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Tom Thibodeau is basically Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite at this point. Trying to rekindle the golden days he had as the coach of the Chicago Bulls by signing and giving a role to any one of the major pieces of that era of Bulls basketball that he can get his hands on. Much like [...]

Restricted free agency has not been quite to many young players in recent years. After entering this past season as a guy who many thought could garner $10 million or more per year from the Jazz or elsewhere and then struggling with the Jazz before being traded to the Cavaliers and struggling to find a [...]

Basketball never sleeps, which unfortunately means injuries don’t either. As first reported by 98.7 FM Arizona’s John Gambadoro, Devin Booker needs to have surgery to repair an injured right hand and will be out indefinitely (via 98.7 FM Arizona’s Kellan Olson): Phoenix Suns shooting guard Devin Booker will undergo hand surgery on Monday and is [...]

Udonis Haslem has been a member of the Miami Heat since LeBron James rookie year in the NBA, before social media was a thing and when the concept of TiVo was relatively new. He has agreed to a one-year, $2.4 million deal to play his 16th season as a member of the Heat. [tweet https://twitter.com/ByTimReynolds/status/1037690156826931200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] [...]

The dance between the Miami Heat and Justise Winslow has yet to begin. Winslow, 22, is slated for restricted free agency next summer. His future with the Heat has long been considered up in the air. They’re slated to be a tax team next year, and his offensive value, despite shooting above the league average [...]

After 16 years in the NBA, Manu Ginobili is calling it quits. Please take a moment or a few jillion moments to bask in your subsequent sadness. I know I will. This is a big loss for the NBA. Ginobili, 41, remained exciting to watch even as he ebbed out of his heyday. Anywho, Ginobili [...]

If the Boston Celtics began training camp right now, both Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward would be ready to rock. This is not speculation…unless you consider team president Danny Ainge a questionable source. Here’s what he had to say, per ESPN.com’s Chris Forsberg: “I don’t want to hype it up too much, but I’m saying [...]

The NBA’s 2018 rookie class has spoken, and the consensus is in: LeBron James is their favorite player. Results from the league’s rookie survey were officially released, and LeBron received the largest share in this department, edging out Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant by a wide margin. Here are the results, per NBA.com’s John Schuhmann: [...]

Dwyane Wade has yet to decide whether he’ll return for a 16th NBA season, which means, despite a report to the contrary, he most definitely has not come to terms on a new deal with the Miami Heat. Twitter was momentarily sent aflutter by this newsbreak: [tweet https://twitter.com/AdamSpolane/status/1029492153121001472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1029492153121001472&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fclutchpoints.com%2Fheat-news-dwyane-wade-and-miami-both-deny-new-deal%2F] HoopsHype’s Alex Kennedy then debunked said rumor: [...]

Kobe Bryant was one of the more successful and accomplished basketball players on the court in NBA history (and a notoriously bad teammate most of his career) and he is proving to be one of the most successful athletes off of the court as well. He has already won an Oscar (seriously) for the animated [...]