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Ben Simmons doesn’t care about being the NBA’s best rookie. He has his sights set on something bigger. Like the league’s (unofficial) best-player crown. As he told ESPN.com’s Niall Sewang: “My goal is to be the best in the league,” he told ESPN. “I’m not worried about other rookies — I’m worried about the guys [...]

Things aren’t always what they seem in the NBA. The pay cut Kevin Durant accepted in his new two-year deal with the Golden State Warriors is not one of them. He took the discount for the exact reason you think he did—to keep the reigning champs together. Here’s what Durant told The Athletic‘s Anthony Slater of [...]

While according to most sources, the entire NBA schedule for 2017-18 will be released on Monday, August 14 or Tuesday August 15, the NBA decided to provide a tasy appetizer to fans with the release of the national TV schedule for the opening week and the Christmas Day slate of games. As you can expect(and [...]

Might the Golden State Warriors consider going after Paul George in free agency next summer? Maybe. The Athletic’s Tim Kawakami appeared on the Posting Up podcast with The Washington Post‘s Tim Bontemps (h/t NESN), and some comments he made about George and the Warriors, while not an official rumor, are making the rounds, so we’re going to jump in [...]

Kevin Durant cannot have YouTube commenters thinking that LeBron James is better than him—at least not without offering his one syllable’s worth. The NBA Finals MVP answered a comment from a fan on YouTube claiming that the Cleveland Cavaliers superstar is the better player (h/t Bleacher Report). He responded to the statement, because he is [...]

Was Rudy Gobert a top-10 player in the NBA last season? The Utah Jazz sure think so. As general manager Dennis Lindsey said, per Andy Blarsen of KSL.com: [tweet https://twitter.com/andyblarsen/status/882767055631417345] This is…quite the proclamation. In some ways, it’s a defense mechanism. The Jazz just lost Gordon Hayward, who many consider their best player. It’s only [...]

The possibility that Andre Iguodala will leave the Golden State Warriors continues to gain momentum. ESPN.com’s Chris Haynes reported earlier this week that seven teams plan to pursue the 33-year-old swiss army knife. Now, The Vertical’s Shams Charania is reporting that the Warriors are worried they might not be able to keep him: [tweet https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/880508003941855232] This is [...]

Los Angeles Clippers coach and president Doc Rivers has some thoughts on the Chris Paul trade, and they amount to this: The point guard fled Hollywood to partner with James Harden. End of story. Here are his exact words, via the Los Angeles Times‘ Broderick Turner: [tweet https://twitter.com/BA_Turner/status/880246123855716352] If you detect some bitterness, you’re not [...]

The Golden State Warriors were back to their best this year, cruising to another NBA finals win against their now standard finals opponents the Cleveland Cavaliers. Astonishingly, this was the third consecutive season that the two giants of basketball clashed, with the Cavs looking to retain their title and the Warriors looking for retribution after [...]

The Golden State Warriors’ offseason will not be without its drama. No, Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry aren’t going anywhere. Durant, in fact, will probably end up taking a slight pay cut, on a non-Bird max, so that the Warriors can retain the Bird rights to free agents Shaun Livingston and Andre Iguodala. But that [...]