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Well the year long saga of whether the Philadelphia 76ers would trade Jahlil Okafor or Nerlens Noel has finally come to an end. Adrian Wojnarowski reported Thursday that the 76ers agreed to trade Noel to the Mavericks for Andrew Bogut, a 1st round pick that is top 18 protected in 2017 and Justin Anderson. While [...]

Hello! Welcome to this space, where we will now confirm everything you suspected about the DeMarcus Cousins trade. Yes, the Sacramento Kings could have done better than Buddy Hield, Tyreke Evans, Langston Galloway, a top-three protected pick that probably won’t land in the top 10, and a second-round pick (via the Philadelphia 76ers! But still.). [...]

YOU GUYS: The Utah Jazz might be getting—pauses for effect—healthy(!!!!!!). No team except for the Los Angeles Clippers have been more adversely impacted by injuries. And where the Clippers’ issues can be isolated to freak, albeit protracted, absences from Blake Griffin and Chris Paul, the Jazz have suffered losses at pretty much every position since [...]

As we rapidly approach the 2017 NBA trade deadline, the rumor mill is starting to intensify by the minute and some real player and draft pick movement is actually happening. Now that one mega deal has already taken place and the go to “star who could be traded” mantle that Demarcus Cousins had held for [...]

DeMarcus Cousins is officially excited to the leave the Sacramento Kings for the New Orleans Pelicans. Not so excited he’ll commit to re-signing with them, but happy enough to, well, sound happy enough. The Pelicans pulled out all the stops to make sure they were welcoming right way. Michael Lee detailed their efforts in a [...]

The scorching Washington Wizards made a deal to bolster their bench and add some much needed shooting and depth by adding now former Brooklyn Net sharp shooter Bojan Bogdanovic. This is a great deal for Washington for a number of reasons. They not only picked up a player who is averaging 14.2 points on 36% [...]

Good news, Los Angeles Lakers apologists: Paul George will consider signing with your team in free agency. If he gets there. Which isn’t slated to happen until 2018. From The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski: For teams considering a trade for George, here’s the risk: As a free agent in the summer of 2018, he has considered [...]

Philadelphia 76ers general manager Bryan Colangelo shot his shot, and he missed. According to SI.com’s Jake Fischer, the Sixers apparently tried to poach Kentavious Caldwell-Pope from the Detroit Pistons using Jahlil Okafor as the primary bait: Oh, Bryan. There is a scenario in which Okafor makes sense for the Pistons. Head coach and president Stan [...]

We know multiple NBA teams have discussed a Derrick Rose trade with the New York Knicks, per ESPN.com’s Ian Begley , and now we know why: He can be had for pretty much anything. From The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski (via HoopsHype): Teams have told me in the last 24 hours that (the Knicks) have been really aggressive [...]

For the first time in his NBA career, Andre Drummond finds himself immersed in trade rumors. None of which will ever materialize into anything real. This, at least, is the stance Detroit Pistons head coach and president Stan Van Gundy assumed, per Pistons.com’s Keith Langlois: But Van Gundy dispelled any notion that Drummond was being [...]