Tommy Hawkins passed away recently at the age of 80.

If/when Kyrie Irving is traded, the chances of LeBron getting the MVP go up.

Appropriately, the Phoenix Suns won the day.

As if they don't tamper?

Redden will be assistant general manager in L.A.

Hopefully

Atlanta adds point guard depth

Who will get New York's final roster spot?

Former Bucks guard: 'I thought I could balance everything. I couldn’t.'

The Rockets are going to be entertaining to watch this season. No doubt.

Los Angeles Lakers' Magic Johnson made jokes hinting about his team's interest in Paul George, comments that could cost him thousands in fines.

This is the only attitude Noah should have, and he could have a solid season (once his Androgen suspension ends).

There are a lot of NBA players sitting out this round of EuroBasket.

Buss also compared Ball to Kobe Bryant.

Some positioning here could earn him a few extra bucks.

The NBA has hired an independent law firm to conduct investigation.

LeBron James is a dang superhero.

Hopefully Wiggins will be able to build on this type of play as the roster around him and gets better and expectations rise.

Good hire of one of the best young guns in the game, a guy ready for the big chair.

LeBron is just so dang good.

This guy is the best.

Summer can seem to drag on, but seeing back-to-back plays like this just makes you thirsty for the winter.

James Harden talked about his recruitment of the former Clippers star.

The Greek basketball federation released a statement slamming Antetokounmpo and the Bucks after the announcement.

We've seen this movie before.

He's not making the roster, but it's a chance.

This appears to be the Summer of Kawhi Smiling

Lonzo Ball is going to come in handy when the Lakers play pub trivia.

This is a pretty cool summertime art project.

He is obviously in a full on "I have a ring now" mode and is just battling everyone he can set his sights on.

Yes, you should take a coach talking up a rookie before a game is played with a grain of salt.

I love that Wall starts calling out Tom Brady after one good pass.

Well, that sucks.

There is no one correct way to protest a person/policy/action, Durant has chosen to stay away.

Dwight Howard's game is much better than his reputation among fans.

You'd rather watch this video than more NFL preseason football.

Nerlens Noel insurance?

Marc Gasol is under under contract in Memphis for two more years before his player option.

After?

Pelicans star speaks out

Kevin Durant says the Cleveland Cavaliers are bound to figure things out.

Two-year contract with team option

Complete list of National Basketball Players Association's award winners, including Joel Embiid getting robbed

Even the NBA’s worst team has only a 25 percent chance of getting the No. 1 pick in the lottery. The 76ers made their own luck.

More depth behind John Wall

Will he make regular-season roster?

Don't sleep on Dallas' Dennis Smith Jr.

The NBA season is coming... and that means NBA 2K18 also coming.

The man is 90, I'm not sure that we should expect much.

He's got a chance to make the roster, if he has developed an outside shot.

The #DriveByDunkChallenge has been a fun distraction this summer. If you don’t know what it is, it essentially involves NBA players jumping out of their cars to dunk on regular folks on community...

Hayward posted the photo to his Instagram.

Mutombo would not give out names of his partners but said that he will be able to make a bid in the coming weeks.

Terrence Ross makes a few appearances

The 2017 NBA Finals MVP said he didn't respect who currently held the office of president

Huh?

Hornets took Monk three picks later

Cavaliers remain divided

Bucks guard/former Virginia player gives his opinion of weekend's events

Grading the Utah Jazz's offseason

'It's not our Cavs'

Could he be next controlling owner?

"It’s unacceptable. It will no longer stand. I think you’re seeing it all over America people are not standing for it anymore."

The jerseys say USA, though that's about all that will be recognizable.

Hawkins was first black athlete to earn All-America honors in basketball at Notre Dame

The Denver Nuggets have hired veteran NBA coach Bob Weiss as an assistant on Michael Malone's staff.

Former Trail Blazers teammates

Still plenty of time for Oklahoma City center to gain clearance

Can Cavaliers' stars reconcile?

