According to a report from ESPN’s Marc Stein on Saturday, the Cavaliers are interested in acquiring Shelvin Mack or Jameer Nelson to shore up their back up point guard position. Stein noted that the Jazz reserve guard Shelvin Mack is “definitely available” in trade talks. The Cavs would be able to fit him in under [...]
January 30, 2017
Anou Enright
Rumors
If you haven’t noticed in recent days, the cat is out of the bag: the Knicks want to move on from Carmelo Anthony. The hard part about that though is that Melo is one of three players in the NBA with a no trade clause in his contract, LeBron James and Dirk Nowitzki are the [...]
January 26, 2017
Anou Enright
Rumors
The rumor mill starts getting pretty juicy this time of year as the NBA trade deadline approaches and a number of teams are playing musical chairs behind closed doors with their different players and assets in order to fill needs or help further the direction the organization is heading. There has been some chatter the [...]
January 26, 2017
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Rumors
The Orlando Magic seemed to have a patient and well-defined rebuilding plan after finally deciding to trade an unhappy Dwight Howard in the summer of 2012. Using draft picks and their currents assets, they drafted or acquired Nikola Vucevic (in the Howard trade), Tobias Harris, Evan Fournier, Aaron Gordon, Victor Oladipo and Elfrid Payton to [...]
January 24, 2017
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Isaiah Thomas’ story is truly an inspiration for underdogs. After being taken last overall in the same draft that Kyrie Irving was taken first overall, Thomas has emerged as on the league’s best point guards and leading scorers. He’s the main reason Boston is set up so nicely for the future. He’s impossible to guard [...]
January 24, 2017
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According to a story from Joe Cowley in the Chicago Sun Times Sunday morning, the Chicago Bulls front office is not satisfied with their 22-23 record to start the season. The article states that multiple sources have reported that the team has been actively shopping Rajon Rondo and Nikola Mirotic in order to shake up [...]
January 23, 2017
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The Charlotte Hornets are 21-21, which is currently good enough for 7th in the Eastern Conference. The bulk of the credit for any success they’ve had this year is thanks to Kemba Walker, who is having a solid season. Kemba is averaging 23ppg and has emerged as the franchise player in Charlotte. His year so [...]
January 19, 2017
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PJ Tucker is not built or have the size and skill set of your traditional NBA player. He is 6’5″, built like a mack truck and is most effective playing the power forward position on offense and bruising opponents. He is also quietly one of the best perimeter defenders in the NBA with his strength, [...]
January 19, 2017
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When news broke that the Hawks had dealt longtime sharpshooter and fan favorite Kyle Korver to the Cavaliers, the effect that reverberated around the NBA for the next 48 hours was that the Hawks had decided to blow it up and start over, something personnel around the league knew that Hawks were on the brink [...]
January 19, 2017
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