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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 [...]

Someone get LeBron James an icepack. He just got burned by pretty much all of the Golden State Warriors. But that was expected. Less expected was the hail of fire and brimstone sent his way by Ayesha Curry, the wife of two-time MVP Stephen Curry. Let’s start at the beginning. Draymond Green is suspended for [...]

Things have changed for the New York Knicks. Ridiculously quickly, I might add. Though they have long needed a quality starting point guard, they weren’t initially expected to chase one in free agency this summer. There aren’t a ton of exceptional floor generals available, the Knicks already have Jose Calderon, Tony Wroten Jr. and Jerian [...]

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 [...]