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Kobe Bryant joined former teammate/rival Shaquille O’Neal on The Big Podcast with Shaq, and it was everything you could ever expect. So long as you were expecting a ton of cliches that only supported the notion that these two, once serial head-butters with the Los Angeles Lakers, are now cool. One of the anecdotes, however, [...]

DeAndre Jordan is changing his mind again. No, he’s not trying to renege on his deal with the Los Angeles Clippers. But he is leaving his agents at Relativity Sports following a controversial free-agency process in which he almost spurned the Clippers for the Dallas Mavericks. Broderick Turner of the Los Angeles Times first broke [...]

Anthony Davis is like the Energizer Bunny of fear: He just keeps getting scarier and scarier and scarier and scarier. Last week, we riffed on the Brow bulking up and turning the NBA’s fellow power forwards and centers into his own personal playthings. Now we’re back to him incorporating three-pointers into his already-expansive arsenal. Yes, [...]

For someone who’s battled myriad injuries and, as of now, doesn’t rank in the top half of his position pool, Ricky Rubio ambles his way into the NBA’s rumor mill quite often. While responding Bleacher Report’s Ric Bucher buying that the Minnesota Timberwolves would move, or at least shop, Rubio this coming season, ESPN 1500’s [...]

Derrick Rose is officially on the record claiming his innocence after being accused of drugging and gang raping an ex-girlfriend. TMZ first brought word of the accusations, and Deadspin has since released additional details of the complaint, all of which are worth a read. But Rose responded himself on Thursday night, issuing a statement to [...]

How many titles could Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal have won if their partnership never dissolved? Who knows. They ended up with three. Shaq won another with the Miami Heat, and Kobe went on to win two more with the Los Angeles Lakers. Had they stayed together, though, you get the sense they could have [...]

It’s apparently not enough that Anthony Davis is honing his three-point shot this summer. He’s Hulking up as well. Per Jim Eichenhofer of Pelicans.com (h/t Bleacher Report), Davis, who is listed at 220 pounds, has packed on 12 pounds of muscle this offseason. And Eichenhofer posted the pictures to prove it: Through diet/lifting, Anthony Davis [...]

Tristan Thompson really needs to sign a new deal with the Cleveland Cavaliers already. That, or he needs to sign his qualifying offer, play through the 2015-16 season, become an unrestricted free agent next summer and…join the Toronto Raptors. The absence of an agreement with Cleveland has the speculation factory all aflutter. The Cavaliers and [...]

The throne may be heading back down south this season. After a few months of moves and acquisitions, the San Antonio Spurs appear to back in front of the pack as the frontrunners for the 2016 title. Golden State is not far behind but they seem to be keeping the status quo by the Bay. [...]

Former NBA player and destroyer of backboards Darryl Dawkins has passed away at the age of 58, according to multiple reports. Pennsylvania news station WFMZ first brought word of Dawkins’ death (h/t Deadspin). TMZ has since come out with additional information: NBA legend Darryl Dawkins — nicknamed “Chocolate Thunder” for his monster dunks — has [...]