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Ever since Brooklyn Nets billionaire owner Mikhail Prokhorov gifted the Boston Celtics with three first round picks in exchange for 37-year-old Kevin Garnett and 35-year-old Paul Pierce in the 2013 offseason, a majority of discussions around each trade deadline and offseason have centered around whether the Celtics would finally exchange some of their allowance from the […]

With all the deals and signings of teams this summer, one thing that was expected to be in their front office’s minds is to form the best lineup possible in order to contend against the Golden State Warriors. Following the Dubs’ signing of Kevin Durant a year ago, they successfully kept their core intact this […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday afternoon finally pulled the trigger on a trade for Kyrie Irving moving him to the Boston Celtics in exchange for Isaiah Thomas. This has immediately created some varying reaction from many players around the league regarding the blockbuster move. https://twitter.com/JordanClarksons/status/900147703388061696 Wooow. Who wins with that trade? 🤔 — Ricky Rubio (@rickyrubio9) August […]

Things finally heated up on the trade talks on Tuesday afternoon involving All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving being moved from the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Boston Celtics Prior to the deal being agreed upon, Chicago Bulls All-Star guard Dwyane Wade went to social media give his reaction to the chatter. 👀 — DWade (@DwyaneWade) August […]

In a season mired by rumors and hoopla of players’ potential future destinations, Sports Illustrated’s Rohan Nadkarni was determined to get Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball to muse about a potential pairing with LeBron James next summer. While Ball bit with a short response to a potential alley-oop play between the King and himself, […]

On Monday, the list of the most expensive tickets for next season’s games were revealed, and surprisingly, a regular season matchup between the Dallas Mavericks and Phoenix Suns in April was ranked second on it. However, it does make sense that fans are willing to pay extra to watch it live, as it could be […]

Former Cleveland Cavaliers assistant general manager Trent Redden is slated to join the L.A. Clippers in the same role, according to ESPN’s Kevin Arnovitz. Redden and team target Michael Winger, who is nearing terms with the team, worked together in Cleveland and could be in line to work together again, this time under president Lawrence […]

The Los Angeles Lakers may already be in hot water, and could potentially be forced to give up draft picks in the future should they be proven guilty of tampering with Paul George, but that could only be the tip of the iceberg for them. While losing on a chance to sign the newly-acquired Oklahoma […]

The Golden State Warriors are a few months removed from capturing their second NBA title in the last three years that have both come against the Cleveland Cavaliers. However, it appears that the Warriors have installed some interesting photos along the walls of the practice gym that feature both LeBron James and Kyrie Irving and […]

Dwyane Wade is expected to reach an agreement for a buyout with the Chicago Bulls before the NBA season begins. Even at age 35, Wade is one of the top shooting guards in the league. There would be a frenzy for his services especially this late into the offseason. The 12-time All-Star is owed $24 […]

As the Cleveland Cavaliers continue to find the best possible deal in trading their disgruntled point guard Kyrie Irving, many NBA fans have also continued to milk the issue between Irving and LeBron James’ friendship gone askew. Often times, the Irving versus James saga has resulted into heated discussions about who’s in the right or […]

As the offseason rolls on, the Cleveland Cavaliers haven’t been any closer to trading their All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving, staying dead-locked on any potential deals with the New York Knicks. On the other hand, the Cavs may opt to survey other options, such as Irving’s latest team of preference — the L.A. Clippers, according […]

The NBA offseason has become a fantasy land of superteams when it comes to local leagues and offseason workouts, the latest, a coalition of LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and Carmelo Anthony during one of Chris Brinkley’s M7 Blackout Sessions at Academy Basketball, known as the “Black Ops” training for the NBA’s elite players. During this […]

As the schedules of NBA teams were released on Monday, the amount of nationally televised games each one will have next season was revealed as well. It comes as no surprise that the Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets and Cleveland Cavaliers top the list, but the amount they’ll have is just incredible and left many […]

The Golden State Warriors will once again head into the NBA regular season as the team to beat, getting every franchise’s best shot game after game. With that said, here are the must-watch five games of this regular season in proper timeline order.   Warriors vs. Rockets (Opening Day) — 09/17/17 — airs on TNT […]

One of the greatest players in San Antonio Spurs basketball history, David Robinson, isn’t afraid to speak for the franchise and claim his interest in having a player like Kyrie Irving in a Spurs uniform this upcoming season. “We’d be crazy not to want a talented guy like that,” Robinson told Sirius XM NBA Radio. […]

Dahntay Jones has been the lucky fellow to get a comfortable front row seat to the NBA Finals the past two seasons, getting picked up by the Cleveland Cavaliers as a henchman to stir the pot every now and then. Having secured his league-fine hall pass by some of his better-earning teammates, Jones did some […]

There had to be some uncertainty for Phoenix Suns rookie Josh Jackson over the last few weeks. Once news broke that Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving was requesting a trade from the Cavs, the Suns emerged as a potential landing spot for the All-Star. Any theoretical Suns-Cavs trade centered around Irving was also going […]

Despite the four teams first rumored to be his preferred destinations, estranged All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving would prefer to play for the L.A. Clippers, veteran reporter Peter Vecsey said on the HoopsHype podcast. While some of the teams in Irving’s list like the San Antonio Spurs and the Miami Heat are a tough fit […]

