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The Washington Wizards had a whatever trade deadline. They dealt a first-round pick to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for dumping Andrew Nicholson’s salary and acquiring Bojan Bogdanovic, a dude who can hit threes, doesn’t play great defense and will leave as a restricted free agent this summer. Blah, right? Even when you spin it in [...]

Kevin Durant suffered a left knee injury during the Golden State Warriors’ Tuesday night loss to the Washington Wizards. The worst was initially feared, but while he’s expected to miss some substantial time, the situation could be a lot worse. As of now, per ESPN.com’s Jeff Goodman, the Warriors expect Durant back in time for [...]

Sorry, Cleveland Cavaliers. You can’t have everything and everyone. Not yet, anyway. J.R. Smith hasn’t played since Dec. 20 after having surgery on a broken right thumb. The current timetable puts him back in the Cavaliers’ rotation by the end of March. Those hoping for a quicker recovery are going to be disappointed after an [...]

The Washington Wizards plan to re-sign soon-to-be restricted free agent Otto Porter no matter what, which suggests they’re smart. Porter is going to command max money on the semi-open market. Washington has the right to match, but its desire to do so was initially questioned, according to the Sporting News’ Sean Deveney. It’s now been put to [...]

Josh Jackson is by most metrics a top three draft prospect of the 2017 NBA Draft. Jackson is a 6’8″ 210 lb. freshman for the Kansas Jayhawks that is averaging 16.3 points, 7.2 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game on 50 percent shooting in just over 30 minutes per game. He is highly regarded by [...]

The Denver Nuggets’ quest to secure the Western Conference’s eighth and final playoff spot is getting a little harder. Kenneth Faried has missed five of the team’s last seven and is expected to sit out for the next seven to 10 days with a back injury, per the Denver Post‘s Nick Kosmider: [tweet https://twitter.com/NickKosmider/status/836629973859516424] Denver has [...]

In the event you thought the New York Knicks doubling down on the triangle, waiving Brandon Jennings and signing Chasson Randle signaled something of a quasi-traditional rebuild, well, LOL. Knicks are forever gonna Knicks, peddling the idea that they’re somehow close to being a good basketball team. Their latest plan to complete an insta-rebuild: chase [...]

Things were starting to look up for the Toronto Raptors as they had rebounded from their worst stretch of basketball in a year and a half and were the clear winners of the trade deadline, adding two pieces in Serge Ibaka and P.J. Tucker to help vault them back into eastern conference contention. That was [...]

The buyout market continues to be more active and interesting than the final 24 hours of the trade deadline was, as another title contender is looking to add a veteran guard to their roster. It appears the latest buyout asset projected to hit the market will be Los Angeles Lakers veteran point guard Jose Calderon, [...]

A signing that looked suspect and an impending albatross the moment the ink dried definitely doesn’t look any better today. Yesterday the Vertical tweeted that New York Knicks center Joakim Noah will potentially miss the remainder of the 2016-17 season or at the least the next 3 to 4 weeks to undergo knee surgery. [tweet [...]