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The 2015-16 NBA season will mark the first or second time since the late 90s that the eastern conference has been deeper than the western conference on the whole. There are years where a western conference team that was 10 or more games over .500 and yet still didn’t make the playoffs such as the [...]

Giannis Antetokounmpo is ready and willing to learn from LeBron James. So long as the King will have him. From Chris Haynes of Cleveland.com: If I had the chance, the opportunity to work with him, of course I would,” he said. “You’d have to work with him. He’s one of the best players in the [...]

Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks sees Brook Lopez as an important part of the team’s future. This might surprise some, since many believed Marks would stage a full-scale roster teardown to begin his tenure in Brooklyn. But of the many roster casualties that are sure to follow the Nets’ 2015-16 season, Lopez isn’t expected [...]

The Golden State Warriors are ready for the playoffs to start. Having lost two of their last three games, both at home, on Oracle Arena’s floor, where they had previously remained unbeaten, the Warriors’ chances of breaking the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls’ record of 72 victories has taken a substantial hit. They must win all four [...]

Kurt Rambis’ half-season audition with the New York Knicks is apparently about to pay off. According to ESPN.com’s Ian Begley and Marc Stein, Knicks president Phil Jackson is strongly in favor of hiring Rambis to indefinitely succeed the fired Derek Fisher: The New York Knicks are giving strong consideration to making Kurt Rambis their full-time [...]

Lance Thomas has, in all likelihood, played his last game for the New York Knicks this season. And perhaps his last game ever for them. Per the New York Daily News‘ Stefan Bondy: Glue guy Lance Thomas is likely done for the season, leaving the Knicks with 59 appearances to assess his value as a [...]

Ready for some good news on Joel Embiid, the third overall pick from the 2014 NBA draft who has yet to make his debut for the Philadelphia 76ers? Of course you are. And depending on how you define good news, Tom Moore of Calkins Media may have some for you: [tweet https://twitter.com/tmoore76ers/status/717134754554970114] So, basically, Embiid [...]

The complete list of people to be inducted in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame this September was announced Monday morning and was headlined by NBA superstars Shaquille O’Neal and Allen Iverson. [tweet https://twitter.com/AthleteTwittah/status/717071325710278656] Aside from Shaq and Iverson, the only other NBA players to make the HOF Class of 2016 were Yao Ming, who [...]

Boris Diaw will not be suiting up with the San Antonio Spurs for a little while. From Project Spurs’ Paul Garcia: [tweet https://twitter.com/PaulGarciaPS/status/717115973405282304] Three games is three games, yada, yada, yada. The Spurs are locked into second place in the Western Conference, and head coach Gregg Popovich probably would have rested Diaw for one or [...]

The Memphis Grizzlies have seen better seasons. Marc Gasol is already done for the year, and Mike Conley hasn’t played in nearly a month. The war-weary Grizzlies are not expected to get much healthier in time for the playoffs, either. On Monday, head coach Dave Joerger all but ruled out Conley’s return, per The Commerical [...]