Despite a freshly-established backcourt dynamic with Goran Dragic for the Miami Heat, newly re-signed shooting guard Dion Waiters is open to playing with Kyrie Irving once again as he did so during his days with the Cleveland Cavaliers. But the $52-million man wants to let him know there’s some Philly Cheese swag waiting for him […]

The NBA season is still over two months away, but players are hard at work to get better for their upcoming campaign. Around this time, the NBA usually releases their NBA schedule, but as we wait for those, here’s a look at the newly announced Christmas Day schedule for 2018, one that will be highly-anticipated […]

Rudy Gobert had one of his many poetic offseason tweets, this time firing from the hip and taking a potential shot at estranged Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving. People care more about attention than about winning nowadays… — Rudy Gobert (@rudygobert27) August 9, 2017 Irving notably requested a trade from the Cavaliers last month […]

It has been more than a year since David Blatt was ousted out of his head coach gig with the Cleveland Cavaliers. However, it appears that Blatt recently told Allon Sinai of the Jerusalem Post that he is eyeing a potential return to the NBA down the road. “I have an end game and that end […]

LeBron James might have insinuated a possible homecoming to the City of Angels, as he recently tweeted out a reply to Jamal Crawford that has likely left Los Angeles Lakers’ fans impatiently waiting for the 2018 offseason. May have to make a day trip up there when I'm back home in LA bro! — LeBron James […]

Heavily rumored New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony was reunited with his former teammate J.R. Smith in a pickup game that also included Oklahoma City Thunder big man Enes Kanter. Carmelo Anthony, JR Smith, Enes Kanter and others playing some pick up basketball. 👀🏀 https://t.co/ck9InU1XOJ — NBA SKITS (@NBA_Skits) August 8, 2017 The game was […]

Since reports came out of Kyrie Irving was demanding a trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers, a lot of speculations already emerged on what his real reason is for it, and which team he’ll play for next. Many quickly thought of it as him having issues playing alongside LeBron James, which made some players and other […]

Since Kyrie Irving’s recent trade request came to light, there have been numerous subtle shots sent from the All-Star point toward his teammate LeBron James and vice-versa — or at least how the public interpreted things. It appears that the four-time league MVP has delivered another message directed at Irving via social media just over […]

Dirk Nowitzki has become of the most beloved stars in the league, even by his fellow peers — so it wasn’t surprising to see one of the most prominent ones in LeBron James chime in on his epic fail of a dunk attempt during the NBA Africa Game on Saturday morning. The Dallas Mavericks’ icon […]

At this time of the offseason, NBA players are either vacationing or preparing for the 2017-18 NBA season. However, this year was different as Kyrie Irving reportedly requested a trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers despite making three consecutive NBA Finals appearances. While Irving has a list of preferred destinations, he does not have a no-trade […]

There has been much said about the developing situation around the Cleveland Cavaliers concerning the recent trade request from All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving. In light of that, Sneakernews.com has re-imagined Irving’s “Kyrie 3” in each of the four preferred trade destinations. https://www.instagram.com/p/BW0zpUGgOLI/ Each of these potential landing spots has some pretty solid looking sneakers that would […]

There’s been nothing but endless speculation since news broke that Kyrie Irving wanted out of Cleveland. It was reported that as many as 20 teams had interest in Irving and then Irving also had come out with a short list of teams he desired to be traded to. One of those was the Miami Heat […]

A new team in the Detroit Pistons has now emerged with reported interest in acquiring Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving, according to the Detroit Free Press. A person with knowledge of the Pistons’ front office told the Free Press recently that the organization is interested in the four-time NBA All-Star, who nailed the winning shot […]

With most of the lineups of NBA teams now close to being filled, early projections on how many wins each will have next season were already released recently. In the piece by Kevin Pelton of ESPN, he used their real plus-minus stats to predict the rankings per conference, based on their current players. As expected […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers are in the midst of one of a very confusing time in their franchise. Following three seasons of going to the NBA Finals, guard Kyrie Irving wants out of Cleveland to pursue a bigger challenge than playing under the shadow of star LeBron James. While the trade request came as a surprise […]

For the past decade, basketball fans around the world have debated who the better player is: Kobe Bryant or LeBron James. The discussion was reignited when Michael Jordan chose Bryant over James due to the number of championships. As Bryant is one year removed from his 20th season with the Los Angeles Lakers, LeBron James […]

At the 2017 NBA Draft, the Los Angeles Lakers selected Lonzo Ball with the second overall pick. With Ball being the team’s point guard of the future, President of Basketball Operations Magic Johnson and general manager Rob Pelinka traded D’Angelo Russell and Timofey Mozgov to the Brooklyn Nets to create cap space for 2018 free […]

In late July, the NBA slows down significantly as teams are looking to fill out the remainder of their rosters for the 2017-18 regular season. However, this year was much different as Kyrie Irving reportedly requested a trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers despite three consecutive NBA Finals appearances. With LeBron James’ future uncertain as he […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers have found themselves in a bit of a bind with Kyrie Irving‘s trade request coming to the light several days ago. However, Orlando Magic point guard D.J. Augustin recently told William Guillory of The Times-Picayune that he sees the situation as one that could help the league. “It gives other teams hope,” […]

Top 10 NBA Shooting Guards 1. James Harden Harden indisputably has the most complete offensive game on this list if not in the entire league.  He can drop 15 assists or 40 points on any night depending on what mood he is in and what defenses are giving him.  What makes Harden so special is that […]