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From now on, Los Angeles Lakers president Magic Johnson should just pretend NBA players who aren’t on his team don’t exist. Johnson and Rob Pelinka, the Lakers’ general manager, were at the center of a tampering controversy related to Paul George over the summer—one for which the team was assessed a record fine, due to [...]

The Cleveland Cavaliers are apparently hoping the Los Angeles Clippers sell low on DeAndre Jordan. As they continue to make the Brooklyn Nets’ 2018 first-round picks off-limits in trade talks, the Cavaliers are trying to use their own first-round choice, plus some salary filler, to make a dent in advance of Thursday’s deadline. We know [...]

At long last, some good news for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Though Kevin Love is still expected to miss extensive time, the team announced he won’t need surgery to recover from the non-displaced fracture in his left hand that he suffered in Tuesday’s loss to the Detroit Pistons. Here are the deets: Kevin Love continued the examination [...]

Since it doesn’t seem like LeBron James can beat the Golden State Warriors again, he might as well follow Kevin Durant’s lead and join them, right? Don’t laugh. Syncing up with the reigning champs, and the Cleveland Cavaliers’ arch NBA Finals nemesis, might actually be The King’s goal, according to ESPN.com’s Chris Haynes: If the Golden [...]

The Los Angeles Clippers’ front office isn’t afraid to shoot its shot. Word broke in early January that the Clippers offered Blake Griffin to the Minnesota Timberwolves in a package built around Karl-Anthony Towns. Though many didn’t think much of it then, Los Angeles ultimately dealt its five-time All-Star to the Detroit Pistons on Monday, [...]

It’s official, the Vegas Summer League is king for the NBA. According to an AP report, starting in 2018, all 30 NBA teams will be participating in the NBA Las Vegas Summer League. [tweet https://twitter.com/NBA/status/958482538384805889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] As was reported a few months back, the Orlando Summer League ceased operations and the six teams that participated solely [...]

Many believe the New York Knicks should hold a fire sale ahead of the Feb. 8 trade deadline—and rightfully so. The Knicks are three games back of the Eastern Conference’s final playoff spot, and the Detroit Pistons, who sit in front of them as the No. 9 seed, just traded for Blake Griffin. It makes [...]

Have you ever played NBA 2K on a level that you shouldn’t really be playing on to be competitive just to see what crazy numbers you could put up? That is essentially what James Harden did against the Orlando Magic last night. He became the 1st player in NBA history to score 60 points and [...]

It is no secret that the luster of the All-Star game in major American professional sports lost its luster generations ago as the showcase typically devolves into a highlight fest with minimal effort until the last few minutes of the game if the game is close. That doesn’t mean that leagues like the NBA can’t [...]

Another former member of the Chicago Bulls has abandoned the New York Knicks. Joakim Noah has left the team indefinitely due to “personal reasons,” a news item that broke in advance of New York’s Thursday night loss to the Denver Nuggets. Though the actual circumstances surrounding his departure aren’t quite clear, sources told the New York [...]