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Philadelphia 76ers president Bryan Colangelo doesn’t think Markelle Fultz’s injury has been mishandled by the organization, and even after sitting the rookie point guard for the next three games, he still maintains the idea that the franchise has been “transparent” about his status. Fultz showed all the wrong signs when he suddenly started taking his […]

The Eric Bledsoe saga has only been derivative from a very entertaining offseason of new faces in new places. His offseason request to be traded was only inflated by his controversial tweet that read “I Dont wanna be here.” the day after the Phoenix Suns sustained their second 40-plus-point loss, this time at the hands […]

Free agent forward Josh Smith will sign with the New Orleans Pelicans under the injury hardship exception, according to Shams Charania of The Vertical. The Pelicans are allowed this roster exception since Smith’s contract is non-guaranteed, according to ESPN Insider Bobby Marks. Smith has been hoping for a return to the league after unsuccessful stints with […]

Golden State Warriors consultant and former two-time MVP Steve Nash received his much overdue championship ring from the organization from a shirtless head coach Steve Kerr — a much different endeavor than the official ring ceremony he politely declined last week. Nash, who fell short of winning a championship during his playing days, opted not […]

The Houston Rockets will be another starter short in the foreseeable future with the absence of forward Trevor Ariza, who is scheduled to miss the team’s three-game road trip with a sprained left foot, according to Jonathan Feigen of The Houston Chronicle. Ariza is set to miss tonight’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers, Friday’s game […]

Dejounte Murray has made his impact felt in this new-look San Antonio Spurs team, not only proving his capability to play under a disciplined system like Gregg Popovich’s, but also showing early signs of leadership — bringing serious suggestions of being the point guard of the future. Taking over an aging and injured Tony Parker; […]

Coming up as a young budding star in his native St. Louis, Missouri, Jayson Tatum once asked LeBron James for a follow back on Twitter after the two met in April of 2012. HoopsHype’s Alex Kennedy dug up this gem of a once-eager 14-year-old Tatum bringing up his old family in hopes for a nod […]

Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns had a surprising reaction after hearing the fans boo his team during a 130-107 loss to the Indiana Pacers. The Eastern Conference team shot the lights out — a franchise-best 66.7 percent from the floor against a Timberwolves team that was expected to be much better defensively under head coach […]

The Indiana Pacers registered a zero chill forecast ahead of their much-anticipated game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, marking the first time the organization will see former star forward Paul George after his trade this offseason. While emotions will be rampant during this game, the Pacers are not sweating the encounter or giving their fans […]

Blake Griffin conquered one of his greatest accomplishments a second time, clearing The Stifle Tower during last night’s 102-84 win over the Utah Jazz. The L.A. Clippers forward took full advantage of a mismatch against point guard Ricky Rubio, drove into the lane and plastered Rudy Gobert with a right-handed tomahawk jam, slowly-descending from the […]

Blake Griffin turned the clock back to his glorious posterizing days last night, dunking all over a hapless Rudy Gobert in Tuesday’s 102-84 revenge win over the Utah Jazz. The L.A. Clippers were eliminated in a Game 7 of the first round, and nothing was sweeter than making The Stifle Tower his first victim of the […]

Philadelphia 76ers rookie point guard Markelle Fultz will be sidelined for the next three games due to shoulder soreness, according to Kyle Neubeck of The Philly Voice. Fultz will be on the bench for two games against the Houston Rockets and one against the Dallas Mavericks. The team will re-evaluate his status next Tuesday, assessing […]

The New York Knicks faced yet another loss, this time a 110-89 shellacking at the hands of division rival Boston Celtics, pushing the team even further into the cellar, now 0-3 to start the season. The Knicks allowed the Celtics to have their way on offense, at times looking lost on both sides of the […]

Phoenix Suns general manager Ryan McDonough has started to question the leadership of prized point guard Eric Bledsoe, who reportedly requested a trade dating back to last season, wanting out of the rebuilding process for good. McDonough sent Bledsoe home on Monday after meeting with him and believes he’s played his last game in the […]

Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball is in for another challenge, taking on All-Star point guard John Wall when the undefeated Washington Wizards come to town on Wednesday. Ball’s father LaVar had warned the Wizards after the most recent Lakers loss, which center Marcin Gortat took exception to, laughing it off and noting that Wall […]

Nikola Jokic added insult to injury after unintentionally bumping into head coach Scott Brooks in the last few seconds of a 109-104 loss to the Washington Wizards on Monday, as the Denver Nuggets fell to 1-2 in the season. Jokic was clearly wiping the sweat off his eyes with his jersey collar pulled up to his […]

Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles has been fined $15,000 after a groin shot to Oklahoma City Thunder center Steven Adams on Saturday, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. This isn’t Adams’ first go-around at the receiving end of these, most notably catching a kick to the groin during the 2016 NBA Western Conference Finals from Draymond […]

The Phoenix Suns’ relentless pursuit to add young talent to this roster has proved a hurdle in managing to ship out star point guard Eric Bledsoe, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Bledsoe had requested a trade since the offseason after the team and then-coach Earl Watson took the executive decision to sit out the veterans […]

The New York Knicks found the Phoenix Suns’ request to swap estranged point guard Eric Bledsoe for Frank Ntilikina and Willy Hernangomez “ridiculous,” according to Marc Berman of The New York Post. Both players have played a combined 11 minutes thus far in the season, with Ntilikina dealing with injuries and Hernangomez finding himself out […]

Phoenix Suns forward Josh Jackson has been fined $35,000 by the league office after making a gun-like menacing gesture and directing inappropriate language toward a fan, according to ESPN’s Ian Begley. Jackson did so during a 42-point loss against the L.A. Clippers on Saturday after a fan had been heckling him all game long. The […]

