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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 [...]

Over the last 48 hours or so, there has been a lot of chatter about Kevin Durant specifically indicating to Russell Westbrook that he planned to re-sign with the Oklahoma City Thunder. But that apparently never happened. Royce Young of ESPN.com shed some clarity on the situation: There has been a lot of conversation about [...]

According to a story from the Basketball Insiders Reporter Alex Kennedy, former Seattle Sonic, Cleveland Cavalier and Atlanta Hawk (among a million other teams) Rondald “Flip” Murray is attempting to make an NBA comeback. [tweet https://twitter.com/AlexKennedyNBA/status/758497955674517505] Murray will be 37 on Friday and hasn’t appeared in an NBA game since 2010 as a member of [...]

Do the Los Angeles Clippers have a Blake Griffin free-agency conundrum on their hands? Um, maybe. Griffin has an Early Termination Option for 2017-18 and can become a free agent next summer. Bleacher Report’s Ric Bucher has apparently heard he isn’t “wed” to the Clippers and could have wandering eyes when it comes to exploring [...]

Jared Sullinger’s free-agency logic is irrefutable. Complex’s Ryan Morik caught up with the new member of Toronto Raptors and asked him about his decision to sign with Canada’s finest. He answered the question with another question: Why the Raptors? Why not. It was almost like a no brainer. It was a situation where not only [...]

Sacramento Kings general manager Vlade Divac thinks very highly of his All-Star/Team USA big man DeMarcus Cousins. Asked if Boogie is currently the most dominant tower in the world, Divac didn’t hesitate to take his answer one step further, per James Ham of CSNBayArea.com: “It’s a no-brainer,” Kings general manager Vlade Divac said from his [...]

According to TMZ, the Los Angeles Clippers assistant equipment manager who Blake Griffin punched during an off-court altercation, Matias Testi, will not be back with the team for 2016-17. Here’s the skinny: The L.A. Clippers equipment staffer who was punched in the face by Blake Griffin during a fight in Toronto earlier this year is [...]

Though the Minnesota Timberwolves and their fans didn’t need any additional reasons to love and worship Karl-Anthony Towns, last year’s No. 1 overall pick just gave them one. Per Jon Krawczynski of the Associated Press: [tweet https://twitter.com/APkrawczynski/status/758343405860597761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Come talk to us in a half-decade or so KAT, after the Timberwolves organization has, presumably, broken your [...]