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The Boston Celtics are trying to turn their No. 3 draft pick into a star-caliber player. It is not going well. From ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: But sources told ESPN that the Celtics, to date, have been rebuffed in their efforts to assemble a sufficiently enticing deal to acquire any of these four prime targets: Chicago [...]

Dwight Howard is now a free agent. As expected, the big man opted out of the last year of his deal with the Houston Rockets, according to The Vertical’s Shams Charania: [tweet https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/745374808385462272] The big man was slated to earn around $23.3 million next season, a salary no other team is likely to match now [...]

Kevin Love is an NBA champion. But that doesn’t mean his future with the Cleveland Cavaliers is suddenly safe. Per the Sporting News’ Sean Deveney: But the fact that Love’s name comes up is a testament to the number of teams that recognize he could be his old All-Star self if he did not have [...]

The Philadelphia 76ers have eyes for Providence’s Kris Dunn. By extension, they’re still lusting after the Boston Celtics’ No. 3 pick in the June 23 draft, according to CSNNE’s Tim Welsh (h/t Celtics Blog): “Philly has told Kris Dunn’s camp and his agent they are trying to push the buttons to have this happen before [...]

After losing Game 7 of the NBA Finals to the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Golden State Warriors have officially lost their minds. By going full Daryl Morey. According to Tim Kawakami of the Mercury News, the Warriors plan to be super aggressive this offseason. Which is fine. And that’s led them to “circle” Dirk Nowitzki’s name [...]

Well, this didn’t take long. The Cleveland Cavaliers’ championship champagne buzz hasn’t even fully worn off, and already we’re discussing the possibility of LeBron James leaving The Land for…the Los Angeles Lakers. Correction, ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith is talking about James wearing purple and gold: [tweet https://twitter.com/FirstTake/status/744915453559078912] Stephen A. then doubled down on his take, [...]

Losing Game 7 of the NBA Finals to the Cleveland Cavaliers has not bilked the Golden State Warriors of their confidence. Or rather, it hasn’t stamped out Klay Thompson’s confidence. From CBS Sports’ James Herbert: Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson started his end-of-season media session on Monday by saying that he barely slept the [...]

The world was watching last night as the Warriors chased history and the Cavaliers and LeBron James chased a dream years in the making in the winner take all Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals. The most exciting event in sports. According to overnight data, 30.8 million viewers watched Game 7, making it the [...]

They say that the postseason is a completely different world than the regular season and no team learned that lesson more than the 2015-16 Golden State Warriors. A team that went an incredible, record-breaking 73-9 in the 2015-16 regular season finished 15-9 in the 2016 NBA Playoffs and were one minute away from a history [...]

Last night was the culmination of one of the most memorable and historically substantial NBA Finals series we have ever seen as the two best players in the world dueled one last time in a winner-take-all Game 7 for the right to be called champion. The Warriors would either lay claim to the greatest season [...]