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Well, it finally happened: The Los Angeles Lakers fired Byron Scott. This move was inevitable. The timing, however, was a bit bizarre. The news came late Sunday night, long after top head coaching candidates Tom Thibodeau and Scott Brooks signed new deals with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Washington Wizards, respectively. If the Lakers were going [...]

It was announced by the NBA Friday morning that third-year Blazers shooting guard C.J. McCollum has been named the NBA Most Improved Player for the 2015-16 season. [tweet https://twitter.com/excelsm/status/723517122358464512] McCollum basically tripled his output from the previous season in 20 more minutes per game, averaging 20.8 points, 4.3 assists, 3.2 rebounds and 1.2 steals in [...]

It wasn’t long ago that Scott Brooks was being criticized for his uninventive offensive sets with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Now he’s wrapped up a brief, yet poignant tenure as one of the NBA’s top head coaching candidates. Taking one year off sure changes a lot, doesn’t it? In Brooks’ case, absolutely. He was always [...]

Paul Pierce is not pulling a Kobe Bryant and announcing his retirement. Not yet, anyway. Chris Mannix provided the following tidbit for The Vertical: One more run for Paul Pierce, and maybe that will be the end of it. Pierce won’t reveal much about his future – “The last few years it has been an [...]

Steph Curry, the soon to be two-time MVP and leader of maybe the greatest (and most entertaining) team in NBA history, is the most marketable and popular athlete in the world these days. His youthful look and exuberance make him relate-able to fans of all ages. Especially with kids and teenagers who are a huge [...]

We have been hearing rumors for months that the Timberwolves were honing in on their number one target to become the new coach of their franchise: Tom Thibodeau. In recent weeks it had been reported that Thibs also wanted some control over the front office and team in addition to leading the T’Wolves on the [...]

Kenny Atkinson is in Brooklyn. Tom Thibodeau is in Minnesota. Scott Brooks is in Washington…if he wants to be. With other teams scooping up available coaching candidates like crazy, the Wizards have apparently offered Brooks their head coaching gig, according to The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski: Washington Wizards general manager Ernie Grunfeld met with Scott Brooks [...]

The world was a much different place in 1986. Gas cost $.89 a gallon, the average cost of a new home was $89,000, Madonna and Tom Cruise were on the top of their games, Larry Bird was on top of the basketball world and Michael Jordan wasn’t quite Michael Jordan yet. Jordan had yet to [...]

Two NBA head coaching vacancies have now been filled. The Brooklyn Nets already hired Atlanta Hawks assistant Kenny Atkinson, a sneaky-great choice, and the Phoenix Suns have now named interim head coach Earl Watson their indefinite head honcho, per a team release that, by normal standards, went nearly unnoticed: The Phoenix Suns have reached an [...]

Mike Woodson may be coming to an NBA sideline near you…as a head coach…provided you live in Sacramento. As the Sacramento Kings begin their search for George Karl’s replacement, sources told The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski that Woodson looms as a serious candidate for the position: As part of a broad search process for a head [...]