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LeBron James hit another career milestone as he passed Wilt Chamberlain for fifth on the NBA’s all-time scoring list. [tweet https://twitter.com/Lakers/status/1062946768680177665] “When I’m able to do what I love to do and do it at this level, and even be mentioned with the greats that have ever played this game, it just always brings me [...]

By suspending Draymond Green for their game against the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night, the Golden State Warriors may have thought they were putting an end to his Monday dustup with Kevin Durant. If so, they were wrong. Suspending Green, without pay, has only intensified speculation surrounding the Warriors’ future—from their title chances, to Durant’s [...]

LeBron James knows what he signed up for by joining the Los Angeles Lakers—a more gradual process than he enjoyed with the Miami Heat or during his second go-round on the Cleveland Cavaliers.  He just forgot about that for a second. As he told Yahoo Sports’ Chris Haynes following the Lakers’ Saturday night victory over [...]

Carmelo Anthony has, it seems, played his last game as a member of the Houston Rockets. Over the weekend, in advance of him missing Saturday’s game against the San Antonio Spurs due to ‘illness,’ ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski dropped the following bomb: [tweet https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1061454196896137217] Marc Stein of The New York Times then added this: [tweet https://twitter.com/TheSteinLine/status/1061739742050598912] General [...]

Tobias Harris is going to make a lot of money this summer when he hits free agency. He’s apparently hoping that windfall comes from his current team, the Los Angeles Clippers. From The Athletic’s Shams Charania: Tobias Harris is off to the best start of his career, averaging 21.3 points and 8.5 rebounds while shooting [...]

The Boston Celtics were one win away from the NBA Finals in 2018, coming as close as any team has to preventing LeBron James from making the finals since 2010. They did so with their two biggest off-season acquisitions on the shelf in Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward. Their return and the defection of LeBron [...]

The NBA appeared to be on to something last year when they implemented a captain-driven draft for February’s All-Star game. Stars choosing which other stars to play with? Regardless of conference? At the risk of potentially spurning teammates? How could that not be compelling? Um, well, if the league decided not to air said draft, [...]

Though Larry Drew and the Cleveland Cavaliers may not be long for one another, it does appear their relationship will last through the rest of this season—and, potentially, beyond. Previously billed as Cleveland’s associate head coach, Drew had been quick to note that he wasn’t serving as the interim head coach following Tyronn Lue’s departure. [...]

Luke Walton’s job is safe. For now. Despite reports of a tenuous meeting between the Los Angeles Lakers head coach and management, team president Magic Johnson came out and said on Sunday he has no plans to fire Walton, per ESPN.com’s Ohm Youngmisuk: “Yeah, we’re not going to fire him,” Johnson told ESPN after the [...]

The Golden State Warriors signed DeMarcus Cousins this past summer knowing his would be a one-year stay. But could they maybe, possibly, potentially be holding out hope this is more than a single-season fling? Not according to head coach Steve Kerr. From Bay Area News Group’s Logan Murdock: Steve Kerr on DeMarcus’ 1-year deal with [...]