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For a short while on Thursday night, it looked like the Golden State Warriors, trailing by as many as 23 points to the Los Angeles Clippers, were going to lose. They didn’t lose. They fought back. They flew around on the offensive end in the second half. Stephen Curry went off. Andre Iguodala hit big [...]

About that rift between LeBron James and Cleveland Cavaliers head coach David Blatt… It doesn’t exist. Not right now at least. The relationship between the two has been described as tenuous at best over the last year-plus. David Blatt was new to the NBA coaching scene last season, assuming control of a team that was [...]

Rudy Gobert takes no prisoners on Twitter. Late in the fourth quarter of the Utah Jazz’s 93-89 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night, DeMar DeRozan drove his way past Gordon Hayward. That’s typically no big deal. The Jazz have a tendency to funnel ball-handlers into the paint, blatantly daring them to score on [...]

NBA commissioner Adam Silver, much like Santa Clause, is always watching. On Twitter. The Wall Street Journal‘s Jason Gay talked social media shop with the NBA commish, discussing everything from the Association’s new League Pass features to its willingness to let viewers run wild with highlight clips. Tucked within the story is this nice little [...]

Well, this is sort of new. Sergey Karasev isn’t a household name. He’s in his third NBA season, second with the Brooklyn Nets, and hasn’t even played a total of 750 minutes for his career. He’s appeared in just two game this year, and the Nets declined to pick up his option for next season. [...]

It’s good that Draymond Green and J.J. Redick aren’t on the same team, because they’re certainly not on the same page. Ahead of Thursday night’s tilt between the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Clippers, both were asked about the rivalry that’s been brewing between these two sides. Their answers weren’t completely divergent, but they [...]

Kevin McHale is out for the Houston Rockets. J.B Bickerstaff is in. At some point in the near future, though, someone else may be in—Jeff Van Gundy and Tom Thibodeau, for instance. In breaking the news that McHale had been canned, Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski also briefly discussed potential replacements, identifying Van Gundy and Thibodeau [...]

Harrison Barnes is funny. Or overly loyal. Or completely crazy. Or…most definitely on to something. The Golden State Warriors forward made an appearance on ESPN’s NBA Countdown on Wednesday, and as it turns out, he has some lofty expectations for teammate Stephen Curry: "I think Steph is probably on his way to become first MVP [...]

Kobe Bryant is a realist. Sometimes. And this is one of those times. Although the Black Mamba can be stubborn, if delusional, about his ebbing abilities, the last few years of his career have seen him evolve into a more pensive realist. He’s not about to declare himself a top-10 player, even if he carries [...]

Is runner-up fatigue a thing? LeBron James sure thinks so. Championship fatigue is a more accepted phenomenon. It’s when reigning NBA champions struggle to find inspiration and drive and the motivation to play at full tilt every night following their title-toting campaign the year before. Health plays a part too, since extensive postseason pushes take [...]