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Carmelo Anthony has no plans to pull a Chris Paul and withdraw from Team USA basketball. He needs Team USA basketball. Because the New York Knicks suck. From Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News: In this instance, there was something different and topical: the Olympics. So Anthony perked up at the chance to [...]

Jimmy Butler apparently isn’t untouchable to the Chicago Bulls. This is a weird thing to write, and an even weirder thing to know. It wasn’t long ago that these Bulls were supposed to be the biggest threat to the Cleveland Cavaliers’ throne. Now they’re on the verge of missing the playoffs under rookie head coach [...]

When Reggie Jackson was traded from the Oklahoma City Thunder to the Detroit Pistons, it meant that he was no longer Russell Westbrook’s friend by association. And on Tuesday night, at the end of the Pistons victory over the shorthanded Thunder, he experienced the full wrath of being disassociated from Oklahoma City’s mutant. Westbrook apparently [...]

It would be presumptive to say that the Boston Celtics called any and every team with an incumbent superstar ahead of the trade deadline in search of a blockbuster move. But, to the best of our knowledge, it wouldn’t be grossly inaccurate, either. Celtics president Danny Ainge was active at the deadline. We know this. [...]

Ever since Michael Carter-Williams has been lost for the season and the Bucks realistic playoff hopes have been dashed, Jason Kidd has been experimenting with 6’11” physical specimen Giannis Antetokounmpo at point guard and early returns have been promising. That apparently has motivated Kidd to assert that the Greek Freak will be the Bucks point [...]

Chris Paul announced to Sports Illustrated writer Lee Jenkins (the guy who broke the LeBron returning to Cleveland story) that he will withdraw from competing to make the 12 man roster that will represent the U.S. in the Rio Olympics this summer. Paul told Jenkins that he feels like his body could use the extra [...]

Russell Westbrook is an untamed beast on a basketball court, combining his gazelle like speed and grace with the explosiveness of a kangaroo and the agression of a lion to annihilate his foes on the NBA hardwood. He has been stuffing stat sheets to Magic Johnson and Oscar Robertson levels this season with an incredible [...]

You have to hand it to New Orleans Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry: The team’s hellhole of a season hasn’t killed his spirit. Not totally, anyway. Following the Pelicans’ Monday night win over the New York Knicks, Gentry cracked a ton of jokes at the expense of New Orleans’ roster situation. Riddled by injuries, including [...]

The Dallas Mavericks are screwed. More so than they already were, at least. After losing Chandler Parsons for the rest of the season and watching their playoff hopes ebb onto life support, the Mavericks will now be forced to push forward without Deron Williams, according to ESPN.com’s Tim MacMahon: An MRI revealed that Mavs point [...]

One of the biggest knocks on Andrew Wiggins coming out of college was that he lacked killer instinct to the point that he was timid. So much for that. Not only has Wiggins’ free-throw rate exploded as a result of his constant forays into the paint, but his approach to improving his inconsistent jumper is, [...]