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Joakim Noah’s relationship with the Chicago Bulls is forever. It doesn’t matter that he’s now a member of the New York Knicks, or that he typically views anyone who doesn’t share his jersey color scheme as an arch enemy. It doesn’t even matter that his tenure in The Windy City ended in complete implosion, amid [...]

Carmelo Anthony said some things to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein that people will crucify him for. Let’s start there: “Most athletes don’t have an opportunity to say that they won a gold medal, better yet three gold medals,” Anthony said. “I would be very happy walking away from the game knowing that I’ve given the game [...]

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): [...]