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As the second half of the season officially began on Thursday night, the Los Angeles Clippers pulled out a thrilling 119-115 victory over the reigning NBA champion—San Antonio Spurs. At certain parts of the game, the Spurs decided to do the Hack-a-D.J. strategy that forced the Clippers center to miss a total of 18 shots [...]

Isaiah Thomas is the right player at the right time for the Boston Celtics. Somewhat sneakily, the Celtics entered the trade-deadline field, helping the Phoenix Suns blow up their roster. They basically picked up Thomas for pennies on the dollar, per ESPN.com’s Jeff Goodman: [tweet https://twitter.com/GoodmanESPN/status/568503093798838272] Marcus Thornton was not part of the Celtics’ future, [...]

The NBA’s trade deadline was a busy racket this year, and the Oklahoma City Thunder were among those making the biggest splashes. It took a while for the full details of their trade to emerge, but the Thunder wound up parting ways with disgruntled point guard Reggie Jackson and the expiring contract of Kendrick Perkins, [...]

Whenever the Sixers all get on the court healthy and as a full unit, they will have one of the longest frontcourts in the game. They already have Nerlens Noel and Joel Embiid, who hasn’t played yet, and they just added JaVale McGee. It remains to be seen if they plan on unloading McGee for [...]

It has been rumored that the Brooklyn Nets and Minnesota Timberwolves were engaged in talks to bring the Big Ticket back to Minny to close out his career. One problem: Garnett has a no-trade clause, so he would have to agree to a trade. Per David Aldridge on Twitter, that’s exactly what has happened. This [...]

In the standings the Timberwolves are the second-worst team in the league at a record of 11-42 for the first half of the season. There’s honestly not much to look forward to anymore except the upcoming draft lottery and of course the development of their young guns like Andrew Wiggins and Zach Lavine, the keys [...]

The NBA has lost a member of the fraternity as former Blazer Jerome Kersey has passed away at the age of 52. Kersey, of course, was a key member of those great Blazers teams of the early 90s, including the squad led by Clyde Drexler that ultimately lost to the Pistons in the 1990 Finals [...]

Stand up, folks. Stretch. Bend. Flex. Make old-folk noises. The NBA trade deadline is finally upon us. This implies two things: First, real, live basketball is about to begin again. Fist-pump it up. Second, the rumors are flowing like vodka and tequila and gin and rum and whiskey during J.R. Smith’s weekend-long vacation from the city of Cleveland. Navigating those [...]

It’ll still be a long while before we witness the resurgence of the Boston Celtics—as a lot of major changes and key acquisitions are necessary for them to rebuild. But the question on everyone’s mind in Boston is, ‘where do we start’? Who should be the first target? Obviously, an established, but young star is [...]

The day of guys secretly requesting a trade appears to be behind us. On the heels of Goran Dragic reportedly telling the Suns to trade him because he won’t re-sign with them, OKC’s Reggie Jackson has reportedly requested the Thunder to trade him as well. In the case of Jackson, it’s a bit different, as [...]