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Rajon Rondo? Butt heads with his head coach? Nah. At least, not this head coach. Rondo recently got cute with the media, admitting that things between he and the Sacramento Kings head coach weren’t all dandelions and daisies. The video of his initial comments can be seen below: “It’s not been going too well,” Rondo [...]

Damian Lillard and LaMarcus Aldridge are no longer teammates. Which, for the record, has nothing to do with a lack of synergy from when they were teammates. Once Aldridge decided to leave the Portland Trail Blazers for the San Antonio Spurs in free agency, it was assumed that Lillard’s meteoric rise, not just through the [...]

The Chicago Bulls will begin their 2015-16 campaign on Tuesday, October 27. And they may not have Derrick Rose in the lineup. Rose is still recovering from a fractured left orbital, and the timetable behind his return is not conducive to an opening night appearance. As Bulls head coach Fred Hoiberg told reporters, per ESPN.com’s [...]

The view from the outside of the Los Angeles Lakers is becoming increasingly divergent. That’s what happens when a team loses 116 games in two seasons. It doesn’t matter how many banners they still have hanging, or how much they believe better days are just around the corner. Protracted losing breeds contempt. It doesn’t just [...]

Well, at least Rajon Rondo is honest. Maybe too honest. On Tuesday night, Rondo got to talking about the expectations for the Sacramento Kings this season. While he would say he thinks that they can exceed expectations, he did so while admitting expectations aren’t high to begin with. Per ESPN.com’s Baxter Holmes: Rajon Rondo told [...]

Manu Ginobili is a good dude. No, I’ve never met him, or even interviewed over the phone. I’ve yet to even see him play in person. There is so much I don’t know about him, I shouldn’t draw any conclusions about the person he is off the basketball court. To me, he should just be [...]

One of the biggest complaints about Carmelo Anthony’s game has been his effort on the defensive end. Offensively, he’s probably the most versatile scorer in the business, but on the other end, not so much. Melo is apparently willing to put his neck out in the name of better defense. He has reportedly asked the [...]

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Preseason can be a necessary evil. Guys need it in order to get into shape, but there’s always a higher chance of injury because it’s early in the season and their bodies are yet used to the grind again yet. James Harden left the Rockets preseason game with a right knee contusion. He did not [...]

As yet another NBA season shapes up, and the fanbases of 30 cities hold their breaths to find out how their teams will fare this year, the predicament of those in sunny Sacramento is an interesting one. The franchise is steeped in mediocrity in terms of performance on the court, and has a history of [...]