Joel Embiid made his second start of the season and came out with a bang, outplaying Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond and ripping him afterward for daring to trash talk the social media king of the NBA. “Defensively, he doesn’t play any defense,” Embiid said following the game, according to Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia […]

Two of the Memphis Grizzlies minority owners will have the chance to purchase the team from controlling owner Robert Pera, according to Zach Lowe and Brian Windhorst of ESPN. By a strange provision, Steven Kaplan and Daniel Straus each have the option to make big during the five-year anniversary of Pera’s $377 million purchase of […]

The Denver Nuggets have announced that forward Juancho Hernangomez is out indefinitely as he deals with the effects of mononucleosis, according to Marc Stein of The New York Times. Hernangomez, a second-year player out of Spain, was officially ruled out of Monday’s game against the Washington Wizards with an undisclosed illness and has only played […]

This offseason forced Kyle Lowry to take a close look at his future like many other free agents had to do. Coming off his best season, the 6-foot Villanova star had to evaluate his window of opportunity with the Toronto Raptors and what it could bring for him moving forward. While many expected the Philly […]

Dallas Mavericks rookie point guard Dennis Smith Jr. had a rude awakening in his second game of NBA action, getting stopped at the rim by Draymond Green in an attempt to dunk over the Golden State Warriors forward during his team’s 30-point loss on Monday. Green committed a foul, but was quick to engage the […]

Free agent point guard Isaiah Canaan intends to sign with the Houston Rockets, according to a report by ESPN’s Chris Haynes. This signing should pave the way for the replacement of injured starter Chris Paul, who suffered a knee injury throughout the preseason and only saw three quarters of action before being removed from his […]

Stephen Curry could not believe his eyes after seeing rookie Jordan Bell grow into a man in front of his eyes, after the Pac-12 product tossed an alley-oop off the board back to himself in the middle of a fast break opportunity against the Dallas Mavericks on Monday night. The 38th overall pick of the […]

The Phoenix Suns will make a few changes after the firing of Earl Watson and the interim appearance of the 58-year-old Jay Triano. The latter expects to go back to a more traditional lineup, starting either Marquese Chriss or Dragan Bender at power forward, according to Scott Bordow of The Arizona Republic. The change of […]

Phoenix Suns forward Josh Jackson claims he did not mean to mimic a gun motion toward a fan during a 42-point loss against the L.A. Clippers on Saturday, according to Scott Bordow of The Arizona Republic. Jackson expressed regret for making the hand gesture, noting the fan had been heckling throughout the entire game. “That’s […]

After a review by the league’s Last Two-Minute Report, Andrew Wiggins’ game-winning three-pointer against the Oklahoma City Thunder should not have taken place after Minnesota Timberwolves center set an illegal screen on swingman Paul George, according to ESPN’s Royce Young. While the result of the play was an extraordinary end to a highly-contested game, this […]

Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry will be fined $50,000 for tossing his mouthpiece at referee Scott Wall on the dying seconds of the Saturday’s 10-point loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, according to USA TODAY Sports’ Sam Amick. Curry will not face a suspension, but his teammate Andre Iguodala will be fined $15,000 for […]

Only hours after Dennis Smith Jr. announced his return to the court after his two-game absence earlier last week, his counterpart Stephen Curry had great things to say about his promise in the league ahead of tonight’s matchup against the Dallas Mavericks. “Super athletic guard that knows how to play the game,” said Curry, according […]

The Milwaukee Bucks have offered two of their best big men in second-year forward/center Thon Maker and fellow hybrid Greg Monroe in return for Phoenix Suns point guard Eric Bledsoe, according to Tim Montemayor of 1580 The Fanatic radio. The Bucks are one of four teams that have expressed serious interest in the 27-year-old, along […]

The New York Knicks were one of the first teams to reach out to the Phoenix Suns inquiring about point guard Eric Bledsoe. The latter reportedly asked for rookie point guard Frank Ntilikina and center Willy Hernangomez in return, according to Michael Scotto of Basketball Insiders. Given that this trade hasn’t consolidated by now, it […]

Eric Bledsoe isn’t happy in the Valley of the Sun and if his leaked trade request wasn’t clear enough, his tweet couldn’t have made it any clearer. The four-year starter posted a tweet that read “I don’t wanna be here” a day after a 42-point loss on the road to his former team, the L.A. […]

With only a day’s distance following the Golden State Warriors’ latest loss at the hands of the Memphis Grizzlies, point guard Stephen Curry talked about his late-game ejection, after throwing his mouthpiece at referee Scott Wall in frustration for the lack of a call as his team pushed for a comeback. “I’m obviously having some […]

The L.A. Clippers are one of the many teams expressing interest in acquiring Phoenix Suns point guard Eric Bledsoe in light of his trade request becoming public over the weekend, according to Tim Bontemps of The Washington Post. Bontemps noted the Clippers have very few pieces that might interest the Suns in a trade scenario. […]

The Denver Nuggets have had conversations with the Phoenix Suns, offering point guard Emmanuel Mudiay and other pieces for their own point man Eric Bledsoe, according to Michael Scotto of Basketball Insiders. The Nuggets seem to have committed to Jamal Murray running the point moving forward, as Mudiay has shown a propensity to mishandle the […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are one of the many teams expressing interest in acquiring Phoenix Suns point guard Eric Bledsoe in light of his trade request becoming public over the weekend, according to Marc Stein of The New York Times. Bledsoe was sent home from practice today after a conversation with general manager Ryan McDonough and […]