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The Indiana Pacers are not open to trading Paul George. Not even a little bit. Team president Larry Bird, in fact, isn’t even willing to pick up the phone, according to this mini-tidbit from ESPN.com.’s Zach Lowe: Larry Bird isn’t returning calls on Paul George with a friendly new CBA on the way, according to [...]

If you’re wondering whether Derrick Rose’s unflappable confidence in his game has somehow wavered, rest assured he’s as confident as ever. Just take a look at what he said about this year’s NBA All-Star game, per Newsday‘s Al Iannazzone: [tweet https://twitter.com/Al_Iannazzone/status/811636719808344064] This reads incredibly funny. The irony of Rose downplaying the importance of an All-Star [...]

The NBA’s salary cap is only going to continue to grow. Granted, the spikes won’t be as large as the one we saw this past summer. But the league has never been more popular, and the cap isn’t about to go down. According to The Vertical’s Shams Charania, in fact, it will hit $120 million [...]

Well whatya know: Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander shares the same MVP sentiments as NBA Twitter. During a conference call about his funding for various local charities, Alexander told reporters that he believes the league’s MVP race is down to James Harden and Russell Westbrook, per ESPN.com’s Calvin Watkins: In a conference call with reporters [...]

With Nerlens Noel basically out of the Philadelphia 76ers’ rotation, it’s only a matter of time before he gets shipped elsewhere. At least we think it’s only a matter of time. You never really know with the Sixers. But Noel serves no purpose if they aren’t going to play him, and they need to move [...]

The Golden State Warriors are chugging along at the top of the western conference and NBA standings as we head toward the NBA’s Christmas day spectacular. When you ask most fans or prognosticators who the Warriors’ biggest threat in the western conference is, the majority will say the Spurs, followed by the Clippers, and maybe [...]

At 13-16, clinging to the Western Conference’s eighth and final playoff seed, the Portland Trail Blazers are this season’s biggest disappointment thus far. And Damian Lillard, naturally, isn’t happy. As he told ESPN.com’s Chris Haynes following the Blazers’ 135-90 loss to the Golden State Warriors: Damian Lillard didn’t mince words in criticizing his team, telling [...]

The four-year, $72.6 million contract the New York Knicks gave Joakim Noah is looking more and more like a mistake. To be sure, it seemed like an unwise move at the time. Team president Phil Jackson threw tens of millions of dollars at an aging big man who plays the Knicks’ best player’s (Kristaps Porzingis) [...]

Minnesota Timberwolves Head Coach let it be known on ESPN’s True Hoop podcast that his team is in search of some depth in the front court. Cole Aldrich and Jordan Hill should be very offended at the moment. The T’Wolves rely heavily on Karl Anthony Towns and Gorgui Dieng in the front court. Nemanja Bejilica, [...]

Ben Simmons is still a ways off from making his NBA debut after suffering a Jones fracture in his right foot, but hey, he’s shooting free throws! This is significant, apparently, and it makes Philadelphia 76ers head coach Brett Brown very happy, per CSN Philly’s Jessica Camerato: Ben Simmons made another step toward his return [...]