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Josh Jackson is by most metrics a top three draft prospect of the 2017 NBA Draft. Jackson is a 6’8″ 210 lb. freshman for the Kansas Jayhawks that is averaging 16.3 points, 7.2 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game on 50 percent shooting in just over 30 minutes per game. He is highly regarded by [...]

The Denver Nuggets’ quest to secure the Western Conference’s eighth and final playoff spot is getting a little harder. Kenneth Faried has missed five of the team’s last seven and is expected to sit out for the next seven to 10 days with a back injury, per the Denver Post‘s Nick Kosmider: Denver has enough depth [...]

In the event you thought the New York Knicks doubling down on the triangle, waiving Brandon Jennings and signing Chasson Randle signaled something of a quasi-traditional rebuild, well, LOL. Knicks are forever gonna Knicks, peddling the idea that they’re somehow close to being a good basketball team. Their latest plan to complete an insta-rebuild: chase [...]

Things were starting to look up for the Toronto Raptors as they had rebounded from their worst stretch of basketball in a year and a half and were the clear winners of the trade deadline, adding two pieces in Serge Ibaka and P.J. Tucker to help vault them back into eastern conference contention. That was [...]

The buyout market continues to be more active and interesting than the final 24 hours of the trade deadline was, as another title contender is looking to add a veteran guard to their roster. It appears the latest buyout asset projected to hit the market will be Los Angeles Lakers veteran point guard Jose Calderon, [...]

A signing that looked suspect and an impending albatross the moment the ink dried definitely doesn’t look any better today. Yesterday the Vertical tweeted that New York Knicks center Joakim Noah will potentially miss the remainder of the 2016-17 season or at the least the next 3 to 4 weeks to undergo knee surgery. Noah [...]

If the Los Angeles Lakers are dedicated to becoming a free-agent destination again, they made the right move in canning Mitch Kupchak and demoting Jerry Buss in favor of offering more power to Magic Johnson. During an interview with CBS Sacramento’s the Lo-Down radio show, USA Today‘s Sam Amick suggested stars around the league wouldn’t have as [...]

Kawhi Leonard has a fan in Pau Gasol. Per the Associated Press’ Greg Beacham: Knowing what we do now about Kobe Bryant’s play style in his prime, comparisons to Bean don’t hold the same cachet they once did. But this is still high praise. If anything, it’s a testament to Leonard’s work ethic. Kobe has [...]

Yahoo and The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski (the famous purveyor of the “Woj Bomb” for his ability to break news) reported Monday morning that the New York Knicks will be waiving backup point guard Brandon Jennings. As you can see in the tweet above, the move was made in order to acquire recently waived point guard [...]

Standing pat at the NBA trade deadline is working out pretty well for the Cleveland Cavaliers. They are going to land Deron Williams, who has parted ways with the Dallas Mavericks, and now they’re the favorites to sign Andrew Bogut, provided he reaches a buyout agreement with the Philadelphia 76ers. From ESPN.com’s Tim MacMahon and [...]