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The Minnesota Timberwolves announced Wednesday morning that reserve forward Adreian Payne is out indefinitely with a blood condition. [tweet https://twitter.com/basketballtalk/status/829227551377731589] Payne is reportedly suffering from thrombocytopenia or low palet count, according to WebMD it can lead to excessive bleeding and slow blood clotting after an injury. It seems as though the issue isn’t serious and [...]

In the event you were thinking the Brooklyn Nets would lower their asking price in a Brook Lopez trade as the Feb. 23 deadline inches ever closer, think again. Lopez’s name, as it tends to do, was thrust back into the rumor mill when The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported the New Orleans Pelicans were showing [...]

Although not surprising considering he is the youngest player in the NBA (he turned 19 in November) Suns rookie and No. 4 pick in the 2016 NBA Draft, Dragan Bender has struggled to make his mark on the Suns in his rookie season. Bender has averaged 3.8 points and 2.2 rebounds in 12.7 minutes per [...]

The Dallas Mavericks will remain hobbled. Andrew Bogut hasn’t played since Jan. 29 with a right hamstring injury, while Deron Williams hasn’t taken the court since Jan. 25 as he tends to a left big toe sprain. It doesn’t sound like either of them will play before the NBA’s All-Star break, per the Star-Telegram‘s Dwain Price: [...]

Literally no one looks at the 2016-17 New York Knicks and says, “Hey! They need more drama!” Except, apparently, team president Phil Jackson. Bleacher Report’s Kevin Ding penned an intriguing piece about how Jackson has failed the Knicks by expected Carmelo Anthony to, essentially, be a player he’s not. The article was more critical of Melo [...]

Chicago Bulls vice president John Paxson and general manager Gar Forman are proof that you can keep your job after failing to excel at it for quite some time. And according to the Chicago Tribune‘s K.C. Johnson, this isn’t going to change: With Dwyane Wade owning a player option and the Bulls perhaps repeating last June’s [...]

The Warriors had to do some re-tooling of their roster this off-season once Kevin Durant broke Twitter by announcing he would sign with the defending western conference champs and 73 win Warriors on Independence Day. After dealing Andrew Bogut to the Mavericks to clear space, the Warriors were in need of a veteran center and [...]

According to an article from Basketball Insiders Reporter Steve Kyler, there have been some exploratory trade discussions between the Raptors and Magic about big man Serge Ibaka. Kyler says that the Magic, who are easily the most active team on the trade market at the moment, discussing deals for players such as Ibaka, Nikola Vucevic, [...]

Sole ownership of second place in the Eastern Conference isn’t enough for the Boston Celtics. The Vertical’s Shams Charania wrote a nice in-depth piece on the development of Marcus Smart, wherein he also revealed that Boston has targeted multiple big men on the trade market: Before the postseason, the Celtics hope for the continued development [...]

Seeing Lance Stephenson play for Tom Thibodeau isn’t something you know you want more than anything ever until it actually happens. And, well, it’s about to happen. From The Vertical’s Shams Charania: Free-agent guard Lance Stephenson plans to sign a 10-day contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves, league sources told The Vertical. Stephenson is expected to [...]