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NBA Free agency is approximately nine months away, and yet the Kevin Durant sweepstakes are already underway. This is to say, the rumor mill is alive with speculation. Mostly Stephen A. Smith’s. ESPN’s foremost authority on loud articulation has already alleged that Carmelo Anthony is pitching KD on joining the New York Knicks. He even [...]

Josh Harris, the Philadelphia 76ers’ managing owner, is an optimistic man. Truth told, he has to be. Things haven’t been pretty in Philly of late. For him to sell fans on the Sixers’ direction, he needs to be upbeat, finding silver linings in the darkest of places. And that’s what he is doing. Harris recently [...]

John Wall is already a starting point guard. He is already an NBA All-Star. Now he’s ready to become a league MVP. And a Hall of Famer. The explosive floor general spoke extensively with Basketball Insiders’ Alex Kennedy about his offseason, his Washington Wizards’ immediate potential and aspirations, and his own individual goals. As always, [...]

Kobe Bryant has no plans to leave the Los Angles Lakers after the 2015-16 season. Sorry, Phil Jackson’s ego. Jackson, who won three titles as Kobe’s coach in Los Angeles and is now president of the New York Knicks, caused quite a stir last Friday when the ‘Bockers officially opened for business, all but predicting [...]

The speculation is over. Metta World Peace has struck a deal to return to the Lakers. At this stage of his career, Metta would be more of a veteran voice off the bench, but if we know Metta, he’ll be more than open to that. The Lakers have a lot of young players, so the [...]

Tristan Thompson must’ve finally come to the same realization that the Cavs did a while ago: he’s not a max player. Thompson has reportedly lowered his max offer demands. Per ESPN’s Chris Broussard, Thompson is willing to sign a 3-year, $53 million deal. However, no deal has been struck. Sources: Tristan Thompson is WILLING to [...]

New Orleans Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry isn’t messing around when it comes to Jrue Holiday. After missing just 14 games through the first four seasons of his career, all of which were spent with the Philadelphia 76ers, Holiday has missed 90 over the last two. Put simply, his time in New Orleans has not [...]

It’s a good thing the Los Angeles Clippers ultimately didn’t lose DeAndre Jordan to the Dallas Mavericks. Because coach and president Doc Rivers would have been pissed. P-I-S-S-E-D. Rivers opened up about the entire situation to Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski (h/t Bleacher Report), and it was during their little chat that it became clear that [...]

Paul George doesn’t want to play power forward. The Indiana Pacers, it seems, do not care. Head coach Frank Vogel is, per the Indianapolis Star‘s Candace Buckner, planning on trotting out a starting lineup comprising George Hill, Monta Ellis, C.J. Miles, George and Ian Mahinmi when the regular season tips off. That keeps in theme [...]

I grew up amidst the basketball eras of Magic, Bird, and Jordan, when finding a great European player in the NBA was about as rare as the L.A. Clippers making a good draft selection or the playoffs for that matter. I grew up in a time where the Lakers Vlade Divac was literally considered the [...]