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After a first round playoff sweep at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs and Dwight Howard taking his talents to Houston, the Los Angeles Lakers are a team in transition and turmoil. The franchise centerpiece future Hall of Fame shooting guard Kobe Bryant faces the toughest challenge of his epic career, returning from a [...]

For the second consecutive offseason, the Philadelphia 76ers are once again holding a press conference to unveil a franchise impacting big man with bad knees. Last year, it was euphoria when Philadelphia somehow came away smiling after dominating big man Andrew Bynum fell into their laps as part of the original Dwight Howard deal with [...]

Nick Young didn’t join the Los Angeles Lakers to play defense. He signed in Hollywood to shoot. That much was clear from Day 1, the moment Young put pen to paper. For more than a half-decade, he’s been known for his (inefficient) scoring and nothing else. Why would he change now? He wouldn’t. And he [...]

Monta Ellis isn’t Dwight Howard, and that’s not a problem for Mark Cuban. The Dallas Mavericks owner put his team in a position to sign a top-tier free agent in each of the last two summers, but to no avail. Deron Williams spurned them for the Brooklyn Nets last summer, and Howard chose the Houston [...]

Paul George’s future with the Indiana Pacers isn’t an issue…because he has one. A bright one. Entering his fourth year in the NBA, George is eligible for a contract extension. The Pacers have until October 31 to iron out a deal with the league’s Most Improved Player, otherwise he’ll hit restricted free agency next summer. [...]

They don’t call Paul Pierce The Truth for no reason. Not necessarily known as a harsh off-court personality, Pierce has no qualms telling it like it is. And nothing has changed since he was traded from the Boston Celtics to the Brooklyn Nets. Pushing 36, Pierce creates no delusions about the part he’ll play in [...]

Good for DeMarcus Cousins. It’s gotten to the point where people almost assume the 22-year-old is going to say the wrong thing, that he’s going to do the wrong thing. And on some levels, we can’t really chastise the ones that do. Over the last three years, Cousins has been equal parts promise and infuriating. [...]

Iman Shumpert doesn’t like losing, but that doesn’t mean he also abhors playing for the New York Knicks. According to Frank Isola of the New York Daily News (h/t ProBasketballTalk), Shumpert isn’t thrilled with the way the offseason has gone down in New York, after the Knicks were ousted in the second round of the [...]

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Rick Barry can help LeBron James and Dwight Howard. Speaking with Chris Tomasson of Fox Sports Florida, Barry recommended that LeBron get someone to help him work on his free-throw shooting technique if he wished to improve. Don’t worry, though, he doesn’t think LeBron should start tossing them granny style. That method is reserved for [...]