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The New York Knicks and Houston Rockets have reached a silent impasse in Carmelo Anthony trade negotiations. Again. As pointed out to us by NBA Reddit, ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski said that talks between both sides have gone “dormant” recently: Like Woj points out, the Rockets have been unable to find a third and fourth team [...]

Most people believe the Cleveland Cavaliers did well to flip Kyrie Irving for Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic and the Brooklyn Nets’ 2018 first-round pick. They might stop short of saying the Cavaliers won a trade in which they coughed up a 25-year-old superstar, but the prevailing thought in the basketball world is that, [...]

The Milwaukee Bucks placed quite the premium on acquiring Kyrie Irving before he was shipped off to the Boston Celtics. According to Arizona Sports 98.7 FM’s John Gambadoro, Milwaukee dangled Rookie of the Year Malcolm Brogdon, Khris Middleton and a pick in exchange for the All-Star point guard: [tweet https://twitter.com/Gambo987/status/900390542009262080] Some variation of this trade [...]

Shortly after Isaiah Thomas was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers, Fox Sports 1’s Chris Broussard reported on the network’s Undisputed show that executives he spoke with believe the point guard wasn’t the most well-liked person in the Boston Celtics’ locker room. Former boys in green Jared Sullinger, currently out of the NBA, and Kelly Olynyk, now [...]

Kyrie Irving’s trade request did not prevent some Cleveland Cavaliers players from hoping he’d still stick around. The actual trade should, though. (Sorry.) From ESPN.com’s Dave McMenamin: As the Cavs sat on Irving’s trade request for more than six weeks, the stalemate led some around the league to wonder if Cleveland were willing to enter [...]

The potential super trio of the future in Philadelphia of Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons and Markelle Fultz got one step closer to being able to impact the league next season. Ben Simmons has been fully cleared to play basketball. [tweet https://twitter.com/tmoore76ers/status/900114226118889472] Simmons apparently took part in a full court pickup game in his home country [...]

If the Chicago Bulls care about the thoughtz and feelz of their young players, Dwyane Wade won’t be around much longer. While appearing on ESPN’s Tuesday edition of The Jump, Nick Friedell reminded us that The Windy City’s kiddies don’t have a soft spot for their veteran teammate: The young players on the Bulls really can’t [...]

The NBA season doesn’t start for nearly two months, and LeBron James is already locked in. The rest of the NBA might want to watch out. ESPN.com’s Dave McMenamin relayed this tidbit about James’ offseason workouts: [tweet https://twitter.com/mcten/status/900345378981126145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fbleacherreport.com%2Ffront-page] There’s an element of training camp talk here. Everyone is optimistic and in the best shape of [...]

Kyrie Irving got his wish, and now he’s happy. Nay, thrilled. The four-time All-Star requested a trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers in late July, and roughly one month later, he’s headed to the Boston Celtics, as first reported by The Vertical’s Shams Charania, in exchange for Jae Crowder, Isaiah Thomas, Ante Zizic and the Brooklyn [...]

As one super sidekick leaves town another one may be returning. Amidst all of the craziness surrounding the mega blockbuster trade between the two top teams in the eastern conference with Kyrie Irving being swapped for a pretty awesome package featuring Isaiah Thomas, some more good news may be on the way for the Cavs: [...]