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Whether or not someone is “clutch” or has the said “clutch gene” which may or may not actually exist in terms of actual psychology (although Robert Horry and Eli Manning would like to sway you otherwise) has been one of the biggest topics in the NBA, specifically as a star-driven league where one player can [...]

After signing a huge, four-year, $64 million contract to join the Lakers this past off-season, Timofey Mozgov hasn’t hasn’t had the sort of impact he or the Lakers had hoped for the first half of the 2016-17 season. He is averaging 8.2 points and 4.9 rebounds in 21.7 minutes per game and hasn’t earned the [...]

With the Miami Heat miles outside the Eastern Conference playoff picture, you probably think they’ll be sellers at the trade deadline. That feeling also probably intensified once word came that Justise Winslow would miss the rest of the season with a shoulder injury. And your first instinct was to then probably envision Goran Dragic in [...]

A double-digit win over the Brooklyn Nets goes a long way. Apparently. Following the Philadelphia 76ers’ 105-95 victory over the Nets on Sunday, Rookie of the Year favorite Joel Embiid set a lofty goal for his team, per the Associated Press’ Brian Mahoney: Embiid has looked at the standings and seen the 76ers are eight games [...]

By trading Kyle Korver to the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Atlanta Hawks have, ostensibly, started a fire sale. It is not a conventional auction in the most fundamental sense; it would be truly shocking to see them shop guys like Dwight Howard and Kent Bazemore, the latter of whom doesn’t hold much value anyway. The focus [...]

The Chicago Bulls looked like they might trade Jimmy Butler ahead of last June’s draft. But then they didn’t. And then they signed Rajon Rondo and Dwyane Wade. And then they were steamrolling opponents to start the 2016-17 crusade, essentially squelching all Butler speculation. But Chicago has since crashed back down earth, with a below-.500 [...]

The defending champions clearly have a few chinks in their armor in their pursuit of a title defense this season, the lack of a veteran back up point guard for Kyrie Irving, and more recently, a way to compensate for J.R. Smith’s production and catch-and-shoot ability with him slated to miss several months. They found [...]

Jimmy Butler has been fantastic this season—clearly the best wing in the Eastern Conference, so long as you don’t count Giannis Antetokounmpo or LeBron James as wings. On Wednesday night, he was fantastic again, scoring 14 points in the fourth quarter to secure the Chicago Bulls’ victory over the injury-infested Cleveland Cavaliers. His motivation for [...]

Anyone waiting for the Boston Celtics to pull the trigger on a blockbuster trade better, well, keeping waiting. General manager Danny Ainge says the team is working the phones, but no deal is imminent, per A. Sherrod Blakely of CSN New England: [tweet https://twitter.com/SherrodbCSN/status/817011722254950400] This has pretty much been Ainge’s party line for the past [...]

The P.J. Tucker-to-the-New York Knicks hype train lasted about five seconds. According to the New York Post‘s Marc Berman, the Knicks do not have interest in the Phoenix Suns wing: An NBA source said the Knicks aren’t planning to pursue Suns defensive forward P.J. Tucker despite his ties with Hornacek. Tucker shut down Carmelo Anthony in [...]