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The Houston Rockets are not happy Chris Paul received a two-game suspension for his role in a Saturday night incident involving Rajon Rondo, who was handed a three-game suspension himself. Carmelo Anthony, on the other hands, is just happy Paul didn’t get a heftier punishment. From USA Today‘s Martin Rogers: “I’m actually a little shocked at [...]

Draymond Green is totally cool with Cleveland Cavaliers fans throwing a parade because Tristan Thompson sucker-punched or face-mushed him at a post-ESPY’s party in Los Angeles. He just wants them to remember one detail while they celebrate: The kerfuffle didn’t happen like everyone says it did. The Athletic’s Marcus Thompson had the full details on this [...]

It turns out Tristan Thompson isn’t over Draymond Green ignoring his olive branch after Game 4 of the NBA Finals. While both players were at a post-ESPY’s party in LA hosted by LeBron James, Thompson apparently took the opportunity to punch or push or do something to Green. Here’s The Big Lead’s Jason McIntyre: [tweet [...]

Nikola Mirotic will not have surgery following his dustup teammate Bobby Portis a couple of weeks. This sounds a little weird, considering the 26-year-old forward suffered facial fractures that has him sidelined indefinitely, but the possibility has been on the table from the start. And on Monday, both Bulls head coach Fred Hoiberg and vice [...]

Serge Ibaka and Robin Lopez got into it during the Toronto Raptors’ Tuesday night overtime victory against the Chicago Bulls. The scene was so contentious, suspensions have to be coming. And Robin Lopez knows it, per the Chicago Tribune‘s K.C. Johnson: [tweet https://twitter.com/KCJHoop/status/844375305892646913] Jimmy Butler, who charged into the initial scrum but then took a step back, [...]

Charles Oakley played 19 seasons in the NBA, most notably 10 for the New York Knicks, and was an undersized, bruising, rebounding machine that served as the muscle for the great 1990s Knicks teams. He was infamous for being the resident tough guy and bodyguard of sorts (the sort of thing that is almost non-existent [...]

Deron Williams and J.J. Barea were out of action for the Mavericks in game 2 versus OKC two nights ago, so Raymond Felton had to step up big. He did just that by notching 21 points and grabbing 11 boards. He, more so than Dirk Nowitzki, was probably the key to victor in game 2. [...]

During the Brooklyn Nets’ Tuesday night victory over the Philadelphia 76ers, the NBA had itself a good ol’ fashion fan war. Nets supporters started things off at Barclays Center, per Calkins Media’s Tom Moore: #Nets fans chanting 'You're not Ish. You're not Ish.' #Sixers — Tom Moore (@TomMoorePhilly) March 15, 2016 Get it? Because the [...]

Blake Griffin hasn’t suited up since Christmas, and that’s not changing anytime soon. The Los Angeles Clippers, in conjunction with the NBA, released a statement detailing Griffin’s punishment for punching the team’s assistant equipment manager, an incident that left him with a fractured right hand. Here’s the press release, courtesy of ProBasketballTalk’s Kurt Helin: The [...]

Recently, reports have surfaced of Philadelphia 76ers rookie Jahlil Okafor being involved in an altercation that is being described as a ‘street fight’ in Boston on Thursday. According to a statement issued Friday evening by Boston police, via ESPN, a man filed a police report on Friday morning stating that he had been the victim [...]