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George Hill’s angry-face emoji tweet may have meant something after all. Sure, the point guard initially passed it off as an expression of disappointment; he was irate that he let his teammates down during a crunch-time loss to the Milwaukee Bucks, in which he didn’t play down the stretch. And, hell, maybe that’s true. But [...]

Some might be ready to give up on Paul George and the Oklahoma City Thunder. But, according to George, they aren’t ready to give up on themselves—not even after falling to the slumping Charlotte Hornets on Monday night. From ESPN.com’s Royce Young: “For the talent that we have, obviously this is not where we want [...]

Big Baller Brand is headed to Europe! To be more exact: Big Baller Brand will be taking its pull to…Lithuania. LaVar Ball has made good on his promise to get his sons, LiAngelo Ball and LaMelo Ball, overseas contracts after pulling the former out of UCLA and declaring that the latter, 16, would forego the [...]

No one on the New York Knicks is happier the triangle offense has met its doom than…Courtney Lee’s stat sheet. The 32-year-old swingman is having one helluva year, averaging 13.1 points, 3.6 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.4 steals on 49.8 percent shooting, including a 46.5 percent three-point clip—all of which are career highs. In an [...]

Jahlil Okafor has a new home, and he couldn’t be happier about it. As reported by ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe, the Philadelphia 76ers agreed to send the 22-year-old big man, who was drafted third overall in 2015, along with Nik Stauskas to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for Trevor Booker: [tweet https://twitter.com/ZachLowe_NBA/status/938879083320102912] [tweet https://twitter.com/ZachLowe_NBA/status/938879271967297539] The trade [...]

With the Los Angeles Lakers on a five-game losing streak, people are searching for unrest—something, anything, that points to a possible change in light of recent struggles. Nothing’s inherently surprising about this. Such stuff is pretty standard practice under the circumstances. It’s doubly pertinent for the Lakers. They play in a huge market. They have [...]

Before the New York Knicks appointed Steve Mills and hired general manager Scott Pretty to replace jilted team president Phil Jackson, their owner, James Dolan, tried to poach Jerry West. And, obviously, he failed. Mitch Lawrence has the details over at the Sporting News: They’ve done it with a new administration led by president Steve [...]

Sometime in the near future, the Memphis Grizzlies won’t be pumping the rumor mill full of details regarding the relationship between Marc Gasol and recently fired head coach David Fizdale. But don’t take this to mean they’ll be out of the rumor mill altogether. They have an ongoing ownership battle currently playing out, one that’s [...]

Isaiah Thomas may not be playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers just yet, but head coach Tyronn Lue still believes he’s having an impact. As he told reporters following the Cavaliers’ 12th straight victory, this one a 113-91 shellacking of the Chicago Bulls, per Cleveland.com’s Joe Vardon: Lue said the influx of new players like Wade, [...]

LeBron James has now gone from defending Dwyane Wade’s addition to the Cleveland Cavaliers roster, to campaigning for his best buddy to win the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year award. Seriously. From ESPN.com’s Arash Markazi: LeBron believes that Dwyane Wade is the leading candidate for the Sixth Man of the Year Award right now [...]