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There is no denying the fact that the Phoenix Suns have been an unmitigated disaster this season at 20-58. They had the dark cloud of the Markieff Morris situation hanging over their head until the trade deadline, they suffered major injuries to many key pieces including Eric Bledsoe, Brandon Knight, Tyson Chandler and T.J. Warren, [...]

Dwight Howard? Chandler Parsons? Reunited in, presumably, Dallas? Don’t rule it out. Shoot, knowing what happened last time Parsons recruited Howard, as a member of the Houston Rockets, perhaps we should expect it. During a sit-down with ESPN.com’s Tim MacMahon, Parsons made it clear he still values Howard as a player and friend: Yeah. We [...]

Lost in the smiles and handshakes and bro hugs, buried deep beneath a jovial demeanor of a man basking in the final moments of his NBA dream, is the reality of Kobe Bryant’s farewell: The Los Angeles Lakers aren’t good, and that still doesn’t sit well with him. As he said of the imminent end, [...]

If the Golden State Warriors are going to reach an NBA-record 73 regular-season wins, they’ll need to go through all of the San Antonio Spurs. Twice. Well, almost all of the Spurs. Gregg Popovich’s rest-and-relaxation program has been a source of spirited debate ever since the Warriors dropped two of three games at Oracle Arena, [...]

As the New York Knicks’ franchise cornerstone, Carmelo Anthony has an ostensibly simple and innocent request: please run the next coaching hire by him. That means you, Phil. From ESPN.com’s Ian Begley: Carmelo Anthony would like to have some input on the Knicks’ upcoming personnel decisions, including the club’s next head-coaching hire. “I think you [...]

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 [...]