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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 [...]

This sounds about right. During a front office panel at the Sloan Analytics Conference, ESPN’s Jackie MacMullan decided to press Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey about the future of Dwight Howard. The exchange was, predictably, awkward and awesome and, on some level, telling. Here’s how it went down, as relayed to us by SI.com’s [...]

And you thought the New York Knicks couldn’t become any more of a side show. There’s no use mincing words on this one. Phil Jackson is apparently as healthy as he’s been in a long time, and according to ESPN.com’s Ramona Shelburne and Ian Begley, he may consider coaching Knicks home games next season: Those [...]

Some good news came out of the Chicago Bulls morning shoot-around in preparation for their game against the Raptors Monday night. Bulls Head Coach Fred Hoiberg said that Bulls star wing player Jimmy Butler is feeling good and has been cleared to play. [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNNBA/status/709414631161393152] Butler told Chicago Tribune reporters that you have to “risk [...]

Jae Crowder is expected to be sidelined for a couple weeks as he recovers from a high ankle sprain, much to the potential detriment of the Boston Celtics. Evan Turner was taken by surprise twice with this news. First, there was the actual news itself, per Jay King of MassLive.com: [tweet https://twitter.com/ByJayKing/status/709091903397093377] Then, there was [...]

21-year-old Giannis Antetokounmpo is affectionately named the “Greek Freak” for a reason. He is 6’11” (he was 6’9″ when he was drafted at the age of 18) with a 7’3″ wingspan, 12″ hands (which is beyond mind-boggling), less than 5% body fat, and the most interesting of all, his achilles tendon is 13.5″ which is [...]

Everything is totally fine with the Sacramento Kings. Just kidding. DeMarcus Cousins just wrapped up a one-game suspension that the Kings handed down after he yelled at head coach George Karl. Or was that suspension levied by Karl himself? Per Marc J. Spears of Yahoo Sports: [tweet https://twitter.com/SpearsNBAYahoo/status/709181823507509248] Yikes. And then there’s this, per Bryan [...]

Kobe Bryant remains loyal to Phil Jackson all these years later. That’s not too surprising, to say the least. The two won five championships together with the Los Angeles Lakers. Kobe wanted the organization to bring the Zen Master back into the fold in some capacity when it became clear the Lakers were squandering what [...]