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Hey! Remember that one time Dikembe Mutombo loaned Bismack Biyombo the rights to his iconic, post-block finger wag? Mutombo doesn’t, either. From ESPN.com’s Mike Mazzeo: Toronto Raptors center Bismack Biyombo may not have gotten permission from Dikembe Mutombo to use the retired shot-blocking star’s finger-wag celebration, but Mutombo says Biyombo “really doesn’t need it.” “You [...]

Kevin Durant is not immune to doubt and fear. It’s understandable if you thought otherwise, given the way he performs on the basketball court, displaying almost an effortless-looking greatness. But contrary to what his size and length and skill set implies, he is human. And as a human, he was naturally scared for his NBA [...]

Should the Oklahoma City Thunder pull off the unthinkable and squeak past the Golden State Warriors to reach the NBA Finals, their success, while incredibly impressive, might come with an asterisk. Because they’ll have beaten a humanized Stephen Curry. The two-time MVP is playing through this series despite, apparently, favoring the right knee he injured [...]

With the NBA head coaching well drying up, diminishing the likelihood that out-of-work candidates land a prominent gig in time for next season, former Cleveland Cavaliers head coach David Blatt has no plans to take off for the 2016-17 crusade. He will be working somewhere, anywhere, even if it’s not in the NBA. As he [...]

Carmelo Anthony is excited for Jeff Hornacek to start coaching the New York Knicks. We know this. But that doesn’t mean he influenced team president Phil Jackson’s decision. Because he didn’t. As relayed by Keith Schlosser of SNY.TV: Anthony said team president Phil Jackson didn’t speak to him about Hornacek. “Whatever Phil did, he did [...]

Is Bradley Beal a max-contract player in today’s NBA? Bradley Beal sure thinks so. As he told the Washington Post‘s Jorge Castillo: “I want to be valued the right way,” Beal, 22, said from Japan, where he visited as part of a promotional tour for the NBA and attended a playoff viewing party with fans. [...]

Even though the Boston Celtics haven’t been rebuilding for long, they want the rebuild to be over. That tends to happen when you emerge as a low-key Eastern Conference contender not three years into your reinvention. The Celtics have picks, prospects, trade-friendly contracts and cap space. That’s a lethal combination. It’s led many of us [...]

With LeBron James set to opt out of his contract this summer, you knew free-agency rumors, however seemingly farfetched, were coming. You just didn’t expect this. Typical chatter would have him bolting Cleveland if the Cavaliers failed to win a title. But ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith delivered a different message entirely, per Dan Feldman of [...]

During the Golden State Warriors 133-105 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals on Sunday night, Draymond Green was assessed a Flagrant 1 for kicking Steven Adams in the groin. And that may not be the end of it. Here’s a clip of the incident courtesy of SB [...]

Kevin Love isn’t fine, but he’s going to be fine. He thinks. Love apparently injured his knee during the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 105-99 loss to the Toronto Raptors on Monday night, according to the Akron Beacon Journal‘s Jason Lloyd: [tweet https://twitter.com/JasonLloydABJ/status/734955514153607169] Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue didn’t even play Love during the fourth quarter. But that [...]