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Karl-Anthony Towns just followed in Stephen Curry’s footsteps. Sort of. Just like the Golden State Warriors point guard unanimously won the NBA’s 2016 MVP award, the Minnesota Timberwolves neophyte wrapped up 2016 NBA Rookie of the Year honors without facing any real challenger: [tweet https://twitter.com/NBA/status/732210966893629445] Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated provided a snapshot of [...]

After missing the latter half of the 2015-16 season, like he did in 2014-15, with another blood clot issue, Chris Bosh’s future in the NBA appears to be in jeopardy. From ESPN.com’s Brian Windhorst: Between now and this fall, Chris Bosh and the Heat are going to have to reach a decision about what to [...]

Los Angeles Clippers coach and president Doc Rivers has no plans to break up his team’s Big Three of Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan. It almost happened last summer, when DeAndre Jordan first agreed to join the Dallas Mavericks. And there will be questions about the long-term sustainability of this core next summer, [...]

Tim Duncan has yet to decide whether he will return to the San Antonio Spurs in 2016-17 for a 20th season. Because, duh. The Spurs’ Game 6 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder is still fresh. The reality that San Antonio wont get its foregone Western Conference Finals matchup with the Golden State Warriors hasn’t [...]

Mike Fratello, current NBA TV and YES Network analyst, would love a crack at the New York Knicks’ head coaching job. From the New York Post‘s Brian Lewis: Mike Fratello, former Cavaliers and Hawks coach and current analyst for NBA TV and the YES Network, threw his hat in the ring and told WFAN on [...]

As of this writing, the San Antonio Spurs’ season has been over for roughly 12 hours, following their bizarre, and disturbing, Game 6 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. And they apparently already have a plan to get back on top. No, it’s not Kevin Durant. It’s Mike Conley, according to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: [tweet [...]

According to Orlando Sentinel reporter Josh Robbins, Orlando Magic Head Coach Scott Skiles submitted his resignation and stepped down today after only one season under the helm. [tweet https://twitter.com/NBAcom/status/730796960672849920] This is a pretty shocking and unexpected move as the Magic took a nice step forward, winning 35 games in 2015-16, their most wins in a [...]

There is only one game on the docket in NBA Playoff action tonight and it is the most substantial and intriguing game yet in the 2016 postseason, a game that could effectively end one of the greatest eras for a team in professional sports history or plant the initial seed to send another franchise in [...]

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Dwight Howard isn’t ready to admit that he and James Harden are not the ideal superstar pairing. Not yet, anyway. While making an appearance on TNT’s Inside The NBA, Howard, who can opt out of his contract and become a free agent this summer, wouldn’t doom his partnership with Harden to utter futility, per Jonathan [...]