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Mike Krzyzewski was not at all surprised when Kyrie Irving requested a trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers over the summer, and he’s most definitely not surprised to see the point guard thriving with the Boston Celtics. Krzyzewski, who coached Irving while he was at Duke, told The Boston Globe he could always sense that there was more [...]

More bad news for Blake Griffin and the struggling and short-handed Los Angeles Clippers: Griffin will miss the next two months while he recovers from a sprained MCL. [tweet https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/935601533021913088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Griffin suffered the injury in the 4th quarter of the Clippers 120-115 win over the Lakers on Monday night when a tumbling Austin Rivers landed [...]

LeBron James is ready for Isaiah Thomas to take the court. That’s not happening anytime soon, of course—at least not for a few weeks. The point guard has missed every game so far this season after joining the Cleveland Cavaliers as part of the Kyrie Irving trade with the Boston Celtics. He needs to get [...]

When the sun finally sets on a bizarre 2017 free-agency period, Derrick Rose (probably) won’t be a member of the New York Knicks. But he could be on the Dallas Mavericks. Per the New York Post‘s Marc Berman: [tweet https://twitter.com/NYPost_Berman/status/883069719972118528] Rose has been most linked to the Minnesota Timberwolves, Los Angeles Clippers and Milwaukee Bucks—only one [...]

About those Chris Paul-to-San Antonio Spurs rumors having serious legs…One NBA executive isn’t buying it. From Bleacher Report’s Mike Monroe: “I think all that talk is nothing more than leverage,” one Western Conference basketball executive said Thursday. “Chris is just trying to make sure he can leverage Doc (Rivers). “If you’re the Clippers, don’t you [...]

If you’re wondering whether Carmelo-Anthony-to-the-Los-Angeles-Clippers scenarios will die in light of the team’s uncertainty heading into this offseason, here’s your answer: LOL, no. In the latest episode of Melodrama, some NBA executives told the New York Post‘s Marc Berman they believe New York Knicks team president Phil Jackson should deal Anthony in a sign-and-trade for J.J. Redick: [...]

J.J. Redick isn’t hoping to double his $7.4 million salary from this past season when he enters free agency. He’s hoping to almost triple it, according to the Los Angeles Times‘ Broderick Turner: J.J. Redick, who is an unrestricted free agent, is looking to earn $18-20 million per season, according to the officials. The Clippers probably won’t [...]

These next 13 games, or however many he plays in, may be Carmelo Anthony’s last with the New York Knicks. In a fantastically reported piece on Phil Jackson’s three-year tenure as team president, ESPN.com’s Ian Begley relayed that the organization plans to revisit its efforts to trade the All-Star, albeit ebbing, forward: The biggest issue surrounding [...]

Imagine trying to get the Washington Wizards to trade Otto Porter. Funny, right? Now imagine the Los Angeles Clippers being the team that tries getting Washington to sell its stud wing. Unfathomable, right? Yes, and no. It’s ridiculous in the sense it’s never going to happen, but possible in the sense Los Angeles tried, per [...]

Here’s some free advice for people expecting the New York Knicks to trade Carmelo Anthony: Don’t. Anthony, who was named as an All-Star replacement for the injured Kevin Love, reiterated on Wednesday that the Knicks haven’t asked him to waive his no-trade clause, and as such, he doesn’t have any plans to: [tweet https://twitter.com/StevePopper/status/831928322888175616] [tweet [...]