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For the select few New York Knicks fans holding out hope that team president Phil Jackson won’t be hiring Kurt Rambis as the team’s next coach, Zen Master disciple and former Denver Nuggets head honcho Brian Shaw has some bad news: He’s almost positive your wishes are futile. Here’s what he told ESPN’s Hannah Storm, [...]

Dario Saric, the NBA’s 12th overall pick in 2014, has spent the last two seasons playing in Croatia. But he may soon be coming to a team near you—insofar as you’re within reasonable proximity of the Philadelphia 76ers. From Keith Pompey of philly.com: A Croatian newspaper reported that Saric, a Croatia native, said he’ll play [...]

Rick Carlisle, head coach of the Dallas Mavericks, is ready for owner Mark Cuban to break open the piggy bank on Dirk Nowitzki’s behalf. The 37-year-old superhuman has made just over $16 million through each of the last two seasons, accepting a pay cut of epic proportions so that the Mavericks could afford to pay [...]

San Antonio Spurs general manager R.C. Buford has laid claim to the NBA’s 2015-16 Executive of the Year award. It is the second time he’s earned the honor, and it is most definitely well deserved. Just ask head coach Gregg Popovich, per Melissa Rohlin of the San Antonio Express-News: [tweet https://twitter.com/melissarohlin/status/729770654145204224] [tweet https://twitter.com/melissarohlin/status/729770818373177344] Coach Pop [...]

Stephen Curry returned from a sprained left MCL on Monday night, coming off the Golden State Warriors’ bench. And for a little while, he looked human. Then all of a sudden, he didn’t. Through the first three quarters of the Warriors’ overtime win against the Portland Trail Blazers, Curry wasn’t good. And then the fourth [...]

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 [...]