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Well it’s official: The NBA is a forest fire of craziness. To wit: A lot has happened since we last met. Kevin Garnett decided to head-hump Dwight Howard amid the Net’s demonstrative downturn; the Pistons decided to be an actual basketball team; the Knicks and Celtics let Sam Hinkie know they’re coming for his (pingpong) balls; [...]

The Brooklyn Nets’ longstanding fire sale hasn’t seen them do any selling. Might the Miami Heat change their mind? According to ESPN New York’s Ohm Youngmisuk, the Heat are among the teams registering interest in a Brook Lopez trade: [tweet https://twitter.com/NotoriousOHM/status/555487146887618562] Trading any of their pricy pacts makes sense for the Nets. Whatever helps whittle [...]

Another day, another chance for the New York Knicks to contradict themselves. Team president Phil Jackson has already pillaged through the roster’s limited talent supply, trading Iman Shumpert and J.R. Smith for jack. It’s widely known he may not be done either, which, in layman’s terms, means Jose Calderon better not get too comfortable. It [...]

The New York Knicks want to trade Jose Calderon and Andrea Bargnani. No word yet on what their third and final wish will be. From ESPN.com’s Ian Begley and Marc Stein: The New York Knicks are actively trying to trade veterans Jose Calderon and Andrea Bargnani as part of their ongoing roster clear-out, according to [...]

Kevin Garnett is soooooooo suspended. Midway through the first quarter of Monday night’s bout between the Brooklyn Nets and Houston Rockets, Garnett got into it with Dwight Howard, because, well, Garnett has a tendency to get into it with a lot of people. Devin Kharpertian of The Brooklyn Game described the scene: It didn’t take [...]

Cleveland Cavaliers coach David Blatt has some brass ones. Losers of their last five, the Cavaliers are fading fast. They’re now owners of the Eastern Conference’s sixth seed, behind the Milwaukee Bucks, and are 1-8 without LeBron James, whose nine absences are a single-season career high. Asked about the Cavaliers still having a Big Two [...]

The Clippers desperately need a competent small forward if they’re to survive the Western Conference’s contender-crammed bloodbath. So, naturally, they’re interested in trading for a guard. Doc Rivers’ crew is apparently trying to deal for the Sixers’ Tony Wroten Jr., per Dan Woike of the Orange County Register: [tweet https://twitter.com/DanWoikeSports/status/552916137860550656] John Gonzalez of CSNPhilly.com confirmed [...]

To the NBA trade-rumor mobile! Not two weeks ago, yours truly talked extensively about which teams would be the most aggressive buyers ahead of the Association’s Feb. 19 trade deadline. They were not excluded because I expected them to be sellers. No, no, no. It’s just that, since the Rudy Gay trade, they’ve prioritized stability [...]

Hypothetical NBA trades that don’t come true are the worst—especially those that would have been awesome. Like this one. According to ESPN New York’s Ohm Youngmisuk, the Brooklyn Nets and Oklahoma City Thunder talked shop on a deal involving Brook Lopez: [tweet: https://twitter.com/NotoriousOHM/status/552312545793826817] Nets Daily confirmed the rumor, which at this point, will never come [...]

Reggie Jackson is the player the Knicks almost had, even though they never really had him. Twitter was aflutter when the three-team deal between the Knicks, Cavaliers and Thunder began unfolding. Jackson was identified as the player the Knicks were taking back. But Twitter was wrong. The move was a salary dump; the Knicks gave [...]