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Welcome to the NBA feud you never saw coming. New York Knicks president Phil Jackson recently sat down with ESPN.com’s Jackie MacMullan for a question-and-answer session. At one point, MacMullan asks Jackson about Riley, and he kind of goes out of his way to criticize LeBron James: JM: It all started when LeBron left, right? [...]

Phil Jackson is prepared to see through his rebuilding project with the New York Knicks. We’ll let you decide whether that’s a good thing. The Zen Master sat down to talk with ESPN.com’s Jackie MacMullan, and when asked about the opt-out clause in his contract with the Knicks, he made it clear he isn’t going [...]

Draymond Green has a hot take that isn’t all that hot. He thinks that he is one of the best players in the NBA, per ESPN.com’s Chris Haynes: “I think I’m one of the best players in the NBA,” Green said to ESPN. “Am I going to go out and score 30 every night? Absolutely [...]

Some pretty explosive reports are coming out of the bay area Monday morning. According to the man, the myth, the legend, White Mamba AKA Brian Scalabrine, now working for the Boston Celtics, resident Splash Brother Klay Thompson could be on the market. [tweet https://twitter.com/NBAInside_Stuff/status/798208483128705024] Scalabrine told Sirius XM Radio Monday morning that he is hearing [...]

UPDATE: It is safe to stay that Dwight Howard enjoys playing for the Atlanta Hawks, the fourth team he has represented in his NBA career. Howard communicated as much following the Hawks’ Saturday night beatdown of the Philadelphia 76ers, complimenting Atlanta’s training staff and coaching staff and everything in between, per Chris Vivlamore of the [...]

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It doesn’t sound like the Dallas Mavericks will have to slog through the schedule without Dirk Nowitzki for much longer. The 38-year-old, who has missed each of the team’s last three games while dealing with an Achilles injury, is nearing a return to the lineup, according to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki, [...]

On Thursday night, with the Golden State Warriors up big, Kevin Durant was pulled from the game by head coach Steve Kerr having scored just 18 points. And just like that, Durant’s streak of consecutive 20-point outings was over. It had been 72 games since Durant last failed to clear this 20-point plateau, tying him [...]

Evan Turner’s absence is being felt by the Boston Celtics. Few worried about Turner leaving Beantown to join the Portland Trail Blazers on a four-year, $70 million deal. I entertained the idea that the Celtics would struggle, they signed Al Horford, the second-best free agent of the 2017 class. They were clearly going to be [...]

Insofar as job stability exists in NBA front offices, Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey has long seemed secure in his position. Over the years, he has had carte blanche to conjure cap space through salary dumps to chase free agents. He has enjoyed the freedom to be hyper-aggressive on the trade market. He has [...]