The Milwaukee Bucks are feeling the weight of their roster investments. They already needed to waive Spencer Hawes in order to evade the luxury tax, but that’s only a permanent solution if they’re fine leaving the current roster untouched. Should they want to make improvements or chase upgrades near the trade deadline, they need to [...]
October 9, 2017
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Eric Bledsoe is not the only member of the Phoenix Suns who figures to spend a lion’s share of the regular season shuffling in and out of the trade rumor mill. Tyson Chandler and Jared Dudley will be right there with him. From ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe: The Suns will surely listen if and when suitors [...]
October 9, 2017
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The 2017-18 Boston Celtics will look a lot different than the 2016-17 Boston Celtics that were the No. 1 seed in the eastern conference and made the eastern conference finals. 11 of the 15 players on the Celtics roster will be new, including four of their five starters. One of the few players that was [...]
October 4, 2017
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Apparently there was a real chance that Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James could have been teammates this season. According to a report from Cleveland.com, before the Knicks agreed to the blockbuster trade to send Carmelo Anthony to the Oklahoma City Thunder for Enes Kanter, Doug McDermott and a 1st Round Pick, the Knicks tried to [...]
September 25, 2017
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If the Cleveland Cavaliers have their way, Iman Shumpert won’t finish this season on the team. Then again, if they had their way, he wouldn’t be starting it with them, either. From Cleveland.com’s Joe Vardon: At one time the Cavs were searching for the right return for Iman Shumpert and his contract (he’s owed $10.3 [...]
September 22, 2017
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Jahlil Okafor would have been viewed as a very valuable young asset in the NBA 10 to 20 years ago, but these days he is buried at the bench and difficult to move. The No. 3 pick of the 2015 NBA Draft is currently projected to be the third string center for the 76ers behind [...]
September 21, 2017
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Ryan Bawek
The Carmelo Anthony trade drama has seemingly been going on since the beginning of time. At this point it is opaquely clear that the organization and Anthony are headed in different directions and need to part ways. They have been separated for at least a year now and it is time to finalize their divorce. [...]
September 21, 2017
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Ryan Bawek
To answer a question many of you had and many of you didn’t: No, the Cleveland Cavaliers don’t currently have a desire to deal Kevin Love in the aftermath of the Kyrie Irving trade. From ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe: The Cavs have contemplated trading Love off and on almost since that series, though they have no [...]
September 14, 2017
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Draymond Green wasn’t necessarily expecting to see Kyrie Irving suit up for the Boston Celtics this season, but he also wasn’t surprised to learn of the All-Star point guard’s trade request. As he told reporters, per The Athletic’s Anthony Slater (h/t Bleacher Report’s Tyler Conway): “I wouldn’t necessarily say it surprised me,” Green told reporters Tuesday. “I [...]
September 13, 2017
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My how the NBA landscape and the desired destinations list can change for players in a short time. We live in a world where the Golden State Warriors have won two of the last three NBA titles and have amassed maybe the greatest team in NBA history and the Boston Celtics just acquired a 25-year-old [...]
September 11, 2017
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Ryan Bawek