Trade

No wonder DeMarcus Cousins isn’t member of the Los Angeles Lakers. The Sacramento Kings were asking for too much. That’s not the vibe you get from the package they ultimately accepted from the New Orleans Pelicans—Buddy Hield, a top-three protected first-round in this year’s draft, the Philadelphia 76ers’ second-round pick, Langston Galloway and Tyreke Evans. [...]

These next 13 games, or however many he plays in, may be Carmelo Anthony’s last with the New York Knicks. In a fantastically reported piece on Phil Jackson’s three-year tenure as team president, ESPN.com’s Ian Begley relayed that the organization plans to revisit its efforts to trade the All-Star, albeit ebbing, forward: The biggest issue surrounding [...]

Lou Williams, now a member of the Houston Rockets, was almost traded to the Utah Jazz. Or, rather, he could have been traded to the Jazz, in exchange for a first-round pick, but wasn’t, because the Los Angeles Lakers waited too long. Which, of course, is on the since-fired Mitch Kupchak and Jim Buss. From [...]

How close were the Indiana Pacers to moving Paul George at February’s trade deadline? Not very. At least not to the Los Angeles Lakers. From the Los Angeles Times‘ Tania Ganguli: Bird planned to call Johnson after the NBA trade deadline, just to congratulate his old friend on becoming the Lakers’ president of basketball operations. It’s [...]

Well the year long saga of whether the Philadelphia 76ers would trade Jahlil Okafor or Nerlens Noel has finally come to an end. Adrian Wojnarowski reported Thursday that the 76ers agreed to trade Noel to the Mavericks for Andrew Bogut, a 1st round pick that is top 18 protected in 2017 and Justin Anderson. [tweet [...]

Hello! Welcome to this space, where we will now confirm everything you suspected about the DeMarcus Cousins trade. Yes, the Sacramento Kings could have done better than Buddy Hield, Tyreke Evans, Langston Galloway, a top-three protected pick that probably won’t land in the top 10, and a second-round pick (via the Philadelphia 76ers! But still.). [...]

As we rapidly approach the 2017 NBA trade deadline, the rumor mill is starting to intensify by the minute and some real player and draft pick movement is actually happening. Now that one mega deal has already taken place and the go to “star who could be traded” mantle that Demarcus Cousins had held for [...]

The scorching Washington Wizards made a deal to bolster their bench and add some much needed shooting and depth by adding now former Brooklyn Net sharp shooter Bojan Bogdanovic. [tweet https://twitter.com/TheVertical/status/834515551938568195] This is a great deal for Washington for a number of reasons. They not only picked up a player who is averaging 14.2 points [...]

Philadelphia 76ers general manager Bryan Colangelo shot his shot, and he missed. According to SI.com’s Jake Fischer, the Sixers apparently tried to poach Kentavious Caldwell-Pope from the Detroit Pistons using Jahlil Okafor as the primary bait: [tweet https://twitter.com/JakeLFischer/status/834522623056998400] Oh, Bryan. There is a scenario in which Okafor makes sense for the Pistons. Head coach and [...]

We know multiple NBA teams have discussed a Derrick Rose trade with the New York Knicks, per ESPN.com’s Ian Begley , and now we know why: He can be had for pretty much anything. From The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski (via HoopsHype): Teams have told me in the last 24 hours that (the Knicks) have been really aggressive [...]