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Kenneth Faried has 60 million more reasons to smile now. Denver Nuggets fans have 60 million reasons to scratch their heads. According to Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski, Faried has agreed to a contract extension with the Nuggets that’s worth $60 million: Denver Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried has reached agreement on a five-year, $60 million contract [...]

The buzz on the web the past week or so is about how well Kyrie Irving has been playing through training camp and what that may mean for the dominance of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the East. All his highlights from the preseason aside, this windmill on a Nerf net in his living room is [...]

Mikhail Prokhorov purchased the Nets in 2010 for $200 million. Form the onset, he has always seemed to be about business more so than basketball. After seeing the Clippers sold for $2 billion recently, Prokhorov may be thinking it’s time to cash out. If he’s truly a business man through and through, then there’s probably [...]

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Warriors coach Steve Kerr walked away from his 15 year NBA career with a career free-throw percentage of 86.4%. Through his first five seasons, Stephen Curry is at 89.6% from the stripe. After practice yesterday, the two decided to engage in a FT shooting contest that Curry ultimately won. You’ll recall that former Warriors coach [...]

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Remember in 2008 and 2012 when participating in the Olympics was cool again? Well, it sometimes has that uncool 2004 feeling at times. While many guys, such as Kevin Durant, says he’s down for 2016, LeBron James is on the fence. No surprise here. LeBron realizes he’s no spring chicken anymore and he’d probably like [...]

Three cheers for backtracking! Or rather, context! Yay, context! Carmelo Anthony created quite a stir at Knicks media day when he apparently said the following to ESPN.com’s Chris Broussard: [tweet https://twitter.com/Chris_Broussard/status/516643510192439296] For shame, Melo! For shame! How dare ye incite such bedlam weeks before the regular season, and mere weeks after the New York Knicks [...]

Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Scott Brooks has been having a great run in the city, having been able to appear in the conference finals three times in four seasons. These achievements would not have been possible without his best players—and one of them is named Russell Westbrook. During the team’s media day, Brooks made [...]

The Cleveland Cavaliers held their open scrimmage last night. The highlights offensively were fast and furious. All eyes were on Kevin Love, Kyrie Irving, and of course Lebron James. And the trio didn’t disappoint the crowd. Check out this move where Kyrie Irving shakes his defenders with multiple spin moves for the step back jumper. [...]