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Now that the Cleveland Cavaliers have officially signed Derrick Rose, as first reported by The Vertical’s Shams Charania, LeBron James is ready to move on from Kyrie Irving, who has requested a trade out of Ohio, away from the confines of the four-time MVP’s shadow. You might even say James is eager to see Irving [...]

Giannis Antetokounmpo will be a free agent in 2021, a cool four years from now. And, well, the Milwaukee Bucks and their fans better hope he’s in a position to win right where he is, otherwise he might leave. Maybe. Possibly. We really have no damn idea. Antetokounmpo has repeatedly stated his intention to remain [...]

The New York Knicks needn’t worry about Kristaps Porzingis trying to find the nearest exit. Not at the moment anyway. Speaking at a basketball camp in Latvia, the 7’3″ skyscraper made it clear that The Big Apple is where he wishes to stay, per the New York Post‘s Marc Berman: Last weekend at a basketball camp [...]

Watch out, Kyle Lowry. DeMar DeRozan is coming for your job. Not really, of course. But the Toronto Raptors do have plans to slot DeRozan at point guard more in 2017-18. As head coach Dwane Casey told The Andrew Walker Show on Sportsnet 590 The FAN (via Sportsnet) “We got to have a better mentality of [...]

Not long ago seen as a championship contenders and one of the best run franchises in the NBA, the Chicago Bulls have fallen on hard times and a series of questionable personnel decisions have led to a lot of angst among fans. That anger has reached a new level apparently, as a new #FireGarPax (referring [...]

We are about three weeks into free agency and almost all big names are off the board and only one real big trade piece (that everyone is aware of) in Carmelo Anthony is still on the market. That got me thinking about the casualties of the 2017 free agency period from a player perspective and [...]

As of now, right this moment, Anthony Davis ranks among the most untouchable players in the NBA. The Boston Celtics don’t care. People around the league believe the Celtics will be blowing up the New Orleans Pelicans’ phones if the Davis-DeMarcus Cousins pairing goes south in any way this season, according to The Vertical’s Chris [...]

Is there a team other than the Cleveland Cavaliers or Houston Rockets that can convince Carmelo Anthony to waive his no-trade clause? The New York Knicks sure hope so. And the Portland Trail Blazers are thinking it could be them. From ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski: One team that New York and Houston had hoped would facilitate [...]

Now that the race for LeBron James’ affections is once again on the come-up, it’s only right we wonder whether he’d consider returning to the Miami Heat. I mean, he left Cleveland for Miami only to rejoin the Cavaliers four years later. By that math, he’s due for a Heatles reunion in 2018 when he [...]

Jonas Valanciunas has three years and $49.6 million left on his current contract, and the Toronto Raptors really don’t want to be the team bankrolling it anymore. According the Sporting News’ Sean Deveney, the Raptors have tried relentlessly, and unsuccessfully, to trade Valanciunas since February as they seek to reinvent their identity: Toronto has sought [...]