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Jose Calderon is a snarky guy. That, or a totally honest guy. Trade rumors are once again dogging the New York Knicks, even though they have little to deal, because, well, they are the New York Knicks. This is what happens, and it’s usually worse around this time, during the dog days of summer, when [...]

Jamal Crawford may go down as one of the best journeymen of this generation. He’s a very solid player but hasn’t been able to hang around in any one spot for more than a couple of years. And it looks like he may be on the move again. The Knicks have interest in the sixth [...]

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Al Horford knows how to play the numbers. The Atlanta Hawks big man, who remains one of the NBA’s most versatile yet underrated players, will reach unrestricted free agency in 2016, at which point he could sign elsewhere. And while he can put all speculation to bed by signing a contract extension with the Hawks [...]

Tim Duncan is pretty generous. It’s easy to be generous, of course, when you’ve raked in nearly $235 million in career salary and aren’t even done playing yet. But, relative to the NBA’s financial stratosphere, Duncan has gone above and beyond and then back again—756 times. This all started with yours truly traveling down a [...]

J.R. Smith turned down his $6.4 million option from the Cavaliers in hopes that he would receive more than that on the open market. That hasn’t exactly happened and he hasn’t garnered much interest. The Cavs have reached out to Smith to retain his services for less than he would’ve received had he not declined [...]

Because he has emerged as one of the best big men in the league, DeMarcus Cousins is a hot commodity. His name has been thrown around of late as being on the trading block, but that comes with the territory . Also, his “attitude” adds to the desire to flirt with getting rid of him. [...]

James Harden is on board with the Houston Rockets trading for Ty Lawson. We of course know this on some level. Rockets general manager Daryl Morey apparently consulted with both Harden and Dwight Howard before pulling the trigger on that deal with the Denver Nuggets. But if anyone still had any doubt about how Harden [...]

Charles Barkley is hoping Kobe Bryant knows when to call it quits. And he’s also hoping Kobe calls it quits after next season. While speaking with Frank Isola and Brian Scalabrine on SiriusXM NBA Radio (h/t Fox Sports), the former NBA star and current TNT analyst provided his thoughts on Kobe’s 20th season: I hope [...]

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