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Rival teams are apparently calling the Cleveland Cavaliers to inquire about Timofey Mozgov’s availability. The Cavaliers just aren’t listening. Yet. From ESPN.com’s Dave McMenamin: It’s make or break time for Mozgov. As Yahoo reported this week, teams around the league have been making calls about him to see if he is available. A source with [...]

Suddenly, the Los Angeles Lakers’ decision to sign Lou Williams over the summer all makes sense. Kind of. Well, not really. But Williams is giving us straws at which to grasp. So that’s something. A Twitter user asked the Lakers guard if he would be recruiting DeMar DeRozan, a former teammate from Williams’ one season [...]

John Wall is not 100 percent healthy. Per the Washington Post‘s Jorge Castillo, the Washington Wizards point guard is scheduled to “undergo a precautionary MRI in Washington Tuesday on his VMO [vastus medialis obliquus] muscle located just above his left knee.” Here are some more details: Wall has played through soreness in the muscle in [...]

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 [...]