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The Detroit Pistons’ season is over. Andre Drummond’s time in the Motor City is not. After the Pistons were swept by the Cleveland Cavaliers in their first playoff appearance since 2009, owner Tom Gores made it clear that Drummond, a restricted free agent, remains part of the team’s long-term vision, per ESPN.com’s Nick Friedell: Pistons [...]

Vince Carter will not be following Kobe Bryant into retirement. With 18 NBA seasons now on his treads, Carter, 39, made it clear following the Memphis Grizzlies’ first-round playoff exit that he has no plans of walking away right now (h/t Hoops Rumors): [tweet https://twitter.com/NBATV/status/724340898952171520] Vince Carter has one guaranteed year worth just over $4 [...]

Stephen Curry is the heart and soul of the Golden State Warriors’ basketball ambitions. And on Sunday, during a shellacking of the Houston Rockets, the powers that be ripped that heart and soul from the Warriors’ grasp. The soon-to-be two-time MVP left the game and didn’t return with what is now being called a sprained [...]

Dwight Howard has no plans to call it a season just yet. Following a Game 4 loss to the Golden State Warriors, the Houston Rockets are now on the brink, trailing the best regular season team in NBA history 3-1, a grave from which very few squads have ever escaped. But Howard doesn’t care. He [...]

Well, it finally happened: The Los Angeles Lakers fired Byron Scott. This move was inevitable. The timing, however, was a bit bizarre. The news came late Sunday night, long after top head coaching candidates Tom Thibodeau and Scott Brooks signed new deals with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Washington Wizards, respectively. If the Lakers were going [...]

Charles Barkley, the ever entertaining and unabashedly outspoken person that he is, is not a fan of the Houston Rockets. Barkley reacted to the news that Curry would miss Game 3 on TNT, by saying “it’s the Rockets, the Warriors don’t need Curry.” Even when the Rockets had a seven point halftime lead over the [...]

Is there a possibility that Avery Bradley returns from a right hamstring injury sooner than expected? In between his ears, maybe. In real life, no. The Boston Celtics won’t let him if it comes to that—specifically, president Danny Ainge won’t let him, per Chris Forsberg of ESPN.com: Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge [...]

If Shaun Livingston gets his way, he’ll be with the Golden State Warriors next season. And beyond. From Diamond Leung of the Bay Area News Group: “I want to stay here as long as I can,” Livingston said. “It’s a unique and special situation. A lot of guys including myself, I want to here for [...]

It was announced by the NBA Friday morning that third-year Blazers shooting guard C.J. McCollum has been named the NBA Most Improved Player for the 2015-16 season. [tweet https://twitter.com/excelsm/status/723517122358464512] McCollum basically tripled his output from the previous season in 20 more minutes per game, averaging 20.8 points, 4.3 assists, 3.2 rebounds and 1.2 steals in [...]

It wasn’t long ago that Scott Brooks was being criticized for his uninventive offensive sets with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Now he’s wrapped up a brief, yet poignant tenure as one of the NBA’s top head coaching candidates. Taking one year off sure changes a lot, doesn’t it? In Brooks’ case, absolutely. He was always [...]