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We saw vintage Dwyane Wade on Monday night in Philadelphia. The future hall of famer and former NBA Finals MVP started Game 2 scorching hot, making his first seven shots and finishing with 21 points in the first half. He would finish with 28 points in the Heat’s 113-103 victory to even the series at [...]

After playing a season in the Chinese Basketball Association, Ty Lawson has found his way back on an NBA roster for the 2018 playoffs. [tweet https://twitter.com/BR_NBA/status/984440301690478592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] He averaged 25.5 points, 6.5 assists and 4.6 rebounds for the season including 55 points in his final game in China. Lawson likely won’t get much if any opportunity [...]

Add another team to the ever-growing list of teams in search of a new coach this off-season. The Hornets announced that they have made the decision to fire Steve Clifford after five seasons. [tweet https://twitter.com/TheSteinLine/status/984796136371310593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] This doesn’t come as a huge surprise as the team under-performed the past two seasons, going 36-46 and missing the [...]

What an unexpected and interesting way to finish what has been the most unexpected and bizarre season for a No. 1 pick in NBA history. Markelle Fultz made history in a good way on Wednesday night in the 76ers 130-95 trouncing of the Bucks to clinch the No. 3 seed. He became the youngest player [...]

Frank Vogel is officially out as head coach in Orlando. [tweet https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/984411125029785600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] This was something that was highly rumored and seen as a strong possibility over the last few weeks as the Magic slogged their way through another season in the top half of the lottery with a 25-57 record. The Magic went 54-110 in [...]

The Houston Rockets will not be entering the NBA playoffs unscathed. No team will, really, The push and pull and grind of an 82-game season always takes its toll. Many players aren’t beginning the postseason at 100 percent, or even at something close to 100 percent. But Luc Mbah a Moute won’t be beginning the [...]

Doc Rivers-to-the-New York Knicks conspiracy theorists and enthusiasts rejoice: The Los Angeles Clippers are not trying to extend their head honcho. Yet. ESPN.com’s Kevin Arnovitz penned an interesting profile on Rivers and the Clippers just after they were eliminated from playoff contention for the first time since 2012. Within it, he reports on Doc’s future [...]

Kendrick Perkins must be the greatest locker room guy of all time. According to a report from ESPN, the Cavaliers have signed Kendrick Perkins to fill their 13th and final roster spot for the final game of the regular season against New York and for the postseason. [tweet https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/983497183990337537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Perkins averaged 8.7 points and 7.1 [...]

Sorry, Donovan Mitchell. Ben Simmons doesn’t think you have a legitimate chance of winning Rookie of the Year. Nor does he seem impressed by you at all. Consider what the Philadelphia 76ers newbie told ESPN.com’s Chris Haynes: “Who would I pick? Me, 100 percent,” Simmons told ESPN at the Ritz-Carlton in downtown Philadelphia on Saturday. [...]

Quinn Cook has worked his way from undrafted player out of Duke to currently playing an important role for the reigning NBA champions. He has been serving as their starting point guard in Steph Curry’s absence. He has averaged 15.6 points, 5.6 assists and 3.8 rebounds per game in April on 53% shooting from the [...]