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Here we are, fewer than 10 games into the NBA’s regular season, and all almost everybody wants to talk about is 2019 free agency. It’s kind of annoying. At the same time, it makes total sense. Next summer’s free-agent class is awash with stars, many of whom are considered flight risks. From Jimmy Butler and [...]

Paul George admits that some players have a hard time coexisting with LeBron James, which clearly explains why he didn’t grant the Los Angeles Lakers a meeting in free agency before re-upping with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Well, not really. Speaking with ESPN.com’s Royce Young, George made these comments as part of a defense for [...]

As expected, life has been tough in Cleveland post-LeBron. The Cavaliers are 0-6, being outscored by 10 points or more per game looking far closer to the top of the lottery than the NBA Finals. Because of the slow start (and Dan Gilbert’s pettiness) the Cavaliers have decided to fire Head Coach Tyronn Lue. [tweet [...]

Courtney Lee has yet to make his season debut for the New York Knicks. And it doesn’t sound like he’s going to anytime soon. Lee has officially been listed as out with a neck injury. Many have taken that as code for “The Knicks are trying to trade him and clear more cap space for [...]

Jimmy Butler’s relationship with the Minnesota Timberwolves’ youngsters is supposed to be part of the reason why he wants out. More specifically, his interactions with Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins are supposed to have soured his Minnesota experience. Ask Wiggins, though, and he’ll tell you that’s not the case. As he told reporters before the [...]

The Houston Rockets lost to the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night, but Carmelo Anthony may have won…a spot in the starting lineup. Here’s what head coach Mike D’Antoni had to say after the game, via The Athletic’s Kelly Iko: [tweet https://twitter.com/KellyIkoNBA/status/1055287571415212033] We should probably emphasize the “nothing is set in stone” aspect of this statement. [...]

DeMarcus Cousins continues to inch closer toward making his Golden State Warriors debut. On Tuesday, the team announced that he has already been completing certain drills and will begin practicing with the rest of the squad in the near future: [tweet https://twitter.com/WarriorsPR/status/1054535221696126976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1054535221696126976&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbssports.com%2Fnba%2Fnews%2Fdemarcus-cousins-injury-update-warriors-star-could-begin-practicing-with-team-in-controlled-environment-soon%2F] Most initially had Cousins returning sometime around the start of 2019. If he’s [...]

The Cleveland Cavaliers have apparently realized they won’t be winning anything in the aftermath of LeBron James’ departure anytime soon. Extending Kevin Love over the summer without trading any of the veterans inferred a different plan. The Cavs, the thinking went, wanted to contend for a playoff berth. Maybe they still do. But according to [...]

Spitgate apparently has another act left to roll out. The NBA suspended Brandon Ingram, Chris Paul and Rajon Rondo in the aftermath of a fourth-quarter scuffle during the Houston Rockets’ victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. The soap opera should have ended there. It has not. Players were always going to be asked about this [...]

Joel Embiid has some lofty expectations for how he’d like this season to end. He obviously needs the Philadelphia 76ers to make the playoffs, because that’s who he is. He’d obviously like to win a title as well, because duh. Earning another All-Star bid is probably an afterthought for him, too. He’s moved on to [...]