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As the New York Knicks gear up to play the Chicago Bulls on Friday night, you could understand if Derrick Rose was nervous, excited and/or hell-bent on sticking it to his former team. But he is none of those things, at least not visibly, per the New York Post’s Marc Berman: “I haven’t been thinking [...]

Update: Draymond Green is still Draymond Green. Asked by NBA.com’s David Aldridge if the Cleveland Cavaliers are the only team he wants to play should the Golden State Warriors make it back to the NBA Finals, Green responded thusly: Me: Bird and Magic used to always wake up every morning and see how the other [...]

What, you didn’t think we would stop talking about the NBA’s annual general manager survey just because it’s two weeks old, did you? Because we’re not going to. At least not in Miami. Hassan Whiteside was asked if he cared that he didn’t receive a single vote in the “Who is the best center in [...]

Carmelo Anthony is happy with the current makeup of the New York Knicks. So happy, in fact, he has no qualms about sharing the spotlight with teammates Kristaps Porzingis, Derrick Rose, Joakim Noah et al., per ESPN.com’s Ian Begley: Anthony, who ended up with 20 points on 5-for-15 shooting, six rebounds and five assists, was [...]

The Golden State Warriors have won two of their first three games, but as far as they’re concerned they might as well be winless. Head coach Steve Kerr intimated as much following the team’s 106-100 win over the Phoenix Suns on Sunday, a game that was much closer and left in doubt for far longer [...]

Don’t get comfortable with this version of the Portland Trail Blazers. It might not be around for long. After spending like crazy over the summer, mostly to retain talent like Maurice Harkless, Meyers Leonard, Allen Crabbe and C.J. McCollum (extension), but also to bring in Evan Turner and Festus Ezeli, people around the league are [...]

Dwyane Wade is ready to just enjoy being a member of the Chicago Bulls. That storyline has been lost, often without a trace, in Wade’s decision to leave behind the Miami Heat, the team with whom he spent the first 13 years of his career. But while money and, seemingly, a lack of communication and [...]

Think Andre Iguodala is bitter about LeBron James’ chase-down block on him during Game 7 of the NBA Finals? Think again. Sure, LeBron iced what should have been a wide-open, and perhaps championship-clinching, layup. But Iguodala admitted to ESPN.com’s Chris Haynes that he was a fan of the King’s handy work: “I’m like, ‘Man, that [...]

Joel Embiid has arrived in a big way for the Philadelphia 76ers. Finally healthy, the 22-year-old made his NBA regular-season debut on Wednesday night, more than two years after being drafted. Though the Philadelphia 76ers lost a nail-biter to the Oklahoma City Thunder, Embiid racked up 20 points, seven rebounds and two blocks, even draining [...]

As D’Angelo Russell transitions into a more prominent leadership role for the Los Angeles Lakers, he will do so with the full faith and support of the retired Kobe Bryant. From ESPN.com’s Baxter Holmes: When asked who he has spoken to about leadership, Lakers second-year point guard D’Angelo Russell told the ESPN game crew, “I [...]