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How’s the market for Dwight Howard, you ask? Not very good. The Houston Rockets remain motivated to move the 30-year-old Howard, per ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/700218509490425856] Cool. The issue? Getting a substantive return for his services. And judging by the deal that the Charlotte Hornets offered, according to Frank Isola of the New York [...]

Just in case Gilbert Arenas had even the smallest semblance of a legacy left, he is making every effort to squash it. Tonight he took to Instagram and in a weird classless rant, seemed to compliment Kobe Bryant, beg for a 10-day contract, then attack virtually every player on the Lakers bench. Maybe he was [...]

Last time we met, we were preparing for the NBA’s All-Star break. And, well, we’re still on that gosh darn All-Star break. The NBA returns to action on Thursday, Feb. 18. Incidentally, that’s the same day as the league’s trade deadline. I’m sure that won’t be a chaotic time at all. It will be totally [...]

According to Orlando sports reporter David Baumann, the Magic offered Nikola Vucevic and Aaron Gordon in a trade package for Blake Griffin and were turned down: https://twitter.com/DavidBaumannORL/status/699775403083358209 Although that may be fair value and about as good as you could get when dealing a superstar, the trade doesn’t really make a lot of sense for [...]

ESPN shared a pretty humorous tweet earlier today that a prospective trade of the entire 76ers roster for Kobe Bryant would work within salary cap constraints according to the handy dandy ESPN’s NBA trade machine tool: [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNNBA/status/699990459876253697] There are a number of factors that make this hilarious, the trade obviously wouldn’t be possible as [...]

Don’t let the Boston Celtics’ relatively quiet rumor mill fool you. Team president Danny Ainge is still on the prowl. From the Boston Herald‘s Steve Bulpett: According to several sources, the club is holding out for a hero to shake loose from another roster while also looking for the next partially hidden gem (think Jae [...]

For the first time since punching a team employee, Blake Griffin showed his face. Today at Clippers practice, Blake addressed the media and showed remorse for his actions. He sounded very sincere, but this still may prove to be his ticket out of town. The Clippers are surging with him on the sidelines, which makes [...]

Every season in the NBA by mid-January, the rumor mill starts churning at a frenetic pace and many borderline all-star caliber players and even a superstar player or two appear to be on the block. From one day to the next in the 24/7 “ESPN-fied” sports media culture we live in, prospective trades and team [...]

According to multiple reports the Magic and Pistons have agreed in principle on a trade that will send Tobias Harris to Detroit in exchange for Brandon Jennings and Ersan Illyasova. A Brandon Jennings and Tobias Harris swap marks the first major trade of the NBA deadline season. [tweet https://twitter.com/daldridgetnt/status/699675215672926209] [tweet https://twitter.com/SpearsNBAYahoo/status/699673346070355969?s=09] Harris told ESPN Reporter [...]

It has been a rough five months for Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. The former number two pick in the 2012 NBA Draft tore his labrum in the preseason and went from a guy expected to breakout with a larger role to someone who may miss the entire season. He recovered quickly and returned on January 29, averaging [...]