The Golden State Warriors are continuing to trounce the rest of the NBA yet again this season, seemingly on autopilot, as they possess the league’s best record (41-12), offense (115.6 points per game) and point differential (+9.6). Even with their constant domination and in order to put together all-time great starting lineup they had to [...]
February 6, 2018
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Plenty of NBA teams are expected to remain idle through the Feb. 8 trade deadline. The Cleveland Cavaliers are not one of them. From The New York Times‘ Marc Stein: One trusted source pulled me aside at the NBA G League Showcase last week in suburban Toronto and insisted that the Cavs will “definitely” swing at [...]
January 17, 2018
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For the first time during his run as Houston Rockets general manager, Daryl Morey doesn’t expect to be making too many moves in advance of the NBA’s trade deadline. This is both shocking and not at all surprising. Idleness isn’t Morey’s bag. He’s proved that time and again. But the Rockets, even with their recent [...]
January 8, 2018
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One of the major traditions associated with NBA All-Star Weekend every year is the proliferation of NBA trade rumors, those days are officially over. Traditionally the NBA trade deadline is the Tuesday after the NBA All-Star Weekend, but now the deadline has been moved up to February 8. [tweet https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/885182731868528640] This is a smart move [...]
July 13, 2017
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Ryan Bawek
Suns General Manager Ryan McDonough was on Arizona Sports Radio, 98.7 FM on Friday and let it be known that the Suns had discussions and were presented with an offer from an unnamed eastern conference team that involved each team swapping three of their best assets. Here is McDonough’s quote from the Doug and Wolf [...]
February 27, 2017
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The Indiana Pacers are headed toward an interesting offseason. Team president Larry Bird didn’t make any moves at the trade deadline. Franchise star Paul George was linked to numerous teams via multiple reports—mostly the Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics, but he ultimately stayed put. Hooray, right? Sort of. George wasn’t happy that the [...]
February 24, 2017
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Though Paul George remains with the Indiana Pacers following the NBA’s trade deadline, the Denver Nuggets did their darnedest to make him one of their own. Per ESPN.com’s Marc Stein and Chris Haynes: [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/834842800067792897] [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/834843094398824448] It’s unclear what the Nuggets were offering, but according to ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe, they were reluctant to include [...]
February 24, 2017
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Weeks and months of intense trade chatter came to ahead Thursday afternoon as the 2017 NBA trade deadline has come and passed. While All-Star weekend had a blockbuster conclusion as the host city acquired one of the 10 most talented and productive players in the game in DeMarcus Cousins, the final two days before the [...]
February 24, 2017
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The Toronto Raptors are surely done wheeling and dealing after acquiring Serge Ibaka from the Orlando Magic, right? Maybe not. From the Toronto Star‘s Doug Smith: HAVE: League sources insist Toronto will not give away any more young assets such as Delon Wright, Jakob Poeltl, Lucas Nogueira, Pascal Siakam, Norm Powell or Fred VanVleet, but that [...]
February 17, 2017
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Though this may come as a shock to some (read: none) of you, Golden State Warriors general manager Bob Myers doesn’t anticipate his team being active ahead of the trade deadline. From the Bay Area New Group’s Bob Myers: Tell me every trade you currently have in the works. Bob Myers: “Look, there’s the stock answers [...]
February 16, 2017
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