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The Sacramento Kings are experiencing a full-on re-brand and repackaging this off season. They unveiled a new slogan, logos and court design about a month ago and now they will have some new duds as they transition to their new arena. The Kings featured five new jerseys on their team Twitter account Wednesday for the [...]

Joel Embiid’s NBA debut is starting to feel imminent. This is perhaps irrational, since he won’t be playing in any summer league games and, thus, at the earliest won’t be suiting up in an official capacity until October 2016. So, technically, his debut is still a ways out. Still, he’s making substantial progress for the [...]

It was all but assumed that after suffering what appeared to be a very painful knee injury Monday night in Game 5 of the 2016 NBA Finals that Andrew Bogut’s season was most likely done. That news became official Wednesday morning as Bogut was ruled out for the remainder of the postseason. [tweet https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/743107945991397376] Bogut [...]

Game, as the kids say, recognize game. Which is why, during a Twitter Q&A, Damian Lillard named Anthony Davis as the player not currently on his team whom he would most like to team up with (h/t ESPN.com’s Justin Verrier): [tweet https://twitter.com/Dame_Lillard/status/742471569578954753] Easy does it, conspiracy theorists. Lillard has no plans to leave Portland: [tweet [...]

If the Chicago Bulls have their way, they’ll trade the one year left on Derrick Rose’s contract before they move Jimmy Butler. The Butler rumor mill has received new life over the last few days with a report coming from ESPN.com’s Marc Stein and Chad Ford that the Minnesota Timberwolves are looking to send the [...]

Watching the Golden State Warriors from afar in Game 5, as a bystander at an Oakland Athletics game, was a bittersweet affair for Draymond Green. Yes, he wanted his team to win, to clinch its second straight NBA title. But, after being suspended for one game, part of him also had to want another crack [...]

Mike Conley’s return to the Memphis Grizzlies still doesn’t appear to be a sure thing. From ESPN.com’s Ian Begley: Here’s a bit of potentially good news for those Knicks fans interested in free agent Mike Conley: some members of the Grizzlies front office are growing a bit concerned about the possibility of Conley leaving in [...]

LeBron James and his Cavaliers entered a hostile environment Monday night in Game 5 of the 2016 NBA Finals, down 3-1 on the road against the best team in NBA history by the numbers, a team that had gone 98-7 at home in the past two regular seasons and postseasons. A six point underdog and [...]

So, um, Rajon Rondo, despite not ruling out a return to the Sacramento Kings, doesn’t sound like someone who wants to return to the Sacramento Kings. As he said on ESPN’s The Jump with Rachel Nichols: Rajon Rondo said Monday on ESPN’s The Jump that the Kings never jelled as a team last season, and [...]