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Vince Carter will not be following Kobe Bryant into retirement. With 18 NBA seasons now on his treads, Carter, 39, made it clear following the Memphis Grizzlies’ first-round playoff exit that he has no plans of walking away right now (h/t Hoops Rumors): [tweet https://twitter.com/NBATV/status/724340898952171520] Vince Carter has one guaranteed year worth just over $4 [...]

Stephen Curry is the heart and soul of the Golden State Warriors’ basketball ambitions. And on Sunday, during a shellacking of the Houston Rockets, the powers that be ripped that heart and soul from the Warriors’ grasp. The soon-to-be two-time MVP left the game and didn’t return with what is now being called a sprained [...]

Dwight Howard has no plans to call it a season just yet. Following a Game 4 loss to the Golden State Warriors, the Houston Rockets are now on the brink, trailing the best regular season team in NBA history 3-1, a grave from which very few squads have ever escaped. But Howard doesn’t care. He [...]

Deron Williams and J.J. Barea were out of action for the Mavericks in game 2 versus OKC two nights ago, so Raymond Felton had to step up big. He did just that by notching 21 points and grabbing 11 boards. He, more so than Dirk Nowitzki, was probably the key to victor in game 2. [...]

The 2017 NBA all-star weekend is supposed to go down in Charlotte, but that may be in jeopardy. The Hornets were awarded this honor roughly a year ago, but Adam Silver is threatening pulling the plug in light of the news surrounding the state of North Carolina and the LGBT laws. A move would cause [...]

If Shaun Livingston gets his way, he’ll be with the Golden State Warriors next season. And beyond. From Diamond Leung of the Bay Area News Group: “I want to stay here as long as I can,” Livingston said. “It’s a unique and special situation. A lot of guys including myself, I want to here for [...]

It was announced by the NBA Friday morning that third-year Blazers shooting guard C.J. McCollum has been named the NBA Most Improved Player for the 2015-16 season. [tweet https://twitter.com/excelsm/status/723517122358464512] McCollum basically tripled his output from the previous season in 20 more minutes per game, averaging 20.8 points, 4.3 assists, 3.2 rebounds and 1.2 steals in [...]

Say goodbye to Hack-a-Shaq. It’s all but gone. From Tim Bontemps of The Washington Post: After years of debate over whether the strategy of fouling a weak free throw shooter in order to force him to take foul shots has a place in the NBA, it appears the league will find a way to eliminate [...]

News came down Thursday afternoon that the Washington Wizards have officially hired their top candidate to fill their head coaching vacancy, Scott Brooks. [tweet https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/723266137807552513] Brooks signed a five-year, $35 million contract with the Wizards. Scott Brooks was 338-207 in 7 seasons coaching the Oklahoma City Thunder, including three trips to the western conference finals [...]

The Charlotte Hornets now trail the Miami Heat 2-0 in their first-round playoff series. Things shouldn’t be able to get much worse. And yet, they did. Nicolas Batum suffered an ankle injury midway through the fourth quarter of Wednesday night’s loss and was unable to return. Afterward, per ESPN.com’s Justin Verrier, it sounded like he [...]