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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 [...]

There’s nothing worse than a high-profile rookie going down with a season-ending injury. We saw a couple of times last year with the most prominent one being that of Jabari Parker. The first-year man out of Duke suffered an ACL tear midway through, but is expected back for camp. Good news for Bucks fans, as [...]

Last season was a rough go for Kevin Durant. He barely saw the floor due to a broken foot and missed much of the season. He had to sit idly by while his Thunder missed the playoffs. But he’s back and ready to go. KD has been fully medically cleared and will be a full [...]

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Thompson’s months-long standoff with the Cleveland Cavaliers is truly shocking. Want to know why? Because of LeBron James. It’s not that Thompson is so valuable the Cavaliers should have bent to his max-contract demands already. It’s not that Cleveland is playing hard ball, when it’s not as if it can take the money allocated for [...]

So as it turns out, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban isn’t over this whole “Doc Rivers and the Los Angeles Clippers stole DeAndre Jordan back from us” thing. And, really, who could blame him? I mean, to put it simply, the Mavericks had Jordan, one of the top free agents available, and then, quite suddenly, [...]

After being strong all season long, the Hawks faltered down stretch in the playoffs. Sure, the Cavs were simply the better team, but losing Kyle Korver during that series and Thabo Sefolosha prior to the playoffs didn’t help. The good news is that they are getting better. Korver is nearing his return to the court [...]

Anthony Bennett may be running out of NBA chances. The former #1 overall pick hasn’t come anywhere close to being the player most scouts thought he’d be and the Minnesota Timberwolves apparently aren’t interesting in waiting around to see if that will ever happen. The team is reportedly in talks to buy out Bennett’s contract, [...]

Tristan Thompson and the Cleveland Cavaliers are still at an impasse. Various reports had the two sides hammering out an agreement, or a would-definitely-be agreement, at the start of free agency. No big deal. Thompson’s restricted free agency has always been considered something of a formality. He was never expected to test the market, and [...]