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Oklahoma City Thunder point guard and NBPA president Chris Paul says the most “eye-opening” part of the resumption-of-the-season process was how critical communication is and how hard NBA players have worked to improve that communication. Players Union chief Michele Roberts added she “can’t imagine anything healthier” than the spirited discussions players had over how to […]

Though the New Orleans Pelicans are one of the youngest franchises in the NBA, they’ve still managed to make headlines in their brief history in the league. Changing stadiums, addresses, ownership and even superstars have made this interesting franchise from The Big Easy a little bit more colorful. Here are some of the notable moments […]

During his 20-year career in the NBA, the Los Angeles Lakers tried to pair Kobe Bryant with the right talent in order to put the team in title contention. Kobe may have won three straight titles alongside Shaquille O’Neal and then went on to win back-to-back championships with Pau Gasol, but there are plenty of […]

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and National Basketball Players Association President Chris Paul vowed to use the restart of the 2019-20 season as a platform to enact social change. There had been debate about the optics of restarting the season at a time of civil unrest, but the league has determined to make the most of […]

The New York Knicks still claim to be a free agent destination, but their consistent inability to lure stars has proven otherwise. With (another) new front office in charge led by Leon Rose and an unprecedented offseason looming bereft of star free agents, the Knicks will be looking to the trade market for marquee additions […]

The Los Angeles Lakers were close to creating a lethal Big Three last summer. After acquiring Anthony Davis from the New Orleans Pelicans and pairing him with LeBron James, Los Angeles aggressively tried to sign Kawhi Leonard in free agency. However, Leonard spurned the Lakers and signed with the other team in Los Angeles, the […]

The 2019-20 NBA campaign is set to resume in late July (or at least that’s what it looks like), meaning that the offseason will be quite a bit later than usual this year. Actually, it will probably be around the time the NBA regular season usually starts. Weird. Anyway, there are a few big names […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James has had the luxury of playing alongside many incredible talents over the years. After basically being a one-man show in his first stint with the Cleveland Cavaliers, James teamed up with his 2003 draft mates’ Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh to form the Miami Heat Big 3 in 2010. […]

The Los Angeles Clippers acquired Chris Paul from the New Orleans Hornets before the start of the 2011-12 lockout season and became instant title contenders. The team had a lethal Big Three of Paul, Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan. Unfortunately, the Lob City Clippers never got past the second round of the playoffs during the […]

The NBA will create an anonymous hotline that players and staff may contact to report protocol violations in the bubble location in Orlando. Upon hearing the news, basketball fans plagued Twitter with memes featuring Chris Paul of the Oklahoma City Thunder, who has built a reputation as a stringent, if not sneaky, enforcer of rules. […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder were supposed to stink this season. They were expected to compete for a top-five pick. Instead, they are 40-24 as the NBA prepares to reopen in Disney World. Yes, the Thunder, who traded Russell Westbrook and Paul George last summer, are smack dab in the middle of the Western Conference playoff […]

More details have emerged pertaining to the Kyrie Irving-led conference call involving nearly 100 NBA players over the weekend. The call served as a venue for the participants to air their thoughts on the league’s decision to see out the remainder of the season in the Florida bubble. One of the players on the call […]

LeBron James is as competitive as they come on the basketball court, but that hasn’t stopped him from making best friends while in the NBA. Everybody knows about the infamous Banana Boat crew, and he has forged numerous other friendships during his time in the league. Here are LeBron’s five best buddies in the NBA. […]

The New Orleans Pelicans franchise has been around since 2002. They were originally called the New Orleans Hornets, but they changed their moniker in 2013. While they are fairly young, there’s no doubt that the team has seen a slew of great players represent the city. With that said, we take a look at the […]

An NBA player becoming a team owner is a rare occurrence. The people who own professional sports teams are billionaire tycoons who see their franchises as something of a toy to play with for fun. That doesn’t mean they aren’t dedicated, but there is definitely an element of this mindset: “I’ve got some money to […]

The New York Knicks are one of the most storied franchises in the NBA. They have quite a rich history that includes more than a few headline-grabbing narratives. What we will be focusing on, however, are a number of potentially franchise-altering trade deals that the Knicks allegedly came close to, but for one reason or […]

Chris Paul is not just one of the best guards in the NBA, but he’s also doing some good work as the president of the NBPA amid the long hiatus brought about by the coronavirus pandemic, as well as the countrywide protests going on. Oklahoma City Thunder general manager Sam Presti has taken notice and […]

During the summer of 2017, the Los Angeles Clippers effectively ended the days of “Lob City,” signing-and-trading Chris Paul to the Houston Rockets for a package that included Lou Williams, Montrezl Harrell and Patrick Beverley—all three of whom have become vital contributors to today’s Clippers. Then, midway through that ensuing season, Los Angeles sent Blake […]

Veteran guard Chris Paul has recently opened up about his time with the Los Angeles Clippers and why they were never able to win a championship. The 6-foot-1 point guard, who now plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder, shared what he believes to be one of the most important factors the “Lob City” era Clippers […]

Having an elite-caliber player as president has paid its dividends for the National Basketball Players Association, as Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Chris Paul has worked tirelessly to help his fellow players see the court again this season. The Thunder star has been busy with meetings and getting input from all players, making sure this […]

