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The Los Angeles Lakers have been on a roll. They have gone 17-9 in their past 26 games and have a top 10 offense and defense in that time. They are quietly giving a glimpse into what the future can be with their core of Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram and Kyle Kuzma with a little [...]

The Cleveland Cavaliers lost more than the game when they fell to the Denver Nuggets over the weekend. They lost Tristan Thompson for a while, too. From ESPN.com’s Dave McMenamin: Cavaliers center Tristan Thompson suffered a sprained right ankle in the Cavs’ 126-117 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Saturday and will miss “multiple games,” the team announced Sunday. [...]

Kobe Bryant can add another groundbreaking accomplishment in a life full of them. Not only did he have a hall of fame basketball career, he also won an Oscar on Sunday night. Bryant’s film, “Dear Basketball” was given the award for Best Animated Short Film at the 90th Academy Awards beating out Negative Space, Lou, [...]

More injury woes for a Clippers team fighting to make the postseason. Starting forward and oft-injured Danilo Gallinari is back on the shelf again for the next few weeks. [tweet https://twitter.com/MikeSGallagher/status/969755657061609472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Gallinari has only appeared in 19 of a possible 61 games this season, averaging 15.9 points per game after signing a three-year, $64 million [...]

LeBron James is 33 years, in his 15th season in the NBA and he still is playing at an elite level. He is averaging the most assists of any year of his NBA career with 9.0 and the second most rebounds per game at 8.4. He also just became the 1st member of the 30k-8k-8k [...]

Though David Fizdale didn’t even last a season-and-a-half in his first head-coaching gig, it doesn’t sound like he’ll remain unemployed for the long. Most recognize his fit with the Memphis Grizzlies just wasn’t right. He apparently never got along with franchise cornerstone Marc Gasol, and whereas it seemed like he may be more open to [...]

Josh Hart’s standout rookie season may have just reached an abrupt end. The 22-year-old newbie suffered a fracture in his left hand during a Los Angeles Lakers team practice on Wednesday. It’s not immediately clear how much time he’ll miss as a result, per ESPN.com’s Ohm Youngmisuk: Los Angeles Lakers rookie Josh Hart suffered a fractured left fourth [...]

Prior to the Miami Heat’s victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night, Dwyane Wade admitted he has no idea whether he’ll return for a 16th NBA season in 2018-19. Here are his comments, via the Miami Herald‘s Barry Jackson: “I don’t know. I have told everybody around me that I am taking it after this [...]

If the New York Knicks and Joakim Noah reach a buyout agreement by the March 1 deadline for him to join a playoff team, the Golden State Warriors are ready to pounce. Frank Isola of the New York Daily News first reported that the Warriors, along with the Oklahoma City Thunder and Minnesota Timberwolves, would have [...]

The Minnesota Timberwolves got some rough news over the weekend. Their leader and All-Star wing player Jimmy Butler will likely miss at the least the remainder of the regular season after suffering a torn meniscus in Minnesota’s loss to Houston Friday night. He underwent surgery over the weekend and doesn’t have a clear timetable for [...]