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Hopefully Joe Johnson enjoys playing out another year of his twilight with the listless Brooklyn Nets. Because he isn’t going anywhere. Not by the Nets’ hands at least. Some have speculated that Brooklyn would look to deal Joe Johnson’s expiring contract after firing head coach Lionel Hollins and reassigning general manager Billy King. But, as [...]

Times really are changing in Philadelphia. Used to be that the Sixers were one of the NBA’s trade-deadline draws, as they proved only last season in many ways, most notably with their decision to flip 2013-14 Rookie of the Year Michael Carter-Williams to the Milwaukee Bucks in a deal that netted them the Los Angeles [...]

Kristaps Porzingis is going to be fine. Cue the sighs of relief coming from New York Knicks fans everywhere. The rookie landed awkwardly on his right foot after going up for a rebound late in the fourth quarter of New York’s Monday afternoon double-overtime victory over the Philadelphia 76ers. He tried to shake it off [...]

Just 43 games into Roy Hibbert’s California tenure, the Los Angeles Lakers may already be planning its abrupt end. Hibbert has always been considered a one-year stopgap. His contract comes off the books after this season, and the Lakers are going to be flush with cap space over the summer. He was supposed help bridge [...]

The New Orleans Pelicans’ season of misfortune is raging on. Tyreke Evans sat out during a Monday loss to the Memphis Grizzlies after, per a team announcement, experiencing pain in his right knee: Tyreke Evans experienced right knee soreness during his pregame warmup and consequently will not play in today's game at Memphis. — Pelicans [...]

The Knicks are certainly a team on the rise, all is not necessarily well in New York. They are 20-21 in the East and will need to stay above water in order to make the playoffs in a much-improved East. If they don’t, will Derek Fisher be shown the door? Some media reports indicate that [...]

The Chicago Bulls are apparently sending a message to the rest of the NBA. It reads: “Let’s make a deal!” With a crazy logjam in the frontcourt, the Bulls have started to gauge the values of bigs Pau Gasol, Taj Gibson and Joakim Noah around the league, according to Bleacher Report’s Ric Bucher, as transcribed [...]

Ask any basketball loving kid ages 5-18 and they will tell you old school black or white socks are totally out and swaggy socks featuring different colors or professional athletes faces are the way to go. The Pistons are joining the swaggy sock party this weekend as they honor former defensive anchor and rebound gobbler [...]

Jimmy Butler has been playing out of his mind as of late and keeps showing how high his ceiling actually is, as he is a bonafide NBA superstar these days. Butler scored 53 points in the Bulls 115-11 comeback victory over the 76ers Thursday night. Butler shot 15 of the 30 from the field, including [...]

By now you know the San Antonio Spurs are kind of good at this whole basketball thing. Though the Golden State Warriors’ pursuit of the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls’ record 72 victories has justifiably earned much of the spotlight, the Spurs themselves are on pace to win 70 games, mostly because they’re the freaking Spurs, but [...]