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The Denver Nuggets’ core is about to get really expensive. They only have one big free agent this year, Danilo Gallianari, who holds a player option. He’ll be a candidate for a short-term max, and that could price him out of Denver. The Nuggets, for their part, can afford to keep him. They’ll be able [...]

Ian Mahinmi is injured again, and it doesn’t sound like he’s going to be ready when the Washington Wizards tip off their first-round playoff series with the Atlanta Hawks. From The Washington Post‘s Candace Buckner: On Wednesday, Coach Scott Brooks announced that Ian Mahinmi will miss the team’s regular season finale in Miami, as well as upcoming [...]

The Cavaliers experiment with Larry Sanders to see if he could be a useful rim protecting big man for them has appeared to end before it truly started. Sanders appeared in only five games, a total of 13 minutes of playing time, and mustered four points, four rebounds and one block before being waived by [...]

The Minnesota Timberwolves, although a bit of a disappointment this season as many thought they would make the leap to playoff team (not me), still have one of the best accumulations of talent in the NBA under 25, a star in Karl-Anthony Towns, and presumably a very bright future. They have missed the NBA Playoffs [...]

So, um, it’s going to be a while before Joakim Noah takes the court again for the New York Knicks. The center, whom the Knicks signed to a four-year, $72.6 million deal last summer, has missed most of this season with injuries. Though he’s technically tending to an injury now, the Knicks scrapped to get [...]

Achilles injuries alter NBA careers. They can even ruin them. So when Rudy Gay suffered his in the middle of January, the outlook seemed bleak. He’s on the wrong side of 30, and so much of his game is predicated on creating his own offense, something he might struggle to do upon return. Neither he [...]

The 2016-17 season has truly been Russell Westbrook’s masterpiece. He is still only 28 and this is only his first season as the alpha dog for the Oklahoma City Thunder. He has plenty more success in front of him, one would assume, but he will never recapture the magic or the wonder and bewilderment of [...]

This news is upsetting to many a basketball fan around the world. Obviously it is unfortunate for DeAndre Liggins that he won’t be a part of the Cavaliers NBA championship defense in the 2017 NBA Playoffs, but the reason people are upset (including myself) is because of the player who could reportedly take his place: [...]

The New York Knicks are scheduled for an early offseason vacation, and Kristaps Porzingis’ getaway might begin earlier than that. The 7’3″ skyscraper is dealing with back spasms that have kept him out of the Knicks’ last two games. And following the team’s Thursday night loss to the Washington Wizards, head coach Jeff Hornacek intimated that [...]

It’s been business as usual for the Golden State Warriors after a minor rough stretch when they first lost Kevin Durant to his sprained MCL injury. They are now 65-14 on the season (what’s new), have won 13 straight games, and as of Wednesday night have clinched the No. 1 overall seed in the playoffs [...]