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Carmelo Anthony received a firsthand look at a real NBA title contender on Wednesday night. That glimpse was not provided by his New York Knicks, who remain as futile as ever. It came courtesy of the Golden State Warriors, who handed the Knicks a 121-85 loss, barely even breaking a sweat. Afterward, ‘Melo was predictably [...]

Kevin Durant has been relatively mum on the free-agent front this season. He, like many before him, isn’t entertaining the same “are you leaving or staying?” questions every freaking night. Reports have instead needed to get creative in asking Durant free-agency questions. The latest came in Boston, ahead of the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Wednesday night [...]

Statisticians have been working overtime in the 2015-16 season as the stat sheet has been stuffed to a level the NBA hasn’t seen in quite some time. With about a month left in the NBA season and most NBA teams having 15 or so games remaining, there have already been more triple-doubles in the league [...]

Even though the Detroit Pistons are still sitting on the outskirts of the Eastern Conference’s playoff picture, head coach and president Stan Van Gundy is happy with the makeup of his team. Especially now that they have Tobias Harris. From Pistons.com’s Keith Langlois: “He’s a really smart guy. He’s got a great temperament,” Van Gundy [...]

Tiago Splitter has already played his last game for the Atlanta Hawks this season, and he may be absent to start the beginning of next year. But the big man is making ample progress in the rehabilitation of a right hip injury. Here’s Chris Vivlamore with an update for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Less than a [...]

Carmelo Anthony has no intention of letting Phil Jackson become a part-time head coach of the New York Knicks. Whatever that means. Here’s what the Knicks’ top dog said of the recent rumor that Phil Jackson would consider coaching the boys in orange and blue during home games next season, brought to us by Marc [...]

LeBron James harbors no ill will toward his two sons for admiring the games of Stephen Curry and Russell Westbrook. Because, obviously. They’re his sons. He’s not a monster. But there’s also the matter of Curry and Westbrook being pretty damn good basketball players, which is why LeBron James’ sons have modeled their own jersey [...]

Greg Monroe basically had his pick of the litter in free agency last summer. He chose the Milwaukee Bucks over higher profile squads like the Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks. And why? Because he likes basketball. Apparently. Here’s an anecdote SI.com’s Matt Dollinger brought back from the Sloan Analytics Conference: One last great [...]

Carmelo Anthony isn’t messing around. Last summer, Anthony wasn’t involved in the New York Knicks’ free-agency process. This summer, he probably should be—not just because it makes sense to have him as an ambassador, but because he has essentially issued a free-agency edict to his team: Do something constructive, or else. Per ESPN.com’s Ian Begley: [...]

Good news Los Angeles Lakers fans: A bunch of rival NBA executives think your favorite team has a future star on its hands. Ken Berger of CBS Sports’ polled 12 league execs on the Lakers’ future, and many of them arrived at a similar consensus: Among about a dozen rival executives informally polled about the [...]