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Derrick Rose is playing like an MVP candidate again, and the Chicago Bulls hope it lasts. Nay they need it to last. Jimmy Butler and Nikola Mirotic remain on the shelf, and Joakim Noah is done for the season. The offense hasn’t been as potent as advertised, and Chicago is a heartbeat away from slipping [...]

Anderson Varejao may neither forgive nor forget. The Cleveland Cavaliers dealt Varejao, a lifer, to the Portland Trail Blazers as part of a salary dump. He was promptly released by the Blazers and then signed with the Golden State Warriors—a team he already loves because of how much they love each other. From the Cleveland.com’s [...]

News came down Tuesday that Marc Gasol will undergo season-ending surgery for his fractured foot. Although the Grizzlies are currently sitting at 32-23 and in fifth place in the Western Conference, not having their anchor in the middle means the Grizzlies have zero chance to win a postseason series. That’s if they are even able [...]

The Golden State Warriors made history once again last night in what is quickly becoming the most memorable season in NBA history. With their 102-92 win over the Hawks in Atlanta, they became the fastest team to reach 50 Wins in a season. The Warriors are now 50-5 on the season (a 91% winning percentage) [...]

One part in the process of a trade going through in the NBA that many people overlook is that a player must pass a physical according to league office standards. If any player involved in a trade does not pass the resulting physical administered once they arrive with their new team, the team has the [...]

No one seems to know when, or if, Chris Bosh will be returning to the Miami Heat this season. Not even the Heat themselves. Dwyane Wade riffed on Chris Bosh, who is once again sidelined with a blood clot issue, ahead of Miami’s overtime victory against the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night, and he didn’t [...]

Some NBA pundits thought Markieff Morris’ trade value had cratered ahead of the Feb. 18 cutoff. Yours truly was one of them. I was vocal about it. Unapologetic about it. Apparently, though, I, like so many others, was wrong. Here’s Bleacher Report’s Ric Bucher: While some media outlets portrayed Markieff’s market value was portrayed as [...]

It’s almost a shame that Kyrie Irving played against the Oklahoma City Thunder at all. Let me explain. Irving logged just nine minutes in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 115-92 victory over the Thunder on Sunday night. He was supposedly out with flu-like symptoms. I say “supposedly” because he wasn’t actually out with flu-like symptoms. From Dave [...]

The Cleveland Cavaliers’ collateral damage is the Golden State Warriors’ savvy midseason pickup. Golden State announced on Monday that it officially signed Anderson Varejao: The 2015 NBA Champion Golden State Warriors have signed free agent center Anderson Varejao to a contract, the team announced today. Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not released. [...]

According to Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, Dirk Nowitzki is so vain, he probably thinks this article is about him. Related: It is about him. Chris Ballard published something of an outtakes piece over at Sports Illustrated using juicy tidbits that couldn’t make it to his feature story—which you should read. Of everything Ballard shared, [...]