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The Miami Heat will be seeking some consistency -- and perhaps the end of a losing streak -- when they continue their six-game trip with a matchup against the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night. On a trip of comings and goings, the Heat welcomed back star center Hassan Whiteside on Sunday in a 98-86 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. Whiteside stayed behind when the Heat headed west on Jan. 2. Continue to Article

January 09, 2017 10:08:pm EST

Has the NBA version of this story – now that he’s been cut by a team that has no vested interest in doing anything beyond showcasing professionalism – finally wrung itself out? Has Anthony Bennett played his final NBA game, just three and a half years after serving as the league’s No. 1 overall draft pick? The Vertical reported on Monday that the Brooklyn Nets had cut Bennett in favor of veteran former Mavericks forward Quincy Acy, who was cut by a 2-9 team earlier this year. Continue to Article

January 09, 2017 4:30:pm EST

Has the NBA version of this story – now that he’s been cut by a team that has no vested interest in doing anything beyond showcasing professionalism – finally wrung itself out? Has Anthony Bennett played his final NBA game, just three and a half years after serving as the league’s No. 1 overall draft pick? The Vertical reported on Monday that the Brooklyn Nets had cut Bennett in favor of veteran former Mavericks forward Quincy Acy, who was cut by a 2-9 team earlier this year. Continue to Article

January 09, 2017 4:30:pm EST

During Cleveland’s championship parade, LeBron James told a crowd the NSFW story of how he met Timofey Mozgov in Golden State before a January 2015 game against the Warriors, when Cavaliers GM David Griffin was desperately in need of a rim protector to plug a hole in the team’s interior defense. “I come down the elevator, and Timo is in the lobby, and I swear it looked like I’d seen the biggest human being I’ve ever seen in my life,” explained James, whose Cavs were mired in a 19-20 start to the 2014-15 season and owners of the NBA’s fifth-worst defense at the time of their trade of two protected first-round picks for Mozgov. Once Mozgov got his bearings, the Cavaliers embarked upon a 12-game winning streak with a victory against the downward-trending Los Angeles Lakers, and from there you know the rest. Continue to Article

January 09, 2017 12:23:pm EST