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Fred Hoiberg, it seems, is not afraid to bench Joakim Noah. When the Chicago Bulls poached Hoiberg from Iowa State, we all knew the offense was going to change. Hoiberg incorporates more movement and a little more speed. There would be more shooting. A lot more shooting. The kind of shooting you can’t get by [...]

When the Los Angeles Lakers open the 2015-16 regular season against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Kobe Bryant should be in uniform and ready to play. Should be. Kobe suffered a calf injury in Los Angeles’ preseason loss to the Sacramento Kings more than a week ago, and he hasn’t been able to go at full speed [...]

The Detroit Pistons and Andre Drummond are taking a page out of the San Antonio Spurs and Kawhi Leonard’s book. Drummond is up for a contract extension, one that will adhere to the exploding cap. Negotiations were thought to be ongoing with some even thinking the Pistons and their young behemoth would hammer out a [...]

Surely the Toronto Raptors won’t trade Jonas Valanciunas. Or, you know, maybe they will. Valencianas has been one of the more polarizing trade-rumor magnets over the last couple years. He can be a ball-stopper, doesn’t pass enough and isn’t you’re typical modern-day big man in that he seldom shoots outside 10 feet of the basket. [...]

Lance Stephenson knows the 2015-16 Los Angeles Clippers are going to be better than any version of the Indiana Pacers he was a part of. This isn’t a difficult concept, of course. The Clippers have a crap ton of talent on their hands: three legitimate stars in Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan; an [...]

Man, the New Orleans Pelicans cannot catch a break. Well, I guess that’s not entirely true. They’re just catching the wrong breaks. Tyreke Evans, the team’s second-leading scorer last season, will miss some time after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his right knee, per Brett Dawson of the New Orleans Advocate: Source: Pelicans Tyreke Evans had [...]

If Jimmy Butler doesn’t understand the concept of monitored minutes, he’s about to. Rather than work Butler, 26, to the bone during the regular season, new Chicago Bulls head coach Fred Hoiberg is preparing to do something new: cut Butler’s minutes. From CSNChicago.com’s Vincent Goodwill: At first it was Luol Deng but now Butler has [...]

Carmelo Anthony clearly doesn’t see a repeat of the 17-win dumpster fire that the New York Knicks called a 2014-15 season. Nor does he see only marked improvement. Considering his reaction to record projections floating around the social-media sphere, he expects the Knicks to be so, so, so, so much better than they were last [...]

When the Golden State Warriors begin their title defense next Tuesday, they may do so without sophomore head coach Steve Kerr. Steve Kerr is apparently suffering from a spinal fluid leak after having two offseason back surgeries. Assistants Luke Walton and Ron Adams have been holding down the fort in the interim, and according to [...]

For almost the entirety of Al Jefferson’s 11-year NBA career, he’s been known as “Big Al.” Now, he is Big Al no more—at least not to Charlotte Hornets teammate Marvin Williams. In an attempt to keep up with the shifting style of today’s NBA, Al Jefferson, who is listed at 265 pounds on Basketball-Reference, apparently [...]