Pat Riley: “The ultimate contradiction in leadership and sports is while you’re preaching loyalty, and trust, in the same sentence you will tell them ‘I will have to trade you one day.’ […] It affected Tyler [Herro] for many years. Every single trade had him in it.”
Chris Paul Reveals How He Spent His First NBA Money After Having Just $151 in His Bank Account: “I took my wife to the mall. Told her ‘Buy whatever you want.’ Then we went to TGI Fridays… We used to get separate checks. That was the first time we paid with one check. It’s been one ever since.”
Yang Hansen on Damian Lillard: “He’s learning a lot of Chinese. Every day in the morning we shake hands and he tells me “Zao Shang Hao”, which means ‘Good morning’.”
LeBron James have outlasted 10 first overall picks drafted after him in the NBA
Rich Paul Addresses LeBron Narrative That James ‘Loves the Attention’ of NBA Free Agency, Rumors
Story from before the 2024 NBA draft of Matas Buzelis challenging Zaccharie Risacher to a 1v1 which he declined
The Road to 6,272 Threes
Trae Young via Instagram on Zaccharie Risacher’s move to Dallas: “My boy free! Go fly killa! “
If Nikola Jokic finishes Top 2 in MVP this season, he will become the first player in NBA history to record seven consecutive top-two MVP finishes
[OC] During the 2011 NBA lockout, Kentucky Coach John Calipari opened Kentucky’s practice facility to NBA players. There, Kentucky’s future 2012 national championship team practiced, scrimmaged, and allegedly won against a mashup team featuring LeBron, Durant, Westbrook, Harden, and other NBA stars.
[Oram] Top Blazers official trashes Portland’s draft term sheet: ‘If they don’t want us, then that’s fine’
Best Available Free Agents: Harden, Lebron, Duren®, Mathurin®, Peyton Watson®, Kuminga, Westbrook, Bradley Beal, Bruce Brown, DeMar Derozan, Nick Richards, Draymond Green
Jeff Teague on Anthony Davis saying he’s playing all 82 games next season: “I got a hundred bands that he don’t play all 82”
Is Tom Dundon bluffing? Where exactly would the Blazers go if he wanted to relocate?
Nearly half of the 15 active players with the worst win% (min. 400 games) have played for the Bulls — including the bottom 3
[Akers] Walmart heiress Nancy Walton Laurie and her husband Bill are contemplating bidding on a Las Vegas NBA expansion franchise, a person with knowledge of the situation confirmed… Monday was the last day for ownership groups to detail their sources of financing and management plans to the NBA
The city of Portland should call Dundon’s bluff, let him move the Blazers to Galveston, and then get an expansion team along with the Sonics and Vancouver team.
What’s the biggest lie NBA fans collectively tell themselves or hardest truth for them to accept?
Gilbert Arenas reads a comment on his live saying he isn’t a top 10 point guard all time
[2022] Mario Hezonja vows to never return to the NBA again: “I didn’t get the respect I deserved. Also, in my opinion, the NBA is more a show than the game itself.”
[Charania] The Los Angeles Lakers are signing F Arthur Kaluma to a two-way NBA deal, Todd Ramasar and Mike Simonetta of Life Sports Agency tell ESPN. Kaluma, who spent 2025-26 in Lakers G League program, averaged nearly 19 points, 61% shooting and 50% on 3s in Las Vegas summer league.
[Stein] Pistons adviser Dwane Casey has emerged as a head coaching candidate for BC Roma SPQR, which was recently co-founded by former Mavericks GM Donnie Nelson alongside Luka Dončić…BC Roma SPQRis in the running for the Rome bid in NBA Europe, which is scheduled to launch in 2027-28.
REPORT: LeBron James does NOT care about holding up the NBA’s 2026-27 schedule, & he will make the league wait as long as he needs to decide on his free-agency decision, according to Brian Windhorst of ESPN.
[Charania] Free agent forward Matisse Thybulle has agreed on one-year, $3.3 million contract with the Los Angeles Lakers, sources tell ESPN.
Lebron James is the only player in NBA history to have played a full season at both Shooting Guard and Center.
[Breaking] Mario Hezonja is leaving Real Madrid and going to the NBA
Anthony Edwards says Jalen Brunson is more of a ‘face of the league’ player than he is: “I think the face of the league comes with a lot of responsibilities, and I think one of those is winning a championship. I haven’t done that yet. Maybe Jalen Brunson or one of those guys.”
Lebron on golf affecting his FA decision: “golf is a sport that you can play for the rest of your life. … my main focus while I’m playing the game of basketball is to keep the main thing the main thing. … I’ll find a golf simulator if I’m in the cold for sure.”
Trae Young: “I know angles. I know how to score from every level. I feel I’m just smarter than 95% of the league. If I was blessed enough to be 6’8” the world would look at me even more different. That was God humbling me. He made me 6’2” and I’m still able to do what I do at a high level.”
Grant Hill on leaving Jaylen Brown off Team USA: “to imply that like a shoe company told me what to do. Now you questioning my character, and that was the things that was weird.”
What are some bad but popular NBA takes?
Yaxel on playing the whole summer league: “I got drafted to play basketball. I didn’t get drafted to watch.”
Anthony Edwards on playing with LaMelo Ball: “It’s definitely goin be ups and downs. First year together maybe a lot of downs. We’ll celebrate both of them
How hard is it to make 400 3-pointers in a season? Very hard.
[Vorkunov] Lakers, Dodgers and Sparks owner Mark Walter’s insurance companies and parts of Guggenheim, in which he has a stake, are being investigated by the federal government, according to a Bloomberg report by @zachmider and @avabmorrison
[Charania] “Matisse Thybulle, a two-time All-Defensive team member, spoke with JJ Redick and Luka Doncic about the Lakers’ desire to sign him and his role. Thybulle shot 41.8% from the 3-point line over the past two seasons. He also led the NBA in steals and deflections per 36 minutes last season.”
Summer League 1st team announced: Boozer, Burries, Lendeborg, Thomas, Wilson
[Stein] Part of the reason why the OKC Thunder traded Lu Dort to the Hawks was because they want to extend Cason Wallace this summer and they want to extend Ajay Mitchell next summer.
Pat Riley on Bam and Herro: “Both of them are very competitive men. I was sorry to see it happened, more sorry to see what happened with Bam. … players are addicted to social media and when you start going on X and respond to somebody who’s criticizing you.. things can happen”
David Robinson’s 71-point game
[Stein] “I’m told that the Lakers were emboldened to go to such lengths to acquire Kessler in large part because they acquired Luka Doncic on such favorable terms. The trade assets preserved in that heist, helped nudge them to a place where they believed they could withstand spending big on Kessler”
What was your favorite season from your team?
young LeBron posterizing Tim Duncan!
Who’s the greatest Italian basketball player?
How basketball was played in the 1930s
1987 Converse Weapons advertisement- starring Magic, Zeke, Kevin McHale, Mark Aguirre, Bernard King, and Larry Bird
Do divisions affect what time games start? Or conference only?
[Highlight] Ray Allen dropped 51 points in triple overtime.
[Woike] Jonathan Kuminga momentum has “stalled” with sides far apart on terms and Lakers not motivated to put significant draft capital into sign-and-trades. Cavs are also connected to Kuminga. Lakers still monitoring market for big men.