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If Markieff Morris’ implosion with the Phoenix Suns won’t prevent the Houston Rockets from trading Terrence Jones for him, Donatas Motiejunas’ latest injury should. Motiejunas is once again sidelined with back issues, and according to the Houston Chronicle‘s Jonathan Feigen, while there is technically no new injury to report, Houston’s stretch forward-center is expected to [...]

Older Carmelo Anthony is pretty chill. In past years, Carmelo Anthony has sugarcoated answers and thoughts more so than most. His brand-built persona has left him very wealthy, but, for a while, there was contrived distance that existed between him and fans of unfiltered truth. Over the last year or so, though, Melo has become [...]

Mike D’Antoni is already back on an NBA sideline, this time with the Philadelphia 76ers. This time next year, he could be back with the Phoenix Suns. Relations between current Suns coach Jeff Hornacek and team ownership isn’t great. The peeps upstairs canned half of his coaching staff, and the roster has imploded amid injuries, [...]

Sound the Derrick Rose alarm. The oft-injured Chicago Bulls point guard, who has missed each of the team’s last three games, all of which were victories, is slated to undergo an MRI on his sore right knee, according to ESPN.com’s Nick Friedell: Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose will undergo an MRI on Monday on [...]

Kobe Bryant is perfectly fine retiring from the NBA with less than six championship rings. Anything under five, though, would have been unacceptable. According to Mark Medina of the Los Angeles Daily News, Kobe wasn’t thrilled with the Lakers losing to the Los Angeles Clippers on Christmas Day. No surprises there. Even now, with the [...]

In search of a point guard not named Jose Calderon to direct their offense, the New York Knicks are turning attentions toward…Brandon Jennings. Yes, him. The one-time Knicks killer while with the Milwaukee Bucks only recently returned from an Achilles injury. He made his season debut for the Detroit Pistons against New York on Tuesday [...]

Stephen Curry is the NBA’s foremost pioneer. He is changing the way the game is played, impacting the on-court virtues and skill sets coaches and teams and analysts and fans value in a superstar. You might say he’s the Steve Jobs or Bill Gates of the Association. And if you won’t say that, Dallas Mavericks [...]

New York Knicks sophomore Cleanthony Early was shot in the right knee and robbed in the early-morning hours of Wednesday. He is expected to be OK. Thomas Tracy of the New York Daily News broke the story and offered the following details: New York Knicks forward Cleanthony Early was shot in the right knee in [...]

Golden State Warriors All-Star guard Klay Thompson says he’s the best shooting guard in the NBA today, a drum he’s been beating the last few years, especially since the physical decline of the great Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers. When asked about his starting five at each position today, Klay named Curry at [...]

For a bona fide championship contender, the Cleveland Cavaliers sure hold a lot of irregular team meetings. Irregular, of course, meaning specifically called confabs, not everyday powwows—such as the one Cavaliers coach David Blatt held before Cleveland’s Monday night win over the Phoenix Suns. From the Cleveland Plain Dealer‘s Chris Haynes: Before the Cleveland Cavaliers [...]