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It’s always nice to hear about people who are in the giving spirit this time of year and one of the most generous examples of that appears to be Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander. He has pledged to donate $4 million to eight undetermined Houston area charities. [tweet https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Feigen/status/811347615182950400] Prospective charities can enter for a [...]

The plot between Nerlens Noel and the Philadelphia Sixers…is getting weirder. Not 48 hours ago, it seemed like Noel would be out of the Sixers’ rotation indefinitely, which would in turn lead to the trade we’ve all been waiting for. But general manager Bryan Colangelo clearly has other ideas, per CSN Philly’s Jessica Camerato: [tweet [...]

The NBA’s salary cap is only going to continue to grow. Granted, the spikes won’t be as large as the one we saw this past summer. But the league has never been more popular, and the cap isn’t about to go down. According to The Vertical’s Shams Charania, in fact, it will hit $120 million [...]

Clint Capela is expected to miss the next four to six weeks as he recovers from a broken fibula, but the Houston Rockets won’t be waiting around for him to return. They’re scouring the trade market for temporary solutions now, according to The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski: [tweet https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/811225558096945152?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet] Nene can be a sneaky-good defender and [...]

Well whatya know: Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander shares the same MVP sentiments as NBA Twitter. During a conference call about his funding for various local charities, Alexander told reporters that he believes the league’s MVP race is down to James Harden and Russell Westbrook, per ESPN.com’s Calvin Watkins: In a conference call with reporters [...]

It was announced on Tuesday that the Sacramento Kings elected to fine DeMarcus Cousins for an altercation with a Sacramento Bee reporter that was caught on video. The Kings big man has since released a statement about the incident, per The Undefeated’s Marc J. Spears: [tweet https://twitter.com/MarcJSpearsESPN/status/811336209431564288] It’s important to remember that writers are not [...]

Derrick Rose is going to try and give it a go when the New York Knicks square off against the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night. Rose has missed each of the last two games with back spasms but is ready to make his return to the rotation, per ESPN.com’s Ian Begley: “That’s the plan,” he [...]

Goran Dragic is not for sale. Yet. According to Basketball Insiders’ Steve Kyler, the Miami Heat are not entertaining offers for their franchise point guard, but there’s a chance that changes before the February deadline: Miami’s Goran Dragic continues to surface as possibly the biggest fish to be had, but sources with the HEAT continue [...]

With Nerlens Noel basically out of the Philadelphia 76ers’ rotation, it’s only a matter of time before he gets shipped elsewhere. At least we think it’s only a matter of time. You never really know with the Sixers. But Noel serves no purpose if they aren’t going to play him, and they need to move [...]

Chandler Parsons has appeared in six games for the Memphis Grizzlies. Outing No. 7 is coming soon. Parsons missed the team’s first six games while recovering from right knee surgery he underwent last season. Then, six contests into his return, he suffered a bone bruise in his left knee and hasn’t played since Nov. 18. [...]