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Whether or not the Cavs win the title this season, this may be J.R. Smith’s final go-round with team. Even though he’s no doubt focused on winning two more games this season, Smith has until midnight on Thursday to decide if he’d pick up his option, so he had to spend some time deciding his [...]

Because TNT’s yearly coverage of the NBA concludes for the season with the Western Conference Finals, we don’t get to see the likes of Chuck, Kenny, Ernie, Shaq or Craig Sager during the Finals. The ESPN/ABC crew of Mike Breen, Jeff Van Gundy, Mark Jackson and Doris Burke do a very solid job, but the [...]

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The Sacramento Kings are experiencing a full-on re-brand and repackaging this off season. They unveiled a new slogan, logos and court design about a month ago and now they will have some new duds as they transition to their new arena. The Kings featured five new jerseys on their team Twitter account Wednesday for the [...]

It was all but assumed that after suffering what appeared to be a very painful knee injury Monday night in Game 5 of the 2016 NBA Finals that Andrew Bogut’s season was most likely done. That news became official Wednesday morning as Bogut was ruled out for the remainder of the postseason. [tweet https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/743107945991397376] Bogut [...]

Mike Conley’s return to the Memphis Grizzlies still doesn’t appear to be a sure thing. From ESPN.com’s Ian Begley: Here’s a bit of potentially good news for those Knicks fans interested in free agent Mike Conley: some members of the Grizzlies front office are growing a bit concerned about the possibility of Conley leaving in [...]

The hits just kept on coming for the Golden State Warriors on Monday night. First Draymond Green was suspended. Then Andrew Bogut left early in the third quarter with a left knee sprain. And then the Warriors lost, forcing them to play a Game 6 in Cleveland on Thursday night. But let’s go back to [...]

Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Tom Thibodeau is wasting little time trying to get part of his Chicago Bulls band back together. According to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein, the Timberpups plan on using the No. 5 pick in June 23’s draft to assemble a package for Jimmy Butler: The Minnesota Timberwolves are prepared to part with the [...]

A lot of unwritten rules were broken over the weekend in the NBA Finals. 1. Once again, Draymond Green hit another man in a certain area, which is a no-no for everyone but him. 2. After LeBron stepped over Draymond, the two had some words. Apparently Draymond called LeBron a choice word that he didn’t [...]

Who is more likely to be wearing a Philadelphia 76ers uniform next season, Jahlil Okafor or Nerlens Noel? If the Sixers get their way, it’ll be Noel who sticks with the team. From Keith Pompey of philly.com: It’s unclear whether he’ll be a Sixer next season. The Sixers are shopping Okafor and center Nerlens Noel [...]