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If and when the Chicago Bulls swing and miss on Carmelo Anthony, they aren’t going to get mad. Or sad. Or even. They’re going to get older. The Bulls are among the many teams—Oklahoma City Thunder, San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Lakers, etc.—chasing Pau Gasol, and according to the Chicago Sun-Times‘ Joe Cowley, they’re optimistic [...]

LeBron James is certainly entitled to take his time before ultimately making a decision as to where he’ll play next season or beyond but that doesn’t mean the world will stand still while he does. The Rockets are very interested in Chris Bosh and have reportedly offered him the max. Granted, the Western Conference is [...]

New York Knicks president Phil Jackson is officially committed to doing the improbable: finding new homes for Andrea Bargnani and Amar’e Stoudemire. We at The Hoop Doctors really need to get a mind-blown emoticon, if only so I can insert it right here. That’s what this is—mind-blowing. It’s not mind-melting because Jackson actually wants to [...]

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The Los Angeles Lakers are now one of the front-runners in landing all-star forward Carmelo Anthony, according to multiple league sources. The Lakers met with Anthony last Friday and offered him a four-year; $97 million contract to sign with them. In addition, future-hall-of-famer Kobe Bryant was reported to be in constant communication with the Knicks [...]

LeBron James may not despise the Cleveland Cavaliers. Whoa. That’s heavy-hitting stuff. It might even be true. Sam Amick of Fox Sports Ohio says everybody’s favorite free agent might have eyes for Cleveland, after all: [tweet https://twitter.com/SamAmicoFSO/statuses/485981971282419712] Welp. This settles it. LeBron isn’t practicing voodoo anymore at Dan Gilbert’s expense. He’s not taking dumps and [...]

Ironically, today marks the four year anniversary of LeBron James’ “The Decision.” Also ironic is the fact that today is the four year anniversary for the people who still haven’t gotten over “The Decision.” But will that all change? In an interesting turn of events, the Cleveland Cavaliers have reportedly emerged as a viable option [...]

Stealth free-agent recruit mode activated. While everyone was zeroing in on the Los Angeles Lakers’ meeting with Carmelo Anthony on Thursday, general manager Mitch Kupchak flew the coop. Literally. According to the Los Angeles Times‘ Mike Bresnahan, Kupchak left for Cleveland after speaking with Melo, which presumably means he’s hoping to meet with LeBron James: [...]

adidas might be the most anxious entity for Derrick Rose to return to professional basketball play. In anticipation, we get an official look at the D Rose 773 III. For the third sneaker in the Derrick Rose team sneaker series with adidas, a triple-layer upper is used here with a perforated Sprintweb material used to [...]

Anything the Los Angeles Lakers are willing to do, the New York Knicks are, well, also willing to do. When the Lakers met with Melo on Thursday, they made it clear they were prepared to offer him the maximum amount allowed, per ESPN Los Angeles’ Ramona Shelburne: [tweet https://twitter.com/ramonashelburne/status/484859397999316992] You mean to tell me that [...]