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Stan Van Gundy’s coach-president role with the Detroit Pistons is safe. Or, actually, maybe he’ll be back next year only as the coach. Or perhaps he won’t be back at all. So much for clarity. Pistons owner Tom Gores didn’t provide any concrete inklings of his own while talking to reporters during halftime of his [...]

Sorry, Donovan Mitchell. Ben Simmons doesn’t think you have a legitimate chance of winning Rookie of the Year. Nor does he seem impressed by you at all. Consider what the Philadelphia 76ers newbie told ESPN.com’s Chris Haynes: “Who would I pick? Me, 100 percent,” Simmons told ESPN at the Ritz-Carlton in downtown Philadelphia on Saturday. [...]

Currently in the No. 7 seed in the western conference, the Oklahoma City Thunder have not quite had the level of success many expected they would after acquiring Paul George and Carmelo Anthony this summer. While Melo hasn’t exactly fit in seamlessly alongside Russell Westbrook in OKC, Paul George has been pretty effective and has [...]

Quinn Cook has worked his way from undrafted player out of Duke to currently playing an important role for the reigning NBA champions. He has been serving as their starting point guard in Steph Curry’s absence. He has averaged 15.6 points, 5.6 assists and 3.8 rebounds per game in April on 53% shooting from the [...]

The race to the bottom for the 2017-18 NBA season has officially been decided and the Phoenix Suns are now guaranteed the league’s worst record and highest odds at winning the No.1 pick in the 2018 NBA Draft lottery. This became official Sunday as the Grizzlies won their 22nd game of the season, 130-117 over [...]

The Washington Wizards are playing their worst basketball of the 2017-18 season and at the worst time. Losers of eight of their last 10 games, they have fallen from 4th place in the eastern conference to 8th over the past month and look to have plenty of issues on and off the court. One of [...]

It has been a long road back to the NBA for MarShon Brooks. After being selected by the Boston Celtics with the 25th pick of the 2011 NBA Draft and playing five NBA seasons for the Celtics, Nets, Warriors and Lakers with minor roles, Brooks found himself out of the NBA in 2014. Brooks played [...]

J.J. Redick is determined to win an NBA title before he retires. And not only does he think that championship could come with the Philadelphia 76ers, but he believes there’s a chance his team could hoist the Larry O’Brien Trophy this year. Is he for real, or just imagining a game of Royal Canadian Basketball [...]

Tyronne Lue is back on the Cleveland Cavaliers’ sideline, and he’s already making questionable decisions. Leading into his team’s matchup with the Washington Wizards on Thursday, Cleveland’s head honcho told reporters that Jeff Green would be in the starting lineup…for the rest of the season…including the playoffs. He justified his answer thusly, per Cleveland.com’s Joe [...]

The Celtics playoff and title hopes essentially went down the toilet on Thursday afternoon. The team released a press statement with an update on Kyrie Irving’s knee injury, he will miss the 2018 NBA Playoffs and be out for the next four to five months. “This Saturday, Celtics guard Kyrie Irving will undergo a procedure [...]