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Less than two seasons into Fred Hoiberg’s tenure as Tom Thibodeau’s successor, the Chicago Bulls may have seen enough. From ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: The latest chatter on the coaching grapevine, meanwhile, tells us that the toastiest seat on the NBA map at present belongs, rightly or wrongly, to the Chicago Bulls’ Fred Hoiberg. The Bulls’ [...]

So much for the Phoenix Suns not being open to trading Brandon Knight. Previous speculation has been denied by the team time and again. The Suns, driven by this untenable hope of contending for a playoff berth while rebuilding, weren’t looking to trade Knight—a point guard on a pre-cap-boom contract relegated to backup duty behind [...]

The Denver Nuggets tried to play Jusuf Nurkic and Nikola Jokic together. They really did. Through November, the two logged 104 minutes of court time together. But the Nuggets were outscored by more than 15.4 points per 100 possessions during those situations, according to NBA.com. The two, as a result, have seen just one minute [...]

Rudy Gay and the Oklahoma City Thunder have been linked to another since before the start of the 2016-17 season. Oklahoma City lost Kevin Durant over the summer and needs another scorer who can also get buckets from three-point range off the catch to pair with Russell Westbrook. Gay has a player option for next [...]

Entering the 2016-17 season, many people just assumed the Brooklyn Nets were going to trade Brook Lopez. And with the way he’s playing now, you’d think that would remain the prevailing mindset. It hasn’t. Per Basketball Insiders’ Steve Kyler: [tweet https://twitter.com/stevekylerNBA/status/814808489516269568] Indeed, from an outsider’s perspective, all has seemed quiet on the Lopez front—save for [...]

At 15-19, the Detroit Pistons are two games outside the Eastern Conference playoffs. So they are by no means out of the postseason running. But head coach and president Stan Van Gundy knows they’re running out of time to become the foregone playoff contender many expected them to be. From Rod Beard of The Detroit [...]

George Hill has not played for the Utah Jazz since November 29th while tending to a sprained big toe in his left foot. Injuries in general have limited him to 11 appearances all season. But he might be making appearance No. 12 on Thursday against the Philadelphia 76ers, according to ESPN.com’s Tim MacMahon: George Hill [...]

If you thought the New Orleans Pelicans were in danger of losing Anthony Davis’ allegiance, you can rest easy. Leading into the Pelican’s Wednesday night victory over the Los Angeles Clippers, head coach Alvin Gentry expressed his belief that Davis wants to remain in The Big Easy long term: [tweet https://twitter.com/JohnReid64/status/814252574140485632] So, like, this isn’t [...]

Is Donatas Motiejunas Hollywood-bound? According to ESPN.com’s Ramona Shelburne and Marc Stein, the Los Angeles Lakers brought in the seven-footer for a workout just before Christmas: The Los Angeles Lakers have auditioned free-agent big man Donatas Motiejunas within the past week, according to league sources. Sources told ESPN that the Lakers brought Motiejunas in before [...]

Dwight Howard had a few different teams he was interested in during last summer’s foray into free agency. The New York Knicks were not one of them. As the big man said ahead of the Atlanta Hawks’ overtime victory against those same Knicks on Wednesday night, per the New York Daily News‘ Stefan Bondy: Phil [...]