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Already have your Paul George Los Angeles Lakers jersey on custom order? Well, not so fast. It’s apparently looking more and more like he could stick with the Oklahoma City Thunder. From The New York Times‘ Marc Stein: There is a growing belief around the league that Oklahoma City has a far better chance to retain [...]

It seems Kawhi Leonard and the San Antonio Spurs are going to be just fine—for real this time. According to the San Antonio Express-News‘ Jabari Young, head coach Gregg Popovich is expected to sit down with his franchise cornerstone sometime this week, with a decision on whether to sign Leonard to a supermax extension coming shortly [...]

Disparage, denigrate, and deprecate if you must, but I’ve seen Magic’s Showtime Lakers in person, I had an unhealthy obsession with Jordan’s Bulls—especially for someone who lives in Los Angeles—, and I saw every single basket Kobe Bryant ever made as a professional. I have also seen almost every basket that LeBron James has made [...]

Four teams are typically mentioned in the LeBron James free-agency sweepstakes: The Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers, Philadelphia 76ers and Cleveland Cavaliers. People have tried making the Los Angeles Clippers, Boston Celtics and even the Miami Heat a thing, but this really appears to be a four-team race. Gregg Popovich, though, may be hoping to [...]

Kevin Durant just won his second NBA championship and NBA Finals MVP award in as many years. And he’s…he’s…well, he’s still basically trying to defend his decision to join the Golden State Warriors. Speaking with Yahoo Sports’ Michael Lee, the two-time champ, for some reason, said it’s easier to be the best player on an [...]

It might be time to ditch the LeBron James-to-Houston pipe-dream scenarios. Speaking on The Athletic’s TK Show, ESPN.com’s Chris Haynes said that he’s been hearing the Rockets are not a realistic destination for the four-time MVP (via NBC Sports’ Dan Feldman): Houston has been linked a lot. I’ve been told that that’s not a realistic option. [...]

Kevin Durant has every intention of returning to the Golden State Warriors next season. And why wouldn’t he? He’s about to win his second title in as many years. He also accepted about $10 million below his max salary to facilitate returns for Shaun Livingston and Andre Iguodala. Leaving this summer, after declining his player [...]

The Boston Celtics haven’t even had Kyrie Irving on their roster for a year, and yet they’re already afraid of losing him. During a conversation on Yahoo Sports’ NBA podcast with Shams Charania, Chris Mannix said that the organization is seriously worried about losing the All-Star point guard in free agency next summer when he [...]

LeBron James holds the Golden State Warriors in high regard—so much so, he compared them to the New England Patriots following their Game 3 victory over his Cleveland Cavaliers. Here’s his postgame clip, via NBA TV: [tweet https://twitter.com/NBATV/status/1004583287614947328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbleacherreport.com%2F] LeBron has a point here—a salient one. Yes, the Warriors got 43 points on hyper-efficient shooting from [...]

Firing head coach Dwane Casey, the most successful clipboard-wielder in franchise history, may not be the only drama the Toronto Raptors author this offseason. Apparently, they’re open to trading, well, everyone. Here’s ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski speaking on the matter (via Def Pen Hoops’ Rob Lopez): [tweet https://twitter.com/r0bato/status/1004150490685374464] And here’s Woj’s exact words, courtesy of Bleacher [...]