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Trade Russell Westbrook? Just because Kevin Durant up and left for the Golden State Warriors? Puh-lease. The Oklahoma City Thunder have bigger plans, as evidenced by their decision to rescind Dion Waiters’ qualifying offer. They want to renegotiate Westbrook’s now, ahead of 2017 free agency, locking him up long term so that they don’t have [...]

Don’t expect a Blake Griffin trade to go through anytime soon. This could be because the Los Angeles Clippers simply aren’t inclined to move him. He is a 27-year-old superstar. Those don’t grow on trees. Of course, he will be a free agent in 2017. It’s only smart of the Clippers to explore moving him, [...]

Derrick Rose and Kristaps Porzingis are already building some on-court chemistry. The duo worked out together in Los Angeles while Porzingis was there for the ESPYs, along with some other New York Knicks players, including Brandon Jennings. Rose, apparently, is digging the dynamic he has with the Orange and Blue’s sophomore sensation, according to his [...]

Pat Riley has a message for all you truthers who think that he purposely steered Dwyane Wade from the Miami Heat to the Chicago Bulls. You’re wrong. That’s the gist of what he said anyway, telling reporters that he is absolutely shocked Wade ended up in The Windy City, per Jason Leiser of the Palm [...]

Most NBA owners probably don’t like that the Golden State Warriors, a 73-win powerhouse, were able to carve out enough cap space to sign Kevin Durant. Mark Cuban, though, is not most owners. He doesn’t really have a huge issue with Durant heading to Oakland. To the contrary, he thinks it’s good for the NBA, [...]

The Magic seemed to have a very clear and measured approach to rebuilding their franchise and restocking their talent from the moment they hit the reset button and dealt Dwight Howard in the summer of 2012. They used the ammo acquired in that blockbuster trade and the resulting bottoming out to build a very talented [...]

Remember the inception of Jeremy Lin’s “Linsanity” movement during the lockout-truncated 2011-12 season? Of course you do. It’s been a big part of his career arc, and it’s still talked about today. Including Wednesday. Houston Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni, who was head coach of the New York Knicks for the birth of Linsanity, opened [...]

According to a leaked report from GMs around the NBA, many around the league expect the Thunder to deal 27-year-old superstar point guard Russell Westbrook “very soon” as the team gets the feeling he will not re-sign with them in the offseason. [tweet https://twitter.com/RealGM/status/753274314334416896] This sort of move would mark a complete retool for the [...]

The NBA’s 2016-17 season has yet to begin, but Boston Celtics point guard Isaiah Thomas is already thinking about what happen in 2018. Yes, 2018. That’s when Thomas will reach free agency and, by his own words, search for a lucrative deal. As he told CSNNE.com’s A. Sherrod Blakely: They better bring out the Brinks [...]

James Harden isn’t here to sugarcoat anything. He’s here to play basketball and make lots of money. And tell the truth. On Saturday, the Houston Rockets announced that they renegotiated a four-year, $118 million contract with their lone superstar. The move allows Harden’s salary to jump immediately, in 2016-17, and it ensures he won’t reach [...]