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The Dallas Mavericks don’t have enough ammo to pull off a blockbuster trade, and owner Mark Cuban knows it. Here are his sarcastic comments on Dallas’ trade-deadline activity from an appearance he made on The Musers of 1310 AM The Ticket, courtesy of Mavs Moneyball’s Tim Cato: “Yeah, we’re trying to be!” Cuban said. “We’re [...]

Michael Carter-Williams can rest easy. The Milwaukee Bucks aren’t trading him. Or so they say. Per Marc J. Spears of Yahoo Sports: Guard Michael Carter-Williams has been told by the Bucks that he would not be traded, a source said, but the Sixers told him the same thing. — Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpears) February 16, [...]

Don’t let the Boston Celtics’ relatively quiet rumor mill fool you. Team president Danny Ainge is still on the prowl. From the Boston Herald‘s Steve Bulpett: According to several sources, the club is holding out for a hero to shake loose from another roster while also looking for the next partially hidden gem (think Jae [...]

February 17 is a very big day on the basketball fan’s calendar, it is Michael Jordan’s birthday. The G.O.A.T. for all intents and purposes hasn’t played in an NBA game in 13 years, but is still the most marketable, profitable and popular basketball player in the world. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHAEL JORDAN! pic.twitter.com/JJCnIttTH6 — Chicago Bulls [...]

Stan Van Gundy isn’t just the coach and president of the Detroit Pistons. He’s a certified O.G. The Pistons absolutely fleeced the Orlando Magic in Tuesday’s Tobias Harris trade, relinquishing only Brandon Jennings and Ersan Ilyasova. Jennings is on an expiring contract and was good as gone from Detroit, and Ilyasova’s salary for next season [...]

At some point the Los Angeles Lakers will have made a decision on head coach Byron Scott’s future. That point just isn’t now. Per the Los Angeles Times‘s Ben Bolch: Will this also be Coach Byron Scott’s final season with the Lakers? The franchise seems torn on whether he’ll return for the third and last [...]

Are you waiting for New York Knicks president Phil Jackson to make a season-saving blockbuster deal ahead of the NBA’s Feb. 18 trade deadline? Well, keep waiting. From the New York Post‘s Fred Kerber: The NBA trading deadline is Thursday at 3 p.m., and Knicks fans await a move to reverse the recent fortunes that [...]

Ryan Anderson is almost on the move. According to The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the New Orleans Pelicans, who have been all over the place with trade rumors, are working feverishly to offload Anderson, a free-agent-to-be, somewhere else: The New Orleans Pelicans are pushing hard to find a trade for forward Ryan Anderson, whom they expect [...]

Miami Heat president Pat Riley never ceases to amaze. You know he’s aggressive when it comes to free agency (see: The Big Three) and trades (see: overpaying for Goran Dragic), but don’t think for a minute you understand the extent of his ambition. Exhibit A, per Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald: An official who [...]

Every season in the NBA by mid-January, the rumor mill starts churning at a frenetic pace and many borderline all-star caliber players and even a superstar player or two appear to be on the block. From one day to the next in the 24/7 “ESPN-fied” sports media culture we live in, prospective trades and team [...]