Celtics explored trade for Springer, avoided draft compensation

Photo: NBA Alumni/Twitter New Orleans Pelicans head coach Willie Green says other members of the team need to step up their 3-point shooting (Trey Murphy III out to begin season after surgery for torn meniscus).  (via Steve Aschburner/NBA.com): NBA.com: Three-point shooting is essential to your attack to open space inside…

For three decades we’ve covered many amazing basketball characters, but some stand above the rest—not only because of their on-court skills (though those are always relevant), but because of how they influenced and continue to influence basketball culture, and thus influenced SLAM. Meanwhile, SLAM has also changed those players’ lives…

Detroit Pistons head coach Monty Williams is proud of the resiliency his young group continues to show during tough times (have now tied the NBA record for the longest single season losing streak with 26 consecutive losses). (via Bally Sports Detroit): “It’s human nature, everybody feels down when you lose…

James Harden, Tobias Harris, Joel Embiid at Michael Rubin’s 4th of July party. Photo jaharden13/IG Following a tumultuous offseason for James Harden and the 76ers, trade talks with the Clippers continue as the new season approaches. Tobias Harris, Harden’s teammate, shed light on the ongoing situation in an interview with…

Orlando Magic President of Basketball Operations Jeff Weltman has major respect for the roster’s families. (via Orlando Magic): “I gotta say, I think part of what makes our locker room so great is that our guys have great parents and great families attached. I don’t like to call an NBA…

Photo: Peter Baba The Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant will not play in at least the next two games after his Instagram Live video, in which he displayed a gun while at a nightclub early Saturday morning, prompted an investigation from the NBA. The team announced that Morant “will be…