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New Orleans Pelicans general manager Dell Demps has very little job security. As in, no job security. As in, according to CBS Sports’ Ken Berger, the Pelicans may have already handpicked his replacement: Saints GM Mickey Loomis has taken on a greater personnel role above GM Dell Demps, but rival execs understand that move is [...]

John Calipari to the NBA rumors are back again. Over the weekend, reports have surfaced linking the Kentucky coach, to the Brooklyn Nets. When Mikhail Prokhorov fired head coach Lionel Hollins and reassigned general manager Billy King it was made clear that he wants a change, but who will be heading that change has yet [...]

Kobe Bryant has been embarking on his farewell tour for some time now and the first ballot hall of famer’s incredible career is winding down but the Mamba still has a little juice left on certain nights and is still reaching lofty milestones. Kobe played well in a 118-115 loss to the Kings in Sacramento [...]

No, the Orlando Magic are not willing to trade Victor Oladipo, their third-year guard out of Indiana, so stop asking. Not that you, good NBA general managers, were asking. But anyone even remotely convinced that head coach Scott Skiles’ decision to move Oladipo to the bench signaled that Orlando was ready to talk turkey should [...]

After spending each of the last two seasons hoarding assets in the form of picks, prospects and uber-reasonable contracts, the Boston Celtics are supposed to be in consolidation mode. And, in case you were wondering, they absolutely are. Consider the stance taken by team president Danny Ainge during his weekly appearance on 98.5 The Sports [...]

LeBron James believes that Andrew Wiggins is better off with the Minnesota Timberwolves than he ever would have been with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Or something like that. James and Wiggins were almost teammates. Shoot, they kind of were teammates. Wiggins was drafted by the Cavaliers in 2014 before James re-signed with the team. Only after [...]

Talk about a bittersweet ending. D’Angelo Russell went bonkers in the Los Angeles Lakers’ Thursday night loss to the Sacramento Kings, setting a new career-high with 27 points on 11-of-16 shooting. He also pitched in four assists and two steals. Is that good? It seems good. Oh, it’s good: https://twitter.com/danfavale/status/685460014186786816 D’Angelo Russell might have actually [...]

Still waiting for that first NBA blockbuster trade of the 2015-16 NBA season? Well, keep waiting. It’ll come eventually, just not now. In the meantime, get your rumor-mill fix with Sporting News’ Mitch Lawrence, who claims that the Charlotte Hornets are interested in dealing for Bojan Bogdanovic of the Brooklyn Nets: GM Billy King is [...]

The Suns have become the laughingstock of the NBA the past few weeks (yes even more so than the 76ers) and are garnering plenty of negative attention league wide. Whether it’s their owner calling out Markieff Morris and the millennial generation’s inability in general to recover from setbacks, Markieff Morris throwing a towel at Jeff [...]

Carmelo Anthony, now 31 years old, is growing up. And, in turn, giving the ball up. The reputation the New York Knicks superstar has as a ball-stopper is a bit overstated, especially in recent years, as he’s refined his catch-and-shoot touch. But this season’s version of Anthony is the most selfless we have ever seen. [...]