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Most NBA mock drafts have Croatia’s Dragan Bender going in the top five of this year’s prospect pageant. Many also have him going at No. 3 to the Boston Celtics. But certain teams, however, may not be so high on the 7’1″ 18-year-old, per Steve Kyler of Basketball Insiders: [tweet https://twitter.com/stevekylerNBA/status/740497742242435072] This should probably taken [...]

Dirk Nowitzki may have two years of NBA basketball left in him. Hell, he may have three. The 37-year-old big man, who turns 38 on June 19, can opt out of the last year of his current pact and sign a new one in free agency. Most expected him to opt in. But, in recent [...]

After game 2 of the Finals, Klay Thompson mentioned in the post-game presser that the Golden State Warriors would beat the Showtime Lakers. Klay said that with a smile because his father Mychal Thompson, a former #1 overall pick, played with the Showtime Lakers and was a part of their championship runs. Naturally, the elder [...]

The NBA Finals, in many ways, are already over. Maybe the Cleveland Cavaliers steal a game at home. Hell maybe, against all odds, they get Games 3 and 4. But they are absolutely not going to win this series. Not against the Golden State Warriors. Not against the best team in league history. Once they [...]

Phil Jackson isn’t putting any pressure on the New York Knicks to win next season. Psych! From ESPN.com’s Ian Begley: Phil Jackson sounds bullish about the Knicks’ playoff chances. In an interview with WNBC-TV, Jackson was asked if he still felt optimistic that New York could make the playoffs and “go even further.” “Why not?” [...]

Imagine Joakim Noah in a Minnesota Timberwolves jersey. You can’t, right? Well, new Timberwolves coach and president Tom Thibodeau already is, according to the Sporting News’ Mitch Lawrence: League sources tell Sporting News that Thibodeau has targeted Joakim Noah, who is an unrestricted free agent and has interest in leaving Chicago and re-joining Thibodeau. When [...]

How good are the 2015-16 Golden State Warriors? Best regular-season team in NBA history good. Two wins away from their second straight NBA title good. Better than the Showtime Los Angeles Lakers good…according to Klay Thompson: [tweet https://twitter.com/Mike_Bresnahan/status/739660395502141440] This is quite clearly Klay throwing sarcastic shade at his father, Mychal Thompson, who played for the [...]

Isaiah Thomas wants the world to know he stands by a since-deleted tweet that indicated he would try recruiting Kevin Durant to the Boston Celtics this summer. From Adam Himmelsbach of the Boston Globe: As Isaiah Thomas sat on his porch at home in Tacoma, Wash., last Monday after watching the Thunder lose Game 7 [...]

The Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers will not be the only teams making headlines during the NBA Finals. The Philadelphia 76ers and Atlanta Hawks are making sure of it. According to The Vertical’s Shams Charania, the two sides are talking about a potential Nerlens Noel-for-Jeff Teague swap: Atlanta and Philadelphia are discussing a possible [...]

If Kevin Durant needs some outside direction this summer, as he prepares for his first foray into unrestricted free agency, Kobe Bryant has him covered. The now-retired Black Mamba spoke with Alysha Tsuji of For The Win and gave some predictably diplomatic advice when asked about Durant’s journey into the open market: FTW: You spent [...]