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If the New York Knicks had their way, Derrick Rose would be playing for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Alas, Timberwolves coach-president Tom Thibodeau “balked” at giving up Ricky Rubio in exchange for his former point guard, per ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/834861961439358976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Here’s more from ESPN.com’s Ian Begley: For much of Thursday afternoon, the Knicks and [...]

Talk about your extensive about-faces. The Atlanta Hawks seemed ready to hold a fire sale back in January after they traded Kyle Korver to the Cleveland Cavaliers. But then they took everyone off the chopping block. And then, leading into Thursday’s trade deadline, they traded for Ersan Ilyasova. And then, after that, they targeted Jimmy [...]

DeMarcus Cousins is officially excited to the leave the Sacramento Kings for the New Orleans Pelicans. Not so excited he’ll commit to re-signing with them, but happy enough to, well, sound happy enough. The Pelicans pulled out all the stops to make sure they were welcoming right way. Michael Lee detailed their efforts in a [...]

Good news, Los Angeles Lakers apologists: Paul George will consider signing with your team in free agency. If he gets there. Which isn’t slated to happen until 2018. From The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski: For teams considering a trade for George, here’s the risk: As a free agent in the summer of 2018, he has considered [...]

Philadelphia 76ers general manager Bryan Colangelo shot his shot, and he missed. According to SI.com’s Jake Fischer, the Sixers apparently tried to poach Kentavious Caldwell-Pope from the Detroit Pistons using Jahlil Okafor as the primary bait: [tweet https://twitter.com/JakeLFischer/status/834522623056998400] Oh, Bryan. There is a scenario in which Okafor makes sense for the Pistons. Head coach and [...]

For the first time in his NBA career, Andre Drummond finds himself immersed in trade rumors. None of which will ever materialize into anything real. This, at least, is the stance Detroit Pistons head coach and president Stan Van Gundy assumed, per Pistons.com’s Keith Langlois: But Van Gundy dispelled any notion that Drummond was being [...]

In case you were wondering: Yes, the Philadelphia 76ers are aware they have too many bigs. Jahlil Okafor has been the name most bandied about the rumor mill in recent weeks, which is no surprise. Joel Embiid is untouchable, and Nerlens Noel has resumed playing like a defensive terror. Even Richaun Holmes looks like he [...]

Do you buy into the notion that the Chicago Bulls aren’t shopping Jimmy Butler? Or that the Indiana Pacers won’t even listen to Paul George offers with the possibility of signing him to a designated extension, should he qualify, still in play? The Boston Celtics sure don’t. Or maybe they’re just hoping against hope things [...]

The Derrick Rose experiment in the Big Apple hasn’t been a huge success and has included a few bizarre speed bumps, most notably Rose leaving the team on a game day and going AWOL to be with family. Despite all of this, there appears to be a trade market for the 28-year-old former MVP (seems [...]

It turns out the New Orleans Pelicans’ acquisition of DeMarcus Cousins is great news for Jrue Holiday. There are the obvious reasons, starting with the fact Cousins give Holiday yet another weapon to which he can pass. But the big man’s arrival also gives the Holiday leverage in contract negotiations this summer when he enters [...]