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David Blatt is at it again. No, the Cleveland Cavaliers head honcho isn’t spouting fighter-pilot analogies. He is, however, comparing San Antonio Spurs jack of all tradesman Boris Diaw to English singer and songwriter David Bowie, who just passed away on Jan. 10. From Fran Blinebury of NBA.com: David Blatt just compared Boris Diaw to [...]

Is Tom Thibodeau a glutton for punishment? We’re about to find out. After canning Lionel Hollins and reassigning general manager Billy King, the Brooklyn Nets’ search for replacements are underway. And while Kentucky head coach John Calipari has been haphazardly thrown into the mix by any writer with a platform, the Nets appear to have [...]

The NBA is going across the pond this afternoon as the 24-15 Toronto Raptors will take on the 20-18 Orlando Magic in London today at 3 p.m. Eastern time. This will be the sixth NBA regular season to be played in London. The Raptors were involved in the first two back in 2011 when they [...]

It has to suck playing in the NBA’s Western Conference. Unless you’re the Warriors or Spurs. Then it’s probably pretty chill. For those other 13 squads? Yeah, it sucks. Especially for the good-to-great contingents. The Clippers. The Thunder. The Mavericks, too. They scrap and they claw and they win, and yet no matter what they [...]

The New Orleans Pelicans are not actively shopping free-agent-to-be Ryan Anderson. And the team’s head coach, Alvin Gentry, clearly wants us to know that much. After previously saying the Pelicans weren’t making calls to gauge Anderson’s value around the league, Gentry reiterated that any interest in Anderson is coming from potential suitors, not New Orleans’ [...]

Rival teams are apparently calling the Cleveland Cavaliers to inquire about Timofey Mozgov’s availability. The Cavaliers just aren’t listening. Yet. From ESPN.com’s Dave McMenamin: It’s make or break time for Mozgov. As Yahoo reported this week, teams around the league have been making calls about him to see if he is available. A source with [...]

Suddenly, the Los Angeles Lakers’ decision to sign Lou Williams over the summer all makes sense. Kind of. Well, not really. But Williams is giving us straws at which to grasp. So that’s something. A Twitter user asked the Lakers guard if he would be recruiting DeMar DeRozan, a former teammate from Williams’ one season [...]

John Wall is not 100 percent healthy. Per the Washington Post‘s Jorge Castillo, the Washington Wizards point guard is scheduled to “undergo a precautionary MRI in Washington Tuesday on his VMO [vastus medialis obliquus] muscle located just above his left knee.” Here are some more details: Wall has played through soreness in the muscle in [...]

John Calipari to the NBA rumors are back again. Over the weekend, reports have surfaced linking the Kentucky coach, to the Brooklyn Nets. When Mikhail Prokhorov fired head coach Lionel Hollins and reassigned general manager Billy King it was made clear that he wants a change, but who will be heading that change has yet [...]

No, the Orlando Magic are not willing to trade Victor Oladipo, their third-year guard out of Indiana, so stop asking. Not that you, good NBA general managers, were asking. But anyone even remotely convinced that head coach Scott Skiles’ decision to move Oladipo to the bench signaled that Orlando was ready to talk turkey should [...]