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The Boston Celtics have finally done it. Amidst all of the rumors of trading Rajon Rondo, the Celtics pulled the trigger this evening on a trade of the star point guard to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for players and picks. Earlier today we didn’t think the Celtics would do it, as it didn’t seem [...]

The hot start by the Golden State Warriors seemed almost too good to be true. Everything was falling into place and things were clicking. But now, they have been dealt a terrible blow with this recent news of Andrew Bogut’s knee. If they are ever able to get Bogut and David Lee on the court [...]

Isaiah Thomas has fired his agent. Nobody panic. From AZ Central’s Paul Coro: With news of Thomas firing his agent, Andy Miller, two weeks ago and with him becoming trade-eligible this week, the dot-connectors went to work after Thomas’ comment to cbssports.com last month that the Suns situation “was not what I expected.” Miller negotiated [...]

Rajon Rondo apparently isn’t considered untouchable within the Boston Celtics organization. But you already knew that, of course. He’s been linked to trade rumors for years—since before Anthony Davis had his driver’s permit. Hell, it isn’t a season until Rondo has reportedly been made available. To wit: It’s officially a season. According to ESPN.com’s Marc [...]

Here’s to stability. Never before, in the year-plus since we’ve been doing these power rankings, has there been less movement within a week. Twelve teams are right where they were last week, which is pretty freaking incredible. That’s almost half the Association, and that never happens. And, somewhat surprisingly, it’s the league’s best teams that [...]

Because of the Knicks surprisingly slow start, many players are expressing pity towards Melo. A few weeks ago, LeBron James said he felt sorry for Melo and last night, former teammate Tyson Chandler said the same thing when he was sneakily asked that question by the media. I’m sure Melo isn’t looking for pity from [...]

Earlier in the season, there was a report swirling around which suggested that players didn’t want to sign with the Lakers because they didn’t want to play with Kobe Bryant. Kobe seems like he can be a tough teammate at times, so the report didn’t sound too crazy on the surface. But Paul George shot [...]

While many are still scratching their heads over the firing of Kings coach Mike Malone, Sacramento appears on the prowl for their next long-term hire already. So far, we’ve heard George Karl, Vinny Del Negro and now Mark Jackson. In fact, Jackson has already met with the GM. Jackson’s demeanor seems like it would be [...]

ESPN and the producers of the upcoming film Taken 3 have come up with a pretty clever cross promotional video with Liam Neeson and John Wall. With the upcoming release of Taken 3 (for those that haven’t seen Taken 1 and 2, Neeson is a bad ass father with a ‘particular set of skills’ to [...]

Milwaukee Bucks rookie Jabari Parker suffered a left knee injury during their thrilling 96-94 victory against the Phoenix Suns. He immediately went for an MRI the next day which revealed a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his left knee. The Bucks have announced (via twitter) that Parker is sidelined for the remainder of the [...]