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Tim Duncan is pretty generous. It’s easy to be generous, of course, when you’ve raked in nearly $235 million in career salary and aren’t even done playing yet. But, relative to the NBA’s financial stratosphere, Duncan has gone above and beyond and then back again—756 times. This all started with yours truly traveling down a [...]

Phil Jackson is already cashing in on the offseason goodwill he earned among New York Knicks fans. The Zen Master has spent a majority of the summer surprising New York’s fiercely loyal fanbase in a good way. He didn’t do anything stupid on draft night—like trading away the No. 4 pick for a slop heap [...]

James Harden is on board with the Houston Rockets trading for Ty Lawson. We of course know this on some level. Rockets general manager Daryl Morey apparently consulted with both Harden and Dwight Howard before pulling the trigger on that deal with the Denver Nuggets. But if anyone still had any doubt about how Harden [...]

Charles Barkley is hoping Kobe Bryant knows when to call it quits. And he’s also hoping Kobe calls it quits after next season. While speaking with Frank Isola and Brian Scalabrine on SiriusXM NBA Radio (h/t Fox Sports), the former NBA star and current TNT analyst provided his thoughts on Kobe’s 20th season: I hope [...]

The Portland Trail Blazers’ offseason did not go as planned, and General Manager Neil Olshey knows it. Last summer, it was expected that they would retain LaMarcus Aldridge, re-sign Wesley Matthews, extend Damian Lillard and probably keep Robin Lopez, and then run it back with the same core for a few years until their title [...]

LeBron James’ feelings haven’t changed. He believes Tristan Thompson should remain with the Cleveland Cavaliers. That much has been clear for a while. It was assumed when LeBron first returned to Cleveland, since he and Thompson, a restricted free agent, are both represented by Rich Paul. Then it became an ironclad fact back in May, [...]

Michael Jordan is most certainly the Greatest Of All-Time. The one and only GOAT. But many other names get bandied about in debates about who the GOAT is. Names like Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabaar, Bill Russell, Kobe Bryant, and Lebron James. But I don’t recall too many of these conversations listing Tracy McGrady….until now. The [...]

This is so going to happen. Team USA held its usual scrimmage on Thursday night, which went off without a hitch. No one was injured. Every participant walked away healthy, proving, once again, that Paul George’s broken leg in 2014, while tragic, was a freak anomaly. But that’s not why we’re here. Nor are we [...]

Jimmy Butler and Derrick Rose need to spend some time in the lab together. Their chemistry is off. Off-ish, at least. Rumors of slight discord between Butler and Rose haven’t dominated the Chicago Bulls’ offseason, but they have been a part of it. The two apparently aren’t the best of friends, and in the NBA, [...]

Andre Drummond is lit. The NBA released its 2015-16 schedule on Wednesday, much to the displeasure of the Detroit Pistons big man: 20 back to back games ….. No national televised games….. Cool — Andre Drummond (@AndreDrummondd) August 12, 2015 Welp. If it makes Drummond feel better, the Los Angeles Lakers only make 19 nationally [...]