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Fred Hoiberg has not been given a fair shake through his first two seasons as head coach of the Chicago Bulls, but that doesn’t mean he’ll bolt the first chance he gets. Exhibit A: He’s coming back for next season. A source told CBS Sports’ Gary Parrish that Hoiberg had become a “real candidate” for [...]

LeBron James sounds resigned to the Golden State Warriors winning this year’s NBA title. And who can blame him? Golden State grabbed a 3-0 NBA Finals lead over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night with a thrilling victory on the road. Though the Cavaliers appeared in control for most of the second half, the Warriors [...]

Steve Kerr is a class act. During NBA Finals media availability ahead of Game 3 on Tuesday, the Golden State Warriors head honcho credited his predecessor, Mark Jackson, with turning this squad into a defensive juggernaut. Here’s what he said, via RealGM: “I didn’t. I didn’t. Mark Jackson did,” said Kerr when asked the question [...]

Robert Horry has had the opportunity to play with many all time great teams and players in his career, serving as a valuable and clutch role player for seven NBA championship teams. He has had his high moments, the game winning shot in Game 4 of the 2001 western conference finals, his big shot in [...]

Jimmy Butler and the Chicago Bulls are finally on the same page. And that page doesn’t include an imminent divorce. A source told the Chicago Sun-Times‘ Joe Cowley that Butler met with Bulls brass and came away understanding the team’s direction: According to a team source, Butler met Monday with vice president of basketball operations John [...]

As we grow older we have a tendency to romanticize the past and view it through rose colored lenses as greater than it actually was. This is even heightened, it seems, when it comes to competition, especially in the sports realm. You can talk to old timers that were former greats in any professional sport [...]

Steve Kerr returned to the Golden State Warriors sidelines for Game 2 of the NBA Finals, and now that he’s back, he has no intention of going anywhere. Per the Bay Area News Group’s Anthony Slater: [tweet https://twitter.com/anthonyVslater/status/871491349425537026] This was always Kerr’s plan. He didn’t want to be a distraction, returning only to leave yet [...]

Lonzo Ball landing with the Los Angeles Lakers is starting to feel like less and less of a formality. The latest, in fact, is fairly damning. A source told Bleacher Report’s Jordan Schultz that, if the draft were today, the Lakers would pass on Ball for a variety of reasons: [tweet https://twitter.com/Schultz_Report/status/871111030918848513] Even if the [...]

There is an inescapable hangup in every attempt the New York Knicks make to trade Carmelo Anthony: He doesn’t want to leave. This is borderline common knowledge, but sometimes, public perception differs from what’s happening behind closed doors, or from what players tell other players. Yet, if Anthony really does want out of New York, [...]

As became clear after their Game 1 loss to the Golden State Warriors on Thursday night, the Cleveland Cavaliers lack many things. One thing they don’t lack: Respect for the Warriors. Soon after beginning the their third straight NBA Finals in a third consecutive 1-0 series hole, the Cavaliers waxed respect for the team that [...]