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According to the daily NBA round-up by Basketball Insiders Writer Steve Kyler, the Clippers and Chris Paul have already verbally agreed to a new over $200 million max extension when Paul becomes a free agent this summer. [tweet https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/834070659227582465] Chris Paul has been expected for some time to opt out of the final year and [...]

Though the Washington Wizards have been on a tear since Christmas, their bench could use a major boost. They are not unaware of this. Hence the interest in trading for Lou Williams or Bojan Bogdanovic, according to The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski (via HoopsHype):  The Wizards feel like if there’s a wing player that they can get [...]

Forbes released an article Wednesday morning breaking down the valuation of NBA franchises in 2017. Believe it or not despite the constant futility on the court, the constant drama off the court surrounding the franchise, the president taking mid-season vacations and former fan favorites being banned from the arena, the New York Knicks are still [...]

News came down early Tuesday afternoon that the Orlando Magic have agreed to send free agent to be Serge Ibaka to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for scoring wing Terrance Ross and the Raptors 2017 first round pick, as first reported by The Vertical. [tweet https://twitter.com/TheVertical/status/831543439686791169] Not to toot my own horn, but I predicted [...]

Kevin Love has easily been having his best season since joining the Cavaliers in 2014, he has found a way to maximize his skill set to fit in seamlessly with LeBron and Kyrie Irving and is back to his 20 and 11 ways without having to be the focal point or even the second option [...]

The Cavaliers have been active in the trade market for the past few days trying to find a taker for veteran and currently injured big man Chris “Birdman” Andersen. Andersen appeared in 12 games for the Cavs this season, averaging 2.3 points and 2.6 rebounds in 9 minutes per game and his season and career [...]

People, we have a trade. On the first Sunday of no football, The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski proved the NBA would do its best to replace the void left by the NFL, reporting that the Denver Nuggets would be sending Jusuf Nurkic and a first-round pick to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for Mason Plumlee [...]

As soon as it happened we knew. We didn’t really know, but we knew: The non-contact knee injury Jabari Parker suffered in the Milwaukee Bucks’ Wednesday night loss to the Miami Heat was a torn ACL. It had to be. And, as ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe confirmed moments before the team itself, this is exactly what [...]

The Milwaukee Bucks just can’t seem to catch a break on the injury front. On a night when they were on a high, having Khris Middleton making his first appearance of the season after injuring his hamstring in the pre-season, the return of one of the better and more underrated young wing players in the [...]

Charles Oakley played 19 seasons in the NBA, most notably 10 for the New York Knicks, and was an undersized, bruising, rebounding machine that served as the muscle for the great 1990s Knicks teams. He was infamous for being the resident tough guy and bodyguard of sorts (the sort of thing that is almost non-existent [...]