulls. Per The Wall Street Journal‘s Chris Herring: [tweet https://twitter.com/HerringWSJ/status/758718617236086785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] This seems like a given, although the Knicks and Bulls probably won’t square off on the NBA’s [...]

Three cheers for consolation prizes! The Los Angeles Clippers were one of a handful of NBA teams that landed a face-to-face meeting with Kevin Durant in free agency—one of five others, to be exact: Boston Celtics, Golden State Warriors, Miami Heat, Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs. And while they ultimately left the contest [...]