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Jason Kidd has faith in Emmanuel Mudiay and is not afraid to show it. How much faith? Enough to predict that the Denver Nuggets’ rookie point guard will be better than most floor generals—including himself. From Christopher Dempsey of The Denver Posts: “At 19 years old, he’s very talented,” Kidd said. “He’s running the team, [...]

Well, this sucks. According to Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski, the Denver Nuggets’ Wilson Chandler, who hasn’t played at all this season, will miss all of 2015-16 after undergoing hip surgery: Denver Nuggets forward Wilson Chandler will undergo hip surgery and miss the season, league sources told Yahoo Sports. Chandler has been diagnosed with a labral [...]

Who had “early November” in the “When will DeMarcus Cousins and Sacramento Kings head coach George Karl first butt heads in 2015-16” pool? OK, well, you won. Sources told The Big Lead’s Jason McIntyre that Cousins went on a profanity-packed rant aimed at Karl following the Kings’ 106-88 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on [...]

Karl-Anthony Towns is a monster. We knew the Minnesota Timberwolves selected a special talent at No. 1, someone who projected as the future of all big men, that three-point-shooting, rebound-wrangling, shot-blocking machine. But it was unclear how long it would take for him to develop into the complete package. He was mostly used as a [...]

Gregg Popovich and the San Antonio Spurs, it seems, owe Miami Heat president Pat Riley some sort of assorted wine and cheese and movie gift basket. It’s slightly because of him that LaMarcus Aldridge decided to leave the Portland Trail Blazers, spurn overtures from the Phoenix Suns and Dallas Mavericks, among others, and sign in [...]

Stephen Curry update: Stephen Curry is still really good. Really, really good. So good that he’s used the Golden State Warriors’ first eight games as his own personal plaything—a stage on which he has humiliated defenses, torched twine, made twenty-point quarters a regularity and, above all else, put the NBA’s early season MVP race in [...]

Rudy Gobert’s sprained ankle is of little concern to Rudy Gobert. The third-year shot-swallower left with a sprained ankle during the fourth quarter of the Utah Jazz’s 118-114 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday and did not return. The idea that he could miss time, any time at all, is absolutely terrifying, because the [...]

When Kevin Durant finally enters free agency this summer, the Washington Wizards are expected to be one of his foremost suitors. It makes sense, after all. Kevin Durant was born in D.C. and attended high school in Maryland. His return would have a “Hometown kid saves local sporting organization” feel. It’s enough to make people [...]

Mark Cuban would like to remind Dallas Mavericks fans that DeAndre Jordan pulled the dip on them in free agency over the summer. Remember that? Remember when he said he would sign, and was pretty much signed, but then decided not to sign, breaking Twitter, along with all the unspoken offseason rules ever, in the [...]

Life wasn’t supposed to get any worse for the New Orleans Pelicans. But it just did. Though the Pelicans nabbed their first victory on Tuesday night, a 120-105 drubbing of the Dallas Mavericks, the win came at a cost…before it was even a win. Anthony Davis, the Pelicans’ lifeline, sat out the second half with [...]