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Think the Los Angeles Lakers’ decision to hire Luke Walton, a rookie head coach, to replace Byron Scott means they’re ready to rebuild methodically and with patience? Think again. Fox Sports’ Colin Cowherd has heard from “two separate sources” that the Lakers will flip their draft selection, even if they’re awarded the No. 1 prospect, [...]

Seattle City Council voted on Tuesday a vital measure to the hopes or likelihood of the NBA ever returning to Seattle and the result was not good news for those pining to see the Sonics return to the community. The council voted 5-4 against giving a large chunk of real estate on Occidental Avenue South [...]

Steven Adams made his mark on Game 2 of the Spurs-Thunder Western Conference semifinal series Monday night injecting life and toughness into the Thunder by scoring 12 points to go along with 17 rebounds in 37 minutes including numerous thunderous (see what I did there?) dunks. He has developed into an extremely valuable ‘doin the [...]

Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr has no plans on leaving the sidelines anytime soon. As he said, per Tim Kawakami of the Mercury News: Q: Do you imagine that you’re going to be coaching for two, three, five more years? KERR: I imagine I’m going to be coaching for 15 or 20. I love–love–what [...]

Say what you want about LeBron James but he has been one of the more consistent playoff performers throughout his NBA career with an incredible amount of longevity. King James registered his 120th playoff victory Monday night over the Hawks, elevating him past the one any only Michael Jordan in that category. [tweet https://twitter.com/espn/status/727494204453060608] When [...]

Byron Scott won’t disparage the potential of Los Angeles Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell just because the team canned him after the 2015-16 season was over. But he’s not ready to declare Russell a future megastar beyond a shadow of a doubt, either. Here’s what Scott said while making an appearance on The Dan Patrick Show [...]

The NBA’s referees from Monday night’s Game 2 matchup between the San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference semifinals have a message to deliver: Oops. In the closing seconds of Oklahoma City’s 98-97 win over San Antonio, Dion Waiters was inbounding the ball and elbowed Manu Ginobili from the sidelines. Nothing [...]

The Sacramento Kings’ coaching search is plowing on. And on. And on. And, well, you get the point. Sacramento has been linked to what feels like dozens of potential candidates of varying experience and skill. And they don’t appear any closer to ending their search. To the contrary, two more options are instead gaining steam, [...]

Nicolas Batum isn’t yet ready to leave the Charlotte Hornets. Though the 27-year-old will be among the most sought-after commodities once he reaches free agency in July, his first preference remains sticking with the Hornets, per The Charlotte Observer‘s Rick Bonnell: So is he predisposed to remaining a Hornet? “Why not? I don’t know (what [...]

Now that the marathon known as the NBA season is winding down, the 22 franchises who have packed their bags for the summer and the players who play for those franchises have started to look forward to the 2016 off season. 18-year veteran and greatest Dallas Maverick of all time Dirk Nowitzki has announced that [...]