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Dennis Rodman is a colorful character to say the least. We all know about his struggles with addiction, money, and celebrity since his playing days in the NBA. With that said, we also know about Rodman’s hall of fame success on the basketball court, and many players citing Rodman as a rebounding ‘genius’ and others [...]

Oh, Knicks. The New York Knicks fired Derek Fisher on Monday, which came as a fairly big surprise considering his ties to team president Phil Jackson. But he’s gone. And while Luke Rambis, one of the worst head coaches I’ve personally ever seen, will be taking over in the interim, the Knicks have their wish [...]

When Phil Jackson hired Derek Fisher as head coach, he had to have realized that the roster was a mess and that Fisher had zero coaching experience. Right? Given all of that, you’d like Jackson would allow the roster to take shape a little more before doing something irrational like removing Fisher. But, no. Jackson [...]

The Orlando Magic, who were at one point this season the surprise team in the NBA, and were as high as the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference, have now gone 3-15 thus far in 2016 and appear to be headed back to the lottery once again. As such, the Magic are very open to [...]

The Clippers and Nuggets discussed deal to trade Blake Griffin, according to Mitch Lawrence of the Sporting News: [tweet https://twitter.com/Mitch_Lawrence/status/695670813865992192] According to Lawrence, the Clippers and Nuggets spoke about a potential deal and the Nuggets front office is in the process of putting together a package of assets to acquire Griffin, but are leery of [...]

The Cavaliers appeared to be rejuvenated after the firing of David Blatt and are throwing all of their chips on the table before the trade deadline. This is like the realization that they need to make moves to be able to compete with the Golden State Warriors or San Antonio Spurs in a prospective finals [...]

Some people think Vince Carter plans on retiring from the NBA after this season. Vince Carter, however, is not one of those people. The 39-year-old has another year left on his deal with the Memphis Grizzlies. It’s non-guaranteed, but it’s worth nearly $4.3 million, so it’s understandable that Carter wouldn’t want to walk away from [...]

Manu Ginobili, 38, has seen better days. Much better days. Way better, less painful days. After having surgery to repair a “testicular injury,” the San Antonio Spurs guard is expected to miss at least one month of action. Here’s the team’s full announcement, courtesy of CBS Sports: Manu Ginobili underwent surgery earlier today in San [...]

Brandon Jennings may be a starting point guard again soon enough. According to Chris Sheridan of Sheridan Hoops (h/t ProBasketballTalk), the Brooklyn Nets and Detroit Pistons are talking about a Thaddeus Young-for-Brandon Jennings swap: Brandon Jennings could very well end up in Brooklyn two weeks from now in a trade that would send Thaddeus Young [...]

According to Gerry Woelfel of the Racine Journal Times in Milwaukee, the Bucks have made it known that point guard Michael Carter-Williams and Center Greg Monroe could be available in trades. Didn’t the bucks just acquire Carter-Williams and Greg Monroe you ask? [tweet https://twitter.com/MBohlin247/status/695323087252905984] According to a quote from an NBA exec in Woelfel’s article, [...]