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Hey! Remember that one time Dikembe Mutombo loaned Bismack Biyombo the rights to his iconic, post-block finger wag? Mutombo doesn’t, either. From ESPN.com’s Mike Mazzeo: Toronto Raptors center Bismack Biyombo may not have gotten permission from Dikembe Mutombo to use the retired shot-blocking star’s finger-wag celebration, but Mutombo says Biyombo “really doesn’t need it.” “You [...]

Since joining the NBA as an expansion team in 1995, the Toronto Raptors have been able to get Canadians to fall in love with basketball, thanks to the heroics of players like Damon Stoudemire and Vince Carter. These days a new look Raptors team has done something neither former star player could do when they [...]

The conference finals have been somewhat highlighted by errant kicks and punches and Draymond Green and Dahntay Jones. A suspension was handed out for Jones, but will that be the case for Green? Golden State’s game 3 loss was very bad. How will they bounce back. And cause for concern in Cleveland after dropping game [...]

Is Bradley Beal a max-contract player in today’s NBA? Bradley Beal sure thinks so. As he told the Washington Post‘s Jorge Castillo: “I want to be valued the right way,” Beal, 22, said from Japan, where he visited as part of a promotional tour for the NBA and attended a playoff viewing party with fans. [...]

Kevin Love isn’t fine, but he’s going to be fine. He thinks. Love apparently injured his knee during the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 105-99 loss to the Toronto Raptors on Monday night, according to the Akron Beacon Journal‘s Jason Lloyd: [tweet https://twitter.com/JasonLloydABJ/status/734955514153607169] Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue didn’t even play Love during the fourth quarter. But that [...]

The Cavaliers were surprised by the Raptors in game 3 in Toronto, as they were convincingly defeated. From the onset, Toronto just seemed hungrier than Cleveland. Perhaps the defeat really got to some Cavs players because in garbage time, seldom-used Dahntay Jones was inserted into the game and punched Bismack Biyombo in a certain area. [...]

The Raptors played quite possibly their best game of the postseason, at least their best game in weeks Saturday night in Toronto to effectively save their season and give them the opportunity to make this a series in Game 4 Monday night. They may have just gotten an extra boost in that pursuit today, a [...]

Most—okay, all—New York Knicks fans are excited about team president Phil Jackson’s decision to hire Jeff Hornacek as the next head coach. Know who else is excited, though? Carmelo Anthony. The Knicks’ All-Star told WNBC-TV’s Bruce Beck that he’s excited to play under Hornacek because of the faster-paced offense he champions from the sidelines, per [...]

Breaking: The Houston Rockets’ coaching search remains all over place. Following the removal of Kenny Smith and Jeff Van Gundy from consideration, Mike D’Antoni is still being painted as the lead choice to replace Kevin McHale, who was temporarily succeeded by J.B. Bickerstaff. But another name is starting to gain steam–names, actually. The Rockets, according [...]

It has somewhat been made known that the TNT crew would welcome Kobe Bryant to the team with open arms following his retirement. In what capacity remains unknown, but to have him on the team would draw even more eyes to TNT’s coverage. Apparently, a formal offer has been made to Kobe but he has [...]