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Even in injury, it doesn’t appear Nerlens Noel wants for trade suitors. With the Philadelphia 76ers’ frontcourt logjam alive as ever, we can expect Jahlil Okafor’s and Noel’s names to be bandied about the rumor mill until one or both of them is moved. Though the Sixers have already moved Jerami Grant, they’ve never once [...]

Now, about the Utah Jazz winning 50 games this season…that’s probably not going to happen. It’s not that the Jazz don’t have the talent to reach that mark. No, no, no. They’re just a magnet for injury bugs. Boris Diaw is the latest to fall victim. He will miss at least the next two weeks [...]

The Brooklyn Nets pulled off a gutsy 109-100 win over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night—half of which came without starting point guard Jeremy Lin. Lin did not return to play the second half after suffering a left hamstring injury: [tweet https://twitter.com/BrooklynNets/status/793977960537563136] Head coach Kenny Atkinson didn’t have any immediate updates on Lin’s hamstring following [...]

We have our first trade of the 2016-17 NBA season. And, surprise surprise, it involves the Philadelphia 76ers. As first reported by The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Philly is sending Jerami Grant to the Oklahoma City Thunder for Ersan Ilyasova and a future pick: [tweet https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/793532530477690881] [tweet https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/793532897089163265] The pick in question, per ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe [...]

The Utah Jazz just can’t seem to reach full strength. Derrick Favors only recently returned from a left knee injury, and Gordon Hayward won’t play until late November at the earliest after breaking his finger. Now the Jazz have lost Alec Burks for an undisclosed period of time, per a team announcement: Following multiple medical [...]

Throughout his career DeMarcus Cousins has had trouble controlling his temper and Saturday night was no different. In a game against the Timberwolves, Cousins was frustrated by a foul call that caused him to foul out. He was so upset that he stormed the stands and threw his mouthpiece on the ground. The NBA handed [...]

Lots of people thought Kris Dunn would be the Minnesota Timberwolves’ starting point guard by season’s end. Few, if any, thought he’d taking up the mantle two games into the season. But here we are. The Minnesota Timberwolves announced that Ricky Rubio, their current starting point guard, will we out indefinitely as he rehabilitates a [...]

It has been two seasons since Ray Allen stepped foot on an NBA court as an active player. He was 39 years-old, and his Miami Heat just lost to the Spurs in the 2014 Finals in somewhat convincing fashion. Then before you knew it, LeBron was back in Cleveland and Ray apparently was no longer [...]

Marcus Smart’s stay on the shelf did not last very long. After injuring his left ankle just before the start of the regular season, Smart was slated to miss a couple week, and it wasn’t entirely clear when he would return. As it turns out, though, he only missed the Boston Celtics’ first three games [...]

The Utah Jazz are still trying to ensure Rudy Gobert never reaches restricted free agency. With the deadline for extensions fast approaching, Gobert and the Jazz remain locked in contract talks, per The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski: [tweet https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/792793399099293696] Gobert and the Jazz have until 11:59 p.m. ET on Halloween night to hash out an agreement. [...]