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So this seems like a good time to panic—or to at least mentally prepare ourselves to panic. Joel Embiid left during the second quarter of the Philadelphia 76ers’ Wednesday night win over the New York Knicks after colliding with Markelle Fultz. He was diagnosed with a facial contusion and did not return, even though he [...]

Worried that the Oklahoma City Thunder might miss out on making the NBA playoffs? Well, don’t be. Because they won’t. Carmelo Anthony says so. From ESPN.com’s Royce Young: “We’ll be there. We’ll be there,” Anthony said Wednesday. “I think we’re confident enough to know that we’ll be there. Where? We’ll see when that time comes, [...]

LeBron James has been a legitimate MVP candidate and worthy of the award on a yearly basis for the past 10-12 years. He is doing his thing once again in the 2017-18 season, averaging 27.4 points, 9.1 assists and 8.6 rebounds on 55% shooting with a PER of 28.6. Because of his performance and all [...]

Good news, San Antonio Spurs fans: Sean Elliott is almost certain Kawhi Leonard and the franchise are A-OK. In the face of rumors and speculation that Leonard, his teammates and the organization might not be on the same page about his right quad injury and intent to return, the former Spur and current commentator told [...]

At long last, some good news on the injury front for the Golden State Warriors. After missing the team’s past six games with an incomplete right ribs fracture, Kevin Durant plans to rejoin the rotation for Thursday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks, per ESPN.com’s Chris Haynes: [tweet https://twitter.com/ChrisBHaynes/status/978818452461776897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsports.yahoo.com%2Fkevin-durant-plans-return-thursday-warriors-hope-green-thompson-arent-far-behind-032459288.html] Warriors head coach Steve Kerr, ever the [...]

Dirk Nowitzki has had a record-breaking NBA career as one of the greatest scorers and power forwards in league history and the best player to ever come from Europe. He is apparently planning on making some more history. Dirk is planning to return for his 21st season with the Mavericks in 2018-19, which will set [...]

Just in case you needed another reminder that the relationship between LeBron James and Dwyane Wade is bigger than basketball, here it comes. Prior to the Cleveland Cavaliers’ loss at the hands of the Miami Heat on Tuesday night, James told ESPN.com’s Dave McMenamin that he hasn’t lost touch with Wade in the slightest since [...]

Could Kemba Walker’s nostalgia for participating in the NBA playoffs lead him to request a trade once the Charlotte Hornets hire a new general manager? It seems we’re about to find out. From the Charlotte Observer‘s Rick Bonnell: The Hornets will soon hire a new general manager to replace the departed Rich Cho. If that next [...]

For a while it looked like the Wizards were just fine without their All-Star point guard John Wall. They were playing over .500 basketball and competing for home court in the eastern conference first round of the playoffs. Lately they have been in a slump though as they have lost 8 out of 12 games [...]

We could have two Balls in the NBA as early as next season. According to Shams Charania of Yahoo Sports, younger brother of Lakers point guard Lonzo Ball and son of the infamous LaVar Ball, LiAngelo Ball, who is currently playing professional ball in Lithuania is officially declaring for the NBA Draft. [tweet https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/978625396441743360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Ball [...]