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Well now that we are in February, you can fully expect the trade chatter that has been constant since mid-December to actually come to life as teams try to improve their roster or give themselves more financial flexibility for whatever path they are headed toward. One domino fell and came out of left field, as [...]

The NBA announced the participants for the 2017 Three-Point Contest on Thursday, and a certain someone was conspicuously absent from the final list of eight: No Stephen Curry? Say what? The Golden State Warriors’ point guard, who will be partaking in the Feb. 19 superstar showcase as a starter, offered an explanation for his decision [...]

Detroit Pistons coach-president Stan Van Gundy may be ready to make some moves. According to Basketball Insiders’ Michael Scotto, the team has put bigs Aron Baynes and Boban Marjanovic on the chopping block: The Detroit Pistons are exploring the trade market on centers Aron Baynes and Boban Marjanovic, league sources told Basketball Insiders. Baynes has [...]

One season into the Emmanuel Mudiay experience, the Denver Nuggets may be ready to shift gears. From ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe: The Nuggets are quietly exploring what they might get for Emmanuel Mudiay and multiple picks, sources say, but they’re in no rush to move Mudiay, and the Suns may not want him when they could [...]

The Golden State Warriors will be seeing less of Zaza Pachulia over the next week, as he recovers from a rotator cuff injury. Per the Association Press (via NBC Sports): Golden State Warriors center Zaza Pachulia has a strained rotator cuff in his right shoulder and will be sidelined for at least a week. He [...]

If you were to poll 10 casual NBA observers, the type that pay some level of attention during the regular season but don’t really get engaged with the product until the playoffs roll around, who do you think they would say the hottest team in the NBA is right now? You would most likely get [...]

Ricky Rubio’s name is the constant source of trade speculation, but that doesn’t mean he and Minnesota Timberwolves coach-president Tom Thibodeau are on bad terms. At least not according to Thibodeau, as he intimated in a question-and-answer session with MinnPost’s Britt Robinson: MP: There has been a lot of talk about the fact that you [...]

The New York Knicks still want Kevin Love. The Cleveland Cavaliers, apparently, want Carmelo Anthony. Will the two sides make a deal? Nah. From ESPN.com’s Ramona Shelburne and Marc Stein: The New York Knicks continue to pursue Kevin Love in advance of the Feb. 23 trade deadline despite the Cleveland Cavaliers‘ unwillingness to part with [...]

The Chicago Bulls are hella lucky star restricted free agents never leave. And they’re infinitely more lucky that the NBA’s new collective bargaining agreement which makes it more financially rewarding for them to stay beyond that second deal. Case in point: Whatever the actual hell happened when the Bulls tried to get Jimmy Butler to [...]

LeBron James must really want the Cleveland Cavaliers to land a point guard. Because the team is apparently interested in trading for 32-year-old Deron Williams, according to USA Today‘s Sam Amick: The Cavs could take the trade route too, of course, and they are known to have inquired about the Dallas Mavericks’ Deron Williams. The 32-year-old, three-time [...]