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Remember when Dwyane Wade broke Kobe Bryant’s nose during the 2012 NBA All-Star Game? Sure you do. But Kobe doesn’t. Fine, yes he does. But he’s not holding any grudges nearly four years later. He and Wade are cool—super cool, actually. That’s the vibe you get from the story that the Miami Heat’s shooting guard [...]

Bryon Scott’s job is safe. For now. Not 20 games into his second season as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, it already looks like Scott will have played babysitter for the two worst teams in franchise history. That’s not the kind of resume that will help you keep your job—especially when you entered [...]

The Los Angeles Clippers’ topsy-turvy 2015-16 season has now reached full “Well, jeez” status. Prior to the Clippers’ Wednesday night loss to the Indiana Pacers, coach and president Doc Rivers revealed that the rib injury All-Star point guard Chris Paul suffered against the Portland Trail Blazers two nights before would keep him sidelined for at [...]

Rudy Gobert won’t be swallowing shots at the rim for the Utah Jazz for a while. Make the appropriate sad faces whenever you please. The news came swiftly and unexpected Wednesday night, with the Jazz releasing a statement that outlined the indeterminable terms of Gobert’s absence: After sustaining a left knee injury during today’s practice [...]

The Sixers have suspended Jahlil Okafor for two games following the most recent fight video that surfaced today via TMZ. But that was just the icing on the cake. Since the season began, aside from the two fights, he was cited for driving 108 MPH and tried using a fake I.D. Well, the Sixers apparently [...]

Anthony Davis has had enough of the New Orleans Pelicans playing the part of unlikely bottom-feeder. Entering the 2015-16 regular season, the Pelicans were considered playoff locks. They wouldn’t be a top-four Western Conference team, but they would appear in the postseason, perhaps as a No. 6 or No. 7 seed. Alvin Gentry’s offense would [...]

Kevin Durant has a problem with how the NBA media covers Kobe Bryant. The Black Mamba himself, though, has no such issue. Not known for his love of the media, the 2013-14 MVP took some shots at the how the end of Kobe’s career was being improperly handled. Here’s a snippet of his diatribe, courtesy [...]

There was a unique mix of futility, history, adulation and reflection emanating throughout the Wells Fargo Center Tuesday as the 2-14 Los Angeles Lakers battled with the 0-18 Philadelphia 76ers. The Sixers were trying not to set a new record for the worst start in NBA history by falling to 0-19 and the official Kobe [...]

The Golden State Warriors are winning like crazy without head coach Steve Kerr on the sidelines, which is good, because they still don’t know when he’ll actually be on the sidelines. An all-time start to the season has overshadowed Steve Kerr’s absence as he continues to deal with and recover from complications that arose after [...]

Jahlil Okafor has barely played a months-worth of NBA games, but he’s already creating headlines both on and off the court. He’s averaging 18 and 8, roughly, and he’s also averaging some interesting behavior. Over the weekend, video surfaced of him getting into some sort of scuffle and was also recently stopped for driving 108 [...]