Serge Ibaka

In the last decade or so, the league has taken measures to punish players severely for things that haven’t always seemed as serious. The punishment doesn’t always fit the crime. That’s why it’s somewhat strange to learn that Robin Lopez and Serge Ibaka were only suspended one game for their altercation Tuesday evening. Their dust [...]

Serge Ibaka and Robin Lopez got into it during the Toronto Raptors’ Tuesday night overtime victory against the Chicago Bulls. The scene was so contentious, suspensions have to be coming. And Robin Lopez knows it, per the Chicago Tribune‘s K.C. Johnson: [tweet https://twitter.com/KCJHoop/status/844375305892646913] Jimmy Butler, who charged into the initial scrum but then took a step back, [...]

The Toronto Raptors are surely done wheeling and dealing after acquiring Serge Ibaka from the Orlando Magic, right? Maybe not. From the Toronto Star‘s Doug Smith: HAVE: League sources insist Toronto will not give away any more young assets such as Delon Wright, Jakob Poeltl, Lucas Nogueira, Pascal Siakam, Norm Powell or Fred VanVleet, but that [...]

There’s no question the Toronto Raptors made a good move by acquiring Serge Ibaka from the Orlando Magic. The first-round pick they’ll give up probably won’t turn into anything, and Terrence Ross was made expendable by the emergence of Norman Powell. Still, the Raptors aren’t out of the woods yet. Aside from actually incorporating Ibaka [...]

How high is Boston Celtics team president Danny Ainge on the franchise’s assets? Incredibly high. Probably too high. Though the Toronto Raptors ultimately swung a trade for Serge Ibaka, the Celtics were involved in negotiations with the Orlando Magic. And according to Celtics Blog’s Jared Weiss, they might’ve got him if it they weren’t so damn [...]

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 [...]

Every so often leading into the NBA’s trade deadline, there’s a high-profile player or five who seems overwhelmingly likely to get dealt. And by this we mean it becomes a huge shock should said player finish the season with his current team. This year, Serge Ibaka falls under that umbrella. There’s a new spin on the [...]

With all the Serge Ibaka trade rumors floating around, it feels increasingly likely the Orlando Magic will move on from their prized offseason acquisition before he hits the free-agent market this summer. And you can add the Miami Heat to the list of teams showing interest in him, according to the Miami Herald‘s Barry Jackson: One name [...]

Imagine adding Serge Ibaka to the Houston Rockets’ current core. Pretty sweet, right? The Houston Rockets are apparently thinking along the same lines, according to ESPN.com’s Calvin Watkins: There is also some interest in Orlando power forward Serge Ibaka, who is apparently is on the trade block. Ibaka scored 28 points in 40 minutes in [...]

According to an article from Basketball Insiders Reporter Steve Kyler, there have been some exploratory trade discussions between the Raptors and Magic about big man Serge Ibaka. Kyler says that the Magic, who are easily the most active team on the trade market at the moment, discussing deals for players such as Ibaka, Nikola Vucevic, [...]