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What do you get when you guide a Portland Trail Blazers team that was supposed to finish in the bottom three of the Western Conference to the second round of the NBA playoffs? A fat three-year extension. Terry Stotts is, expectedly, sticking with Portland, per The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski: [tweet https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/732374381205291008] Kevin Arnovitz of ESPN.com [...]

And then there were four. The Conference Finals matchups are set. In the East, we have the Cavs and Raptors, and in the West, Golden State versus OKC. What has to happen in order for each team to be able to advance? Also, is Gregg Popovich’s treatment towards the media funny or has it now [...]

The Boston Celtics bowed out of their first-round playoff matchup with the Atlanta Hawks for many reasons. And the status of Kelly Olynyk was among the biggest ones. Yes, Jae Crowder wasn’t 100 percent. And sure, Avery Bradley’s absence killed the Celtics’ spacing. But Olynyk, when healthy, is Boston’s second-best two-way player, someone who stretches [...]

Not so fast, Kurt Rambis. Team president Phil Jackson isn’t ready to name you the New York Knicks’ permanent head coach just yet. As first reported by the New York Daily News‘ Frank Isola, Jackson met with former Indiana Pacers head coach to talk about the team’s coaching vacancy: Phil Jackson met face-to-face with with [...]

We’ve known for quite some time now that the NBA would be allowing advertising on the front of team jerseys. This will be a thing beginning in the 2017-18 season. The NBA is usually a trendsetter with marketing ventures, but it’s still up for debate as to whether or not this is a good thing. [...]

The Houston Rockets’ coaching search plows on. As expected, the team interviewed former Rockets guard and current TNT analyst Kenny “The Jet” Smith. And their meeting with him apparently went really well, per Fox Sports’ Mark Berman: Former Rockets guard Kenny Smith, who is an NBA analyst with TNT and a candidate to become the [...]

Add the Utah Jazz to the short list of NBA teams undergoing a slight re-branding this offseason. The Jazz unveiled a slight update and tweak to their previous logo set and uniforms and added a new sleeved jersey that is much different than any jersey they have previously had. Here is the updated set of [...]

LeBron doesn’t exactly seem to be jumping for joy over the individual awards for members of the Warriors. He praised Steph Curry for his unanimous MVP, but did so in a back-handed manner. Well, he’s not done there. LeBron doesn’t believe that Steve Kerr was deserving of Coach of the Year. He may have a [...]

According to Orlando Sentinel reporter Josh Robbins, Orlando Magic Head Coach Scott Skiles submitted his resignation and stepped down today after only one season under the helm. [tweet https://twitter.com/NBAcom/status/730796960672849920] This is a pretty shocking and unexpected move as the Magic took a nice step forward, winning 35 games in 2015-16, their most wins in a [...]

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