NBA Trade Rumors

With the NBA draft looming, the rumor mill is beginning to heat up. Teams will use this time to acquire contracts and draft picks, and shed big salaries with the hope of freeing up some cap space for free agency and/or getting under the league’s luxury-tax line. Three of the biggest names available, according to [...]

You may now take a break from the Los Angeles Clippers-Boston Celtics saga in an attempt to stomach the latest Los Angeles Lakers musings. According to Chris Broussard of ESPN.com, Monta Ellis will opt out of the final year of his contract with the Milwaukee Bucks after turning down a two-year extension worth $24 million [...]

Danny Granger would certainly look good in a Cleveland Cavaliers uniform. According to Sam Amico of Fox Sports Ohio, the Indiana Pacers are interested in moving the veteran small forward and the Cavs are believed to be among the interested teams: Nonetheless, sources have said the Cavs are more-than-willing trade partners, and outside of star [...]

The Houston Rockets are reportedly becoming more aggressive in their pursuit for Dwight Howard. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports, the Rockets plan to trade Thomas Robinson—the fifth overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft—in an attempt to free up the cap space needed to sign Howard: The Houston Rockets are determined to trade [...]

The Cleveland Cavaliers continue to dream big. After winning the 2013 NBA draft lottery, why shouldn’t they? They’re obviously riding some kind of a hot streak. This gives them two first-overall picks in the last years. Ain’t nothing wrong with that, you know, except for the fact they had to lose in excess to get [...]

The Golden State Warriors continue to make an impression. Stephen Curry and his band of supposed misfits shocked the NBA sphere when they upset the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the playoffs and pushed the San Antonio Spurs to six games in the second. They now have our attention. And Dwight Howard’s too, [...]

Stephen A. Smith is at it again. Speaking on ESPN’s First Take, Smith spoke of a potential blockbuster that could eventually go down between the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Clippers. And I’m not even sure “blockbuster” does it justice. The deal in question would have both Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett being sent to [...]

Kevin Love would be a good fit on the Chicago Bulls. Cue the speculation. Since it was first reported that Love was “unsure” about his standing with the Minnesota Timberwolves, rumors of his future and what it will hold have run rampant. As one of the NBA’s premier rebounders and floor spacers, Love would be [...]

Mike Brown returning to the Cleveland Cavaliers wouldn’t be as big a story as LaMarcus Aldridge being traded to them. No, I’m not penning just random thoughts (though I do sometimes). The Cavaliers have or had Aldridge on the brain at one point or another. Per Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports, the Cavaliers have fantasized [...]

The Golden State Warriors reportedly turned down a trade for Boston Celtics veteran forward Paul Pierce. According to Bill Simmons of ESPN’s Grantland, the Celtics offered Pierce to the Warriors in exchange for rookie Harrison Barnes and the 2014 expiring contract of Andris Biedrins or Richard Jefferson: Warrants mentioning: The Warriors turned down Pierce from [...]