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If Kevin Durant needs some outside direction this summer, as he prepares for his first foray into unrestricted free agency, Kobe Bryant has him covered. The now-retired Black Mamba spoke with Alysha Tsuji of For The Win and gave some predictably diplomatic advice when asked about Durant’s journey into the open market: FTW: You spent [...]

The love shared between the Toronto Raptors and their fans is real. Kyle Lowry’s letter to Raptors loyalists is just the latest evidence of this bond between city and team. He posted a letter on Twitter Thursday, thanking everyone for their support: [tweet https://twitter.com/Klow7/status/738445819792261120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] If you can’t read that, For The Win was kind enough [...]

Dwight Howard’s departure from the Houston Rockets may not be such a formality after all. No, really, I mean that. Even though I’ve wrote extensively on the contrary, and even though I still believe Dwight Howard will leave in free agency, the Rockets don’t appear ready to torch this bridge just yet. Hiring Mike D’Antoni [...]

The Boston Celtics are keeping the band together. The off-court band, that is. After tying for the third-best record in the Eastern Conference, the Celtics have announced extensions for team president Danny Ainge and head coach Brad Stevens. The announcement came via the team’s official website: The Boston Celtics announced Wednesday that they have extended [...]

Kevin Durant has an important decision to make this offseason. Russell Westbrook may or may not play a role in shaping it. Per Anthony Slater of The Oklahoman: [tweet https://twitter.com/anthonyVslater/status/738051838813995009] You have to appreciate Durant’s candor. He isn’t always like this with the media. It’s almost surprising that he would deliver such an honest answer [...]

So about the Indiana Pacers being open to trading Paul George…It turns out they aren’t. Here’s Steve Kyler of Basketball Insiders: Not sure where the trading Paul George thing came from, but was laughed off the phone when I asked a Pacers source if it was a consideration. The Pacers are absolutely not looking at [...]

Kevin Durant hasn’t indicated he’ll leave the Oklahoma City Thunder for the Boston Celtics, but if he does, he knows which players he wants to come with him. Or something. Here’s Butch Stearns of WEEI on this very issue (h/t NBC Sports): I have this on pretty good authority. The Celtics have sat with his [...]

If new Houston Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni has his way, he and James Harden will be best friends. Alright, maybe not. But, should he get his way, they’ll most definitely be making sweet basketball music together. Houston’s successor to Kevin McHale’s (and J.B. Bickerstaff’s) throne spoke briefly on how ecstatic he is to be [...]

First Dwane Casey. Then DeMar DeRozan. And then Bismack Biyombo. Okay, we’re not sure about the other two, even though the Toronto Raptors are expected to retain DeRozan (player option) once he enters free agency. But they don’t need to worry about losing head coach Dwane Casey anytime soon. Per ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/737826987675246592] [...]

Does Ben Simmons, the consensus top prospect in this year’s NBA draft, know something we don’t? Strike that. Does Ben Simmons know something we already suspect to be true? Though the Philadelphia 76ers have a ton of frontcourt players on their books—Joel Embiid, Nerlens Noel, Jahlil Okafor, Dario Saric—most are operating under the assumption they’ll [...]