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Kobe Bryant’s return to the hardwood will have to wait—assuming, of course, it ever comes. Oh, no, he isn’t rejoining the Los Angeles Lakers or playing in the NBA again. Get that conspiracy theory out of your pretty little head. But there has been hope that he might possibly lace them up to play in [...]

With LeBron James out of the Eastern Conference, the Philadelphia 76ers have their sights set on the Boston Celtics. Ben Simmons says so. From Sporting News’ James McKern: “We’ve got to get past Boston, those are the guys at the top right now. Beating them, that’s our next goal,” Simmons said. “Obviously getting further than the [...]

The NBA’s 2018 rookie class has spoken, and the consensus is in: LeBron James is their favorite player. Results from the league’s rookie survey were officially released, and LeBron received the largest share in this department, edging out Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant by a wide margin. Here are the results, per NBA.com’s John Schuhmann: [...]

The 2019 NBA off-season projects to be even more wild than the 2018 off-season as a third of the league will have max cap space and multiple stars will be available including Kawhi Leonard and Klay Thompson. The rumor mill has already started where these high caliber players could/should choose to take their talents elsewhere, [...]

Kemba Walker is entering the final year of his very affordable four-year, $48 million contract with the Hornets. The Hornets have been stuck in NBA purgatory in recent years without enough talent to make the playoffs in the weaker eastern conference, but too many veterans on big contracts to be bad enough to tank or [...]

If the Bovada oddsmakers are correct this early into the process, then LeBron James is in line to win his fifth MVP award next season. Here’s how the odds for the NBA’s MVP race in 2018-19 are shaking out at the moment: [tweet https://twitter.com/highkin/status/1029779630817861632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1029779630817861632&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbleacherreport.com%2Farticles%2F2791145-2018-19-nba-mvp-odds-lines-for-lebron-james-kevin-durant-lonzo-ball-revealed] There aren’t any real surprises on this list. Joel Embiid feels [...]

Golden State Warriors general manager Bob Myers might not have landed DeMarcus Cousins if the big man’s agent took his first response at face value. True story. Speaking on 95.7 The Game’s The Greg Papa Show with Bonta Hill, Myers recounted how he at first basically said the Warriors couldn’t afford the All-Star center (h/t NBC [...]

Sorry, Toronto Raptors fans. Kawhi Leonard still has his sights set on landing with the Los Angeles Lakers or Los Angeles Clippers in free agency. From ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski: Before the Toronto Raptors traded with San Antonio for Leonard in July, the Clippers tried to acquire him and plan to be aggressive suitors for Leonard in 2019 [...]

A second back surgery is not going to stop Michael Porter Jr. from trying to return very early into—perhaps even for the start of—the Denver Nuggets’ regular-season schedule. Speaking at the NBA’s rookie photoshoot on Sunday, Porter told ESPN.com’s Chris Forsberg he’s feeling good and, despite a conservative rehab, hoping to make his professional debut [...]

At least one part of Dwyane Wade’s future has been hammered out: If he returns for a 16th NBA season, he will only play with the Miami Heat. As for the matter of whether he’ll actually return, well, that remains a mystery. Wade offered this to clarify on his position during a Jr. NBA event, [...]