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The Portland Trail Blazers were the NBA’s darlings last season. The team surprised everybody by winning 45 games and making the western conference semi-finals. There were a lot of ways Portland could have went this offseason with their near $60 million under the cap, and they have decided to go all in on locking up [...]

For being one of the most successful and richest African-American business men in this country and the world, and quite possibly the most influential African-American male on earth, Michael Jordan typically doesn’t get involved with any controversial political issues that are affecting the African-American community. Jordan usually opts to stay quiet for fear (one would [...]

Brandon Ingram has drawn comparisons to, and praise from, NBA demigod Kevin Durant. He, at times, has the look and feel of a younger Paul George. This is to say, he’s a multiposition wing who should be able to dominate both ends of the floor in due time. Don’t take just anyone’s word for it, [...]

All of you should know by now that the NBA made good on its stated intent to remove the 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte if North Carolina’s House Bill 2 wasn’t overturned. The decision isn’t a bold one. HB2, aka Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act, is a terrible piece of legislature, essentially precluding cities [...]

For a brief two years, it seemed like Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and recruiting extraordinaire Chandler Parsons would indefinitely form the most bro-like player-owner combination in the NBA. But Parsons recently left Dallas for the Memphis Grizzlies. So now what? Nothing too different, actually. Cuban and Parsons may no longer share the same basketball [...]

Remember all that “Manu Ginobili was considering signing with the Philadelphia 76ers if the San Antonio Spurs didn’t up their offer” stuff that was floating around last week? Surely it was a joke. Ginobili wouldn’t ever leave the Spurs. Especially for the Sixers. He would sooner retire. He probably just used Philly for leverage, even [...]

Should the Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers hammer out a Jahlil Okafor trade, it doesn’t sound like it will be a mutually beneficial deal. Going one step further, it doesn’t seem like the Sixers will emerge from any completed negotiations with much to show for their troubles, according to philly.com’s Keith Pompey: It doesn’t make [...]

It wasn’t long ago it seemed like the NBA would successfully avoid its second lockout in less than seven years. Both the league and the NBPA can opt out of the current collective bargaining agreement in 2017, though the side that opts out must notify its counterpart by December. But that didn’t matter. It felt [...]

Slow your roll on those Blake Griffin trade rumors, fam. The Los Angeles Clippers have other ideas. They, apparently, want to get another star (or five) to join their current nucleus, not willingly deal one they already employ to a rival NBA team. This latest dispatch comes from the Orange County Register‘s Jeff Miller: Doc [...]

Jae Crowder, it seems, isn’t thrilled about the Boston Celtics’ face-to-face meeting with Kevin Durant. And he has a point. From Mass Live’s Tom Westerholm: “We were the only team in the NBA to beat both (Cleveland and Golden State) on their home court — the only team in the NBA, the Boston Celtics,” Crowder [...]