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The Nerlens Noel saga continues. Okay, to be honest, it’s not really a saga. The Philadelphia 76ers just have too many damn bigs and need to move one. Jahlil Okafor is the easy pick, but interest must not have been high on him in recent months, otherwise he’d be gone already. Dealing Nerlens Noel is [...]

Matthew Dellavedova, now a member of the Milwaukee Bucks, and Kyrie Irving, still with the Cleveland Cavaliers, are good friends. Unless they’re practicing against one another, per USA Today’s Jeff Zillgitt: In practices, Dellavedova – an undrafted rookie scrapping to make the 15-man roster – went after Irving. “I would pick him up full court [...]

Paul George had some thoughtz and feelz about the way Australia played following their near upset of Team USA in Rio on Wednesday night. None of them were particularly good. From Fox Sports’ Tony Harper: “It was an adjustment for us. The game kind of got out of hand early with the physical play. “We [...]

How will Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban replace the bond he shared with Chandler Parsons now that the latter is a member of the Memphis Grizzlies? By texting and emailing his new center, Andrew Bogut, of course. Michael Lee of The Vertical spoke with Bogut about his summer—mostly about how he needed to represent the [...]

We have a Christmas present for you…in the middle of August…more than four months before actual Christmas: The New York Knicks and Boston Celtics will square off in the Big Apple on December 25. This news comes via The Ringer’s Kevin O’Connor: [tweet https://twitter.com/KevinOConnorNBA/status/763194534050222080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] This marks a triumphant return to the Christmas Day slate for [...]

If paying the luxury tax is what it takes to keep the Detroit Pistons’ core together, then that’s what owner Tom Gores is prepared to do. No, seriously, that’s what he told the Detroit Free Press’ Vince Ellis: Q: With a possible KCP extension, you could threaten the luxury tax line (an NBA mechanism to [...]

After renegotiating his current contract, Russell Westbrook will be with the Oklahoma City Thunder through at least the 2017-18 season. The extension itself, while encouraging, has given the Thunder two seasons, before his player option ahead of 2018-19, to sell Westbrook on a long-term future in Oklahoma City. That long-term pitch begins immediately. And it [...]

First Kobe Bryant retired, then came Tim Duncan. Could Kevin Garnett be next? According to former Minnesota Timberwolves interim head coach Sam Mitchell, yes, KG may in fact be the next to go before next seasons tips off. Here’s what Mitchell said on SiriusXM NBA Radio (h/t Zach Harper of CBS Sports for the transcription): [...]

As part of a long-form piece on Sports Illustrated that was published Tuesday morning and written by Sports Illustrated writer Lee Jenkins, the man who broke LeBron’s return to Cleveland in 2014, King James let it be known his desire for immortality. During a Nike summer camp for high school athletes in which LeBron is [...]

Kelly Olynyk’s role with the Boston Celtics instantly became unclear after the addition of Al Horford. And now his future in Beantown is, too. From The Boston Globe‘s Gary Washburn: Forward/center Kelly Olynyk is eligible to sign a long-term deal before the Oct. 30 deadline but the Celtics are likely to wait until next summer [...]