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The NBA’s injury hits just keep on coming. Over the past five days alone, the New Orleans Pelicans have lost DeMarcus Cousins for the year; the Oklahoma City Thunder have lost Andre Roberson for the season; the Memphis Grizzlies announced Mike Conley wouldn’t play again in 2017-18; the Charlotte Hornets may have lost Marvin Williams [...]

Trading for Blake Griffin may not be enough for the Detroit Pistons. On the heels of striking a deal for the five-time All-Star, as first reported by ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Motor City’s finest may now be chasing a trade for restricted-free-agent-to-be Rodney Hood, according to The Ringer’s Kevin O’Connor: The Pistons might not be [...]

As it stands today, the Boston Celtics are the biggest threat to dethroning the defending champion Golden State Warriors. They have the best record once again in the eastern conference at 35-15 and are the best defensive team in the NBA. That doesn’t mean that they can’t utilize their king’s ransom of picks and young [...]

It’s official: the Memphis Grizzlies are in full on tank mode (if they haven’t been already for months). It was announced on Sunday that starting point guard Mike Conley is officially being shut down for the season as he will undergo a procedure to smooth a small bone protrusion in his left heel. Grizzlies General [...]

Things have gone south in a hurry in Detroit. The Pistons are losers of eight straight games and are a full three games out of the final playoff spot in the eastern conference. The timing of this swoon complicates an already complicated situation with starting shooting guard Avery Bradley. Bradley is on the final year [...]

It is no secret that the luster of the All-Star game in major American professional sports lost its luster generations ago as the showcase typically devolves into a highlight fest with minimal effort until the last few minutes of the game if the game is close. That doesn’t mean that leagues like the NBA can’t [...]

Count the New York Knicks as a player in the Kemba Walker sweepstakes should Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan move off his asking price of a returning All-Star talent. From Basketball Insiders’ Steve Kyler: When news that Charlotte’s Kemba Walker might be available broke, Knicks fans pegged him as someone to go all-in for, however, [...]

The Thunder’s chances to compete with the west elite in the 2018 NBA Playoffs just took a big hit over the weekend. Andre Roberson will miss the remainder of the season to undergo surgery to repair a ruptured Patella tendon. Roberson suffered the injury Saturday late in the 3rd quarter of the Thunder’s game in [...]

DeMarre Carroll has turned into an asset the Brooklyn Nets plan on keeping…for now. The team acquired the 31-year-old wing from the Toronto Raptors over the summer in what was strictly a salary dump for the latter. Carroll is owed a total of $30.2 million this season and next, a bill few teams wanted to [...]

Hassan Whiteside is, apparently, a wanted man. This should definitely come as something of a surprise. Whiteside has shown a lot of growth on the defensive end when he’s engaged, particularly in space, where he uses his length to offset mobility deficits against guards and wings. But he’s a seesawing offensive contributor, and more importantly, [...]