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Plenty of people thought that Aaron Gordon, not Zach LaVine, should’ve been named the NBA’s Slam Dunk Champion at this year’s All-Star Weekend in Toronto. Paul George of the Indiana Pacers is, apparently, among them. Ahead of the Pacers’ Thursday night loss to the Orlando Magic, George, who has participated in the dunk contest himself, [...]

Here’s something you don’t hear everyday. Jason Terry, though still playing for the Houston Rockets, interviewed with the University of Alabama at Birmingham to become their next head coach, as relayed to us by Terry himself through Mark Berman of Fox 26 in Houston: Terry said the interview took place on Thursday in Houston, site [...]

We have reached peak Kurt Rambis in New York. With the Knicks’ playoff hopes long since dashed, even if they were just recently mathematically eliminated from postseason contention, it would stand to reason that head coach Kurt Rambis would throw more minutes to the team’s youngsters. Not just Kristaps Porzingis, either. Jerian Grant. Langston Galloway. [...]

Well, this is unexpected. Chris Mannix of The Vertical created a slight stir when he noted that “several rival executives” were planning to resume trade pursuits of Chicago Bulls All-Star Jimmy Butler. The thinking, it went, was that the Bulls weren’t initiating talks or even open to anything. Rival executives were just trying to be [...]

There are only eight games left during the Toronto Raptors 2015-16 regular season, and DeMarre Carroll, who hasn’t played since Jan. 3 as he recovers from knee surgery, hopes to play in one of them. Here’s what he told Raptors.com’s Holly MacKenzie : “I understand there’s been a lot of speculation, a lot of assumptions [...]

Rajon Rondo is playing through the tail end of his one-year deal with the Sacramento Kings. He will enter free agency this summer, at which point, after the disastrous season Sacramento has had, he’ll most definitely leave. Or maybe not. Per Sean Cunningham of ABC 10 in Sacramento: [tweet https://twitter.com/SeanCunningham/status/715406757166587904] Oh, okay then. At first [...]

D’Angelo Russell has officially apologized for posting a video of Los Angeles Lakers Nick Young ostensibly talking about sexual conquests that took place while he was dating and/or engaged to present-day fiancee Iggy Azalea. From ESPN.com: “I feel as sick as possible,” Russell said in a news conference before the team’s 102-100 overtime win against [...]

Yahoo and “The Vertical” writer Adrian Wojnarowski reported that Yao Ming will be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame this September. [tweet https://twitter.com/TheVertical/status/715208085304963073] Ming was the 1st pick of the 2002 NBA Draft and averaged 19 points, 9.2 rebounds and just under 2 blocks in his eight-year NBA career before nagging foot and [...]

During this historic season by the Golden State Warriors it seems as though they are aiming to break every record to measure a team’s greatness and they have broken many. They now hold the record for the best start to a season at 24-0, the most consecutive home wins in NBA history at 53 and [...]

On Wednesday, April 13, Kobe Bryant’s 20-year NBA career will end against the Utah Jazz on the Los Angeles Lakers’ home court. That’s bound to incite some sort of emotion. He is bound to feel something different, do something different. Or maybe not, per Mark Median of the Los Angeles Daily News: Kobe on last [...]