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Add Kristaps Porzingis to the list of New York Knicks who are excited to play for new head coach Jeff Hornacek. From ESPN.com’s Ian Begley: “There were a lot of names, coming up — David Blatt, [Frank] Vogel. Hornacek just came out of the nowhere,” Porzingis said in an interview with ESPN this week from [...]

Remember when, in 2011, the Boston Celtics passed on drafting Jimmy Butler so they could select MarShon Brooks? Good times. To be fair, Butler, the 30th pick in 2011, was passed over 29 times before being picked up by the Chicago Bulls. So it’s not like the Celtics are alone. But they can be uniquely [...]

During a summer in which the NBA’s available-player market is barren of high-end guards, restricted free agent Jordan Clarkson has some serious curb appeal. Just don’t bank on him leaving the Los Angeles Lakers. As he told NBCLosAngeles.com’s Shahan Ahmed: “LA is like home for me, so I definitely want to be here,” Los Angeles [...]

Hopefully Steve Kerr has his checkbook handy. His comments following the Golden State Warriors’ 115-101 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 6 of the NBA Finals are going to cost him. Kerr was not shy about criticizing the referees for how they officiated Stephen Curry. The two-time MVP fouled out with the game already [...]

Feel free to fire up the Kevin Love-to-the-Boston Celtics trade rumors again. Celtics president Danny Ainge apparently met with Love’s agent, according to RealGM’s Andrew Perna: [tweet https://twitter.com/Andrew_Perna/status/743488661304532992] [tweet https://twitter.com/Andrew_Perna/status/743489125060313089] Are we sure Ainge just wasn’t seeing if Harrison Barnes was interested in coming to Beantown? Okay, that was mean. There could be a totally [...]

What, you didn’t think the Houston Rockets were going to be quiet during NBA free agency this summer, did you? Of course not. Why would you? Not only is the salary cap exploding, giving most teams plenty of money to spend, but Houston’s general manager, Daryl Morey, is notorious for chasing superstars at every turn. [...]

Stephen Curry. Anthony Davis. LaMarcus Aldridge. James Harden. Chris Paul. Russell Westbrook. John Wall. What do they all have in common? They, among many other high-profile players, won’t be participating in the Team USA festivities. You’ll notice that the point guard position in particular is taking a hit. Four of its top-five contributors—Curry, Paul, Westbrook, [...]

Jahlil Okafor knows the Philadelphia 76ers are trying to trade him. Here’s what he told Basketball Insiders’ Alex Kennedy: “Well, of course you hear it,” Okafor said of trade rumors. “You hear it because of people texting you and asking you and all of that stuff. There were trade rumors involving me throughout the season. [...]

Draymond Green let his Golden State Warriors teammates down by allowing his emotions get the best of him in Game 4. He inexplicably reacted to LeBron James stepping over him in the fourth quarter and was retroactively assessed another flagrant, forcing him to watch Game 5 as a spectator outside Oracle Arena. The Warriors lost [...]

Stephen Curry is not a immune to pressure. You can forgive yourself if you thought otherwise. Even as he’s struggled during these NBA playoffs, seldom piecing together entire games of trademark Stephen Curry basketball, he has always seemed to come up big when it matters most. The end of Game 6 of the Western Conference [...]