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In the wake of the Miami Heat’s down season, Goran Dragic is expected to be available ahead of the trade deadline. If you want him, though, you’ll need to do better than Nikola Vucevic and a first-round pick. Just ask the Orlando Magic, according to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: The most substantive trade proposal generating buzz [...]

No one is quite sure if Chris Bosh will ever play in the NBA again given his now-extensive history with blood clots, but the Chicago Bulls are monitoring his situation ahead of next season. From ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: 1. More than one rival team has said they don’t expect Bosh to be waived by Miami [...]

The NBA trade deadline this year could turn into a spectacle because of the money flooding into the NBA. A new media contract will continue to increase the salary cap, providing teams with more cap space. This helps enable trade involving players with large contracts, the type who tend to make the biggest difference on [...]

When Khris Middleton first suffered his hamstring tear ahead of the regular season, many wondered whether he would play at all this year. The initial timeline had him returning sometime in the spring, at which point the Milwaukee Bucks would surely be well outside the Eastern Conference playoff picture, having little or no incentive to [...]

In case you were wondering whether NBA players would take their role in choosing All-Stars seriously, Robin Lopez has given us an answer. From the Chicago Tribune‘s K.C. Johnson: [tweet https://twitter.com/KCJHoop/status/821807969486643200] Welp. We’re going to assume Lopez is kidding. Actually, on second thought, he probably isn’t. This seems to track with his jovial, if quirky, personality. [...]

So, um, uh-oh. Kristaps Porzingis has missed seven of the New York Knicks’ last 11 games while dealing with a sore Achilles, including each of the past four tilts. Achilles injuries are always fickle, but classifying it as sore implies an optimistic outlook. But that favorable prognosis, assuming there ever was one, may be gone. [...]

What could be better than a Philadelphia 76ers team that features Joel Embiid and boasts a better January record than the reigning-champion Cleveland Cavaliers? That same Sixers squad, but with Ben Simmons, who may be on the verge of making his NBA debut in a few weeks time, according to ESPN.com’s Chris Haynes: Philadelphia 76ers [...]

Last night, we may have seen the last of Rudy Gay in a Kings uniform. The 30-year-old combo forward, who is set to hit free agency this off-season and was set to earn one final big contract (likely elsewhere as he has made it known he does not want to return to the Kings), may [...]

Despite their recent string of success, the Philadelphia 76ers need a point guard. And this summer, their search for one will lead them to a familiar face, according to ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe: The Pelicans will probably ride it out with Holiday, and hope the bidding for him doesn’t get $20-million-per-year frothy. They might win that bet. [...]

Joel Embiid has been quite possibly the most interesting and mesmerizing NBA player on and off the court this season, with his seemingly limitless potential, rapid development and his status as the most interesting NBA player on social media that we have probably ever seen. After two seasons of recovery and rehabilitation for a chronic [...]