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LeBron James knows what he signed up for by joining the Los Angeles Lakers—a more gradual process than he enjoyed with the Miami Heat or during his second go-round on the Cleveland Cavaliers. He just forgot about that for a second. As he told Yahoo Sports’ Chris Haynes following the Lakers’ Saturday night victory over [...]

Carmelo Anthony has, it seems, played his last game as a member of the Houston Rockets. Over the weekend, in advance of him missing Saturday’s game against the San Antonio Spurs due to ‘illness,’ ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski dropped the following bomb: Marc Stein of The New York Times then added this: General manager Daryl Morey [...]

Tobias Harris is going to make a lot of money this summer when he hits free agency. He’s apparently hoping that windfall comes from his current team, the Los Angeles Clippers. From The Athletic’s Shams Charania: Tobias Harris is off to the best start of his career, averaging 21.3 points and 8.5 rebounds while shooting [...]

J.R. Smith wants off the Cleveland Cavaliers. This isn’t a rumor. It isn’t speculation. It’s what Smith himself told reporters, per ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski: Smith, unhappy with his playing time, was asked by a reporter Thursday if he hoped to be traded. “Yeah,” Smith said. “They know. They don’t want me here, so they obviously [...]

If Kevin Durant wants to run his own show after (probably) winning three straight titles with the Golden State Warriors, he won’t have any shortage of suitors pining for him to be their leading man. There’s an element of “Well, duh!” to this statement. Every team will want to sign Durant if he declines his [...]

Watching the opening night match-up between the Celtics and 76ers last night there was only one thing that kept running through my head, Ben Simmons is special. Simmons started his season great with a 19 point, 15 rebound, 8 assist, 4 steal and 2 block performance, albeit in a 76ers loss. He wowed with his [...]

It does not look like the New York Knicks and Kristaps Porzingis are going to reach an extension agreement by next Monday’s deadline. It’s not even clear that they ever seriously talked about one. From the New York Daily NewsStefan Bondy: Monday represents the deadline for Porzingis to sign a $158 million extension, but there’s [...]

In a somewhat shocking and sudden move Monday morning, the Suns have decided to relieve GM Ryan McDounough of his duties. McDonough had two years left on his contract and was entering his sixth season as general manager. He had an up and down tenure to say the least, starting hot as he turned one [...]

Tonight the Golden State Warriors will face off against the Sacramento Kings in a preseason game, the first NBA game in Seattle since 2008. Unfortunately for Seattle though, it may be years before another game takes place in their city. Seattle groups interested in bringing a team to the city have met with NBA officials [...]

It seems like the New Orleans Pelicans big man, Jahlil Okafor, has injured his right ankle. Okafor was seen leaving the United Center on crutches after the team’s preseason loss to the Chicago Bulls. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, Okafor was scheduled to undergo an X-ray and an MRI on the ankle after the [...]