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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 [...]

Metta World Peace and Kobe Bryant are together again. Almost. According to Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski, the 35-year-old MWP, who hasn’t played in the NBA since 2013-14, looks to be nearing a return to the Los Angeles Lakers: Yahoo Sources: Metta World Peace has begun to work out daily at Lakers’ facility, inching closer to [...]

The headline is going to make sense in a second. Promise. Jared Zwerling of Bleacher Report gained what had to be unprecedented access to the San Antonio Spurs’ Tim Duncan, taking a deep dive into him as a man, player and…car-shop owner. That’s right: Duncan owns BlackJack Speed Shop in San Antonio and is apparently [...]

Pat Riley is an optimist. For this summer at least. Good ol’ Riles isn’t one to sugarcoat his opinion. He tells shit like it is, just as he did after the Miami Heat’s 2014 NBA Finals loss to the San Antonio Spurs, delivering a purposeful, albeit subspoken, message to his Big Three, the entirety of [...]

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The NBA has long since outgrown its divisions, and it’s starting to show. Though there are still divisions, the first step in marginalizing, if not eradicating, them will begin next year when the seeding of conference playoff teams is decided by record. Kurt Helin of ProBasketballTalk was the first to bring confirmation: It's official: NBA [...]

This Friday the Naismith Hall of Fame once again will open their doors to induct another quality class featuring elite shot blocker Dikembe Mutombo, longtime NCAA and NBA coach John Calipari, 7 Time NBA All Star Jo Jo White and WNBA superstar Lisa Leslie. Undoubtedly the funniest moment of the night will probably come when [...]