A recent radio interview has suggested NBA commissioner Adam Silver wants a team back in Seattle ASAP. Dave Mahler of KJR had multiple guests on his show Tuesday, but Spencer Haywood stole the show by revealing he and Silver have conversed about a team in Seattle. The nugget, transcribed by Taylor Bartle of Sonics Rising, […]

It’s not easy to find the positives after a 118-94 loss that slaps a team in a 3-1 hole. Klay Thompson of the Golden State Warriors tried to do so after Tuesday’s loss, reading through the stat sheet for the silver lining—and discovering in a hurry no such lining existed, per Guy Haberman: Klay sums […]

The Stephen Curry injury talk isn’t going away. The Golden State Warriors find themselves in a 3-1 hole against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference Finals after a 118-94 loss Tuesday. Said loss saw Curry go for 19 points on a miserable 6-of-20 shooting night. As expected, the aftermath has brought up talk […]

Before the Toronto Raptors took on the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals, Bismack Biyombo was simply a quality depth guy the Raptors had a borderline sure shot at bringing back. Not anymore. Biyombo has been the MVP for the Raptors in the ECF with Jonas Valanciunas injured, grabbing 26 and 14 rebounds over […]

It’s hard to imagine Bradley Beal and the Washington Wizards split up this summer, but it sure sounds like a possibility if the Wizards make a mistake. Beal is only 22 years old but has proven in a short time over his brief four years in the Association he’s worth a max deal. This week […]

The NBA doesn’t have a better global ambassador than Jeremy Lin. Lin is traveling the world right now on summer vacation but continues to represent the Association well, running into a big fan in Iceland over the weekend. The fan, 14-year old Júlíus Orri Ágústsson, was in an ice cream shop when he recognized Lin […]

Many considered LeBron James as good as gone from the Cleveland Cavaliers if the team exited the 2016 NBA playoffs early. Cleveland has done nothing of the sort, instead rampaging through the postseason and morphing into something of a legitimate opponent for whichever team emerges from the Western Conference. What this has done, though, is […]

The LAPD has reportedly opened up an investigation into an incident involving Houston Rockets star James Harden. According to TMZ, Harden allegedly had an encounter with a photographer who was trying to ask the superstar about Donald Trump, of all things: The photog — not a TMZ guy — claims Harden became aggressive and pushed […]

The Kevin Durant loony season has begun. With the Oklahoma City Thunder star headed to free agency, it was only a matter of time before the wild free-agency rumors kicked up regardless of how his team performed in the playoffs. Those Thunder are doing quite well, actually, but it hasn’t stopped the onslaught. Dan Le […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers dumped David Blatt in favor of current coach Tyronn Lue in large part because the front office thought Lue would have a better handle on LeBron James. Boy were they right. In a new and revealing look at Cleveland’s decision to promote Lue and how it has impacted the Cavaliers, Ken Berger […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers laughed the Toronto Raptors out of the building in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals Tuesday night. LeBron James and Co. came away with a 115-84 victory, but not without a little outside help in the first quarter. In the video below, DeMar DeRozan takes a tumble and appears to get […]

The Boston Celtics have the pieces in place to form the NBA’s next great superteam. One problem—they might not want to. Danny Ainge and the Celtics just landed the third pick in the 2016 draft via the lottery. While not a bad slot, it puts the team out of the running for both Ben Simmons […]

Got an extra $179,100 sitting around? Such was the selling price of a piece of the Staples Center recently through the Lakers Youth Foundation via an anonymous buyer. According to ESPN.com’s Darren Rovell, it was a piece of the floor from Bryant’s epic 60-point farewell: The piece, four panels measuring four feet by eight feet […]

Nike bet big with LeBron James. Big, as in a billion dollars on a lifetime deal for the Cleveland Cavaliers superstar. Maverick Carter, James’ business partner, has helped the King grow into a global superstar over years. So much so, in fact, nobody really came close to guessing the proper amount Nike paid to have […]

Speculation about Chris Bosh’s NBA future sparked up not long after his Miami Heat got the boot from the NBA playoffs by the Toronto Raptors in the conference semifinals. Bosh missed the entire postseason with a medical condition that has conflicting reports coming out left and right. ESPN.com’s Brian Windhorst is the latest to provide […]