Wade no longer fits Chicago's vision

Swift response

Misty Suri might keep his job with Pelicans, though

Relationship with Cavs owner Dan Gilbert cited

Yes, it is far too early to discuss this. But it's fun to speculate about.

Is Blatt the guy to connect with Porzingis?

Grading the Atlanta Hawks' offseason

It's August, you need a basketball fix, how about a good dunk.

He's likely headed to the G-League next season in Santa Cruz.

No way the Knicks should do that deal, even if they can dump the Noah contract in the process.

You knew Stephen Curry and Kyrie Irving would be on the list.

Count NBA players among those disgusted by the president's latest comments.

He will be a special assistant to GM Chris Wallace.

Training camp can't get here soon enough.

Parker joined Lebron James in speaking out about the violence in Charlottesville.

Those are some pretty strong public words from a major athlete.

It was actually sort of genius.

Toronto probably isn't getting Irving

Indiana also officially signs Damien Wilkins

Money

Cavaliers star: 'Hate has always existed in America'

Turner isn't crazy.

See why ProBasketballTalk gave the Toronto Raptors a C- for their offseason grade.

Hardaway was misquoted

Full breakdown of NBA's national-TV schedule

Cavaliers interested in Porzingis-Kyrie Irving trade

This is good news for Stone, who gets to be close to his ill father.

Bagley reclassifies, commits to Duke

Kristaps Porzingis, Jayson Tatum, Josh Jackson and Jamal Murray reportedly targets

Usually, the most traveled teams are ones on the West Coast (and that is largely true again), but Minny wins this season.

His wife bought him a stand-up Ms. Pac-Man for his house.

Magic was not only one of the game's all-time greats, he was one of the most entertaining.

If marijuana helps players deal with pain management, isn't using it better than pumping bodies full of chemicals? 

Larry Bird made his plea years ago to get rid of four-games-in-five-nights stretches.

There are zero four-games-in-five-nights stretches in this schedule.

Last season, Antetokounmpo made $25,000 for wearing Nike. He's about to get a whole lot more than that.

Leonard's focus is not promoting his personal brand.

Houston to play at Warriors, at Kings

Where will Detroit stand a year from now?

The Golden State Warriors followed up another championship season with an unreasonably good offseason.

As rumors swirl about him leaving the Cavaliers for the Lakers next summer, LeBron James tweeted at Magic on Johnson’s 58th birthday.

Is Dahntay Jones off his rocker?

Fake news from Shaq

Michael Jordan has a small stake in Derek Jeter's investment group.

Jordan broke it.

Reminder: go to the gym.

It was a shootout in the same way Riley's Knicks vs. Fratello's Cavaliers circa 1994 was a "shootout."

His delivery is just so smooth, and the first one was off the backboard no less.

Okay, this probably isn't real beef but it certainly is Twitter beef.

We even get to see ol' Russ singing the theme song to "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air".

All hail Steph Harden.

Those are some pretty sweet moves. Who do you think won?

The NBA is heading to the Holy Land this week, bringing together some of the top emerging talent from across Europe as part of the league's push to attract more foreign players and expand its global reach.

The Suns told Josh Jackson they would not trade him and he's taking Phoenix at their word.

This video is not exactly a collection of 30 game winners, but you get the idea.

The market is tight and there are not a lot of offers on the table. Will Minnesota be able to take advantage?

Jamal Murray's name has come up in potential, but not consummated, Jimmy Butler and Kyrie Irving trades.

The guy who gets it best is Enes Kanter.

Durant said he meant no offense with his comments.

There's a lot of Warriors and Cavaliers.

If Ball makes a four-point shot Ice Cube has to buy Ball's AAU team Big Baller Brand shoes.

Reggie Jackson is on a different off-season program to slowly ramp him and his sore knees up for the season.

"They looked at me like I was the devil." —Dennis Rodman on the Spurs

Kobe Bryant back on a basketball court, tearing up his peers like old times? People would pay to see that.

