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All of you should know by now that the NBA made good on its stated intent to remove the 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte if North Carolina’s House Bill 2 wasn’t overturned. The decision isn’t a bold one. HB2, aka Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act, is a terrible piece of legislature, essentially precluding cities [...]

Slow your roll on those Blake Griffin trade rumors, fam. The Los Angeles Clippers have other ideas. They, apparently, want to get another star (or five) to join their current nucleus, not willingly deal one they already employ to a rival NBA team. This latest dispatch comes from the Orange County Register‘s Jeff Miller: Doc [...]

Jae Crowder, it seems, isn’t thrilled about the Boston Celtics’ face-to-face meeting with Kevin Durant. And he has a point. From Mass Live’s Tom Westerholm: “We were the only team in the NBA to beat both (Cleveland and Golden State) on their home court — the only team in the NBA, the Boston Celtics,” Crowder [...]

Derrick Rose is something. The New York Knicks point guard talked with NBA.com’s Lang Whitaker for what amounted to a spectacular question and answer session. Seriously, check out the whole thing, especially Rose’s response about his ability to play off the ball. But, by the end of the article, it did become clear that Rose [...]

With Tim Duncan retiring from the NBA, it’s only natural our attention start shifting to San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich. Sure, Manu Ginobili probably won’t play beyond next season. But Popovich and Duncan were synonymous with one another. It’s tough, in turn, to imagine one without the other. Maybe Pop will soon follow [...]

Ty Lawson sounds like a guy ready for a return to stardom. It’s difficult to believe that barely a year has passed since he played like one of the NBA’s top point guards, as a member of the Denver Nuggets, in 2014-15. Two DUI arrests between January and June 2015 have altered his image drastically, [...]

How much does Team USA/Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski like Klay Thompson? A whole lot. Okay, that’s a lie. He likes him more than a whole lot–so much so that he believes the Golden State Warriors Splash Brother is one of the best players on Earth, per NBC Sports’ Kurt Helin: “Klay is one of [...]

Tom Thibodeau has liked what he’s seen from the New York Knicks this summer. I’m sure that is a totally objective stance and has nothing to do with them acquiring two of the most renowned players from his time as the Chicago Bulls’ head coach. Here’s the New York Post‘s Marc Berman with the lowdown: [...]

The leg injury Paul George suffered with Team USA in 2014 that caused him to miss all but six games of the NBA’s 2014-15 season is officially behind him, just in case you were wondering. Paul George is once again back with Team USA, prepping for a gold medal march in Rio that will begin [...]

Congratulations, Los Angeles Lakers fans. Even though Kevin Durant wouldn’t meet with your team during free agency, he is still really, really, ridiculously high on your newest franchise savior, Brandon Ingram. Here’s the catch: He is high on Ingram insofar as he was high on himself as a teenager, per Serena Winters of Lakers Nation: [...]