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Next summer, if and when Kevin Durant re-signs with the Oklahoma City Thunder in free agency, it won’t necessarily be because they give him the best chance to win. Instead, it might be out of fear for what Russell Westbrook will do—or, rather, say—if he were to leave. Durant is chilling with Team USA at [...]

Carmelo Anthony just isn’t that into you. But he’s definitely into the triangle offense. Part seven of Charlie Rosen’s Phil Files dropped for ESPN.com, and in this edition, New York Knicks president Phil Jackson talked shop on the team’s individual players. And when it came time to rap about Melo, he not only compared him [...]

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is as fiercely loyal to his team as owners come. He lives and dies with the Mavericks’ success, and the sense of obligation he feels to franchise cornerstone Dirk Nowitzki is, at its core, truly admirable. But when you’re a practicing fan, you tend to complain a lot, no matter [...]

Boris Diaw knows the deal: Tim Duncan is forever. The 39-year-old Duncan is prepping for his 19th NBA season with the San Antonio Spurs. He will be just the third player in league history to spend at least 19 years with one team, joining John Stockton and Kobe Bryant. Though he signed a two-year deal [...]

Fire up the ESPN ticker. Michael Jordan is throwing shade at LeBron James. OK, fine. No, he’s not. But he is showing immense confidence in his previous abilities, even though the peak of his NBA career is roughly 20 years in the past. Jordan answered a bunch of questions on Saturday at his Michael Jordan [...]

I’m rubber, you’re glue, whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks to you. Sorry, I was channeling my inner Markieff Morris for a second. Things have been weird between he and the Phoenix Suns for a while now. The team traded his brother, Marcus, to the Detroit Pistons, and both of the Morris [...]

The NBA is doing Christmas Day 2015 right. Most likely. Schedule details are starting to trickle out ahead of the league’s official release, and, naturally, it’s the Association’s slate of Christmas Day tilts that are being dispersed first. On Thursday, ESPN.com’s Marc Stein brought word that the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors will be [...]

Andre Drummond will earn almost $3.3 million next season, his fourth, which is not insubstantial. It’s just going to look like chump change compared to what he’ll earn in 2016-17. The almost-22-year-old is eligible to sign an extension with the Detroit Pistons. If he doesn’t ink one, he’ll become a restricted free agent next summer. [...]

The New York Knicks have spent a bulk of the NBA offseason acting like an actual team, which, naturally, has brought the future of Carmelo Anthony into question. Kristaps Porzingis and Jerian Grant won’t help the Knicks win now. Robin Lopez and Kyle O’Quinn are not Marc Gasol and LaMarcus Aldridge. Phil Jackson actually gave [...]

Sam Hinkie, you dog, you. Despite boasting oodles of cap space in each of the last two summers, the Philadelphia 76ers haven’t been free-agency players. They’re trying to build from the ground up and from within, and not only does that mean they’re not in the market for outside talent, but they’re not in the [...]