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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 [...]

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 [...]