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Less than three days after being let go as the head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies, in what reportedly was more his decision, Dave Joerger has been hired as the new head coach of the Sacramento Kings. [tweet https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/729737110605815808] Joeger will reportedly sign a four-year, $16 million contract to become the Kings 9th coach since [...]

The 2016 postseason has been good to the Cleveland Cavaliers thus far, as they are 8-0 and have swept their way into the eastern conference finals for the 2nd consecutive season. LeBron is playing like LeBron, Kevin Love is showing what the Cavs were missing after his injury in Round 1 of the 2015 playoffs [...]

Dirk Nowitzki took a pay cut in 2014 to help the Dallas Mavericks assemble an NBA title contender. Which they haven’t done. They have invested in Chandler Parsons and Wesley Matthews, and they have whiffed on DeAndre Jordan, but they have yet to put together a team, a core, worthy of the financial sacrifice Nowitzki [...]

Jimmy Butler would probably be totally cool with the Chicago Bulls exploring all their options this summer if one of those options didn’t, ostensibly, include tying him to a runaway trade rumor mill. Allow K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune to explain: For all the talk about how executive vice president John Paxson and general [...]

Dwyane Wade is ready to board the NBA’s three-point bandwagon. Sort of. The 34-year-old is shooting a blistering 72.2 percent from long range during the playoffs. While that accuracy has come amid just 11 attempts, this is just the fifth time in his career he’s averaging at least 1.2 deep-ball attempts per postseason contest after [...]

Al Horford will be one of the NBA’s hottest available free agents over the summer, though that depends on how you define “available.” While he may be an unrestricted free agent, his intention is to stick with the Atlanta Hawks. Even after they were swept in the playoffs for the second straight year by the [...]

Dave Joerger was, officially, canned by the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday. It looks like he’ll be unemployed for less than a week. From The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski: The Sacramento Kings are progressing rapidly in discussions with Dave Joerger, with a Monday meeting that will include owner Vivek Ranadive being the final hurdle to Joerger’s hiring [...]

It feels like this has been an absolute certainty since Christmas, as Steph Curry was clearly the best player in the world this season while playing for the best team the NBA has seen in decades. It was made official Monday morning, Steph Curry was named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player for the 2nd consecutive [...]

It became official Friday that despite Curry’s belief and desire that he would make his playoff return in Game 3 of the Warriors 2nd round series against the Blazers he is being ruled out for the game. [tweet https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/728619968246493192] He has missed the past three postseason games after spraining his MCL in his right knee [...]

Are you an NBA general manager interested in trading for Jimmy Butler? Good news: The Chicago Bulls will listen to your offer. Bad news: They just don’t plan on accepting it. From CSNNE.com’s A. Sherrod Blakely: A league source tells CSNNE.com that the Bulls, while still open to listening to offers for Butler, are telling [...]