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The Boston Celtics’ search for a star continues. It will no doubt reach fever pitch in free agency, but the draft is first. And the Celtics have three first-round selections, each of which is believed to be on the table as they try to upgrade the roster with a household name. Boston’s best bet for [...]

Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey thinks former Philadelphia 76ers general manager Sam Hinkie got a raw deal before resigning from his post in April. Here’s what Morey said of the situation during an appearance of “The Vertical Podcast with Woj,” via Jonathan Tannenwald of Philly.com: I wanted to take hits for him. The reality [...]

Someone get LeBron James an icepack. He just got burned by pretty much all of the Golden State Warriors. But that was expected. Less expected was the hail of fire and brimstone sent his way by Ayesha Curry, the wife of two-time MVP Stephen Curry. Let’s start at the beginning. Draymond Green is suspended for [...]

Things have changed for the New York Knicks. Ridiculously quickly, I might add. Though they have long needed a quality starting point guard, they weren’t initially expected to chase one in free agency this summer. There aren’t a ton of exceptional floor generals available, the Knicks already have Jose Calderon, Tony Wroten Jr. and Jerian [...]

After three blowouts and a 2-1 lead for the Golden State Warriors, we have arrived at Game 4 of the 2016 NBA Finals tonight in Cleveland. The Cavaliers will try to build upon their drubbing of the dubs in Game 3 and protect their home court by tying the series 2-2. The best way for [...]

If the Miami Heat want to retain Hassan Whiteside’s services, they better get in line. There will be plenty of teams who give the shot-blocking, pick-and-roll-finishing, rebounding machine a look in free agency. And the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers are expected to be among them, per Basketball Insiders’ Steve Kyler: There is a [...]

Did you hear the rumor about Kevin Durant possibly joining the Houston Rockets to team up with buddy James Harden? Sure you did. Did you also hear the one about how that’s not going to happen? From ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: Former teammates Kevin Durant and James Harden are “hanging out” this week, ?but the close [...]

Jeff Teague spilled the beans on his Instagram account Thursday morning about his dangerous and interesting decision to play the entire 2015-16 season with a torn patella tendon in his right knee. [tweet https://twitter.com/Shaqtin_A_Fool/status/740926767771291648] Teague quickly deleted the Instagram post as he was probably alerted to do so by his agent, the Hawks organization or [...]

If you don’t love Golden State Warriors center Andrew Bogut yet, you’re about to. Speaking to reporters about Kevin Love missing Game 3 because of a concussion, Bogut offered the utmost support to his NBA Finals rival, per Brian Windhorst of ESPN.com: “There’s probably people calling Kevin Love soft and those people are idiots,” Bogut [...]

So, um, maybe Ben Simmons isn’t a lock to go No. 1 to the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2016 NBA draft? According to Shams Charania of The Vertical, the Sixers have a private workout set up with Duke’s Brandon Ingram: [tweet https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/741079446694862848] Quick, someone, anyone, sound the alarm. So long as it’s the alarm you [...]