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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. [...]

There is no denying the fact that James Harden is a superstar. He has averaged 27-6-5 in four seasons since joining the Rockets and has undoubtedly been the NBA’s best shooting guard (at least offensively) since joining the Rockets and being given the keys to the franchise. His unique ability to utilize his strong frame [...]

All of a sudden, retired NBA players are “considering a comeback.” Unfortunately for most of them, NBA teams aren’t considering their comeback. Most notably, Ray Allen (who teams would want), Stephen Jackson and Jermaine have expressed interest in returning to the league. The next one up is Richard Hamilton. Let’s just hope he’s not interested [...]

If the Boston Celtics do not trade for Blake Griffin, then they’ll target Russell Westbrook. And if they don’t get either one of those two, then they’ll target another big name. Such is life in Beantown, apparently. From the Sporting News’ Sean Deveney: The Celtics are up to something. Talk to any front-office executive here [...]

Most NBA owners probably don’t like that the Golden State Warriors, a 73-win powerhouse, were able to carve out enough cap space to sign Kevin Durant. Mark Cuban, though, is not most owners. He doesn’t really have a huge issue with Durant heading to Oakland. To the contrary, he thinks it’s good for the NBA, [...]

The Magic seemed to have a very clear and measured approach to rebuilding their franchise and restocking their talent from the moment they hit the reset button and dealt Dwight Howard in the summer of 2012. They used the ammo acquired in that blockbuster trade and the resulting bottoming out to build a very talented [...]