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During Kobe Bryant’s final game, the Black Mamba had the kind of night that put certain thoughts in the back of your head. Maybe he isn’t done. Maybe he’ll retire from the NBA, only to ride again soon in a year or two, still a shell of his former self, but still able to have [...]

It seems as though the never ending bizarre and tenuous employment of George Karl with the Sacramento Kings is finally reaching its bitter end. According to the Sacramento Bee, the Kings are expected to fire George Karl once and for all Thursday morning after he coaches his final game against the Rockets tonight. [tweet https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/720273082024386560] [...]

Are the Sacramento Kings tanking to end the 2015-16 regular season, or are they just really bad? Is it both? Sacramento has won its last two games and is currently in a three-way tie with the Milwaukee Bucks and Denver Nuggets for the eighth-worst record in the NBA. As it would happen, the Kings owe [...]

Reggie Jackson learned a thing or 50 from Brandon Jennings. Most of the NBA’s Eastern Conference teams would love to avoid the Cleveland Cavaliers through the first round of the playoffs. It makes advancing through to the next matchup more likely. It’s that simple. They may not admit it, but it’s definitely a factor. Reggie [...]

If Golden State Warriors assistant coach Luke Walton has his way, his boss, Steve Kerr, will win the NBA’s Coach of the Year award. Related: He might get his way. Per The Vertical’s Michael Lee: [tweet https://twitter.com/MrMichaelLee/status/720039951769808896] Kerr was credited with all of “Walton’s wins” during the time he spent recovering from complications that arose [...]

Mark Jackson, come on down. You’re the next contestant on “Whose name will be thrown into the New York Knicks’ head coaching rumor mill?” Congratulations. Here’s Tommy Dee for SNY.TV: Phil Jackson has called on one of New York’s own to gauge interest in guiding the team’s rebuilding process from the sidelines. A source close [...]

According to ESPN reporters Brian Windhorst and Darren Rovell, the NBA is expected to vote in favor of allowing NBA teams to have advertisements on their jerseys starting in the 2017-18 season. This opens up a whole new revenue stream for NBA franchises and the league and could generate anywhere from $4 million to $6 [...]

Any New York Knicks fans holding out hope that Kevin Durant will consider signing with the team in free agency this summer should, um, you know, stop. It’s not going to happen. Durant, in fact, apparently won’t even consider it, according to the New York Daily News’ Stefan Bondy: Kevin Durant is the top free [...]

Russell Westbrook has a pretty incredible 18 triple-doubles this season, tying Magic Johnson for the most in any NBA season since the 1960s. He was especially special at stuffing the stat sheet in the month of March, tying Michael Jordan for the most triple doubles in a single month in NBA history. Ice Cube would [...]

Who had Greg Monroe lasting only one season with the Milwaukee Bucks in the “Greg Monroe’s Tenure in Milwaukee” pool? Well, you may be headed for a clutch, not-at-all-real win. According to Gery Woelfel of the Racine Journal Times, the Bucks plan to shop Monroe around the NBA this summer: Toss in the fact the [...]