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Kobe Bryant has no plans to leave the Los Angles Lakers after the 2015-16 season. Sorry, Phil Jackson’s ego. Jackson, who won three titles as Kobe’s coach in Los Angeles and is now president of the New York Knicks, caused quite a stir last Friday when the ‘Bockers officially opened for business, all but predicting [...]

Despite reports that Tristan Thompson has lowered his trade demands, both he and the Cavaliers failed to reach an agreement over the week, meaning he is still unsigned. As a result, he was not present at Cavs’ media day today and probably won’t be at their first practice tomorrow either. He has until Thursday to [...]

Marcus Morris was traded from Phoenix this past summer and his brother Markieff didn’t take that news very well. He felt betrayed that his brother and teammate was now gone. He even went as far as to pretty much demand a trade and say he future was not with the Suns. Perhaps he realized that [...]

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Paul Pierce is nearing the end of the road, but still signed a 3-year deal with the Clippers in his native Los Angeles. But just because he’s inked for 3 years doesn’t mean he’ll hang around the entire time. If the Clippers manage to pull it off this season, Pierce will hang ’em up. [tweet [...]

Derek Fisher’s first year as head coach of the Knicks didn’t go too smoothly. But that was to be expected. Phil Jackson was busy gutting the roster in order to make cap space for guys who ultimately didn’t sign in New York, so Fisher wasn’t coaching in a stable environment. Nonetheless, Fish has apparently asked [...]

New Orleans Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry isn’t messing around when it comes to Jrue Holiday. After missing just 14 games through the first four seasons of his career, all of which were spent with the Philadelphia 76ers, Holiday has missed 90 over the last two. Put simply, his time in New Orleans has not [...]

Paul George doesn’t want to play power forward. The Indiana Pacers, it seems, do not care. Head coach Frank Vogel is, per the Indianapolis Star‘s Candace Buckner, planning on trotting out a starting lineup comprising George Hill, Monta Ellis, C.J. Miles, George and Ian Mahinmi when the regular season tips off. That keeps in theme [...]

I grew up amidst the basketball eras of Magic, Bird, and Jordan, when finding a great European player in the NBA was about as rare as the L.A. Clippers making a good draft selection or the playoffs for that matter. I grew up in a time where the Lakers Vlade Divac was literally considered the [...]