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
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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
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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
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In a situation that we don’t see occur very often for an indoor sport, the Pacers-Pelicans game in New Orleans was cancelled Wednesday night because of a rain delay of sorts. The Smoothie King Center roof was leaking and arena crew were unable to keep the floor dry for a few hours, which led to [...]
February 8, 2018
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In what has thus far been the only deal in the last 48 hour before the NBA Trade Deadline, the New York Knicks agreed to trade Willy Hernangomez to the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday afternoon. Here is Hornets General Manager Rich Cho’s comments on the deal for Hernangomez: The deal makes sense as Hernangomez clearly [...]
February 8, 2018
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Isaiah Thomas is a free agent after this season, and if we take him at his word, he hopes to stick with the Cleveland Cavaliers into his next contract. Or at least past the trade deadline. The two-time All-Star point guard, who only recently made his Cavaliers debut following recovery from a hip injury, told [...]
February 8, 2018
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