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Now I love Kevin Durant as much as the next person, but KD’s choice to sign with the defending Western Conference Champion Golden State Warriors and leave OKC got me wondering. When I open my internet browser, turn on the T.V., or listen to the radio, all I hear are journalists like Stephen A. Smith [...]

Ray Allen hasn’t played in the NBA for two seasons and now wants back in. And why? Apparently, because of Stephen Curry. Here’s what Gary Washburn of The Boston Globe, via CSNNE.com (thanks to ProBasketballTalk for the transcript): Ray wants to play again. I’m sure about that. I don’t think he particularly enjoys watching Stephen [...]

J.R. Smith doesn’t need a new contract from the Cleveland Cavaliers. He has his own retail venture to fall back on. Okay, only half of that is true. Smith does have his own retail venture to help build his nest egg, but he could most definitely use the likely eight-figures-per-year contract the Cavaliers will inevitably [...]

His airness has been a little more outspoken lately with his stance on the police shooting issue currently affecting our country and his opinions on the current NBA product. With that in mind, Michael Jordan has named which player reminds him most of himself in the NBA today and it is not who you would [...]

Russell Westbrook has been pretty quiet since Kevin Durant left for Golden State. Russ has never been a big social media guy, but we have never received any sort of reaction from him. Until today. On the heels of Russ agreeing to sign an extension with OKC, Russ faced the media to talk about the [...]

Today is the first exciting and uplifting day for Oklahoma City Thunder fans in quite some time, as Russell Westbrook has decided to make a commitment (kind of) to be the face of the Thunder’s franchise moving forward. [tweet https://twitter.com/NBATV/status/761195984403722240] This is a huge sigh of relief for the Thunder organization as the nightmarish haze [...]

Will Kenneth Faried begin next season in a Denver Nuggets uniform? It’s a fair question, now more so than ever, knowing that Wilson Chandler should be healthy and given Nikola Jokic’s breakout rookie campaign. The Nuggets simply have too many bodies in their frontcourt, and Faried figures less into their future than any of them, [...]

Derek Fisher going directly from playing in the NBA to coaching in the NBA was rare. Aside from Jason Kidd, he’s the only other guy to do this without any sort of break in between. But what might also set Fisher apart from former player-turned-coach, is that he’s now attempting to become the first player-turned [...]

Jason Terry isn’t about to bow down at the altar of the Golden State Warriors. Speaking with Yardbarker, the currently unemployed 38-year-old NBA champion addressed the notion that Golden State is a superteam just because they have Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson and Kevin Durant. Spoiler: He doesn’t think they are a superteam. Now [...]

Over the last 48 hours or so, there has been a lot of chatter about Kevin Durant specifically indicating to Russell Westbrook that he planned to re-sign with the Oklahoma City Thunder. But that apparently never happened. Royce Young of ESPN.com shed some clarity on the situation: There has been a lot of conversation about [...]