Trade

As if you couldn’t have guessed this from the multitude of “DNP: Coach’s Decision” absences that Jahlil Okafor is racking up, the Philadelphia 76ers still don’t have plans to make him part of their big picture. As a result, according to ESPN.com’s Chris Haynes, both the player and team are working together to find the [...]

The Milwaukee Bucks want Eric Bledsoe. They’re just not sure at what cost. According to the Racine Journal Times‘ Gery Woelfel, the Bucks have interest in trading for the Phoenix Suns’ (apparently) disgruntled point guard, but they may not be willing to give up reigning Rookie of the Year Malcolm Brogdon as part of a potential [...]

Things change quickly in the NBA. Take the Nikola Mirotic and Chicago Bulls situation for example: Entering Thursday, it seemed the 26-year-old had no real desire to be traded out of The Windy City following an earlier altercation with teammate Bobby Portis that ended with the former suffering a concussion and facial fractures. This mattered, [...]

Kyrie Irving isn’t going to be happy this article and headline exist. He doesn’t want them to exist. He made that quite clear following the Boston Celtics’ victory over the New York Knicks. Asked whether The Big Apple was, indeed, on his list of preferred trade destinations over the summer, Irving admitted it was, but [...]

Everyone expects Eric Bledsoe to be on the move. The Phoenix Suns basically excommunicated him from the team and have been talking with a bunch of other squads about potential deals since his now-notorious “I don’t wanna be here” tweet. Most believe this saga will end quickly. It might have already reached its conclusion by the [...]

Eric Bledsoe has played his last game as a member of the Phoenix Suns—at least, that’s what the Phoenix Suns say. One day after the point guard basically requested a trade on Twitter, the team sent him home. General manager Ryan McDonough said Bledsoe had an excuse for the “I don’t wanna be here” tweet—saying [...]

Eric Bledsoe may have requested a trade from the Phoenix Suns via Twitter on Sunday. At the very least, he tweeted something that is making us wonder whether he used social media to deliver a trade demand. Welcome to 2017. Here’s the tweet in question, which, as of this writing, remains live: [tweet https://twitter.com/EBled2/status/922201984211369984] DeAndre [...]

Stop asking Kyrie Irving about why he wanted a trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers. Because he isn’t saying jack shit. As he told reporters ahead of the Boston Celtics’ opening-night clash in Cleveland, per The Athletic’s Jason Lloyd: [tweet https://twitter.com/JasonLloydNBA/status/920315316047155200] Irving is well within his right as a human being—and very real grown-up—to continue deflecting [...]

As if you needed anymore evidence the Boston Celtics’ acquisition of Kyrie Irving over the summer was ridiculously unique. But here’s some more anyway. Per the Boston Globe‘s Adam Himmelsbach, Celtics assistant general manager Mike Zarren relayed the story of what happened the first time he phoned the Cavaliers to inquire about Irving’s availability: [tweet https://twitter.com/AdamHimmelsbach/status/920051246001721344] [...]

Growing up being the smallest guy on the court your whole life, playing with an extra chip on your shoulder to prove all of your doubters wrong and to dominate your enemies (on a basketball court) becomes ingrained into your DNA. Isaiah Thomas has been doubted, overlooked and underappreciated seemingly his whole NBA career after [...]