Are you waiting for New York Knicks president Phil Jackson to make a season-saving blockbuster deal ahead of the NBA’s Feb. 18 trade deadline? Well, keep waiting. From the New York Post‘s Fred Kerber: The NBA trading deadline is Thursday at 3 p.m., and Knicks fans await a move to reverse the recent fortunes that [...]
February 17, 2016
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Ryan Anderson is almost on the move. According to The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the New Orleans Pelicans, who have been all over the place with trade rumors, are working feverishly to offload Anderson, a free-agent-to-be, somewhere else: The New Orleans Pelicans are pushing hard to find a trade for forward Ryan Anderson, whom they expect [...]
February 17, 2016
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Miami Heat president Pat Riley never ceases to amaze. You know he’s aggressive when it comes to free agency (see: The Big Three) and trades (see: overpaying for Goran Dragic), but don’t think for a minute you understand the extent of his ambition. Exhibit A, per Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald: An official who [...]
February 17, 2016
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Every season in the NBA by mid-January, the rumor mill starts churning at a frenetic pace and many borderline all-star caliber players and even a superstar player or two appear to be on the block. From one day to the next in the 24/7 “ESPN-fied” sports media culture we live in, prospective trades and team [...]
February 16, 2016
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According to multiple reports the Magic and Pistons have agreed in principle on a trade that will send Tobias Harris to Detroit in exchange for Brandon Jennings and Ersan Illyasova. A Brandon Jennings and Tobias Harris swap marks the first major trade of the NBA deadline season. [tweet https://twitter.com/daldridgetnt/status/699675215672926209] [tweet https://twitter.com/SpearsNBAYahoo/status/699673346070355969?s=09] Harris told ESPN Reporter [...]
February 16, 2016
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Are the Phoenix Suns content to keep the (presumably still) disgruntled Markieff Morris past the NBA’s Feb. 18 trade deadline? It sure seems that way. Shoot, maybe they’re hoping to keep him and don’t want to move him at all. I mean, their asking price, according to Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski, implies as much: Multiple [...]
February 16, 2016
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While the celebrity game is a cute way to engage the most casual of basketball fans, I never considered it apart of All-Star Weekend. From my few years experience, it is never in the NBA arena of that city and there is always overlap between the end of this game, and the start of the [...]
This is what the Los Angeles Lakers planning for the future feels like. There are no world-beating trade rumors, no wild scenarios in which the Lakers land a superstar while giving up little to no assets. They are a team on the mend, preparing for Kobe Bryant’s retirement, patiently waiting for their young foundation of [...]
February 16, 2016
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Chris Bosh pulled out of the 2016 NBA All-Star Game with a strained calf, but the situation is apparently more serious. From the Associated Press’ Tim Reynolds: Chris Bosh of the Miami Heat is dealing with another blood-clot scare, making this the second consecutive year that he’s spent the All-Star break facing a most uncertain [...]
February 16, 2016
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The NBA trade chatter is heating up (literally) now that All-Star Weekend has passed and we are three days from the trade deadline. This prospective deal makes sense from a Heat perspective and allows the Rockets to get value for Howard without losing him in free agency in the offseason. Whiteside and his character issues [...]
February 16, 2016
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