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Blake Griffin is done for the rest of the NBA playoffs after re-aggravating a left quadriceps injury that kept him sidelined for much of the regular season. And he’s apparently not surprised. From Bleacher Report’s Kevin Ding: Griffin knew, according to league sources, there was a strong possibility he would re-tear his left quadriceps tendon [...]

So maybe Kurt Rambis isn’t a lock to become the New York Knicks’ permanent head coach after all. This most definitely comes as surprise. Team president Phil Jackson seemed to only have eyes for Rambis. He eschewed the opportunity to take a look at top candidates Tom Thibodeau and Scott Brooks, both of whom now [...]

The inevitable “Is this the end of the road?” questions were lobbied at Dirk Nowitzki after the Mavericks were eliminated from the postseason in Oklahoma City last night, and Dirk took no time to dispel any notion that may have seen the last of his beautiful blonde locks and one-legged fadeaways on the NBA hardwood. [...]

Jason Terry has never wanted for confidence. The Houston Rockets are down 3-1 in their first-round series against the Golden State Warriors, so they enter Wednesday’s Game 5, at Oracle Arena, in win-or-go-home-for-good mode. Terry, per Calvin Watkins, has guaranteed a win: [tweet https://twitter.com/calvinwatkins/status/725075096268722177] Okay then. All NBA players are this confident—or close to it. [...]

Hello again, from the Kevin Durant free-agency rumor mill! Though the Oklahoma City Thunder have yet to be eliminated from the postseason, speculation on Durant’s free agency won’t wait for the offseason. Apparently, if he leaves the Oklahoma City Thunder, he already has a few other places in mind, according to Frank Isola of the [...]

Take that, Mark Cuban. Ahead of the Dallas Mavericks’ Game 5 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night, a letdown that bounced them from the first round of the playoffs, Cuban had a not-so-nice, totally out-of-touch thing to say about Russell Westbrook, per ESPN.com’s Tim MacMahon: [tweet https://twitter.com/espn_macmahon/status/724732258670649345] Westbrook responded with a 36-point, [...]

Derek Fisher’s disastrous end to his tenure with the New York Knicks has not turned him off from coaching. Or from big markets. Or from the idea that he, not even two years removed from retiring as a player, can coach in big markets. Per Ramona Shelburne of ESPN.com (h/t CBS Sports): Sources indicate Derek [...]

The first round of the NBA playoffs has claimed another superstar. During the second half of the Los Angeles Clippers’ Game 4 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers, Chris Paul exited after getting his hand caught in a jersey with what turned out to be a fractured right hand. He will most definitely need to [...]

Vince Carter will not be following Kobe Bryant into retirement. With 18 NBA seasons now on his treads, Carter, 39, made it clear following the Memphis Grizzlies’ first-round playoff exit that he has no plans of walking away right now (h/t Hoops Rumors): [tweet https://twitter.com/NBATV/status/724340898952171520] Vince Carter has one guaranteed year worth just over $4 [...]

Stephen Curry is the heart and soul of the Golden State Warriors’ basketball ambitions. And on Sunday, during a shellacking of the Houston Rockets, the powers that be ripped that heart and soul from the Warriors’ grasp. The soon-to-be two-time MVP left the game and didn’t return with what is now being called a sprained [...]