For the Oklahoma City Thunder, the uncertainty of what will be in the NBA’s next labor agreement appears to be less of an issue than the certainty of what can happen when a cornerstone player waves goodbye to a franchise. That’s why Thunder management – having lost four-time scoring champ and former NBA MVP Kevin …
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********************************************************************************************************************************************************** Big man more likely to finish this season on another team: DeMarcus Cousins, Nerlens Noel or Greg Monroe? ********************************************************************************************************************************************************** David Aldridge: Noel, for sure. Monroe, maybe, but it would be harder if you don’t know for sure that he’s willing to sign a long-term deal with the team that deals for him. And I …
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CLEVELAND — Kyrie Irving wasn’t even fully dressed when someone in the Cavaliers postgame locker room noticed a certain elevation to his wardrobe Tuesday night. Irving, stepping briefly from a scrum of media folks to toss a wet towel in a hamper, muttered almost to himself, “This is my sixth year in the league. I’d …
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We never get things right, especially when no real games have been played yet. Last year, we whiffed on the Portland Trail Blazers, ranking them 25th to start the season, and had two teams that failed to make the playoffs — New Orleans and Chicago — in the preseason top 10. Two years ago, it …
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NEW YORK (AP) — Charles Barkley didn’t want Kevin Durant to join the Golden State Warriors and isn’t sure Durant changes things now that he’s there. In Barkley’s mind, the Warriors are still a flawed team. “Let me say this: I still think they got some of the same issues this year with that team,” …
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McHale questions if Harden can be pass-first player | Millsap undecided on opting out | Bulls, Wade have monitoring plan | How Lin landed in Brooklyn No. 1: McHale doubts if Harden can be pass-first player — Former Houston Rockets coach Kevin McHale will spend this season as an analyst for NBA TV and TNT …
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Clippers rookie forward Brice Johnson suffered a herniated disk in his lower back in the team’s preseason game against the Toronto Raptors and is out indefinitely. The team said Saturday that Johnson got hurt in the fourth quarter of Thursday night’s win. He will continue to be evaluated by …
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It’s not that there was no attention paid to the San Antonio Spurs in the offseason. There’s never any attention paid to the Spurs in the offseason. Even when they successfully recruited LaMarcus Aldridge as a free agent in 2015, the biggest story of that NBA summer was the insane on again-off again DeAndre Jordan …
Read more “Tim Duncan's retirement can't keep Spurs from humming along”
It’s not that there was no attention paid to the San Antonio Spurs in the offseason. There’s never any attention paid to the Spurs in the offseason. Even when they successfully recruited LaMarcus Aldridge as a free agent in 2015, the biggest story of that NBA summer was the insane on again-off again DeAndre Jordan …
Read more “Tim Duncan's retirement can't keep Spurs from humming along”
It’s not that there was no attention paid to the San Antonio Spurs in the offseason. There’s never any attention paid to the Spurs in the offseason. Even when they successfully recruited LaMarcus Aldridge as a free agent in 2015, the biggest story of that NBA summer was the insane on again-off again DeAndre Jordan …
Read more “Tim Duncan's retirement can't keep Spurs from humming along”
