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Not even playing alongside LeBron James safeguards Kevin Love against Lakers rumors. The free-agent-to-be has been heavily linked to the Lakers since last season. He was born in Santa Monica (raised in Oregon), attended UCLA, unhappy in Minnesota and barreling towards the open market. It was only a matter of time before Love put on [...]

Rudy Gay this weekend reached an agreement with the Sacramento Kings on a $40M contract extension for the next three years. Gay still has one year left on his current deal, but decided to negotiate now with the Kings rather than wait out free agency. The extension begins with the 2015-16 season, and includes a [...]

It’s been more than a month since Washington Wizard guard Bradley Beal broke his left wrist (Oct. 10), but after a relatively quick recovery, he’s expected to return to practice this week. In fact he has hopes to make a season debut this Friday night against the Cavaliers, according to Jorge Castillo of the Washington [...]

Over the next several years, we will probably begin to see former players become owners of NBA teams. It would be good for the game and better than no-name billionaires who have no sports acumen. Kevin Garnett is likely in his last season and has his sights set on things beyond playing ball. KG would [...]

Lots to talk about in the League these days. LeBron doesn’t seem quite right out there on the court, Kobe’s delusional for trying to explain away his missed shots record and Derrick Rose’s stance on sitting out. Kevin Burke discusses… Please enable Javascript to watch this video If you have a question that you would [...]

DeMarcus Cousins and Charles Barkley have a lot in common. More than either would like to agree to, perhaps. Both from Alabama, and both weren’t the easiest guys to coach or deal with. That’s probably why they don’t seem to get along. Doing his job as an analyst, Charles Barkley has been critical of Cousins [...]

It’s not what the Chicago Bulls -or their fan base- wanted to hear after Thursday nights 100-93 victory over the Toronto Raptors, but it seems to be the harsh reality facing this team. Star point guard Derrick Rose is injured again. He suffered a left hamstring injury with less than two minutes remaining in the [...]

NBA owners ’round the Association: Duck! Michele Roberts, the NBA Players Association’s Director, has her guns out…and she’s firing away. Since making history in July by becoming the first female union chief in major North American sports history, Roberts has been making waves. She’s been speaking out in favor of players and against a salary [...]

In what can only be considered as cruel and unusual punishment for Bulls Derrick Rose who has worked so hard once again to get back to full health heading into this NBA season, tonight against t he Raptors he injured his hamstring late in the 4th quarter. It’s too early to tell how significant the [...]

It’s better to have admired and lost than to have never admired at all. Remember that, Dwight Howard. Too much has been made of Howard’s decision to the leave the Lakers and, more pointedly, Kobe Bryant during free agency in 2013. The relationship between these two superstars has been painted as something either tenuous or [...]