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Los Angeles Lakers coach Byron Scott is not on the hot seat. Right now, it seems his seat is actually pretty comfortable. Despite coaching the Lakers toward one of the NBA’s worst records, and despite allowing Kobe Bryant to shoot himself into the unflattering history books, and despite doling out insufficient playing time to Los [...]

Initially thought to be on the hot seat entering the 2015-16 regular season, Charlotte Hornets coach Steve Clifford is now sitting pretty. Through 2018-19. According to the Charlotte Observer‘s Rick Bonnell, the Hornets and Clifford, who was slated to be a coaching free agent, have come to terms on a contract extension that will keep [...]

Amar’e Stoudemire, even now, as a member of the Miami Heat, thinks that he and Carmelo Anthony could have made sweet basketball music together with the New York Knicks. You know, if it weren’t for those meddling coaches. Prior to the Knicks’ 95-78 loss to the Heat on Monday night, Stoudemire reflected on his time [...]

Hassan Whiteside blocks a lot of shots for the Miami Heat. In the eyes of opponents, he’s blocking too many shots. He’s sending back a league-leading 4.8 per game, with a block percentage (12.9, per Basketball-Reference) that’s through the roof. While those numbers may be unsustainable over the life of an entire 82-game NBA schedule, [...]

Kobe Bryant is not having a good season, and he knows it. He also knows that the Los Angeles Lakers are, collectively, plagued by more misfortune, and he would like us all to know it. Here’s what the Black Mamba had to say on the heels of the Lakers’ 111-77 to the still undefeated Golden [...]

Stephen Curry is thorough. Just in case you couldn’t tell by the Golden State Warriors’ history-making 16-0 start to the season, Curry would like to spell it out for you: This team is not yet fully satisfied, not after winning a championship this season, not even after becoming the first NBA squad to begin the [...]

Things got weird in the Denver Nuggets’ loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday night. Late in the game, Nuggets head coach Mike Malone exchanged verbal jabs with both Blake Griffin and his own rookie, Emmanuel Mudiay. The two incidents kind-of-sort-of happened simultaneously. First, Malone received a technical for getting into it with Griffin [...]

Paul George certainly talks the talk, but can he also walk the walk? Yes. Just ask the Washington Wizards. Ahead of the Indiana Pacers’ Tuesday night’s tilt in Washington, Paul George, now 25 and playing through his 6th NBA season, declared that he’s a better player than he was before he suffered his broken leg [...]

Some NBA players cannot come to grips with their age, let alone the limitations that come as a result of that age. (Shout-out, Kobe Bryant.) LeBron James, though, is not one of those players. As he approaches his 31st birthday (December 30), he has never been more accepting, or more obvious about accepting, that he [...]

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