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The last time the basketball World was focused on USA Basketball, the US Men’s National Team, led by MVP Kyrie Irving, James Harden, and Anthony Davis, were putting a whooping on Serbia to win the Gold Medal in the 2014 FIBA World Championships in Madrid, Spain. Team USA won their 2nd consecutive FIBA World Cup [...]

Tristan Thompson isn’t leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers. Because, you know, duh. But also because LeBron James says so. LeBron did one of those things where he answers a question or 80 on Twitter Tuesday evening. One fan was curious about the scuttlebutt surrounding Thompson, a restricted free agent, who has yet to re-sign with the [...]

Anthony Davis values stability. And, apparently, lower-seeded playoff berths. But mostly the stability thing. The New Orleans Pelicans haven’t changed much this offseason, much to the delight of their franchise cornerstone. They re-signed Davis to what is, as of now, the richest contract in NBA history, and they canned head coach Monty Williams in favor [...]

Breaking: Phil Jackson is still candid as ever. So candid, it sometimes makes Kobe Bryant angry. Charley Rosen’s fifth installment of “The Phil Files” dropped on Monday over at ESPN.com, and much like the first four editions, it featured an honest Zen Master riffing on everything from current New York Knicks to past New York [...]

Roy Hibbert likes that Los Angeles Lakers head coach Byron Scott, unlike Indiana Pacers head coach Frank Vogel, played in the NBA. Yessireebob, that’s apparently a thing. The Pacers dealt Hibbert to the Lakers amid the free agency hustle and bustle in exchange for, well, pretty much nothing other than salary-cap scraps. He has noticeably [...]

Kyrie Irving’s knee injury in Game 1 of the Finals was devastating. We’ll never know what would’ve come of that series if he were able to go, but we can’t live thinking about what-ifs. But the good news for Cavs fans is that he’s off crutches and has been cleared by doctors to start working [...]

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Inspired by the place where a young KD built endurance and character is the ‘Hunt’s Hill Sunrise’ Nike KD 8. As the story goes, Kevin Durant heard that he was too skinny to be as NBA player throughout his childhood. That experience fueled the many hours Durant spent running up Hunt’s Hill (which has a [...]

LaMarucs Aldridge is now a member of a the San Antonio Spurs, but he’s also fresh off the free-agent carousel, a ride that included two meetings with the Los Angeles Lakers. Why two? Because the first one didn’t go well. That was the story at least. But then Aldridge held a second meeting with the [...]

That is a 39-year-old man doing that right there. I repeat. A 39 year-old man. There’s a saying age is just a number and former NBA player Cuttino Mobley proved exactly that with an astounding performance at the Drew League. His gray hair does make him look old but his basketball skills remain sharp, and [...]