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The Cleveland Cavaliers are in the midst of their worst stretch of basketball since the first half of LeBron’s first season back in Cleveland in 2014. They have lost six of their last 10 games and hit a new rock bottom for them after losing 124-122 to an 18-27 Pelicans team that was without their [...]

ESPN’s Marc Stein reported Monday afternoon that the Nuggets are actively trying to move 22-year-old bruising center Jusuf Nurkic. Nurkic has flashed some real potential as a big man who can patrol the paint and bang down low with his energy and his ability to score with an old-school back down post-up game around the [...]

A little more than a week after losing Chris Paul to left thumb surgery, the Los Angeles Clippers have gotten some good news. Blake Griffin is on his way back. Per ESPN.com’s Kevin Arnovitz: Griffin hasn’t played since Dec. 18 after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his right knee. His return comes not a moment too [...]

Los Angeles Clippers rookie Brice Johnson, who has yet to play a minute of NBA action, received two All-Star votes from fellow players. That, in a nutshell, summarizes how seriously the league’s hoopsters assumed the responsibility of casting All-Star ballots. And Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr is disappointed in them, per the Bay Area [...]

Philadelphia 76ers fans are free to breathe. Joel Embiid is going to be okay. After suffering a knee contusion in the team’s Friday night victory over the Portland Trail Blazers, he will not be suiting up on Tuesday against the Los Angeles Clippers. Or on Wednesday against the Milwaukee Bucks. But he will take the floor [...]

The drama has been at a feverish peak the past few weeks as the Knicks annual implosion (losers of 15 of their last 20 games) has led to almost daily articles debating whether the Knicks are trying or should try to trade Carmelo Anthony and whether Anthony would waive his no-trade clause in order for [...]

It has been a rough season for Jeremy Lin. For those who were hoping to see the return of Lin-sanity this season, just in a different borough in Brooklyn, after he signed to be the starting point guard and one of the go-to players for a talent starved Brooklyn Nets, sadly we have all been [...]

At 30 years old, you’d think Goran Dragic might want to distance himself from the team with the NBA’s second-worst record. But he doesn’t. Per Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald, Dragic is hoping to stick with the Miami Heat as they rebuild in the post-LeBron James and -Dwyane Wade era: ESPN reported Friday that the Orlando [...]

Wesley Matthews’ name has been lightly bandied about the NBA’s trade rumor mill, but suitors for the three-and-D wing shouldn’t hold their breath for the Dallas Mavericks to deal him. Not according to Mavericks owner Mark Cuban at least, per ESPN.com’s Tim MacMahon: This isn’t too surprising a stance from the Mavericks. Less than four [...]

Chris Haynes and Marc Stein of ESPN.com reported on Friday that the Minnesota Timberwolves and Detroit Pistons had discussed a potential Ricky Rubio-for-Reggie Jackson swap. Soon after, though, Pistons coach and president threw ice-cold water all over this particular idea. From the Detroit Free Press’ Vince Ellis: “I just said, ‘Look, this is the crazy season. [...]