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Any leverage the New Orleans Pelicans had in Ryan Anderson trade talks is officially gone. Leverage was nearly nonexistent to begin with. Anderson will be a free agent at the end of this season and, thus, is a potential flight risk—something teams must consider before opening their asset stable in negotiations. But suitors do have [...]

The Minnesota Timberwolves are apparently prepared to move on from Ricky Rubio. According to Frank Isola of the New York Daily News, the Timberwolves are not only willing to take calls on their point guard but have made him “readily available” for the taking (h/t ProBasketballTalk): Zach LaVine was nothing short of spectacular in winning [...]

The 2016 Basketball Hall of Fame class has some serious names. Later this summer, high-profile names will be inducted and immortalized forever. This has to be one of the most attractive lists in recent memory as Shaquille O’Neal and Allen Iverson lead the way. Shaq is a no-brainer, and while Iverson’s career didn’t end the [...]

Marc Gasol, in all likelihood, has played his last game this season. Word came down on Wednesday that the 31-year-old big man suffered a broken right foot and would be sidelined indefinitely. Here’s more from ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: Memphis Grizzlies center Marc Gasol will be sidelined indefinitely with a broken right foot, the team said [...]

Add the Milwaukee Bucks to the list of NBA teams who most likely won’t be making a move prior to the February 18 trade deadline. Here’s Kidd on the Association’s player-swap cutoff, per Charles F. Gardner of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Kidd on trade deadline: "I don't know if we have any action going on, [...]

If you thought the Atlanta Hawks were going to just give Al Horford and Jeff Teague away, think again. From CSN New England: Chris Mannix believes Horford would be a perfect fit with the Celtics, but the price tag might be standing in the way. “From everything I’ve been told in the last two or [...]

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist just cannot catch a break. Actually, that’s not true. He’s catching too many breaks. The wrong breaks. Seven games into his return for the Charlotte Hornets, the 6’8″ swingman suffered a torn labrum, and the team announced shortly thereafter he was out indefinitely: INJURY UPDATE: @hornets F Michael Kidd-Gilchrist had MRI revealing torn [...]

Dwight Howard is available for trade. Maybe. We think. We’re not really sure. The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported on Thursday that the Houston Rockets were acquiescing to a request/demand/general wonderment by Howard’s agents and dangling him in trades around the league. Both Howard and his agent denied such a request exists, per ESPN.com’s Marc Stein, [...]

Will the Golden State Warriors be making a move at the NBA’s trade deadline? LOL. Oh, you’re serious? Well, then here’s general manager Bob Myers on the teams plans, per Diamond Leung of the Bay Area News Group: Bob Myers to 95.7 The Game on trade deadline "It'd have to be something unbelievable to really [...]

LeBron James just keeps ascending the mountain of accomplishments among other NBA greats and on Wednesday night, he enjoyed another milestone. LeBron had another masterful performance last night with 29 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds in a 120-111 win over the Lakers. It was Kobe’s last game in Cleveland. In the process, the 31-year-old [...]