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Hopefully you’re not yet sick and tired of Blake Griffin rumors. Because we have another one. Everything we’ve heard since the initial shock of Griffin fracturing his right hand as the result of punching the Los Angeles Clippers’ assistant equipment manager has been relatively similar: The Clippers are not going to trade him ahead of [...]

Any leverage the New Orleans Pelicans had in Ryan Anderson trade talks is officially gone. Leverage was nearly nonexistent to begin with. Anderson will be a free agent at the end of this season and, thus, is a potential flight risk—something teams must consider before opening their asset stable in negotiations. But suitors do have [...]

The Minnesota Timberwolves are apparently prepared to move on from Ricky Rubio. According to Frank Isola of the New York Daily News, the Timberwolves are not only willing to take calls on their point guard but have made him “readily available” for the taking (h/t ProBasketballTalk): Zach LaVine was nothing short of spectacular in winning [...]

The Hoop Doctors today asked Andrew Wiggins about whether or not he would be dropping dimes for Zach Lavine tonight in the NBA Dunk Contest, as Lavine looks to defend his title. Wiggins almost spilled the beans, but his smile says it all as Lavine (and possibly with the help of Wiggins) has something big [...]

On the night before the NBA’s 3 point shootout at All-Star Weekend in Toronto, Stephen Curry took an unexpected hit to his confidence. A 15-year old girl named ‘Rachel’ from Toronto, Ontario, was lucky enough to play against her idol in a mini three point shootout. To Curry’s surprise Rachel had a strong start to [...]

Marc Gasol, in all likelihood, has played his last game this season. Word came down on Wednesday that the 31-year-old big man suffered a broken right foot and would be sidelined indefinitely. Here’s more from ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: Memphis Grizzlies center Marc Gasol will be sidelined indefinitely with a broken right foot, the team said [...]

Add the Milwaukee Bucks to the list of NBA teams who most likely won’t be making a move prior to the February 18 trade deadline. Here’s Kidd on the Association’s player-swap cutoff, per Charles F. Gardner of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Kidd on trade deadline: "I don't know if we have any action going on, [...]

Dwight Howard is available for trade. Maybe. We think. We’re not really sure. The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported on Thursday that the Houston Rockets were acquiescing to a request/demand/general wonderment by Howard’s agents and dangling him in trades around the league. Both Howard and his agent denied such a request exists, per ESPN.com’s Marc Stein, [...]

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Zach Lavine revived the NBA Dunk Contest once again, just how the likes of Vince Carter, Jason Richardson, and Michael Jordan had done before him. Now the spotlight will be on Lavine to see if he can defend against the likes of Andre Drummond, Aaron Gordon, and Will Barton. Check out these highlight reel dunks [...]