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Kobe Bryant’s 20th NBA season will begin without delay. Most likely. Rotator cuff surgery in January ended up sidelining the Los Angeles Lakers great for the rest of 2014-15, limiting him to just 35 appearances overall. At the time of his surgery, January 28, the recovery process was supposed to take roughly nine months. If [...]

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Draymond Green was rewarded with a brand new contract extension earlier in the summer, which means he’ll be in Golden State for a little while longer. Now that he has this new money, he has to do something with it. He has decided to “give back.” Green has donated in excess of $3 million to [...]

DeAndre Jordan used Snapchat to get the ball rolling on his return to the Los Angeles Clippers, because of course he freaking did. Talking to Sports Illustrated‘s Justin Barraso, Doc Rivers proved to be chock full of interesting anecdotes. One such story included DJ snapchatting Rivers’ son—not Austin, but Spencer—after agreeing to sign with the [...]

Remember before, when we decided Pat Riley was an optimist after he called the Miami Heat a championship team? Well, Los Angeles Lakers rookie D’Angelo Russell has his level glass half full-ness beat. During an interview with Alex Kennedy of Basketball Insiders, the dual guard essentially guaranteed that the Lakers would make the playoffs next [...]

As Minnesota Timberwolves coach, president and part-owner Flip Saunders continues his battle with cancer, he will be stepping away from his sideline duties and handing the reins to Sam Mitchell. Here’s Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski with the details: Minnesota Timberwolves president and coach Flip Saunders will start the season focusing on his battle with cancer, [...]

LaMarcus Aldridge’s arrival in San Antonio ensures Pop and company won’t miss a beat once Tim Duncan decides to retire. Pop doesn’t play anyone more than 30 minutes a game, so it will be interesting to see how the rotation looks and how Aldridge adjusts to playing somewhat sparingly. But as far as Duncan is [...]

Becky Hammon and Nancy Lieberman are blazing trails in the NBA by landing assistant coaching gigs with the Spurs and Kings respectively. Hammon especially became noteworthy when she led the Spurs summer league team to the championship. If there were to be another name that would make sense in this same conversation, that would be [...]

Seth Curry really impressed in Summer League this year with New Orleans, and as a result, he was rewarded with a coveted NBA contract with the Kings. Apparently, that wasn’t the only team interested in his services. Among others, the Warriors were also interesting in signing Curry, which he wouldn’t have been too happy with [...]