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Big news: Enes Kanter has no plans to throw away $18.6 million. After publicly waffling on whether he was going to exercise his player option for next season, it seems the New York Knicks big man is now leaning toward playing out the final year of his deal, according to ESPN.com’s Ian Begley: [tweet https://twitter.com/IanBegley/status/1012359420515405827] [...]

Markelle Fultz value has taken a steep dip since being drafted No. 1 by the 76ers just a year ago. After a season in which he only appeared in 14 games and got the “yips” causing him to completely lose confidence in himself and his jump shot, he has somewhat become a forgotten piece in [...]

Carmelo Anthony’s stature and perceived value around the league has fallen off of a cliff since signing a five-year, $124 million contract with the Knicks in 2014. While Anthony still may be in denial about his status as a star player in the league, he is aware enough of this to know that he would [...]

There have been two players in NBA history who have made five All-NBA 1st Teams and played for six NBA franchises: Shaquille O’Neal and Dwight Howard. Howard was traded to the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday in a deal that sent back Timofey Mozgov and two second round picks for the Charlotte Hornets. So why would [...]

The Raptors decided not to leave their own building to name the new head coach of the franchise. Assistant Coach Nick Nurse was promoted to be the new head coach on Tuesday. Adrian Wojnarowski: [tweet https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1006555516280147969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] It is not often you get to take over the reins for a 59 win team, especially for your [...]

The juicy drama that has been Bryan Colangelo and the burner Twitter accounts over the past week has led to Colangelo tendering his resignation as general manager of the 76ers. For a quick background, The Ringer published a report last week on the suspicious connection between Colangelo and five burner Twitter accounts that criticized other [...]

The Dallas Mavericks apparently don’t have any interest in trying to sign DeAndre Jordan this summer if he opts out of the final year of his contract with the Los Angeles Clippers. I wonder why. From the Dallas Morning News‘ Eddie Sefko: What do you make of this DeAndre Jordan chatter? Would the Mavs seriously be [...]

Klay Thompson won’t let his left leg injury prevent him from playing in Game 2 of the NBA Finals. This news comes after he and the Golden State Warriors were thrown for a bit of scare in Game 1. Midway through the first quarter, J.R. Smith collided with Thompson’s left leg. Thompson immediately fell to [...]

Andre Iguodala missed the final four games of the Western Conference Finals while dealing with a left knee injury. And as it turns out, he may not be ready for the start of the NBA Finals. Or maybe he will be. Truth be told, he doesn’t know. Nor do the Warriors. Everyone involve still seems [...]

LaVar Ball’s will be done? LiAngelo Ball, the brother of Los Angeles Lakers point guard Lonzo Ball, has declared himself eligible for the 2018 NBA draft. Though many haven’t expected him to even be selected, that has yet to stop him from making a round of interviews. Next up, though? Private workouts with the Lakers, [...]