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Michael Jordan is going to be pissed. Kobe Bryant, Jordan’s surrogate little brother, gave some encouragement to Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors following the Los Angeles Lakers’ 116-98 loss to the NBA’s best, per ESPN.com’s Baxter Holmes: “You guys have got to go ahead and make history,” Bryant told Curry. “I got to [...]

Today the NBA has announced that Grammy Award-winning artist Drake and comedian/actor Kevin Hart will face off as head coaches of the Canada and USA teams at the 2016 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game taking place in Toronto. Drake will be joined by two-time MVP Steve Nash and Toronto Blue Jays Jose Bautista. Canada’s team will [...]

Gary Vitti, the Los Angeles Lakers’ head athletic trainer, wants Kobe Bryant to take a couple of weeks off. Clearly, he should know better. Vitti has worked with the Lakers since before Bryant, so he has been with the Black Mamba for his entire career. He knows by now that convincing Kobe to sit is [...]

J.J. Redick and Chris Paul are cool. But it wasn’t always like this. Paul played for Wake Forest in college, while Redick spent his time at Duke. Their collegiate careers overlapped for two seasons, so it’s only natural that they were arch rivals, because their schools are notorious enemies. “Arch rivals” might be putting it [...]

Is Tom Thibodeau a glutton for punishment? We’re about to find out. After canning Lionel Hollins and reassigning general manager Billy King, the Brooklyn Nets’ search for replacements are underway. And while Kentucky head coach John Calipari has been haphazardly thrown into the mix by any writer with a platform, the Nets appear to have [...]

Baron Davis was one the most physically gifted point guards of the last 15 years, but injuries claimed what could’ve been a very special career. The last time we saw him on an NBA court, his body went one way while his kneecap headed in another direction while with the Knicks. But Baron certainly hasn’t [...]

John Wall is in need of image reset. He’s one of the most electrifying point guards in the NBA, but he’s not as marketable as he could be. Sure he has a signature shoe deal, but you could argue he’s last on the pecking order of adidas pitchmen who have a signature shoe with adidas. [...]

It has to suck playing in the NBA’s Western Conference. Unless you’re the Warriors or Spurs. Then it’s probably pretty chill. For those other 13 squads? Yeah, it sucks. Especially for the good-to-great contingents. The Clippers. The Thunder. The Mavericks, too. They scrap and they claw and they win, and yet no matter what they [...]

John Wall is not 100 percent healthy. Per the Washington Post‘s Jorge Castillo, the Washington Wizards point guard is scheduled to “undergo a precautionary MRI in Washington Tuesday on his VMO [vastus medialis obliquus] muscle located just above his left knee.” Here are some more details: Wall has played through soreness in the muscle in [...]

New Orleans Pelicans general manager Dell Demps has very little job security. As in, no job security. As in, according to CBS Sports’ Ken Berger, the Pelicans may have already handpicked his replacement: Saints GM Mickey Loomis has taken on a greater personnel role above GM Dell Demps, but rival execs understand that move is [...]