Well all of the fun and ridiculousness surrounding the LeBron and Paul George super team in Los Angeles next season has been put to bed, at least for the moment. According to a report from ESPN, the Lakers organization has decided to hold off on trying to make a big splash in free agency in [...]
February 7, 2018
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After rumors of a deal and the deal reportedly falling through at one point, the New Orleans Pelicans have acquired Nikola Mirotic in a trade with the Chicago Bulls. The pick is top five protected this season, which means unless the Pelicans miss the playoffs again and land in the top three, the Bulls will [...]
February 2, 2018
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Here’s hoping you haven’t yet had your fill of Anthony Davis rumors this season, because we’ve got another batch waiting for ya. According to Sporting News’ Sean Deveney, while the New Orleans Pelicans superstar remains untouchable now, the Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls, Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs are all at least half-hoping to [...]
February 1, 2018
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The Pelicans injury issues have crept up yet again as DeMarcus Cousins season ended last Friday night with a torn Achilles. They are still currently sitting in the No. 7 spot in the western conference at the moment though at 27-23 (0-2 since Cousins went down), and they are still fully committed to making it [...]
January 31, 2018
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The Clippers are going all in on blowing their core up and starting from scratch (except for Austin Rivers, because well… you know…). After shaking the NBA world to its core with Monday’s blockbuster trade of Blake Griffin to Detroit, reports are now that they are gauging the market for their other two top players: [...]
January 30, 2018
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The NBA’s injury hits just keep on coming. Over the past five days alone, the New Orleans Pelicans have lost DeMarcus Cousins for the year; the Oklahoma City Thunder have lost Andre Roberson for the season; the Memphis Grizzlies announced Mike Conley wouldn’t play again in 2017-18; the Charlotte Hornets may have lost Marvin Williams [...]
January 30, 2018
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The Dallas Mavericks are not willing to trade Wesley Matthews as part of a salary dump. Heck, from the sounds of their asking price, they may not be willing to move the 31-year-old, period. From The New York Times‘ Marc Stein: It would take a first-round pick to get him, because Dallas sees him as one [...]
January 29, 2018
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The NBA’s annual popularity contest has ended and the prom kings of each coast are…. you guessed it, LeBron James and Steph Curry. LeBron was the leading vote getter with 2,638,294 votes and Curry was 2nd with 2,379,494. Here are the remaining pool of fan voted starters that each captain will pick from to fill [...]
January 19, 2018
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Breathe freely, New Orleans Pelicans peeps. Your team isn’t on the verge of trading Anthony Davis anywhere. And, yes, “anywhere” includes the Boston Celtics. Here’s what ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski had to say on the matter during an appearance on The Dan Le Batard Show (h/t Clutch Points’ Andrew Salmi): “No. I mean, New Orleans has no intention of [...]
January 18, 2018
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If you’re expecting the Miami Heat to pivot into a rebuild this season, keep dreaming. Any real reset starts with the team realizing it won’t have meaningful cap flexibility until 2020 at the earliest. From there, the Heat cannot be totally serious about rebuilding unless they move Goran Dragic. And according to ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe, [...]
January 11, 2018
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