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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, [...]

There is never a good time for an NBA player to get injured, but Kentavious Caldwell-Pope’s groin injury comes at an especially unideal juncture. The 22-year-old wing injured his groin in the Detroit Pistons’ Wednesday night loss to the Boston Celtics and, per the Associated Press’ Dave Hogg (h/t Bleacher Report), is expected to miss [...]

Meet those who will revive the NBA dunk contest. Or something. Sources gave Cleveland.com’s Chris Haynes a preview of next Saturday’s dunk-contest lineup, and he was kind enough to share his intel: The field for the NBA Slam Dunk Contest scheduled for Feb. 13 in Toronto is set, according to league sources. The defending champion [...]

Now that Jeff Hornacek has been shown the door, it appears as if the team will try and revamp the roster too. Might as well. If this is the case, the first guy that should go would be Markieff Morris. Keef still hasn’t gotten over the fact that the Suns traded his brother, and it [...]

Hooray for conflicting information. Frank Isola of the New York Daily News reported on Wednesday that the Houston Rockets have held Dwight Howard trade discussions with the Boston Celtics. He himself was quick to note that it was a long shot. Turns out, though, the scenario is an impossible shot. Or whatever. From ESPN.com’s Marc [...]