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Shaquille O’Neal doesn’t just think it’s okay for Dwight Howard to return to the Orlando Magic in free agency this summer. He endorses it. As the Hall of Fame-bound tower said, per ESPN.com’s Calvin Watkins: “I think it would be good for the city,” O’Neal said Monday of Howard returning to Orlando. “First of all, [...]

The Kobe Bryant farewell tour is down to its final six games, and it is becomingly more and more apparent that these are the final two weeks we will ever see the maniacally competitive legend ever grace an NBA court or any court for that matter on a professional level. Even though Kobe didn’t necessarily [...]

The seemingly never ending debate over who would win in a seven game series between the 72 win 1995-96 Chicago Bulls and this year’s Golden State Warriors continues to rage on and even gained steam over the weekend. Former Chicago Bulls superstar and greatest second banana of all-time Scottie Pippen told a reporter over the [...]

Brandon Knight is on the sidelines again, this time for the rest of the season. The Phoenix Suns have elected to shut down their point guard for the remainder of 2015-16 as he rehabilitates a sports hernia that may require surgery, according to Paul Coro of AZCentral Sports: uns guard Brandon Knight’s season is ending [...]

With New York Knicks slogging through a meaningless final stretch of the 2015-16 season, Carmelo Anthony has, apparently, taken rookie Kristaps Porzingis further under his wing, teaching him about the game and, well, life in general. Take some time to read this excerpt from Ian Begley’s fantastic piece for ESPN.com: It’s late in the fourth [...]

Brook Lopez and Thaddeus Young have played their final games for the Brooklyn Nets this season. Mike Mazzeo of ESPN.com first brought word of the news: The Brooklyn Nets will shut down Brook Lopez and Thaddeus Young for the rest of the season, Brooklyn interim coach Tony Brown said before Sunday’s game against the New [...]

Give Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue this: He isn’t afraid to mix it up with his best players. Including LeBron James. From ESPN.com’s Brian Windhorst: Tyronn Lue’s first statement as Cleveland Cavaliers coach appears to have been quietly made. Two weeks ago, Lue pulled LeBron James aside and, in so many words, told him [...]

James Harden and Kevin Durant, together again? Harden’s game. According to ESPN.com’s Calvin Watkins, last year’s MVP runner-up will be leading the Rockets’ recruitment of his former Oklahoma City Thunder teammate: The Rockets’ best player and leading scorer will become the main recruiter this summer in the franchise’s quest to sign Kevin Durant, whom Harden [...]

Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey does not live in a fantasy world. He knows the Rockets are bad, that they are underachieving, and he takes full responsibility for their transgressions. From ESPN.com’s Calvin Watkins: “It’s been a tough year for everybody, not just me but also [Rockets owner Leslie] Mr. Alexander, the coaches, the [...]

With all the rumors and speculation regarding Carmelo Anthony’s future in New York, with the Knicks, churning out new material at warp speed, it’s easy to lose sight of reality. And the reality is, it seems, that Melo remains committed to the Knicks’ future. Consider what he said about asking head coach Kurt Rambis to [...]