Trade Rumors

Brace yourselves: The inevitable has happened. Or maybe not. According to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein, the Phoenix Suns would like to trade one of Eric Bledsoe and Brandon Knight before the start of the 2016-17 season: [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/745983128464826372] Phoenix Suns head coach Earl Watson would beg to differ. As he said on SiriusXM NBA Radio: Never [...]

Well, this is unexpected. Chris Mannix of The Vertical created a slight stir when he noted that “several rival executives” were planning to resume trade pursuits of Chicago Bulls All-Star Jimmy Butler. The thinking, it went, was that the Bulls weren’t initiating talks or even open to anything. Rival executives were just trying to be [...]

Given the frequency with which Carmelo Anthony’s name is appearing in trade speculation, you’d think the NBA’s trade deadline wasn’t yet in the rear view. But it is, so Melo cannot be moved this season, and yet the conjecture is unending. Should the New York Knicks move Anthony? Does he want out? For which team [...]

July 4th, 2008 – Dr. Dime Is it just me, or are the Golden State Warriors starting to offer huge contracts to just about anyone with a recognizable name to NBA fans. I actually felt a bit bad for Warriors GM Chris Mullin when Baron Davis called his bluff in their contract extension negotiations and [...]

June 24th, 2008 – Dr. Dime Last night I was thinking about the latest trade rumor involving the Indiana Pacers franchise player Jermaine O’Neal and the Toronto Raptors. For some odd reason every time I thought “O’Neal to the Raps” my mind kept trailing off to the recently surfaced “O’Neal Raps!” video on TMZ that [...]

May 16th, 2008 – Dr. J-Water Ever since the Memphis Grizzlies traded Pau Gasol to the LA Lakers for $20 and a freshly minted DVD of the Hollywood blockbuster “Gigli” with Ben Affleck (*cough), the NBA rumor mill has been open for business. Anything is possible right? I’ve read some pretty far fetched trade rumors [...]