The Rockets just got a little deeper on the wing over the weekend, as veteran small forward Joe Johnson agreed to a one-year minimum deal with the team after being bought out by the Kings. Johnson joins Brendan Wright as a buyout addition to an already highly talented Houston Rockets team. Johnson, 36, is clearly [...]
February 12, 2018
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Ryan Bawek
The NBA’s trade deadline came and went on Thursday without the Houston Rockets making a move. It felt weird. Wrong, even. They’re the Rockets. General manager Daryl Morey is the captain of futzing and fiddling. Surely he could have done something, anything, however insignificant. Right? Maybe. With the NBA’s second-best record, though, the Rockets weren’t [...]
February 9, 2018
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The Sacramento Kings were very active in the 2016 NBA Draft. They traded the No. 8 pick to the Phoenix Suns (who selected Marquese Chriss) in exchange for the rights to Bogdan Bogdanovic, the No. 13 pick of the 2016 NBA Draft and No. 26 pick of the draft. Bogdanovic has looked like a really [...]
February 9, 2018
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
The Phoenix Suns and Orlando Magic are both sitting at the bottom of the NBA standings and in search of ways to improve their rosters going forward. They decided to make a deal with one another on Thursday that evokes the classic phrase: “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure”. The Magic agreed to trade [...]
February 9, 2018
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
While it took a little while to develop, the last few hours of the NBA trade deadline were eventful to say the least. One major outcome of most of the deals that occurred on Thursday is that the destination of many veterans in trades will lead to a very busy buy out market, possibly the [...]
February 9, 2018
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The New York Knicks have been on the search for a better option at point guard all season while rookie Frank Ntilkina develops. Starting Jarrett Jack as your point guard in 2018 is not the situation you want to be in. After striking out on Kemba Walker (or even Isaiah Thomas) the Knicks ended up [...]
February 9, 2018
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
Dwyane Wade is back with the Miami Heat, and he’s genuinely happy about it. So happy, in fact, he doesn’t necessarily care about his role. He just wants to be in Miami. Even if it means coming off the bench. From the Associated Press’ Tim Reynolds: He raved about the player Heat guard Josh Richardson [...]
February 9, 2018
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The Los Angeles Lakers did not trade for Isaiah Thomas with the intention of making him the starting point guard at the expense of Lonzo Ball. This really shouldn’t even be a question, and yet, for a hot minute, it absolutely was. His agent, Aaron Goodwin, told ESPN’s Rachel Nichols immediately after the trade that [...]
February 9, 2018
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The Cleveland Cavaliers spread kerosene, lit a match and blew up about half of their roster yesterday. They essentially gave themselves a mulligan on their entire 2017 off-season in the process. Gone are both players that were acquired in the mega trade of Kyrie Irving to the Celtics. Isaiah Thomas is a Laker (for the [...]
February 9, 2018
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The Hawks are in a full tear down, rebuild and tank mode. This means they have little use for veteran role players such as Marco Belinelli. The 31-year-old sharpshooter has been on the block the last few weeks as the Hawks try to deal him to a contending team in need of some more depth [...]
February 8, 2018
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek