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Addition by subtraction. Depletion by addition. That’s been the NBA’s prevailing theme this season. So many teams aren’t where they’re supposed to be. And I mean so many. Can anyone explain the Phoenix Suns, lottery-dwellers of 2012-13? Though they added Eric Bledsoe, they traded away Marcin Gortat and Jared Dudley. Now they’re among the Western [...]

At the beginning of October before the NBA season started we brought to attention the Anta ‘Team Fearless’ website and pointed out the two open spots next to Kevin Garnett and Luis Scola. With both KG and Scola with Anta sneaker deals and talk of Rajon Rondo leaving Nike for the Chinese brand I remained [...]

The Sacramento Kings don’t understand no means no. Boston Celtics general manager Danny Ainge has repeatedly said that All-Star point guard Rajon Rondo isn’t up for grabs. That the Celtics plan to build around him. That he’s their future. True story. “I want to make sure Rondo comes back healthy,” Ainge told CBS Boston in [...]

Dion Waiters has been unhappy in Cleveland for a while now. And that’s unfortunate considering the fact that he was drafted last year. His biggest beef is that he’s not clicking with Kyrie Irving both on and off the court. Waiters has apparently been very vocal about wanting a trade, realizing the Cavs are Irving’s [...]

Kyrie Irving has improved his level of play every year he has been in the NBA, and entering his third season with the Cleveland Cavaliers, he has enjoyed a success players with double or triple his professional career length have not. One benefit that is granted to elite basketball players is being the face of [...]

Tanking isn’t in Derrick Rose’s vocabulary. Hell, rebuilding isn’t either. But it may have to be. According to the New York Daily News‘ Mitch Lawrence, Rose wants no part of a rebuild in Chicago: Rose has told several confidantes that he is worried that the Bulls will start to let the team hit the skids [...]

Disappointing doesn’t even begin to describe this season for the Knicks. They’re finding new ways to lose frequently and just about everybody has been rumored to be traded. The latest has bee Tyson Chandler. We’ve heard his name and the Lakers in the same sentence recently. Either way, Chandler appears set to return from his [...]

Because of all that has happened with the Boston Celtics since the end of last season, it seems like we barely remember Rajon Rondo and his injury. Because the Atlantic Division is so terrible, the Celtics lead and Rondo should help that when he returns. That return may be pretty soon as he has been [...]

This is both weird and not so weird. The Houston Rockets are known to be shopping disgruntled center Omer Asik, but according to ESPN New York 98.7 FM’s and MSG Networks’ Alan Hahn, they may also be gauging value for Jeremy Lin as well. Audio of what Hahn said can be found here while a [...]