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Could we see a change to the NBA draft’s one-and-done rule in the near future? That seems to, apparently, be the plan. Commissioner Adam Silver and NBPA director Michele Roberts have reportedly met with the Commission on College basketball to address the present-day prospect-pageant protocols. Here’s the lowdown, as brought to us by ESPN.com’s all-knowing [...]

Draymond Green is the most outspoken player in the NBA these days and loves to comment or talk trash about the Warriors bitter rival the past three seasons, the Cleveland Cavaliers and LeBron James. While in all fairness, this time around he was asked specifically about the Cavaliers and their 7-7 start to the season [...]

Chris Paul isn’t shy about his opinion of the Houston Rockets. The point guard is expected to be in the team’s starting lineup when it faces the Phoenix Suns on Thursday, marking just the second time he will suit up for his new digs all season. He hasn’t played since a bruised left knee forced [...]

LeBron James is ready for Isaiah Thomas to take the court. That’s not happening anytime soon, of course—at least not for a few weeks. The point guard has missed every game so far this season after joining the Cleveland Cavaliers as part of the Kyrie Irving trade with the Boston Celtics. He needs to get [...]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr is so impressed with the Boston Celtics thus far that he might be prepping his team to face them in the NBA Finals this June. Okay, fine. Probably not. Even he has to be feeling that the Cleveland Cavaliers’ struggles, on some level, will work themselves out. They’re [...]

Detroit Pistons head coach and president Stan Van Gundy stands with professional athletes who don’t stand during the national anthem. And he most definitely stands with those who have embraced other forms of protests in recent months. Van Gundy penned a piece for Time magazine, wherein he praised pro athletes for using their voices and expressing [...]

Good news for people who don’t want Dirk Nowitzki to retire after this season: The Dallas Mavericks’ record won’t have any bearing on whether he hangs it up for good this summer. As he told ESPN.com’s Tim MacMahon: Year 20 could potentially be it for Nowitzki, who has matched Kobe Bryant’s record for longest career [...]

Aaron Gordon is game for a third shot at the NBA’s slam-dunk title. He indicated as much to The Undefeated’s Marc J. Spears: Magic forward Aaron Gordon told ESPN’s The Undefeated he would accept an invite to the 2018 NBA Slam Dunk contest if asked by the league. Gordon’s return to the Slam Dunk Contest [...]

In the rush to figure out why, and how, the Cleveland Cavaliers began the 2017-18 season losing a bunch of games they should have won, fans and analysts have been quick to cite a relative lack of interest. The Cavaliers are Eastern Conference favorites! They’re locks to make a fourth straight NBA Finals! They have [...]

There have been mixed reviews on the Lonzo Ball experiment thus far in Tinseltown, but one thing that is very apparent though is that Ball is a special talent at passing the basketball and utilizes his height and instincts to already be one of the best rebounding point guards in the NBA. He used those [...]