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Now that the Cleveland Cavaliers have officially signed Derrick Rose, as first reported by The Vertical’s Shams Charania, LeBron James is ready to move on from Kyrie Irving, who has requested a trade out of Ohio, away from the confines of the four-time MVP’s shadow. You might even say James is eager to see Irving [...]

Giannis Antetokounmpo will be a free agent in 2021, a cool four years from now. And, well, the Milwaukee Bucks and their fans better hope he’s in a position to win right where he is, otherwise he might leave. Maybe. Possibly. We really have no damn idea. Antetokounmpo has repeatedly stated his intention to remain [...]

The New York Knicks needn’t worry about Kristaps Porzingis trying to find the nearest exit. Not at the moment anyway. Speaking at a basketball camp in Latvia, the 7’3″ skyscraper made it clear that The Big Apple is where he wishes to stay, per the New York Post‘s Marc Berman: Last weekend at a basketball camp [...]

The 2017 off-season has been a nightmare for the Cleveland Cavaliers. They let a good general manager walk, they were unable to land either Jimmy Butler or Paul George in a trade, they have done virtually nothing to improve as a team, rumors run rampant that LeBron James could leave in free agency again in [...]

While the fact that John Wall took his time deciding on accepting the four-year, $169 million max extension with the Washington Wizards threw off some alarm bells around the league on whether or not he was intending to bolt in the 2018 free agency, Wall agreed to sign the massive contract with the Wizards over [...]

Things have officially reached code red in Cleveland. Late July is typically not the most explosive or eventful time period in the NBA after the draft, summer league and free agency has all but passed. The Cavaliers 25-year-old star and accomplished LeBron sidekick Kyrie Irving has requested a trade and wants out of Cleveland. According [...]

Is it officially, maybe, possibly time to add a third team to the Carmelo Anthony sweepstakes? Apparently yes. And it’s not the Portland Trail Blazers. It’s the Oklahoma City Thunder, according to The Ringer’s Bill Simmons: Looking at the Thunder makes sense for Anthony. They have Paul George and Russell Westbrook, two stars he can [...]

Eric Bledsoe’s future with the Phoenix Suns is up in the air by default. He’s a win-now talent on team that isn’t ready to win. So, naturally, when word hit that Kyrie Irving and the Cleveland Cavaliers were, by all appearances, headed for an unexpected breakup, Bledsoe’s name was linked by way of possible third-team [...]

Damian Lillard has sky-high hopes for the Portland Trail Blazers in the event they trade for Carmelo Anthony. Like, way-too-high hopes. When commenting on what Blazers’ chances would be in the Western Conference with Melo on the roster, Lillard went as far as suggesting the reigning-champion Golden State Warriors would need “good luck” to get [...]

Would the Boston Celtics have signed Al Horford last summer and then Gordon Hayward this year if Brad Stevens wasn’t their head coach? Probably not. And this answer isn’t purposely incendiary. It basically has Danny Ainge’s stamp of approval. From ESPN.com’s Chris Forsberg: Armed with little more than a MacBook, Stevens has led a series [...]