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Where there’s an available superstar, there’s Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey waiting in the wings, pen in one hand, checkbook in the other. The Rockets and Morey just won’t go away. Not when it comes to courting superstar free agents. Not when it comes to Chris Bosh. According to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein, the Rockets [...]

After having a rough season with the Los Angeles Lakers, Chris Kaman has agreed to a two-year, $10 million contract with the Portland Trail Blazers, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports. Despite averaging more than 10 points per game—the 7-foot center from Michigan, barely received playing time in LA, as both Kaman and former [...]

The seventh overall pick of the 2014 draft has been cleared by famous foot specialist Dr. David Porter to participate in the upcoming summer league in Vegas for the Lakers, according to Mike Trudell of Lakers.com. Before being drafted, a lot of rumors have been swirling around the 6-foot-9 power forward from Kentucky regarding his [...]

Pau Gasol is drawing interest from plenty of NBA teams, chief among them apparently being the Oklahoma City Thunder. True story. According to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein and Ramona Shelburne, the Thunder have unexpectedly emerged as a leading candidate for the big man’s services: The Oklahoma City Thunder, meanwhile, have unexpectedly emerged as a leading contender [...]

Looky here at this free-agency summit. Okay fine, it wasn’t really a summit. It was more like a private confab. A sequestered meeting between friends. An invite-only powwow. Yeah, that’s was this was. I think. After listening to the Houston Rockets’ free-agency pitch, Carmelo Anthony stayed behind with Dwight Howard and James Harden—both of whom [...]

Now that Jason Kidd has made his abrupt and surprising exit from Brooklyn, the Nets need a new coach. From the moment rumors surfaced of Kidd potentially landing in Milwaukee, Lionel Hollins’ name has been mentioned as a possible replacement. It’s official: Lionel Hollins is the next head coach of the Nets. With such a [...]

Nobody on the Spurs averaged more than 30 minutes per game during the regular season. That’s Gregg Popovich’s way of keeping everyone fresh and healthy. It worked, as the Spurs captured another title. Then how do we explain what has happened to some of their players since? Patty Mills has a bum shoulder and is [...]

2013-14 was quite a dramatic season. And one that was packed with highlight reel plays. During our downtime this summer, THD Video may focus more of our time looking back instead of ahead, until closer to training camps. What better way to kick off a re-wind video than dunks. Here are the Top 20 Dunks [...]

Coming off his best season as an NBA pro, Lakers guard Jodie Meeks has made a decision to leave LA and agree to a three-year, $19.5 million contract with the Detroit Pistons, according Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports. The former Kentucky Wildcat averaged 15.7 points per game and was shooting 40.1 percent beyond the arc [...]

Shaun Livingston’s story has been incredible. The injury he suffered early in his career was one of the ugliest leg injuries you’ll ever see. The fact that he’s even able to walk is nothing short of a miracle. He looked very impressive in back up duty to Deron Williams last season and looked very worthy [...]