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Anthony Davis values stability. And, apparently, lower-seeded playoff berths. But mostly the stability thing. The New Orleans Pelicans haven’t changed much this offseason, much to the delight of their franchise cornerstone. They re-signed Davis to what is, as of now, the richest contract in NBA history, and they canned head coach Monty Williams in favor [...]

Breaking: Phil Jackson is still candid as ever. So candid, it sometimes makes Kobe Bryant angry. Charley Rosen’s fifth installment of “The Phil Files” dropped on Monday over at ESPN.com, and much like the first four editions, it featured an honest Zen Master riffing on everything from current New York Knicks to past New York [...]

Roy Hibbert likes that Los Angeles Lakers head coach Byron Scott, unlike Indiana Pacers head coach Frank Vogel, played in the NBA. Yessireebob, that’s apparently a thing. The Pacers dealt Hibbert to the Lakers amid the free agency hustle and bustle in exchange for, well, pretty much nothing other than salary-cap scraps. He has noticeably [...]

Josh Smith should better gauge the company he stands amongst in the future. Smith was officially introduced as a member of the Los Angeles Clippers this week after agreeing to sign a contract for the veteran’s minimum, per the Orange County Register‘s Dan Woike: Clippers deal with Josh Smith is for the minimum – despite [...]

Pablo Prigioni now plays for the Los Angeles Clippers. And that’s bad news for Jamal Crawford. And he knows it. Shams Charania of RealGM first brought word that Prigioni would be heading to Los Angeles after being waived by the Denver Nuggets: Free agent guard Pablo Prigioni has reached agreement on a deal with the [...]

It’s been awhile since we’ve heard from Baron Davis. The 36-year-old point guard last played for the New York Knicks during the playoffs in 2012. That was the last time he stepped on the court before suffering a devastating right knee injury, which looked to be the end of his career in the league. However, [...]

So about that rift between Chris Paul and DeAndre Jordan… When Jordan first chose the Dallas Mavericks over the Los Angeles Clippers in free agency, his relationship, or lack thereof, with his point guard seemed to be the driving force behind said departure. Now, on the right side of his offseason flip-flop, it appears the [...]

Kobe Bryant will retire as a shooting guard. Next season, though, he’ll probably log most of his minutes at small forward. Some of his minutes might even come at the 4, too. Wait, what? The Lakers just have too many damn guards. Players will have to, well, play bigger than they stand. That’s the only [...]

It’s good to know that Daryl Morey always has James Harden and Dwight Howard on his mind. Well, maybe not always. But certainly before he pulls off a blockbuster trade, like the one he brokered Sunday night, when he acquired embattled Ty Lawson from the Denver Nuggets for a lottery-protected first-round pick in 2016 and [...]

When you know you’re wrong, you know you’re wrong, and J.R. Smith knows he’s wrong. Sort of. Rather than opting into the last year of his contract that would have paid him well north of $6 million next season, the Cleveland Cavaliers’ volume chucker elected to hit unrestricted free agency, probably thinking that he, like [...]