NBA Roundtable: Roundtable: Change of Scenery Opportunity is crucial in fantasy basketball, and sometimes all it takes is a fresh start in a new city for a player to thrive. With that said, I asked the Rotoworld hoops crew to discuss which players could benefit from a change of scenery this coming season via free agency or even a trade. I’ll start us off… Jonas Nader (@JonasNader) Mike Conley- … [Read more...]

Drug dealers are now naming heroin after Stephen Curry As Stephen Curry has improved and developed into the NBA's most potent offensive force and its Most Valuable Player over the past couple of years, he has also become one of the sport's highest-profile superstars, a pitchman par excellence who has become ubiquitous thanks in part to endorsement deals with Degree, Kaiser Permanente, JBL, … [Read more...]

Stan Van Gundy says Andre Drummond might try underhand free throws Andre Drummond misses a lot of his free throws. He missed 65 percent of them during the regular season, he’s missed 62 percent on his career, and most importantly nearly 68 percent of them during his first playoff outing this spring. [Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] That outing ended … [Read more...]

Celtics' bright future eases sting of playoff defeat 3:20 AM ET Chris ForsbergESPN Staff Writer Close Covered Celtics since 2007 Emmy award-winning videographer Joined ESPNBoston.com in 2009 print BOSTON -- Boston Celtics guard Isaiah Thomas arrived at the interview podium Thursday night with red, irritated eyes, evidence of the emotions that poured out of him in the aftermath … [Read more...]

Clippers left to curse fate with the best of them -- the Celtics 10:42 PM ET J.A. AdandeESPN Senior Writer Close ESPN.com senior writer since 2007 Around The Horn panelist Formerly at Los Angeles Times print If the Los Angeles Clippers -- losers of three straight games to the Portland Trail Blazers after winning the first two -- drop one more game, it would mark the fourth … [Read more...]

Van Gundy: Drummond 'open' to underhand FTs 5:21 AM ET ESPN.com news services print Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond is willing to consider a throwback free throw style to improve a glaring hole in his game, according to coach Stan Van Gundy. "As far as shooting underhand or anything else, it's fair to say my discussion with Andre yesterday and the discussions [general … [Read more...]

BDL's 2015-16 NBA Playoff Previews: Spurs vs. Thunder How They Got Here • San Antonio: Kelly Dwyer gave you the Spurs' story heading into the postseason — offense reorganized around Kawhi Leonard and LaMarcus Aldridge, far and away the league's best defense, the persistent presence of future Hall of Famers Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker, etc. They kept rolling in Round 1, … [Read more...]

Hawks eliminate punchless Celtics in Game 6, move on to face Cavs The Atlanta Hawks entered this postseason ranked first in the NBA in points allowed per possession since December 15. Their first-round series with the Boston Celtics confirmed that defensive excellence over six games, with Thursday night's clinching 104-92 win at TD Garden serving as perhaps the most impressive performance of … [Read more...]

Basketball Daily Dose: Dose: Hawks finish off Celtics The Hawks got a tough road win in Boston to closeout the Celtics on Thursday, while Friday gives us three big closeout games with a couple home teams having a chance to pull off some big upsets.   Hawks 104, Celtics 92 The Hawks closed out the Celtics with a dominant 104-92 win at Boston on Thursday night. This was their first playoff win in … [Read more...]

Melo, Phil haven't talked about coaching search 8:58 PM ET print NEW YORK -- Carmelo Anthony and Phil Jackson discussed the Knicks' coaching search during their exit meetings last month and haven't spoken about it since. The lack of communication is a bit odd because Anthony has said he wants to share his opinion with the front office during the search. "I'm pretty sure people … [Read more...]