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The grind never stops for Anthony Davis. While NBA All-Star weekend is supposed to be a relaxing and entertaining time, it’s also a recruiting summit. And no players have more of incentive to recruit soon-to-be free agents than those from host cities. In this case, that’s New Orleans, which means Davis will spend a good [...]

For the scant few of you holding out hope DeMarcus Cousins would become available leading into the NBA’s Feb. 23 deadline, it’s time to move on once and for all…at least until next year’s trade deadline. During an interview with SportsCenter on Thursday, Cousins declared his allegiance to the Sacramento Kings, stating his intention to [...]

LeBron James wanted the Cleveland Cavaliers to land another playmaker, and they gave him Derrick Williams, who isn’t really a playmaker. Next up: More Derrick Williams, who still isn’t really a playmaker, but is expected to stick with the Cavaliers for the rest of this season, per Cleveland.com’s Joe Vardon: They are going to sign [...]

We interrupt your Carmelo Anthony trade speculation to bring you this Derrick Rose rumor. Multiple teams, it seems, consider Rose a “potential” trade target leading into the Feb. 23 deadline, according to ESPN.com’s Ian Begley: Multiple teams view Rose as a potential trade target, according to league sources. It would be surprising if the Knicks [...]

Coming into the 2016-17 season the Minnesota Timberwolves were the darlings of the NBA, an incredibly young team flush with talent and potential that many prognosticators thought were ready to take the leap to being a playoff team. A 6-18 start quelled those notions pretty quickly as even with defensive guru Tom Thibodeau in tow [...]

As we enter the final week before the NBA trade deadline, the rumors will only continue to intensify, and a number of trades that were never rumored will actually occur as teams play musical chairs. Because of a confluence of factors for the Phoenix Suns, including their status as a rebuilding team, the fact that [...]

Ben Simmons has yet to make his NBA debut while recovering from a Jones fracture in his right foot. Joel Embiid, who missed his first two seasons with foot issues of his own, hasn’t played since Jan. 27 after suffering a minor meniscus tear in his left knee. You know where this is going. But [...]

Though this may come as a shock to some (read: none) of you, Golden State Warriors general manager Bob Myers doesn’t anticipate his team being active ahead of the trade deadline. From the Bay Area New Group’s Bob Myers: Tell me every trade you currently have in the works. Bob Myers: “Look, there’s the stock answers [...]

There’s no question the Toronto Raptors made a good move by acquiring Serge Ibaka from the Orlando Magic. The first-round pick they’ll give up probably won’t turn into anything, and Terrence Ross was made expendable by the emergence of Norman Powell. Still, the Raptors aren’t out of the woods yet. Aside from actually incorporating Ibaka [...]

Could you imagine what Stanley Johnson would be like on the San Antonio Spurs? Sure, his jumper is whack (31.3 percent on threes), but he’s a workaholic on defense and developing nicely as a playmaker. Plus, everyone shoots better from three in San Antonio. Apparently the Spurs were thinking along the same lines this past [...]