If you grew up in and around San Antonio, Tim Duncan's Spurs likely impacted you in immeasurable ways and watching his number retirement ceremony is like watching your own life flash before your eyes. Read more »

Dennis Smith, Jr. has probably been the least touted of the high profile freshman over the first month and a half of the season. Read more »

The final full week of 2016 features a great slate of League Pass games, partially fueled by the lack of games over the weekend due to the holiday. Read more »

JaMychal Green, Patty Mills, Bojan Bogdanovic, Dewayne Dedmon, Langston Galloway and Jonathon Simmons are amongst the most notable non-star free agents of 2017. Read more »

Players like Wilson Chandler don't grow on his trees and his usefulness would increase dramatically on a championship contender, or even any team one rung below. Read more »

Isn't it fitting and beautiful that during this Mike Conley-less spell, one of the only franchises in the league that's had a fixed identity over the past decade is refining its aesthetic in the extreme, and that it's working? Read more »

While the Game of the Week features the Warriors and Blazers, many of the other best League Pass contests are with teams in the middle of the East where half the conference is within a few games of .500. Read more »

The Suns have a confusing mix of very young players, older veterans and the guys in the middle have all missed considerable time with injuries. Phoenix needs to be clear and committed to their rebuilding efforts to avoid short-term 'all-in' moves. Read more »

So the Hornets could have hoped they were selecting two players that would develop into Andre Iguodala and Pau Gasol. Falling short of those ceilings is not a disaster by any means, but failing to be reliably consistent players very well might be. Read more »

On Area 21, Kevin Garnett is reinforcing what we know about the wantonness of his words, but also revealing a broad, warm, and relentlessly frank sensibility. Read more »

The new collective bargaining agreement will contain a few fixes to help the players, but Donatas Motiejunas is testing the limits of the current system as its final restricted free agent. Read more »

Destroying the rest of the league with speed and finesse has an enduring appeal. But despite the success of the Warriors and Raptors, it remains exceedingly difficult to build a winner through the backcourt as the Blazers and Wizards are finding this season. Read more »

As the season enters its second full month, it is strange that the biggest story for League Pass is players returning from injuries. Read more »

Orlando's defense has been every bit as good as expected this season, but their offense has been dreadful. Here are several proposed fixes for the Magic to improve offensively in the short-term. Read more »

If the Warriors, Cavaliers or Clippers begin to worry that their level of talent won't be enough to defeat their fellow contenders and are ready for something drastic, they are each uniquely in a position to trade for DeMarcus Cousins. Read more »

Talent usually overcomes all else in the NBA, but not at first and not all at once. Kevin Durant with the Warriors has been different as we're watching a transcendent talent quickly self-actualize. Read more »

The Rockets signed Eric Gordon for two fundamental reasons: 1) to create space for James Harden, 2) to prevent their high-powered offense from melting down whenever Harden needs rest. Read more »

Corey Brewer, Sam Dekker and Clint Capela have formed a symbiotic relationship with James Harden, providing him with a measure of support that is allowing the all-world guard to showcase his skills. Read more »

Towns vs. Porzingis, Westbrook vs. Wall, LeBron vs. Giannis, Blake vs. AD and Boogie vs. Embiid headline this week's games, while Atlanta at Toronto is the League Pass Game of the Week. Read more »

It's all going to hell for the Mavs in that unceremonious way it used to go to hell in the age before franchises started writing off entire seasons in July: a few guys are a year too old, a few guys are injured, and most opponents run them off the floor. They aimed to compete for a playoff spot and ended up buried in under a month. Read more »