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Kobe Bryant has gone from an old curmudgeon to an affable, gracious and giving star in his final days in the league. His going away tour has resulted in a universal love fest for Kobe, even in arenas and cities that typically didn’t have a warm reception for the Black Mamba, such as Philadelphia, Boston [...]

Some guys are just born to hoop and Baron Davis is one of them. The last time we saw him on an NBA court, he suffered an ugly knee injury with the Knicks during a nationally televised game. But B-Diddy is back. He has officially signed with the Delaware 87ers of the D-League. Some may [...]

Blake Griffin is close to a return for the Los Angeles Clippers. And that could be a problem. Griffin hasn’t played since Christmas and is now rehabilitating a fractured right hand that he suffered when punching the Clippers’ assistant equipment manager. He will serve a four-game suspension once he’s healthy enough to play, which, according [...]

Boston Celtics president Danny Ainge has some brass ones. We knew the Celtics tried to acquire a big name ahead of the Feb. 18 trade deadline and failed. We also knew that they targeted players we likely never knew about. And, finally, we on some level knew we would find out who those nameless players [...]

The Timberwolves and Kevin Martin reached a buyout for the remainder of the final year of his current deal before the midnight deadline Tuesday night. According to ESPN NBA Reporter Marc Stein, the Spurs are the overwhelming favorites to land Martin. [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/704888060257792000] As you can see others such as the Mavericks, Hawks, and Rockets [...]

According to ESPN NBA Reporter Marc Stein, Michael Beasley’s impressive play for the Shandong Golden Stars of the Chinese Basketball Association has given him an opportunity to return to the NBA for the first time since 2014. [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/705156534322356224] He was averaging 31 points to go along with 13 rebounds and three assists per game [...]

Is the NBA getting predictable? That’s a question we’re left to ask ourselves after blazing through this addition of the NBA power rankings. There are some surprises, sure. But, for the most part, movement is stifled. The top one-third of the league remains pretty stationary, while the five to seven bottom-most feeders are jostling for [...]

Well, that didn’t take long. Kyrie Irving responded to a report from First Take‘s Stephen A. Smith that depicted the point guard as being unhappy with the Cleveland Cavaliers. He didn’t exactly deny Smith’s findings, but he by no means copped to them, either. Here’s what he said, per Dave McMenamin of ESPN.com: “There’s nothing [...]

Let the post-trade-deadline Ty Lawson sweepstakes commence! Or something. Lawson and the Houston Rockets are officially ready to cut ties with one another, according to the Houston Chronicle‘s Jonathan Feigen and ESPN.com’s Calvin Watkins: [tweet https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Feigen/status/704745423462772736] [tweet https://twitter.com/calvinwatkins/status/704745444556083201] Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical also added his own spin, because, well, that’s what he does: [tweet [...]

All is not peachy keen with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Not according to Stephen A. Smith of ESPN’s First Take (h/t Josh Hill of FanSided): Dating back to last year, I’ve been told that Kyrie Irving ain’t too happy being in Cleveland,” Smith stated on First Take this morning. “The situation is not ideal for him. [...]