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By trading Kyle Korver to the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Atlanta Hawks have, ostensibly, started a fire sale. It is not a conventional auction in the most fundamental sense; it would be truly shocking to see them shop guys like Dwight Howard and Kent Bazemore, the latter of whom doesn’t hold much value anyway. The focus [...]

The Chicago Bulls looked like they might trade Jimmy Butler ahead of last June’s draft. But then they didn’t. And then they signed Rajon Rondo and Dwyane Wade. And then they were steamrolling opponents to start the 2016-17 crusade, essentially squelching all Butler speculation. But Chicago has since crashed back down earth, with a below-.500 [...]

The defending champions clearly have a few chinks in their armor in their pursuit of a title defense this season, the lack of a veteran back up point guard for Kyrie Irving, and more recently, a way to compensate for J.R. Smith’s production and catch-and-shoot ability with him slated to miss several months. They found [...]

Jimmy Butler has been fantastic this season—clearly the best wing in the Eastern Conference, so long as you don’t count Giannis Antetokounmpo or LeBron James as wings. On Wednesday night, he was fantastic again, scoring 14 points in the fourth quarter to secure the Chicago Bulls’ victory over the injury-infested Cleveland Cavaliers. His motivation for [...]

Anyone waiting for the Boston Celtics to pull the trigger on a blockbuster trade better, well, keeping waiting. General manager Danny Ainge says the team is working the phones, but no deal is imminent, per A. Sherrod Blakely of CSN New England: This has pretty much been Ainge’s party line for the past couple years. [...]

The P.J. Tucker-to-the-New York Knicks hype train lasted about five seconds. According to the New York Post‘s Marc Berman, the Knicks do not have interest in the Phoenix Suns wing: An NBA source said the Knicks aren’t planning to pursue Suns defensive forward P.J. Tucker despite his ties with Hornacek. Tucker shut down Carmelo Anthony in [...]

Rajon Rondo? On the Cleveland Cavaliers? Playing with LeBron James? No. Surely not. No, no, no, no, no. Hell no. Okay, maybe. From Cleveland.com’s Joe Vardon: Seated on the Bulls’ bench for the third consecutive game was Rajon Rondo, a former All-Star who signed a two-year, $27 million deal in the offseason to come to [...]

Just when you think the Brook Lopez rumor mill has ground down to a slow, agreeable halt, here comes another stance pulling us in a different direction. From the Sporting News’ Sean Deveney: The Nets have been willing to trade Lopez all season, but interest has been limited so far. His numbers are typical of [...]

When Andrew Bogut became a member of the Dallas Mavericks, by way of a trade from the Golden State Warriors, you always kind of knew the marriage would be temporary. Bogut turned 32 in November and is a free agent after this season. Though the Mavericks are forever obsessed with making the most of Dirk [...]

Believe it or not we are already approaching the mid-way point of the NBA season and All-Star weekend is right around the corner. This year’s game is returning to New Orleans for the third time since 2008 after it was moved from its original location of Charlotte after the controversial HB2 law or “Bathroom Bill” [...]