Trade

According to Orlando sports reporter David Baumann, the Magic offered Nikola Vucevic and Aaron Gordon in a trade package for Blake Griffin and were turned down: https://twitter.com/DavidBaumannORL/status/699775403083358209 Although that may be fair value and about as good as you could get when dealing a superstar, the trade doesn’t really make a lot of sense for [...]

Miami Heat president Pat Riley never ceases to amaze. You know he’s aggressive when it comes to free agency (see: The Big Three) and trades (see: overpaying for Goran Dragic), but don’t think for a minute you understand the extent of his ambition. Exhibit A, per Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald: An official who [...]

For the first time since punching a team employee, Blake Griffin showed his face. Today at Clippers practice, Blake addressed the media and showed remorse for his actions. He sounded very sincere, but this still may prove to be his ticket out of town. The Clippers are surging with him on the sidelines, which makes [...]

This is what the Los Angeles Lakers planning for the future feels like. There are no world-beating trade rumors, no wild scenarios in which the Lakers land a superstar while giving up little to no assets. They are a team on the mend, preparing for Kobe Bryant’s retirement, patiently waiting for their young foundation of [...]

The NBA trade chatter is heating up (literally) now that All-Star Weekend has passed and we are three days from the trade deadline. This prospective deal makes sense from a Heat perspective and allows the Rockets to get value for Howard without losing him in free agency in the offseason. Whiteside and his character issues [...]

The Minnesota Timberwolves are apparently prepared to move on from Ricky Rubio. According to Frank Isola of the New York Daily News, the Timberwolves are not only willing to take calls on their point guard but have made him “readily available” for the taking (h/t ProBasketballTalk): Zach LaVine was nothing short of spectacular in winning [...]

Add the Milwaukee Bucks to the list of NBA teams who most likely won’t be making a move prior to the February 18 trade deadline. Here’s Kidd on the Association’s player-swap cutoff, per Charles F. Gardner of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Kidd on trade deadline: "I don't know if we have any action going on, [...]

Yes, you read that mind-blowing headline correctly. According to ESPN NBA reporter Brian Windhorst, the Lakers front office called the Cavaliers front office to inquire about a potential earth shattering Kobe for LeBron trade. According to Windhorst this happened in the summer of 2007 after LeBron had just led an underwhelming team to the NBA [...]

The Cavaliers appeared to be rejuvenated after the firing of David Blatt and are throwing all of their chips on the table before the trade deadline. This is like the realization that they need to make moves to be able to compete with the Golden State Warriors or San Antonio Spurs in a prospective finals [...]

Now that Jeff Hornacek has been shown the door, it appears as if the team will try and revamp the roster too. Might as well. If this is the case, the first guy that should go would be Markieff Morris. Keef still hasn’t gotten over the fact that the Suns traded his brother, and it [...]