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The Philadelphia 76ers are relatively young. They have the NBA’s 10th-youngest team by average age, according to Basketball-Reference. And what they lack in birthday youth, they make up for with general inexperience. Joel Embiid is 24 and in his fourth season, but he’s yet to play in 100 games. Ben Simmons missed his rookie campaign. [...]

Heads seem like they’re about to roll following the Portland Trail Blazers’ first-round sweep from the playoffs. Head coach Terry Stotts’ name has already entered the speculation mill, and apparently, the CJ McCollum-Damian Lillard backcourt isn’t far behind. According to The Ringer’s Kevin O’Connor, certain NBA execs believed Blazers general manager Neil Olshey would break [...]

David Blatt wants another crack at coaching in the NBA. Fortunately for him, the New York Knicks have an opening and might maybe, just possibility, be willing to give him a shot. And it’s a shot he oh-so-desperately wants: [tweet https://twitter.com/MikeVorkunov/status/987181227424837632] Some people will immediately respond with the question of whether Blatt deserves another shot [...]

New York Knicks owner James Dolan has given his latest bi-quarterly interview or whatever, and he comes bearing some rather noteworthy news: Kristaps Porzingis could miss all of next season. From Dolan’s interview with the New York Post‘s Larry Brooks: “I’ve been told everything from December to him being out for the season, so I don’t [...]

Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra has so much respect for David Fizdale, his former assistant, that he hopes the 43-year-old takes a job with a Western Conference team this summer. Here’s the full context of Spo’s sentiments, per ESPN.com’s Ian Begley: [tweet https://twitter.com/IanBegley/status/986274055505547265] This is quite the endorsement. Spo is one of the best [...]

We saw vintage Dwyane Wade on Monday night in Philadelphia. The future hall of famer and former NBA Finals MVP started Game 2 scorching hot, making his first seven shots and finishing with 21 points in the first half. He would finish with 28 points in the Heat’s 113-103 victory to even the series at [...]

LeBron James tallied a triple-double during the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Game 1 loss to the Indiana Pacers. On most nights, that would be enough to pick up a victory—or at least keep his team within striking distance until the final buzzer. But it wasn’t. The Cavaliers artificially hung around before fading away during the tail end [...]

The Indiana Pacers had their coming out party on the national stage on Sunday. They dominated the Cavaliers in Game 1 of their 1st round series, controlling the game from horn to horn and winning 98-80 behind an elite performance by their star Victor Oladipo. Oladipo had 32 points on 11-for-19 shooting to go with [...]

The 2017-18 season has brought with it some bizarre story lines, the one that continues to persist is the question of what is going on between Kawhi Leonard and the San Antonio Spurs. Leonard only played in nine games during the regular season and despite being cleared by team doctors to return from his quad [...]

So, um, is Dwyane Wade a closet Boston Celtics fan or does he just want to watch the NBA’s world burn? Yahoo Sports’ Jordan Schultz recently made an appearance on The Dan Patrick Show, during which he indicated that the Miami Heat guard told him he believes the San Antonio Spurs’ All-World Megahuman will end up [...]