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No matter how close two teammates are, when one guy has a difficult decision to make, that teammate can’t do a whole lot. No matter what Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh wanted LeBron to do, he was going to go to Cleveland no matter what. Similarly, in Minnesota, Kevin Love wanted out so Ricky Rubio [...]

Carmelo Anthony knows a thing or two about free agency. After exploring the open market himself for the first time this past summer, Melo has a better understanding of how available players think and what goes into their decision-making process. And after general manager Danny Ferry and controlling owner Bruce Levenson were caught with their [...]

Free agent forward Earl Clark accepts a training camp deal with the Memphis Grizzlies, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo!Sports. The 26-year-old product from Louisville was recently under successive 10-day-contracts with the New York Knicks last season, and then was unfortunately dropped by the team after only playing in nine games. [tweet https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/511184103732154368] Clark tallied [...]

Yesterday, Team USA destroyed Lithuania in the Semi-Finals of the FIBA World Cup. The team was led by Kyrie Irving, Klay Thompson, Kenneth Faried, and James Harden. That said, a guy with a huge presence and intimidation in the paint thus far is DeMarcus Cousins. Check out this play against Lithuania where the Raptors Jonas [...]

The Atlanta Hawks have re-signed two-time all-star power forward Elton Brand to a one year, $2 million dollar contract, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports. Brand, 35, produced 5.7 points and 4.9 rebounds in an average of 19 minutes per game last season for the Hawks. Despite his growing age, he can still be [...]

Fresh off handing Chandler Parsons $46 million, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban didn’t want him playing for Team USA, risking injury and, more importantly, putting his investment in harm’s way. Go figure. Here’s what Parsons had to say after he threw out the first pitch at a Texas Rangers game, via The Dallas Morning News‘ [...]

Everyone has an opinion when it comes to the Atlanta Hawks and Danny Ferry. That includes league commissioner, Adam Silver. While in Spain for the FIBA World Cup, Silver was asked his thoughts about the whole situation and he doesn’t feel that Ferry should lose his job over this. Based on these comments, don’t expect [...]

Greg Monroe is having a weird summer. Restricted free agency ruined any chance he had of a quiet vacation. A months-long dance with the Detroit Pistons that culminated in neither a new contract nor sign-and-trade finally ended with him signing a qualifying offer, making it so he can explore unrestricted free agency next summer. That [...]

After 17 glorious season, Chauncey Billups has decided to retire. A former Finals MVP he was probably one of the most underappreciated PGs of his era. Primarily because he wasn’t blessed with world-class athleticism. Nonetheless, he was as effective and efficient as they come. His Hall of Fame candidacy will be an interesting topic. Some [...]

Two Dragons are better than one. The Phoenix Suns are one of the teams that have expressed interest in acquiring Goran Dragic’s brother, Zoran Dragic, according to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein. The team still doesn’t know on whether or not their guard Eric Bledsoe will remain with the team for next season, and if ever he [...]