Because if you will eat octopus, you're good at the triangle?

A few of these are in the pick-and-roll, but most come in transition.

Charles Oakley is checking himself in for the Big3's regular-season finale.

Good on Lonzo for saying what he believed rather than appeasing Lakers fans with a PR answer.

This move seems like a no-brainer, but remember just a few months back Phil Jackson was running the show.

In case you're not familiar, Harley is headquartered in Milwaukee.

Love the Enter the Dragon slash on there.

That sentiment is going to piss off a lot of fans, but KD is right.

Not landing those two worked out pretty well for the Warriors.

Blossomgame didn't even get a two-way contract from San Antonio

Carmelo Anthony still will not waive his no trade clause for the Portland Trail Blazers.

Remember when John Wall complained about having no billboards in Washington?

Weekend Update interview

Did Jordan want to spend his entire career with the Bulls?

Did Waiters just equate himself with LeBron James?

Do the Cavaliers affect team-building strategy in the Eastern Conference where LeBron James‘ teams have dominated?

San Antonio drops large outline

So much fresher

Kings big arrested for possessing marijuana with intent to sell

Even if you walk up to the box office before the game and buy a ticket you will get it on your mobile phone.

Just another reason for him to move to Los Angeles.

This will at least be a feature on next year's ESPY's.

The Warriors have been must-see TV in the NBA for a few years now and Curry is obviously a big reason why.

NBA players are the best in the world at making 3-pointers.

Quite frankly, we don't get enough circus shots and bloopers in today's NBA coverage.

See if you can tell the difference between the old and the new.

Patty Mills will start in his place (and during the regular season last year the Spurs starters played better with him anyway).

The NBA is starting the season about 10-days earlier this season — and they are starting it out with a lot of Warriors and Cavs.

They are talking again, but that doesn't solve the core problems with getting a trade done (namely the Ryan Anderson contract).

"I wanted to keep the team together and I thought it was going to help." —Kevin Durant

Fans joyously greet new Nets guard to New York

Pros and cons to previous version

Rule expected to take effect this season

Weird

Oklahoma City's presumed starting power forward should still be ready for regular season

Pelicans-Kings on Oct. 26

I'm not joining the chorus of criticism

DeMarcus Cousins' recruiting apparently not working on Knicks star

Kings big arrested in California

Another well done ad by Foot Locker.

The NBA is bringing two very interesting teams across the pond this year.

Non-contact injuries are the scariest.

Golden State repping "The Town"

Who will get Lakers' 15th regular-season, standard-contract roster spot?

Are Thunder's Stache Bros. no more?

So, LeBron to Lakers next year?

Doesn't take much for New York to play on NBA's biggest regular-season day

This isn't anything like chasing Kevin Durant last year

Jasmine Reed says incident with Clippers center has been 'totally blown out of proportion'

Has Blatt learned how to relate to NBA players?

The NBA has annual games in the capital of Mexico.

Motiejunas reportedly will make $3 million for next season, more than the NBA minimum he would have gotten.

The Jazz shouldn't make sweeping changes to their look, and they didn't.

The downtown home of the NBA's Wizards and NHL's Capitals is now called Capital One Arena.

Will Thomas get max offers next summer is something to watch.

Nobody sane would trade a first team All-NBA player who is just 24-years old and has four years left on his contract.

You could form two good All-Star teams out of the very deep West.

He struggled last season in Orlando.

The NBA expects not to see guys rested when healthy for big national games,

2017 marks the 25th anniversary of The Dream Team.

Lots of chasedown blocks, thunderous dunks, and incredible passes.

These are, uh, interesting.

The team unveiled a dark navy and white set of uniforms.

Jordan Brand has been killing it with the Kawhi Leonard commercials.

Coming off a knee issue, teams will want to see him in camp before reviving any trade talks.

Michael Jordan later called it the greatest game he ever played in.

It's going to be tough for him to make the roster.