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Reigning NBA champions aren’t typically considered underdogs entering the following season—not if they keep their title-toting core intact. But the Cleveland Cavaliers could be an exception. Just not to Kyrie Irving. As he told Complex Sports’ Zach Frydenlund: Complex: With the Warriors adding Kevin Durant, most people will look at the Cavs as underdogs even [...]

Adam Silver had a sort of “State of the League” address at the NBA Summer League and among the many topics that were discussed were the rising prevalence of “Super Teams.” The most recent example of course being Kevin Durant joining the 73-win Golden State Warriors this offseason. Silver did not hold back his opinion [...]

For a hot minute at the start of NBA free agency, it looked like Chandler Parsons would sign with the Portland Trail Blazers, who were offering him a max deal. But then the Memphis Grizzlies swooped in with a max offer of their own, and everything changed. Parsons chose the Grizzles and has no regrets. [...]

Dwight Howard probably wouldn’t be a member of the Atlanta Hawks if it weren’t for Grant Hill, one of the team’s minority owners. True story. Per ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: Grant Hill was a big part of the process,” Howard said of the Hawks’ minority owner and former fellow Orlando Magic star in an interview that [...]

After signing a one-year deal worth $6 million with the Toronto Raptors, Jared Sullinger knows he messed up. Many of his peers, like former teammate Evan Turner (four years, $70 million) were being handed obscene sums of cash. But he ultimately settled on a modestly priced one-year pact, because the interest in his services, while [...]

The NBA’s 2016-17 season has yet to begin, but Boston Celtics point guard Isaiah Thomas is already thinking about what happen in 2018. Yes, 2018. That’s when Thomas will reach free agency and, by his own words, search for a lucrative deal. As he told CSNNE.com’s A. Sherrod Blakely: They better bring out the Brinks [...]

James Harden isn’t here to sugarcoat anything. He’s here to play basketball and make lots of money. And tell the truth. On Saturday, the Houston Rockets announced that they renegotiated a four-year, $118 million contract with their lone superstar. The move allows Harden’s salary to jump immediately, in 2016-17, and it ensures he won’t reach [...]

Well, it happened. Tim Duncan retired. Just like that. There wasn’t really a warning. There were hints, none of them strong. Which is just how Duncan would have wanted it to be. He is unique in that he doesn’t give two flying effs about convention, about how he should leave the game, or about how [...]

Let’s go back 13 years, the Spurs had just one won their second NBA title in five years. Tim Duncan was entering his prime and was the best player in the world and the Spurs, despite winning the NBA title over the New Jersey Nets in the 2003 NBA Finals, were unsure if they could [...]

According to ESPN Reporter Zach Lowe, the Bulls have officially taken Jimmy Butler off the trade market and are no longer listening to offers from the Timberwolves and the Celtics. [tweet https://twitter.com/TheChiChronicle/status/752882488511455232] Butler seems to be an odd fit for the Bulls with their odd back court of Wade and Rondo. Their best three point [...]