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The Philadelphia 76ers have been in “Tank Mode” for the past few seasons as hoops fans in Philly seemingly haven’t had a signature player to build around since Allen Iverson. The franchise has endured 2 of the worst seasons in team history, winning 19 and 18 games in back-to-back seasons, and although they have drafted [...]

If you didn’t know, this Tuesday, May 19th is the 2015 NBA Draft Lottery. For some teams like Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and New York, it is the culmination of a torrid season of tanking in hopes of landing an NBA superstar to build around. For others like Oklahoma City, Miami, and Indiana, they will be [...]

Paul Pierce may be ready to hang up his laces and retire his NBA playoffs time machine for good. Or he may not be ready. Following the Washington Wizards’ Game 6 loss and second-round playoff exit at the hands of the Atlanta Hawks, a series and season that ended with Pierce getting off a potential [...]

Derrick Rose knows that breaking up is hard to do. The rumor mill is alive with the equivalent of “Tom Thibodeau is outta here!” chatter. Speculation is only going to heat up in the aftermath of the Chicago Bulls’ Game 6 egg against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night. Their season is over, and so [...]

Welcome to part five of our six-part series to figure out the greatest player in NBA history. The four initial brackets: Floor Generals, Men in the Middle, Sensational Scorers and the All-Around Athletes have been won. We have traversed the different eras and periods in the NBA’s illustrious 68 year history to find the four [...]

Dwyane Wade may join the rest of the NBA’s free agents this summer. You know, insofar as “free agent” means someone who will opt out of his current contract only to most definitely, without a shadow of a doubt, re-sign with his incumbent team. The Miami Heat superstar signed a two-year deal last summer, with [...]

It turns out the Brooklyn Nets won’t pay Deron Williams to go away. Williams has spent a turbulent four-plus years with the Nets organization, going from a recurring All-Star and staple in the best point guard conversation to an overpaid afterthought with ankles made of soggy tissue paper. The prospect of trading him has loomed [...]

The NBA playoffs aren’t yet over, but the free-agency speculation mill gives exactly zero craps. Participating in a three-writer panel for CSNNE.com that touched upon the Boston Celtics’ offseason plans, A. Sherrod Blakely kind-of-sort-of dropped a bomb (h/t CBS Sports and Fox Sports for the transcription): I think there’s a 35, 40 percent chance that [...]

Never fear, Chicago Bulls fans. Pau Gasol is here to save the day. Or at least make sure there’s a puncher’s chance in h-e-double-hockey-sticks the day can be saved. After missing Games 4 and 5 against the Cavaliers—both losses—with a strained left hamstring, Gasol is set to play in Game 6 on Thursday. His status [...]

The Golden State Warriors dismantled the Memphis Grizzles start to finish on Monday night to even the series at two games apiece. Stephen Curry scored 33 points and four different Warriors tallied at least three three-pointers in the game to put it out of reach, but Mike Conley and Tony Allen—two catalysts for Memphis in [...]