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There will be plenty of time to project picks as the draft nears, but here is a quick capsule on each lottery team's biggest needs from an advanced stat perspective. Charlotte Bobcats Need: Defensive presence The Bobcats were the worst defensiv...

Chad Ford discusses the NBA draft Lottery preview and guesses which players teams would select in the top 3 spots.

Story | Conversation | May 20, 2013

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Marcus Thompson II of The Oakland Tribune: Warriors guard Jarrett Jack was on the verge of tears as he stood at his locker. He couldn't find the words to truly express what he was feeling, so he let his attire do the talking for him. "Usually before ...

Chris Broussard talks with an NBA assistant coach to rank the best openings and potential openings in the league.

Story | Conversation | May 09, 2013

Phil Jackson is in the news every day. Will he return to the NBA? What does he want? Where will he land? Would he run a good front office? Will he coach? Marc Stein and David Thorpe weigh in....

Former NBA star Dennis Rodman is tapping his friendship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to ask for the release of a Korean-American man sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in the North.

Chad Ford offers his second mock draft of 2013, and Nerlens Noel is still the top pick.

Story | Conversation | May 08, 2013

Five dribbles of fresh chatter from the NBA's coaching and personnel grapevines: The consistent word in coaching circles is that the Clippers want to go "big" with their forthcoming coaching hire after what insiders continue to describe as the ine...

Phil Jackson will help the Detroit Pistons search for a coach.

The Detroit Pistons have opened the interview process in their search for a new coach and are scheduled to sit down Tuesday with Nate McMillan, according to NBA coaching sources.

The Phoenix Suns parted ways Monday with general manager Lance Blanks after the second-worst season in franchise history, the team said.

Can't decide if the Clippers really have any chance of hanging with the Thunder and the Spurs in the West. One unknowable is to what extent Chris Paul has been holding back, waiting for the playoffs. To that end, in Game 1 he busted out 23 points on ...

The Detroit Pistons won a tiebreaker with the Washington Wizards, giving them slightly better odds to finish with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft.

Take a shot at writing a cartoon caption. Playbook cartoonist Kurt Snibbe will offer up a blank cartoon each weekday morning, and he will fill in the blank with our favorite reader submission at the end of the business day. So please, by all means, ...

The Detroit Pistons, as widely expected, have fired coach Lawrence Frank, according to sources close to the situation.