Spencer Hawes

Well now that we are in February, you can fully expect the trade chatter that has been constant since mid-December to actually come to life as teams try to improve their roster or give themselves more financial flexibility for whatever path they are headed toward. One domino fell and came out of left field, as [...]

Tanking is not an epidemic in the NBA, but it does exist. Under the current lottery system, how could it not? Rebuilding teams have an incentive to lose if they want a high draft pick. It’s that simple. Some people despise it, others are indifferent to it and a few even embrace it. I would [...]

Josh Smith is at it again. Much has been made of Smith’s previous assertion that he is a max contract player and while the general consensus borders on split, J-Smoove is standing by his sentiments (via Gary Washburn of The Boston Globe): That was supposed to clear the pathway to happiness for Smith, who felt [...]

Josh Smith and Andrew Bynum were almost teammates. According to John Mitchell of the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Atlanta Hawks nearly traded Smith to the Philadelphia 76ers before the NBA’s trade deadline: Sources from both teams confirmed that the Sixers and the Hawks were close to a deal that would have sent Sixers Evan Turner and [...]

The Philadelphia 76ers received more bad news concerning Andrew Bynum. On November 5th, Bynum had his knee reevaluated. During that time, doctor David W. Altchek, Bynum’s personal doctor, let both Bynum and the Sixers know that the young superstar center had to be away from basketball for at least another 3 weeks. If the current [...]