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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 [...]

Before Kobe Bryant was a legend on the NBA court and a five-time NBA champion, he was a legend in the rich history that is the Philadelphia high school basketball scene. Kobe averaged 30.8 points, 12.5 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 4.0 steals and 3.8 blocks per game as a senior at Lower Merion High School in [...]

Fans of NBA trade-deadline chaos were treated to renewed hope on the Carmelo Anthony-for-Kevin Love front late Tuesday. But it was short-lived, because the Cleveland Cavaliers are both sensible and hate fun. First, Frank Isola of the New York Daily News reported that LeBron James wanted the Cavaliers to deal for Anthony, who owns a no-trade [...]

Hey. Hi. Hello. How are you all? Good to hear. Take care. Oh, and real quick: Sacramento Kings general manager would like you to know he isn’t trading DeMarcus Cousins. Per ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/828771623800954880] [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/828772112072482816] This runs counter to the belief that the Kings have yet to figure out whether Cousins is [...]

ESPN Reporter Kevin Arnovitz wrote a really interesting piece Friday that pondered the strenuous and unsuccessful relationship between the Sacramento Kings and DeMarcus Cousins and wondered whether DeMarcus Cousins has been the Kings undoing or if the Kings dysfunctional organization has been Cousins downfall in his career thus far. The article breaks down numerous situations [...]

How serious is the bone bruise in Joel Embiid’s left knee that has caused him to miss him five straight games? Serious enough that he’ll miss a sixth consecutive matchup when the Philadelphia 76ers take on the Detroit Pistons Monday night, but not so serious that head coach Brett Brown is worried. Per Philly.com’s Keith [...]

So John Wall takes early-February regular-season games pretty seriously. Strike that: Very seriously. Per CSN Mid-Atlantic’s J. Michael Falgoust, Wall called the Washington Wizards’ Monday night matchup with the Cleveland Cavaliers the biggest of his NBA career: [tweet https://twitter.com/JMichaelCSN/status/828069650021879808] This, more likely than not, is just Wall’s way of saying the game against the Cavaliers [...]

Good news, Chicago Bulls fans: Jimmy Butler remains day-to-day with his right heel contusion, meaning he’ll be a game-time decision until he actually plays, meaning he should be fine in due time, meaning your team doesn’t have too much to worry about. Bad new, though: Butler sounds like he’s in more than day-to-day pain. Per [...]