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The Orlando Magic have one of the longer postseason droughts in the NBA, they haven’t made the playoffs since trading Dwight Howard in 2012 and starting their rebuild. After making the (bizarre) decision to completely blow up their young core that had been progressing together by trading Tobias Harris and Victor Oladipo, the one young [...]

The Pelicans were in dire need of some depth on the wing after an already thin roster in that area lost starting small forward Solomon Hill for the majority of the season. They have decided to attempt to plug that hole (at least with putty) by signing veteran lock down defender Tony Allen. [tweet https://twitter.com/TheVertical/status/907360427969007618] [...]

As was first reported last week, the NBA is looking into lottery reform yet again to discourage tanking and help prevent the same team from getting a top three pick in consecutive seasons. While the first proposal was to flat out deny teams from having a top three pick two years in a row, the [...]

Michael Carter-Williams has seen his NBA stock fall off of a cliff since his impressive rookie campaign in which he won Rookie of the Year as a member of the 76ers in 2013-14. Carter Williams is now on his 3rd NBA team in the past 12 months and is slated to be the back up [...]

The relationship and perception of Ray Allen among Celtics fans and his former Celtics teammates has been strained and predominately negative for some time now. Despite Allen’s huge role in their NBA championship team in 2008, their NBA Finals appearance in 2010 and his undisputed respect and status as an amazing and hard-working teammate around [...]

My how the NBA landscape and the desired destinations list can change for players in a short time. We live in a world where the Golden State Warriors have won two of the last three NBA titles and have amassed maybe the greatest team in NBA history and the Boston Celtics just acquired a 25-year-old [...]

Newly minted hall of famer and one of the greatest wing players of this century, Tracy McGrady decided to give back to the city where he spent six seasons. McGrady was a superhero on the court, lifting up the community with his play for six seasons that included three All-Star appearances and three All-NBA appearances. [...]

There is such a thing as a Madden curse. It has been well known and publicized over the years that many players have dealt with injuries or had down seasons the year that they graced the cover of Madden (Peyton Hillis was out of the league altogether a couple years after), but that curse has [...]

Former Boston Celtics coach and current Los Angeles Clippers head honcho Doc Rivers is a fan of the Kyrie Irving trade. More specifically, he believes Boston is the ideal landing spot for the All-Star floor general. From the Boston Sports Journal’s Brian Robb (via HoopsHype): The Clippers head coach was back in town Wednesday to [...]

The Minnesota Timberwolves have a completely new look and feel as a franchise, and with the acquisition of Jimmy Butler this off-season they are projected to make their first postseason since Kevin Garnett left town in 2004. Stocking their roster with veterans and winners to surround their young duo of Karl Anthony Towns and Andrew [...]