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(Paul) Pierce recalled telling the players, reminding them of the 120-89 shellacking they took from the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday. “I didn’t tell everybody, but two or three guys were here and heard it and I thought we were really in tune at shoot-around.” It was another example of the unquantifiable leadership Pierce has provided […]
(Chicago Bulls Taj) Gibson doesn’t have the same clout that (Derrick) Rose does, but he is a six-year veteran who gives some of the most honest assessments in basketball. The power forward has been around for the entirety of Tom Thibodeau’s five-year tenure with the Bulls, a fact that made his comments so telling in […]
Lefteris Bochoridis has officially declared for this year’s NBA Draft. via Lotsos & Associates on Twitter
“We’re not as good of a team [without (Kevin) Durant], but we’re still a good team,” (Thunder coach Scott) Brooks said. “When you lose KD, Serge (Ibaka), Andre (Roberson), Nick (Collison), you’re not a better team overnight, but you still have to work on ways you can put yourself in position to win and our […]
A confirmed Al Horford suitor at last’ The Kings “definitely” have significant interest in Horford, according to sources briefed on Sacramento’s thinking — and have the cap space to pay Al the reported four-year deal worth in excess of $100 million circulating for the past week A confirmed Al Horford suitor at last’ The Kings […]
With the NBA playoffs here, Draft Kings is doing two huge contests with a total prize pool of $165,000! The first contest only costs $3 to enter, and you could win $5,000 if you finish in first place. The top 5,150 finishing teams win some portion of the $65,000 prize pool. You must draft your […]
Former Cornell star and BasketballInsiders.com’s Cody Toppert joins CineSport’s Noah Coslov to identify the double-digit seeds who will win in the opening round and to make Final Four picks.
(Kobe) Bryant has now missed six of the team’s past 11 games to rest and has rarely practiced this season, but (coach Byron) Scott said there have been no discussions about shutting down Bryant for the season yet. “I haven’t thought about that yet,” Scott said. “I keep thinking about game-to-game right now. So I […]
Free agent Daniel Orton has signed with Sichuan of the Chinese Basketball Association and is set to replace Metta World Peace on the permanent roster, sources told RealGM. Orton formally signed his lucrative contract with Sichuan under the plan of finishing the Chinese season alongside fellow American import Mike Efevberha, who is leading the club […]
Chad Ford: I’ve heard a lot of rumblings from GMs that Carter-Williams is available. There are some in ownership and in the front office, though not all, that don’t see him as a long-term piece of the puzzle. There was a lot of chatter that direction before the draft and in the past few weeks […]