Imagine adding Serge Ibaka to the Houston Rockets’ current core. Pretty sweet, right? The Houston Rockets are apparently thinking along the same lines, according to ESPN.com’s Calvin Watkins: There is also some interest in Orlando power forward Serge Ibaka, who is apparently is on the trade block. Ibaka scored 28 points in 40 minutes in [...]
February 9, 2017
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According to a tweet from USA Today Reporter Sam Amick, the 76ers and New Orleans are deep into discussions for a trade involving second year center and former No. 3 pick Jahlil Okafor. [tweet https://twitter.com/sam_amick/status/828717481740996617] There aren’t many other details that have been reported as of yet but it is intriguing if the Pelicans would [...]
February 7, 2017
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The Nuggets are flying high lately. They have won seven of their last 10 games to improve to 21-27 and are now in the race for the western conference No. 8 seed. One of the changes the team has made during this successful stretch is benching 29-year-old combo forward Wilson Chandler. Chandler was having the [...]
February 3, 2017
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The Cleveland Cavaliers’ search for another playmaker—and thus a way to quiet LeBron James’ pleas and demands for one—is soldiering on as the NBA nears its Feb. 23 trade deadline. One of their latest treks into the rumor mill included inquiring about the Philadelphia 76ers’ T.J. McConnell. Not surprisingly, though, the Cavaliers’ overtures were rebuffed, [...]
January 30, 2017
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According to a report from ESPN’s Marc Stein on Saturday, the Cavaliers are interested in acquiring Shelvin Mack or Jameer Nelson to shore up their back up point guard position. [tweet https://twitter.com/NEOSportsInside/status/825377186429419520] Stein noted that the Jazz reserve guard Shelvin Mack is “definitely available” in trade talks. The Cavs would be able to fit him [...]
January 30, 2017
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If you haven’t noticed in recent days, the cat is out of the bag: the Knicks want to move on from Carmelo Anthony. The hard part about that though is that Melo is one of three players in the NBA with a no trade clause in his contract, LeBron James and Dirk Nowitzki are the [...]
January 26, 2017
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The rumor mill starts getting pretty juicy this time of year as the NBA trade deadline approaches and a number of teams are playing musical chairs behind closed doors with their different players and assets in order to fill needs or help further the direction the organization is heading. There has been some chatter the [...]
January 26, 2017
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The Orlando Magic seemed to have a patient and well-defined rebuilding plan after finally deciding to trade an unhappy Dwight Howard in the summer of 2012. Using draft picks and their currents assets, they drafted or acquired Nikola Vucevic (in the Howard trade), Tobias Harris, Evan Fournier, Aaron Gordon, Victor Oladipo and Elfrid Payton to [...]
January 24, 2017
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Isaiah Thomas’ story is truly an inspiration for underdogs. After being taken last overall in the same draft that Kyrie Irving was taken first overall, Thomas has emerged as on the league’s best point guards and leading scorers. He’s the main reason Boston is set up so nicely for the future. He’s impossible to guard [...]
January 24, 2017
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According to a story from Joe Cowley in the Chicago Sun Times Sunday morning, the Chicago Bulls front office is not satisfied with their 22-23 record to start the season. The article states that multiple sources have reported that the team has been actively shopping Rajon Rondo and Nikola Mirotic in order to shake up [...]
January 23, 2017
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