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The New Orleans Pelicans are on a roll. First Jrue Holiday returned to the team. Then they started playing watchable basketball. Now they’re on a five-game home winning streak. What’s next? Possibly Tyreke Evans’ return, per Fox Sports’ Jennifer Hale: [tweet https://twitter.com/JenHale504/status/799807936440729600] Evans has yet to play this season has he recovers from multiple right [...]

It appears as though the dreaded injury bug has bitten the Memphis Grizzlies again and is putting a damper on their recent success and 11-7 record through 18 games. The Grizzlies are already dealing with injury issues to their big-time free-agent acquisition Chandler Parsons, and now their other big time free agent, floor general and [...]

At 5-10, maybe frustration is setting in for the Wizards. I mean, why else would Bradley Beal seemingly wrap his hand around Evan Fournier’s neck in an attempt to defuse a minor scuffle when the Wizards visited the Magic a few evenings ago? Watching it live, at regular speed, everything seemed harmelss. But when you [...]

Khris Middleton doesn’t know exactly when he’ll return to the Milwaukee Bucks, but he plans on making a cameo sometime this season. The combo wing suffered a left hamstring injury prior to the start season. Initial timetables had him returning after six months, basically meaning he would miss the entire year. And with the Bucks [...]

Nerlens Noel has yet to play this season, and he apparently won’t be upset if his last game as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers is already behind him. From ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: Nothing has changed here. Noel has yet to appear in a game this season after electing to undergo arthroscopic knee surgery last [...]

Remember how Omri Casspi didn’t request a trade from the Sacramento Kings? Well, about that…he kind of did…or is…or something. From the Sacramento Bee‘s Ailene Vosin: Omri Casspi wants to call Sacramento home. He wants to be here. He never wanted to leave in the first place. The Kings’ 2009 first-round draft choice, who also [...]

In case you haven’t been paying attention, Draymond Green is a fairly confident individual. He’s not likely to back down from anyone and will always say what he feels. Like most players of note in the league, Green is on record as saying he thinks he the game’s best player. That alone isn’t attention-grabbing. But [...]

Chris Bosh hasn’t played for the Miami Heat since February 9th of last season, which means they’re now eligible to go through the process of collecting insurance on the rest of his contract. Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel has the full details: Salary-cap relief won’t come until Feb. 9 at the earliest, [...]

Jeremy Lin has missed the Brooklyn Nets’ last eight games after suffering a hamstring injury during a November 2nd win over the Detroit Pistons. And though the initial prognosis had him missing around two weeks, he’s already missed closer to three. Complicated still, his return isn’t exactly in sight, per Brian Lewis of the New [...]

Here we go again: Chandler Parsons is about to miss more time. Parsons didn’t play in the Memphis Grizzlies’ first six games as he recovered from right knee surgery. He then appeared in six straight contests, on a minutes limit, but his latest comeback is set to be stalled after he suffered a bone bruise [...]