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Nine games into his tenure with the Portland Trail Blazers’ starting five, Evan Turner suffered a right hand fracture during a Tuesday night win over the Dallas Mavericks. The good news: He doesn’t need surgery. The bad news: He won’t be playing anytime soon, per the Oregonian‘s Joe Freeman: The Portland Trail Blazers will be without their starting [...]

Although not surprising considering he is the youngest player in the NBA (he turned 19 in November) Suns rookie and No. 4 pick in the 2016 NBA Draft, Dragan Bender has struggled to make his mark on the Suns in his rookie season. Bender has averaged 3.8 points and 2.2 rebounds in 12.7 minutes per [...]

The Dallas Mavericks will remain hobbled. Andrew Bogut hasn’t played since Jan. 29 with a right hamstring injury, while Deron Williams hasn’t taken the court since Jan. 25 as he tends to a left big toe sprain. It doesn’t sound like either of them will play before the NBA’s All-Star break, per the Star-Telegram‘s Dwain Price: [...]

Before Kobe Bryant was a legend on the NBA court and a five-time NBA champion, he was a legend in the rich history that is the Philadelphia high school basketball scene. Kobe averaged 30.8 points, 12.5 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 4.0 steals and 3.8 blocks per game as a senior at Lower Merion High School in [...]

According to a tweet from USA Today Reporter Sam Amick, the 76ers and New Orleans are deep into discussions for a trade involving second year center and former No. 3 pick Jahlil Okafor. [tweet https://twitter.com/sam_amick/status/828717481740996617] There aren’t many other details that have been reported as of yet but it is intriguing if the Pelicans would [...]

How serious is the bone bruise in Joel Embiid’s left knee that has caused him to miss him five straight games? Serious enough that he’ll miss a sixth consecutive matchup when the Philadelphia 76ers take on the Detroit Pistons Monday night, but not so serious that head coach Brett Brown is worried. Per Philly.com’s Keith [...]

How serious are the Minnesota Timberwolves about erasing the 2.5-game gap standing between them and the Western Conference’s final playoff spot? Serious enough to dangle 24-year-old Shabazz Muhammad in a trade for 31-year-old P.J. Tucker, according to Basketball Insiders’ Michael Scotto: P.J. Tucker has been in the headlines recently, with his name surfacing in trade [...]

The Nuggets are flying high lately. They have won seven of their last 10 games to improve to 21-27 and are now in the race for the western conference No. 8 seed. One of the changes the team has made during this successful stretch is benching 29-year-old combo forward Wilson Chandler. Chandler was having the [...]

Well now that we are in February, you can fully expect the trade chatter that has been constant since mid-December to actually come to life as teams try to improve their roster or give themselves more financial flexibility for whatever path they are headed toward. One domino fell and came out of left field, as [...]

Detroit Pistons coach-president Stan Van Gundy may be ready to make some moves. According to Basketball Insiders’ Michael Scotto, the team has put bigs Aron Baynes and Boban Marjanovic on the chopping block: The Detroit Pistons are exploring the trade market on centers Aron Baynes and Boban Marjanovic, league sources told Basketball Insiders. Baynes has [...]