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Last night was the culmination of one of the most memorable and historically substantial NBA Finals series we have ever seen as the two best players in the world dueled one last time in a winner-take-all Game 7 for the right to be called champion. The Warriors would either lay claim to the greatest season [...]

During a summer in which the NBA’s available-player market is barren of high-end guards, restricted free agent Jordan Clarkson has some serious curb appeal. Just don’t bank on him leaving the Los Angeles Lakers. As he told NBCLosAngeles.com’s Shahan Ahmed: “LA is like home for me, so I definitely want to be here,” Los Angeles [...]

Hopefully Steve Kerr has his checkbook handy. His comments following the Golden State Warriors’ 115-101 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 6 of the NBA Finals are going to cost him. Kerr was not shy about criticizing the referees for how they officiated Stephen Curry. The two-time MVP fouled out with the game already [...]

What, you didn’t think the Houston Rockets were going to be quiet during NBA free agency this summer, did you? Of course not. Why would you? Not only is the salary cap exploding, giving most teams plenty of money to spend, but Houston’s general manager, Daryl Morey, is notorious for chasing superstars at every turn. [...]

Stephen Curry. Anthony Davis. LaMarcus Aldridge. James Harden. Chris Paul. Russell Westbrook. John Wall. What do they all have in common? They, among many other high-profile players, won’t be participating in the Team USA festivities. You’ll notice that the point guard position in particular is taking a hit. Four of its top-five contributors—Curry, Paul, Westbrook, [...]

Stephen Curry is not a immune to pressure. You can forgive yourself if you thought otherwise. Even as he’s struggled during these NBA playoffs, seldom piecing together entire games of trademark Stephen Curry basketball, he has always seemed to come up big when it matters most. The end of Game 6 of the Western Conference [...]

Game, as the kids say, recognize game. Which is why, during a Twitter Q&A, Damian Lillard named Anthony Davis as the player not currently on his team whom he would most like to team up with (h/t ESPN.com’s Justin Verrier): [tweet https://twitter.com/Dame_Lillard/status/742471569578954753] Easy does it, conspiracy theorists. Lillard has no plans to leave Portland: [tweet [...]

If the Chicago Bulls have their way, they’ll trade the one year left on Derrick Rose’s contract before they move Jimmy Butler. The Butler rumor mill has received new life over the last few days with a report coming from ESPN.com’s Marc Stein and Chad Ford that the Minnesota Timberwolves are looking to send the [...]

Watching the Golden State Warriors from afar in Game 5, as a bystander at an Oakland Athletics game, was a bittersweet affair for Draymond Green. Yes, he wanted his team to win, to clinch its second straight NBA title. But, after being suspended for one game, part of him also had to want another crack [...]

So, um, Rajon Rondo, despite not ruling out a return to the Sacramento Kings, doesn’t sound like someone who wants to return to the Sacramento Kings. As he said on ESPN’s The Jump with Rachel Nichols: Rajon Rondo said Monday on ESPN’s The Jump that the Kings never jelled as a team last season, and [...]