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David Griffin is now an official candidate to join the New York Knicks’ front office in the wake of Phil Jackson’s exit. Nothing appears immediately imminent, but according to ESPN.com’s Ramona Shelburne, the Knicks have opened dialogue with the Cleveland Cavaliers’ former general manager while removing Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri from their list of [...]

The Los Angeles Clippers are not planning a teardown after trading Chris Paul to the Houston Rockets—at least not one that doesn’t include Blake Griffin. With free agency right around the corner, the Clippers have an early meeting set with their All-Star forward’s agent, and their top priority remains keeping him, according to the Southern [...]

As The Hoop Doctors’ own Ryan Bawek discussed on Wednesday, the Houston Rockets are trying to get a third star to pair with James Harden and Chris Paul. Carmelo Anthony and Paul George are two names that have been floated, and they’re not going anywhere. Why, you ask? Because the Rockets basically think they’ve already [...]

The Oklahoma City Thunder’s proximity to the luxury tax won’t stop them from trying to make moves in free agency. First up, according to The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski, is Rudy Gay: [tweet https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/880419815428681728] Gay and the Thunder have been linked before, prior to his Achilles injury. His development as a spot-up shooter makes him an [...]

Why get fleeced in trades by Masai Ujiri when you can employ him yourself? This is the line of logic apparently being deployed by New York Knicks owner James Dolan as he begins his search for a Phil Jackson replacement, according to The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski: [tweet https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/880045376392355841] Ujiri is a sound target in a [...]

The Boston Celtics have high hopes for this offseason. How high, you ask? Try adding-both-Paul-George-and-Gordon-Hayward high. I’m not even sure if online bookies like sportingbet have that one listed with odds. Could the Celtics possibly pull it off? From The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski: The Boston Celtics are pursuing an aggressive summer plan of sequencing the [...]

There may be some legs to the Houston Rockets’ chances of poaching Chris Paul from the Los Angeles Clippers. Serious ones. According to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein, the Rockets have emerged as a legitimate threat to sign Paul, a courtship that is being led by none other than James Harden: The Houston Rockets have emerged as increasingly serious [...]

Phil Jackson’s reign of terror over the New York Knicks will not span more than 171 losses. The New York Knicks and team president Phil Jackson announced Wednesday morning that they mutually agreed to part ways. “After careful thought and consideration, we mutually agreed that the Knicks will be going in a different direction,” Knicks [...]

Superstar free agents with foresight would be wise to consider signing with the Denver Nuggets. They were basically a playoff team last season and are one transcendent player away from making a small ruckus in the Western Conference. But they’re also young and flexible enough to be juggernauts three, four, five years down the line. [...]

Magic Johnson just low-key trashed D’Angelo Russell. The Los Angeles Lakers team president spoke briefly about why he moved the 21-year-old combo guard, and his answer can only be described as a complimentary dis. Here it is, via ESPN.com’s Baxter Holmes: [tweet https://twitter.com/BaxterHolmes/status/878375870255079424] Oh. Imagine a 21-year-old just two seasons deep into his career playing [...]