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C.J. McCollum knows it’s go time. Entering his third NBA season, McCollum now needs to make the transition from developing complementary piece to key building block as the Portland Trail Blazers look to rebound and regroup after a franchise-altering offseason in which 80 percent of last year’s starting lineup journeyed elsewhere, by way of trade [...]

Carmelo Anthony doesn’t seem as if he’s in the good graces of Colin Cowherd. On Tuesday’s The Herd with Colin Cowherd, Fox Sports’ newest talking head had something unflattering to say about the New York Knicks superst—er, I mean, the New York Knicks forward, because Cowherd clearly isn’t OK with calling Melo a superstar: "He's [...]

NBA legend and trailblazer of the game, Moses Malone passed away early Sunday morning at the age of 60. It is truly a sad day for basketball fans and historians around the world as the basketball world lost one of the best players to ever grace the hardwood regardless of era. “The Chairman of the [...]

Ty Lawson, controversial Instagram commenter, is at it again. Lawson posted an Instagram photo of himself, as he is wont to do. Some, or at least one, commenters began taking totally unrelated shots at him, as Instagram commenters are wont to do. Lawson then responded to one comment, as he is semi-wont to do. And [...]

Kobe Bryant’s 20th NBA season will begin without delay. Most likely. Rotator cuff surgery in January ended up sidelining the Los Angeles Lakers great for the rest of 2014-15, limiting him to just 35 appearances overall. At the time of his surgery, January 28, the recovery process was supposed to take roughly nine months. If [...]

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Remember before, when we decided Pat Riley was an optimist after he called the Miami Heat a championship team? Well, Los Angeles Lakers rookie D’Angelo Russell has his level glass half full-ness beat. During an interview with Alex Kennedy of Basketball Insiders, the dual guard essentially guaranteed that the Lakers would make the playoffs next [...]

As Minnesota Timberwolves coach, president and part-owner Flip Saunders continues his battle with cancer, he will be stepping away from his sideline duties and handing the reins to Sam Mitchell. Here’s Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski with the details: Minnesota Timberwolves president and coach Flip Saunders will start the season focusing on his battle with cancer, [...]

Metta World Peace and Kobe Bryant are together again. Almost. According to Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski, the 35-year-old MWP, who hasn’t played in the NBA since 2013-14, looks to be nearing a return to the Los Angeles Lakers: Yahoo Sources: Metta World Peace has begun to work out daily at Lakers’ facility, inching closer to [...]

The headline is going to make sense in a second. Promise. Jared Zwerling of Bleacher Report gained what had to be unprecedented access to the San Antonio Spurs’ Tim Duncan, taking a deep dive into him as a man, player and…car-shop owner. That’s right: Duncan owns BlackJack Speed Shop in San Antonio and is apparently [...]