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DALLAS — In 1994, Gregg Popovich had a job offer he was mulling over. The San Antonio Spurs wanted him to return to the franchise to become the team’s general manager. Popovich had previously worked for the organization as an assistant on Larry Brown’s staff from 1988 to 1992. Brown and his staff were fired,…

In the summer of 2004, Mike D’Antoni was 53 years old and had a career record of 35-76 as an NBA coach. His future induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame seemed … unlikely. Yet here we are, more than two decades later, and D’Antoni is heading into the Hall of Fame this weekend. From…

Doc Rivers is being enshrined in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame this weekend. If you looked at the internet and social media over the past 15 years, you’d never know Rivers was a Hall of Fame coach. He has been the target of memes, jokes and commentary about historic collapses in the NBA playoffs.…

The up-and-down relationship between Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant will be an essential part of their basketball stories for years to come, but as Westbrook moves into the next phase of his life, Durant made clear Thursday whatever tension might have existed between the two is firmly in the past. Advertisement A day after Westbrook…

Once again, the NBA has released a full schedule for all 30 teams, and we’re here to go over the big matchups. As teams book hotels and insert every itinerary into their smartphone calendars, a minimum of 1,230 regular-season (plus NBA Cup!) games are scheduled and ready to go. It’s always fun when the NBA…

The news that Joshua Kushner and Bob Iger had agreed to purchase Mark Walter’s majority stake in the Los Angeles Lakers shocked the sports world Wednesday. But while the sale, which is pending the approval of the league’s board of governors, would be Iger’s first foray into NBA ownership, the Lakers would be the third…

PORTLAND, Ore. — From the outside, it appears the Portland Trail Blazers are on the verge of accepting a substantial, publicly funded arena renovation package in exchange for a long-term commitment to the city of Portland. But in reality, the process has just begun. And that process is no longer a simple transaction between the…

It’s that time of year when the gravitational pull of the NFL begins to yank our attention back in its direction. The catalyst was last weekend’s Hall of Fame festivities, which included not only the enshrinement of our next class of legends but also the Hall of Fame Game, the annual kickoff to preseason action.…

Stephen Jackson heard the news about Don Nelson’s pending departure. He wanted to call his old coach. But Nelson had left the paradise of Maui to spend his last days in Dallas. He couldn’t take calls anyway. With Nelson in hospice, noncommunicative, getting him on the phone wasn’t an option. But this gratitude couldn’t remain…