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Signing Kevin Durant was kind of like finding money for the Golden State Warriors. Or so team president Rick Welts says. Though the Warriors heavily recruited Durant over the last year-plus, and while they were widely viewed as the most likely landing spot for him should he leave the Oklahoma City Thunder, they never really [...]

Ricky Rubio’s future with the Minnesota Timberwolves, under new head coach and president Tom Thibodeau, is safe. For now. We think. Sort of. That was the general message owner Glen Taylor delivered to reporters while in Las Vegas for the NBA’s Summer League festivities, per Sid Hartman of the Star Tribune: One thing Taylor did [...]

Don’t expect a Blake Griffin trade to go through anytime soon. This could be because the Los Angeles Clippers simply aren’t inclined to move him. He is a 27-year-old superstar. Those don’t grow on trees. Of course, he will be a free agent in 2017. It’s only smart of the Clippers to explore moving him, [...]

Derrick Rose and Kristaps Porzingis are already building some on-court chemistry. The duo worked out together in Los Angeles while Porzingis was there for the ESPYs, along with some other New York Knicks players, including Brandon Jennings. Rose, apparently, is digging the dynamic he has with the Orange and Blue’s sophomore sensation, according to his [...]

Playing in the 2016 NBA Finals should have been a win-win for Anderson Varejao. Now a member of the Golden State Warriors, he spent most of his first 12 seasons with the Cleveland Cavaliers, including the first half of 2015-16. So even if the Warriors lost, he would still get a ring. Well, the Warriors [...]

Pat Riley has a message for all you truthers who think that he purposely steered Dwyane Wade from the Miami Heat to the Chicago Bulls. You’re wrong. That’s the gist of what he said anyway, telling reporters that he is absolutely shocked Wade ended up in The Windy City, per Jason Leiser of the Palm [...]

J.R. Smith is looking to cash in on last season’s performance with the Cleveland Cavaliers. The good news? He wants the Cavaliers to be the team handing him that cash. Per Steve Kyler of Basketball Insiders: [tweet https://twitter.com/stevekylerNBA/status/754758177418252288] Some friendly advice for the Philadelphia 76ers: Do it. Offer J.R. Smith a two-year max deal or [...]

Did Manu Ginobili almost sign with the Philadelphia 76ers? Probably not. Did the Sixers essentially force the Spurs to pay Ginobili $14 million next season by making a lucrative pitch to him in free agency? Probably. That’s the lowdown, according to The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski: Sources tell me the reason the Spurs had to go [...]

Jose Calderon holds no ill will toward the New York Knicks after being traded for Derrick Rose. Even though he probably should. Calderon recently spoke with the New York Post‘s Marc Berman about his time in New York. The entire thing is worth a read, but we’re here to give you the greatest hits. First, [...]

Andre Iguodala made a pretty interesting observation on Thursday about the NBA pecking order during the 2016 NBA Playoffs. As we all know the Warriors lost in 7 games in the NBA Finals to the Cleveland Cavaliers and defeated his new teammate Kevin Durant’s Oklahoma City Thunder in 7 games in the western conference finals. [...]