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Jeff Teague spilled the beans on his Instagram account Thursday morning about his dangerous and interesting decision to play the entire 2015-16 season with a torn patella tendon in his right knee. [tweet https://twitter.com/Shaqtin_A_Fool/status/740926767771291648] Teague quickly deleted the Instagram post as he was probably alerted to do so by his agent, the Hawks organization or [...]

If you don’t love Golden State Warriors center Andrew Bogut yet, you’re about to. Speaking to reporters about Kevin Love missing Game 3 because of a concussion, Bogut offered the utmost support to his NBA Finals rival, per Brian Windhorst of ESPN.com: “There’s probably people calling Kevin Love soft and those people are idiots,” Bogut [...]

For whatever reason, there have been a record number of blowouts in the 2016 playoffs. Typically, when a team gets off to a hot start, that’s the tone for the game and the opposition does not mount a serious comeback. That was the case for Golden State last night. But in the first half of [...]

Boban Marjanovic may not end up being a member of the San Antonio Spurs for life, but it sure seems like he’ll stick with them beyond 2015-16. The 7’3″ Serbian monster became an NBA novelty of sorts last season. He mostly played during garbage time but impressed fans and pundits with his offensive and defensive [...]

Metta World Peace may have confirmed some NBA folklore on Tuesday. He apparently did break Michael Jordan’s ribs during a pickup game. Here’s Jordan Heck of the Sporting News with the breakdown: During a Facebook Live interview with Mike and Mike’s Molly Qerim, World Peace talked about the 2001 incident. The possibility of World Peace [...]

When you play alongside a superstar and are considered the second best player on your team, that has to be an uncomfortable situation to be in. While you love the success of your team, you’re constantly feeling like you need to be recognized. You got that sense from Russell Westbrook for a while, and you [...]

The New York Knicks and Evan Turner are not a match made in basketball heaven. But that won’t stop the Knicks from pursuing Tuner in free agency anyway. Per Alex Kennedy of Basketball Insiders: [tweet https://twitter.com/AlexKennedyNBA/status/739977834983219200] Some version of this rumor has been floated before. And the idea isn’t completely ridiculous. The Knicks need a [...]

With his ability to spread the floor with his outside shot, Steph Curry can wreak havoc on any court, regardless of the rules and style of play. That goes for international ball in the Olympics. If he were to play for Team USA in August in Rio, he’d likely put on a show. But it [...]

The Cleveland Cavaliers have bigger problems than their 2-0 NBA Finals hole. Like Kevin Love’s health, for instance. Love left Cleveland’s Game 2 loss to the Golden State Warriors with concussion-like symptoms after taking an elbow to the head from Harrison Barnes. He wasn’t immediately removed from the game, since he didn’t exhibit the symptoms [...]

Back in May, the Washington Wizards announced that All-Star point guard John Wall underwent a pair of procedures on both his left and right knees. It was weird and unsettling. But, fortunately for Wizards fans, they needn’t worry anymore. Well, they needn’t worry as much. Owner Ted Leonsis says that Washington’s floor general will be [...]