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The Sacramento Kings traded DeMarcus Cousins to the New Orleans Pelicans for what amounts to Buddy Hield, a mid-end first-round pick, a second-round pick and filler. If general manager Vlade Divac had his way, though, he would have netted one of the league’s brightest young players in any deal he struck. Here’s what Divac said [...]

Derrick Rose doesn’t hold any hard feelings toward the New York Knicks after he was openly dangled in trade negotiations leading into the Feb. 23 deadline. To the contrary, he wants to remain in orange and blue beyond this season, per his agent, B.J. Armstrong (via ESPN.com’s Ian Begley): Derrick Rose‘s agent, B.J. Armstrong, reiterated [...]

UCLA point guard and super freshman or “Diaper Dandy” as Dick Vitale has referred to them for years, Lonzo Ball is, by any measure, one of the top three prospects in the 2017 NBA Draft. He is a 6’6″ playmaking point guard with the sort of size, court vision and general basketball I.Q. and awareness [...]

After months of discussion about if and when 2016 No. 1 NBA Draft pick and potential future phenom Ben Simmons would debut in his rookie season, it appears we finally got our answer Friday and it is not the ideal one from a fan perspective. Ben Simmons will be out for the remainder of the [...]

The Indiana Pacers are headed toward an interesting offseason. Team president Larry Bird didn’t make any moves at the trade deadline. Franchise star Paul George was linked to numerous teams via multiple reports—mostly the Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics, but he ultimately stayed put. Hooray, right? Sort of. George wasn’t happy that the [...]

Oh, Bulls. Rajon Rondo clearly isn’t a part of Chicago’s future. At the same time, it’s not like the Bulls have a bunch of high-end point guards to supplant him. Not one of Denzel Valentine, Jerian Grant, Michael Carter-Williams or Isaiah Canaan qualifies. Cameron Payne, a late-lottery pick in 2015, might, though. And the Bulls [...]

NBA trade deadline day came and went Thursday with little intrigue and almost none of the players who were most rumored of actually being dealt across the league were. The biggest name to switch teams was former Philadelphia 76ers young big man and now the newest Maverick Nerlens Noel. There is one interesting result of [...]

Though Paul George remains with the Indiana Pacers following the NBA’s trade deadline, the Denver Nuggets did their darnedest to make him one of their own. Per ESPN.com’s Marc Stein and Chris Haynes: It’s unclear what the Nuggets were offering, but according to ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe, they were reluctant to include Jamal Murray in their [...]

Weeks and months of intense trade chatter came to ahead Thursday afternoon as the 2017 NBA trade deadline has come and passed. While All-Star weekend had a blockbuster conclusion as the host city acquired one of the 10 most talented and productive players in the game in DeMarcus Cousins, the final two days before the [...]

My how Brandon Knight’s value around the league has cratered. The 25-year-old guard was acquired by the Suns in the infamous final 15 minutes of the 2015 NBA trade deadline, in exchange for a Lakers 1st round pick that could be top five this season and now the Suns can’t even trade Knight for a [...]