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“Psych!” -Kevin Durant, probably. Kevin Durant’s relationship with the media has, by many appearances, deteriorated quickly. He has gone from lovably infallible to ostensibly agitated. At last year’s All-Star festivities, when commenting on the job security of now-former head coach Scott Brooks, he claimed the media didn’t know shit. Most recently, he implied that the [...]

Just 43 games into Roy Hibbert’s California tenure, the Los Angeles Lakers may already be planning its abrupt end. Hibbert has always been considered a one-year stopgap. His contract comes off the books after this season, and the Lakers are going to be flush with cap space over the summer. He was supposed help bridge [...]

The New Orleans Pelicans’ season of misfortune is raging on. Tyreke Evans sat out during a Monday loss to the Memphis Grizzlies after, per a team announcement, experiencing pain in his right knee: Tyreke Evans experienced right knee soreness during his pregame warmup and consequently will not play in today's game at Memphis. — Pelicans [...]

Three players registered a triple-double during Friday’s action: Russell Westbrook, Hassan Whiteside and Marcus Smart. This was only the second time this had happened in the NBA in the past 13 years, the only other time was on April 1, 2015. Here is the statline for each player and some additional info: Russell Westbrook: Westbrook [...]

Our good old friend Chuck is never shy to share his opinion or make a bold statement that will raise some eyebrows, and in true Barkley fashion, Chuck kept on Chuckin’ during the “Inside the NBA” pregame show before the Cavaliers-Spurs showdown in San Antonio. While discussing the matchup Barkley said he would take Kawhi [...]

The Denver Nuggets haven’t sent anyone to the NBA’s All-Star game since Carmelo Anthony was traded to the New York Knicks midway through the 2010-11 season. Current head coach Mike Malone thinks that should change this year, or next year, or sometime in the near future Danilo Gallinari has entered man-alive mode during the month [...]

Jimmy Butler has been playing out of his mind as of late and keeps showing how high his ceiling actually is, as he is a bonafide NBA superstar these days. Butler scored 53 points in the Bulls 115-11 comeback victory over the 76ers Thursday night. Butler shot 15 of the 30 from the field, including [...]

By now you know the San Antonio Spurs are kind of good at this whole basketball thing. Though the Golden State Warriors’ pursuit of the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls’ record 72 victories has justifiably earned much of the spotlight, the Spurs themselves are on pace to win 70 games, mostly because they’re the freaking Spurs, but [...]

Nicolas Batum seems pretty excited about hitting the NBA’s free agent market this summer. This is not to say he’s plotting his escape from the Charlotte Hornets, who acquired him from the Portland Trail Blazers over the summer, presumably with every intention of investing in him long term. But that investment is going to cost [...]

Michael Jordan is going to be pissed. Kobe Bryant, Jordan’s surrogate little brother, gave some encouragement to Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors following the Los Angeles Lakers’ 116-98 loss to the NBA’s best, per ESPN.com’s Baxter Holmes: “You guys have got to go ahead and make history,” Bryant told Curry. “I got to [...]