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Something is different about the Cleveland Cavaliers’ offense. If you’ve watched their opening two games, the first a loss to the Chicago Bulls, the second a blowout of the Memphis Grizzlies, you’ve seen it. There’s more ball movement. More things are happening away from the action, be they screens, double screens or more consistent cuts. [...]

Boston Celtics co-owner Wyc Grousbeck knows his team isn’t built to win an NBA championship now. But he thinks they’ll be there soon. Really soon. Like, by the end of this season or the beginning of next season. The Celtics, to be sure, are undergoing one of the more intriguing rebuilds. They have a ton [...]

The Houston Rockets have decided to let Terrence Jones and Donatas Motiejunas hit the semi-open market this coming summer. With the Oct. 31 deadline looming for teams to iron out contract extensions with fourth-year players, the Houston Rockets have elected to bypass talks with their two stretch bigs altogether, according to Yahoo Sports’ Shams Charania: [...]

Oklahoma City have a penchant for unearthing talent. Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden were all drafted by the organisation, and if it weren’t for a complete trade debacle, the Thunder would absolutely have the best big three in the league, by a long, long way. The Thunder front office has compiled a very [...]

Firstly, I’d like to begin this with my best wishes for Lamar Odom and his family, and I wish him a speedy recovery. I want to echo the words of Scott Van Pelt, who came on ESPN recently and cut straight to the core of the issue that I have with the media coverage of [...]

The Portland Trail Blazers offense is in a remarkably poor situation, but All-Star point guard Damian Lillard plans to address part of the problem by being more aggressive at the rim in 2015-16. According to Jason Quick of CSN Northwest, Damian Lillard said he’s not focused on drawing more fouls but hopes his offseason work [...]

If the New York Knicks, winners of just 17 games last season, make the 2016 NBA playoffs, plenty of people will be shocked. ESPN NBA analysts Mark Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy will not be among those people. Nor, for the record, will I. The Knicks are going to have a much-improved defense, and Carmelo [...]

Kobe Bryant’s teammates seem more willing to poke the Black Mamba despite the subsequent risk of enduring his venomous reaction. Last season, Kobe Bryant was pushed during a Los Angeles Lakers practice to the point where he immortalized the Charmin brand. Nick Young, I believe, was at the center of his wrath, having went back [...]

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Mike D’Antoni has so often been cited as an overrated coach, he’s become an underrated coach. The word “coach” is used loosely here, because D’Antoni isn’t one at the moment, not since 2013-14, when he guided a makeshift version of the Los Angeles Lakers to a 27-55 record. Even then, when he could still be [...]