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‘Tis the season for NBA contract extensions. Not every fourth-year player will get one, but the ones who do will be ecstatic. Like Kemba Walker of the Charlotte Hornets. According to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein, the Hornets and Walker have agreed upon a four-year extension worth $48 million: The Charlotte Hornets have reached terms on a [...]

The opening night game between the visiting Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Lakers will be tipping off in less than 12 hours, but the Lakers’ head coach Byron Scott already gave out the first blow as he was recently asked about the failed partnership between Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard just two seasons ago [...]

The season will be commencing in less than 24 hours and surely everyone’s excited to find out who can dethrone the champions—San Antonio Spurs. But speaking of the champs, their starters—Kawhi Leonard and Tiago Splitter—are unfortunately going to be missing their services in opening night against the Mavericks due to injuries, according to league sources. [...]

Retaining Kawhi Leonard won’t come cheap for the San Antonio Spurs. Entering his fourth season, 2014 NBA Finals MVP is up for a contract extension, and talks are going almost nowhere, according to Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski: As Kawhi Leonard holds firm on his desire for a maximum contract, extension talks with the San Antonio [...]

A lot of criticism has been bombarding Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant regarding his inability to play together with other players, and that it has been a factor leading to the downfall of the franchise. According to ESPN.com’s Ramona Shelbuirne and Ohm Youngmisuk,—Carmelo Anthony — who had the chance to play alongside the Mamba, [...]

As we head closer towards the new season, there are a lot of uncertainties hovering over the New York Knicks especially regarding the major changes they have made in the off-season. But one thing is certain, that is their forward Andrea Bargnani will be needing more time to fully recover from his injury and may [...]

With the new season just around the corner, the Los Angeles Lakers have decided to sit out their 36-year-old superstar Kobe Bryant for the rest of their scheduled games in the preseason, according to Mark Medina of the LA Daily News. [tweet https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/525069970456465408] The Lakers will be facing the Portland Trailblazers tonight in Ontario and [...]

Lance Stephenson did not want to leave the Indiana Pacers. But it seems they gave him no choice. Shams Charania penned a nice piece over at RealGM, wherein he provides insight into how Stephenson eventually left the Pacers for the Charlotte Hornets. We’ll start with this: Ewing, Jordan, Walker and a stable coaching staff formed [...]

Sacramento’s loss is Phoenix’s gain. Instead of re-signing the diminutive 5’9″ Isaiah Thomas over the offseason, the Kings signed and traded him to the Suns, electing to roll with free agents Darren Collison and Ramon Sessions. This surprised some. Many, even. Just not Thomas himself. Said the point guard while speaking with Basketball Insiders’ Alex [...]

The Orlando Magic and their center Nikola Vucevic have reached a four-year, $54 million dollar extension, according to Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Sports. Vucevic, 23, certainly has a lot of potential yet to be maximized within him and the Magic want to assure of his services for the next few years while he grows [...]