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After suffering through injury issues the last few seasons, DeMarre Carroll is healthy again and playing a big role for a slightly better than anticipated Nets team. As a versatile defender who can effectively guard a 3 or 4 and provide some scoring and spacing, Carroll is the perfect veteran piece to add to a [...]

The Cavaliers are driving the struggle bus as they are 7-13 in their past 20 games, have the 28th best defense in the league, and seem to lack effort and vitality on many nights Typically that all combined with a severely under performing team that is expected to be a contender, is the perfect recipe [...]

Shabazz Muhammad has gotten lost in the shuffle amidst the T’Wolves success this season and he is not happy about it. Muhammad turned down a four-year, $40 million extension from Minnesota before the 2016-17 season and is currently on a one-year, minimum deal and is no longer in the rotation for the T’Wolves. Muhammad has [...]

The Cavaliers have had 8 nationally televised games thus far this season (seems very low) and to put it bluntly, they have embarrassed themselves. In the past few weeks they have lost by 32 at home to the Houston Rockets (Saturday night) and by 34 at home to the Oklahoma City Thunder. In all, they [...]

Should the Los Angeles Clippers opt to continue their fire sale on the heels of moving Blake Griffin, they needn’t worry about getting adequate value for Lou Williams. Speaking with Nate Duncan for an episode of the Dunc’d On podcast, The New York Times‘ Marc Stein said the team will have no trouble getting a first-round pick for their [...]

If the Los Angeles Lakers want to open up two max-contract slots in free agency this summer, they’ll probably need to trade Jordan Clarkson. They can theoretically choose between keeping him and Julius Randle, but his defined cap hit, as a non-expiring contract (two years, $26 million after this one), makes him the more likely [...]

The Utah Jazz are unlikely to return to the postseason in 2018 (currently 3.5 games out). Their depth on the wing, including the emergence of Donovan Mitchell, has lead to fewer minutes and opportunity for Joe Johnson. Now he apparently wants out. [tweet https://twitter.com/TheSteinLine/status/959093260449918981?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Johnson is in the final year of his contract, which is [...]

Forgive Kevin Durant for not being excited about the report that LeBron James will consider meeting with the Golden State Warriors when he explores free agency this summer. He knows not what he does to your excitement. In response to a story from ESPN.com’s Chris Haynes that, at its core, stated James would be probably, [...]

At long last, some good news for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Though Kevin Love is still expected to miss extensive time, the team announced he won’t need surgery to recover from the non-displaced fracture in his left hand that he suffered in Tuesday’s loss to the Detroit Pistons. Here are the deets: Kevin Love continued the examination [...]

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. [tweet https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/959128268464119808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] The pick is top five protected this season, which means unless the Pelicans miss the playoffs again and land in the top three, the [...]