NBA Trade Rumors

Let’s all just agree we have no idea what Celtics and general manager Danny Ainge are doing. One day, Boston is expected to trade Rajon Rondo; the next they plan to keep him. Today is one of those latter days. According to NBA.com’s Sam Smith, the Celtics, after naming Rondo the 15th captain in franchise [...]

Impossible might not be the perfect word, but it’s pretty damn close. The New York Knicks are reportedly shopping J.R. Smith, the mercurial shooting guard and reigning Sixth Man of the Year who was just fined $50,000 for a peculiar shoelace fetish, according to ESPN’s Marc Stein and Ian Begley. From ESPN New York: While [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

It’s all about the future for the Toronto Raptors, and Rudy Gay won’t be a part of it. According to Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski and Marc J. Spears, the Raptors agreed to trade Rudy Gay to the Sacramento Kings: The Toronto Raptors have reached an agreement in principle to send Rudy Gay to the Sacramento [...]

Rajon Rondo is staying right where he is. For now. The Boston Celtics All-Star point guard has been linked to a variety of trade rumors over the last year or so. Most recently, the New York Knicks tried to get in on the action, reportedly dangling a package comprising Amar’e Stoudemire, Raymond Felton and Iman [...]

This was never going to work. When the Houston Rockets signed Dwight Howard, Omer Asik’s days as a starter were numbered. More likely, his days in Houston were numbered. Despite what coach Kevin McHale repeatedly indicated, Asik and Howard could not share the floor together. Doing so would dictate that Howard play power forward. Or, [...]

Don’t figure on LaMarcus Aldridge being traded from the Portland Trail Blazers. Talking with Craig Birnbach of KATU (via Ben Golliver of Blazers Edge), general manager Neil Olshey said that the Aldridge trade rumors were fabricated by the media: “I think it comes from all you [media] — everybody fighting to be first with inaccurate [...]

David Lee isn’t going anywhere, or at least that’s what he’s been told. Speaking with Marc Berman of the New York Post, Lee said that the Golden State Warriors have told him they’re not shopping him and the $44-plus million left on his contract: Caught up with David Lee at his kids camp in Chappaqua [...]

Joe Dumars and the Detroit Pistons have already done something the Milwaukee Bucks never did—made Brandon Jennings happy. Entering the fifth season of his NBA career, Jennings has shot better than 40 percent from the field only once, never made it out of the first round of the playoffs and been generally unhappy in Milwaukee. [...]