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If the Atlanta Hawks decide to hold a fire sale leading into the NBA’s Feb. 18 trade deadline, Boston Celtics president Danny Ainge will be first in line for free-agent-to-be Al Horford. Which is perfect. Tinkering with the Celtics would be a dangerous game at this point. They have the East’s third-best record and rank [...]

Carmelo Anthony will not settle for the New York Knicks fading out of the Eastern Conference’s playoff picture after the NBA’s All-Star break. To be sure, this may not be a matter of settling. The Knicks at this point may be just too far behind the pack. They are 12th in the conference, five games [...]

Interim Kevin McHale’s replacement J.B. Bickerstaff isn’t about to sugarcoat the Houston Rockets’ season. They are a disappointment, a failure, an upside-down mess, and he knows it. He admitted as much Wednesday night, following Houston’s latest letdown against the Portland Trail Blazers, per KPRC-TV’s Adam Wexler (h/t Bleacher Report): "We're broken. It's that simple," #Rockets [...]

Three letters are all that’s needed to describe the 2015-16 Phoenix Suns season. Ugh. Now get ready for more ugh. Markieff Morris is making headlines again for all the wrong reasons. This time, it’s for his shoving and shouting match with Archie Goodwin, which took place in a timeout huddle during the Suns’ Wednesday night [...]

ESPN NBA Reporter Brian Windhorst mentioned on a TSN radio show in Toronto Wednesday morning that the Raptors are extremely aggressive on the trade market and are in hot pursuit of a power forward. Windhorst said they are interested and have inquired about working out a deal to acquire Thaddeus Young of the Brooklyn Nets, [...]

Yes, you read that mind-blowing headline correctly. According to ESPN NBA reporter Brian Windhorst, the Lakers front office called the Cavaliers front office to inquire about a potential earth shattering Kobe for LeBron trade. According to Windhorst this happened in the summer of 2007 after LeBron had just led an underwhelming team to the NBA [...]

George Karl’s seat cushion is cooling off. All signs pointed to the Sacramento Kings firing him not 48 hours ago. Now, the Kings are Kings-ing, changing their minds in true Kings fashion. Per ESPN.com’s Marc Stein (h/t ProBasketballTalk): ESPN sources say that the Sacramento Kings, in a dramatic about-face, have decided to keep George Karl [...]

This is not the New Orleans Pelicans’ year. Anthony Davis has been banged up, Eric Gordon is injured, Omer Asik is useless, the supporting cast is underwhelming and the playoffs are officially a pipe dream. Things just can’t get any worse. Except they just did. Tyreke Evans will most likely miss the rest of the [...]

The Pistons are doing their best to pay homage to players for their championship caliber run from 2003 to 2008. They retired undersized, defensive and rebounding extraordinaire and fan favorite Ben Wallace in January and now they will be retiring “Mr. Big Shot” Chauncey Billups’ no. 3 jersey tonight. The Pistons played their best game [...]

Dwyane Wade’s trip down Free Agency Lane manifested into an unanticipated issue last summer. That’s not going to happen this summer. Wade himself won’t let it, per Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald: Wade told me this week that he does not want to even test the free agent market and instead wants to wrap [...]