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Chill. Let’s all just chill. You, me, the person to your left, your right, the kid from your high school who used to play pocket billiards in the back of math class, the tighty-whitey-clad cowboy who plays acoustic guitar on the corner of busy streets and the guy behind me who smells of fetid cheese [...]

DeMarcus Cousins is most certainly one of the better big men in the NBA today. He may be a little hot-headed at times, but his talent can’t be denied. Hence his roster spot on Team USA this summer. Check out Cousins playin’ with Steph Curry at practice, claiming to be the third ‘splash brother’…. [...]

This Eric Bledsoe drama just won’t end. With the relationship between Mini LeBron and the Phoenix Suns having apparently soured, Bled’s restricted free agency has gone from formality to perplexing puzzle. Will he accept the Suns’ four-year, $48 million offer? Or will he take their $3.7 million qualifying offer, play through next season and become [...]

Adam Silver only speaks the truth. Less than a year into his tenure as NBA commissioner, Silver has not held back. From wanting to impose a new draft age limit to banning super-sized shitbag Donald Sterling for good, he’s shot straight from the hip, never shying away from the big decisions or questions. Talking about [...]

John Wall this week was in China to show off his ‘Great Wall’ back tattoo and new adidas logo while visiting the Great Wall of China. You know Wall and adidas have pull when they can convince the Chinese authorities to let them turn the Great Wall into a basketball court. Awesome. [...]

Greg Monroe has apparently been doing anything and everything he can to escape the Detroit Pistons. Accepting Detroit’s qualifying offer—like he’s supposed to do—reeks of doubt and distrust and potential disgust. Rather than secure his financial future, he’ll likely play through next season at a ridiculous discount so he can explore unrestricted free agency in [...]

Ugh. Just when you think Rajon Rondo trade rumors are dead for the time being, they’re revived, but not really. Consider what follows to be a lesson in recycling. T-Spence, a sports radio host, tweeted this: [tweet https://twitter.com/tspence26/status/500931306599886848] It created some buzz, but not much. BasketballInsiders.com picked it up…I think: [tweet https://twitter.com/BBallInsiders/status/501274440596873216] Don’t bother clicking [...]

Jim Boeheim’s latest verbal foray into Carmelo Anthony’s free-agency decision is going to make Phil Jackson blush. The Syracuse head coach was exceedingly vocal leading up to Anthony’s free agency and recurrently admitted he wanted the All-Star forward to sign somewhere he could win. But Anthony signed in New York, where he’s not going to [...]

There are (roughly) 7,045,999,999 in this world who can’t touch Derrick Rose in Coach Mike Krzyzewski’s eyes. The Team USA head coach has strong feelings for the Chicago Bulls point guard. Very strong feelings. So strong, players at Duke might want to start taking offense. Speaking on Rose’s progression and his personality, Coach K threw a [...]

In the NBA’s never-ending, superstar-encompassing game of tag, James Harden is apparently it. During an interview with ESPN.com’s Scoop Jackson, the Houston Rockets and Team USA super stud dished on his ongoing development. The question and answer session is a pretty fun, informative read, so hop to it you consumers of digital media (CoDs for [...]