Trade

Is there a team other than the Cleveland Cavaliers or Houston Rockets that can convince Carmelo Anthony to waive his no-trade clause? The New York Knicks sure hope so. And the Portland Trail Blazers are thinking it could be them. From ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski: One team that New York and Houston had hoped would facilitate [...]

Jonas Valanciunas has three years and $49.6 million left on his current contract, and the Toronto Raptors really don’t want to be the team bankrolling it anymore. According the Sporting News’ Sean Deveney, the Raptors have tried relentlessly, and unsuccessfully, to trade Valanciunas since February as they seek to reinvent their identity: Toronto has sought [...]

According to one of Adrian Wojnarowski’s many sources before trading Paul George to the Oklahoma City Thunder a few weeks ago, the Pacers reached out to the Golden State Warriors and offered George for Klay Thompson. [tweet https://twitter.com/LegionHoops/status/885610216049397761] Holy Cow Batman that would have been an earth-shattering trade, also a very foolish trade for the [...]

According to a report from the New York Post, the New York Knicks have reached out to the Suns to facilitate a trade for 27-year-old point guard Eric Bledsoe. [tweet https://twitter.com/SLAMonline/status/885534226052984833] The report states that the Knicks are also considering 31-year-old point guard Ramon Sessions to come in and mentor their 18-year-old rookie point guard [...]

Johnathan Simmons is one of the best rags to riches stories in the NBA in quite some time. He went from a player spending his own money to participate in a D-League (or G-League these days) tryout to averaging 15 points per game in the western conference finals for the San Antonio Spurs in a [...]

Chris Paul and Austin Rivers are totally cool. Rumors to the contrary flooded the NBA sphere following Paul’s trade to the Houston Rockets, but we now have confirmation, via Rivers himself, that everything is A-okay, per USA Today‘s Sam Amick: This was hardly the first time someone had alleged that Paul and Doc Rivers didn’t see [...]

We know the Houston Rockets have turned their attentions to a Carmelo Anthony trade following James Harden’s extension. What we don’t know is how long it’ll take to land him, or whether they’ll get him at all. Anthony, for his part, believes a deal will get done. As ESPN.com’s Ian Begley noted while doing a SportsCenter [...]

DeMarre Carroll is excited to be joining the Brooklyn Nets. Or rather, he’s at least happy to be leaving the Toronto Raptors. In a candid interview with the Toronto Sun‘s Ryan Wolstat, Carroll expressed that he expected more out of his two-tenure with the Raptors: I wasn’t surprised because I knew it was a lot of [...]

What’s next for the Houston Rockets after trading for Chris Paul and signing James Harden to a four-year, $170 million extension? If they have their way, a Carmelo Anthony trade, according to ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Brian Windhorst: The Rockets have fast-tracked the Harden extension with the arrival of All-Star guard Chris Paul and are turning full [...]

When the sun finally sets on a bizarre 2017 free-agency period, Derrick Rose (probably) won’t be a member of the New York Knicks. But he could be on the Dallas Mavericks. Per the New York Post‘s Marc Berman: [tweet https://twitter.com/NYPost_Berman/status/883069719972118528] Rose has been most linked to the Minnesota Timberwolves, Los Angeles Clippers and Milwaukee Bucks—only one [...]