When his current contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder expires, Chris Paul will have made $346,527,220 in NBA money, per Spotrac. Paul began his NBA career with the New Orleans Hornets. He made $3,144,240 during his rookie season and finished the year with averages of 16.1 points and 7.8 assists. Paul won the Rookie of […]

The NBA is once again warming up to the idea of resuming the 2019-20 season, with just too much money at stake to give up on it. Recent talk of the salary cap expecting to take a decline in the wake of a broken partnership with China and the outbreak of the coronavirus has lit […]

The NBA season has been suspended since March 11 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. As NBA commissioner Adam Silver and the league office prepare to try and slowly get back into the swing of things, some concerns have risen. With certain teams beginning plans to reopen their practice facilities, Oklahoma City Thunder point guard […]

Los Angeles Lakers star forward LeBron James is one of many stepping up and asking for justice for recently killed Ahmaud Arbery. Arbery, 25, was slain while jogging in a Georgia neighborhood in Feb. 2020, and James’ pleas on social media have reinvigorated the outcry for the victim. Fellow NBA stars like Stephen Curry and […]

Former NBA swingman and current ESPN analyst Richard Jefferson has developed a reputation as a funny man, especially in retirement. He showed that side of him again on Wednesday, but at the expense of Oklahoma City Thunder guard Chris Paul. In an appearance on The Jump, Jefferson goaded Paul on his birthday, saying he would […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder were one of the best stories of the 2019-20 season. Despite trading superstars Russell Westbrook and Paul George in the same offseason, OKC was able to compete in the tough West and was in fifth place in the conference standings before the campaign was suspended due to COVID-19. The Thunder had […]

The Los Angeles Clippers franchise has a legitimate shot to win its first NBA championship during the 2019-20 season, if it continues. Having a good team and a chance to win is unfortunately not something the franchise or its fans have been able to get used to on a consistent basis. That is, until the […]

New York Knicks president Leon Rose has plenty of decisions to make in the upcoming offseason, as his team is full of veterans on expiring and/or team-friendly deals, young players with plenty to prove, and is currently without a head coach. Among the many uncertainties surrounding the roster, Rose will have to figure out who […]

While not the only metric used to qualify a player’s greatness, the number of rings a player has is often used as a trump card in basketball debates. All-time NBA greats like Bill Russell and Michael Jordan consistently led their teams to championship wins and have their resumes boosted because of it. However, while winning […]

A 2011 failed trade that involved Chris Paul heading to the Golden State Warriors in exchange for the duo of Stephen Curry and Kay Thompson has recently been the talk of the town. Paul, who at that time was with the New Orleans Hornets, admitted that this blockbuster deal was almost done, and that he […]

With ESPN airing the 10-part docu-series The Last Dance, chronicling the final season of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls’ quest for two three-peats and six championships in eight years, Oklahoma City Thunder star point guard Chris Paul decided to share another story of Jordan’s infamous competitive spirit. Paul, 34, once challenged Jordan to a […]

NBA veteran point guard Chris Paul recently went on an Uninterrupted video interview, and one of the matters he discussed was the botched trade that would have sent him to the Golden State Warriors in 2011. Apparently, the Dubs were willing to send both Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson to the New Orleans Pelicans (then […]

With the sports world still in stasis due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis around the world, NBA fans have been engrossed in the long-requested documentary about the Michael Jordan-era Chicago Bulls “The Last Dance.” NBA players and journalists of all stripes have been tuning in weekly to enjoy the archival footage from one of the […]

Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star point guard Chris Paul, who is also the NBPA president, says players will need “at least” three or four weeks to prepare to play games again. The NBA has been suspended since March 11 after Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19. Paul and the Thunder players were tested […]

The 2019 offseason has gone down in history as one of the most landscape-shifting summers in NBA history. Not only did it have arguably the most talent-packed free agency class ever, but this offseason also saw witness to some of the biggest blockbuster trades in recent history. Anthony Davis to the Los Angeles Lakers, Paul […]

Former Golden State Warriors general manager Larry Riley categorically denied a rumor of a trade that never came to fruition.  Ethan Strauss of The Athletic noted in his new book, “The Victory Machine: The Making and Unmaking of the Warriors Dynasty,” how a package of Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson almost netted them Chris Paul in […]

The Splash Brothers could have been taken from us before they ever really had a chance to arrive. The Golden State Warriors nearly completed a trade with the then–New Orleans Hornets in 2011 that would have massively changed the outlook of both franchises, as a deal surrounding All-Star Chris Paul and then-young guards Stephen Curry […]

Prior to the previous decade, the Los Angeles Clippers were always known as L.A.’s other team. They have long been ridiculed for their consistently poor season performances, and at one point, this team was even the laughing stock of the league. There’s no denying that it has been a long and hard road for the […]

Chris Paul is one of the greatest point guards to ever live. But after a disappointing end to his Houston Rockets tenure and last summer’s trade sending him to an unproven Oklahoma City Thunder squad, not many folks were expecting Paul to make his first All-Star team since 2016. Furthermore, he’s guided OKC (40-24) to […]