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Kyrie Irving is preaching patience on behalf of the Boston Celtics’ Big 3. On paper, the mix of himself, Gordon Hayward and Al Horford is terrifying. All of them can play off the ball, and Irving may be the least talented passer of the bunch—a knock against him, but a compliment to the Celtics’ blend [...]

The Golden State Warriors haven’t yet decided whether they will ring in their 2017 NBA title with a trip to the White House—mostly because they haven’t talked about it yet. From ESPN.com’s Ramona Shelburne: “We will meet as a team to discuss it and make a decision,” Warriors head coach Steve Kerr told ESPN. The [...]

Damian Lillard’s recruitment of Carmelo Anthony continues. Whether this particular continuation is deliberate or inadvertent, contrived or genuine, remains to be seen. But Lillard is now among the players who have taken issue with ESPN ranking Anthony as the 64th-best player in the league. As he told NBA.com’s David Aldridge: “I do think that ranking [...]

Jaylen Brown and rookie Jayson Tatum are incredibly important to the Boston Celtics’ future. But, by virtue of losing Avery Bradley and Jae Crowder, they’re also pivotal to the present. Yes, the Celtics signed Gordon Hayward, and Bradley’s departure came with Marcus Morris as compensation. Still, both Bradley (off-ball scorer, crafty defender) and Crowder (gutsy [...]

Bless the NBA offseason. Seriously, it’s awesome. It can be dull at points, but relative to other professional sports, we’re treated to a steady, if inundating, stream of amazing. Among the latest: Kyrie Irving appearing on ESPN’s First Take and saying everything without saying anything on the topic of LeBron James. Stephen A. Smith asked the [...]

The Golden State Warriors are NBA champions. They won 67 games during the regular season. The went 16-1 through playoffs, mutilating pretty much everyone in their path. They have four All-NBA talents on their roster, all of them in their prime. They might be, and probably are, the best team in NBA history. The thought [...]

Kevin Durant making the decision to leave the Oklahoma City Thunder in free agency in 2016 and join the Golden State Warriors was the biggest event in the last five years of the NBA and could continue to shape the direction of the league (and who occupies the throne) for the next five years at [...]

To answer a question many of you had and many of you didn’t: No, the Cleveland Cavaliers don’t currently have a desire to deal Kevin Love in the aftermath of the Kyrie Irving trade. From ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe: The Cavs have contemplated trading Love off and on almost since that series, though they have no [...]

Carmelo Anthony pays attention to public perception. Well, okay, maybe not all public perception. But he definitely takes stock of where ESPN places him within its annual #NBA Rank. This year, he checked in at No. 64—a 33-spot plunge from where he placed leading into last season. And guess what? He wasn’t happy about it. [...]

According to reports from TMZ Sports and ESPN, The Lakers will retire Kobe Bryant’s jersey during their game against the Warriors on December 18. [tweet https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/907594866238132225] So which number of the Black Mamba’s will be hanging up in the rafters No. 8 or No. 24? The answer is both according to Ramona Shelburne of ESPN. [...]