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It’s been a whirlwind trade season for the Utah Jazz but the clock hasn’t struck 3 just yet. After completing a three-team trade with the Los Angeles Lakers and Minnesota Timberwolves, the Jazz are all-in on their rebuild. Consequently, veterans Mike Conley Jr., Malik Beasley, Jarred Vanderbilt and Nickeil Alexander-Walker are headed to new homes. […]

The Chicago Bulls currently sit at 26-28, good for 9th in the Eastern Conference, which would have them in the play-in tournament. However, the team is listening to offers on Zach LaVine ahead of the trade deadline, including the New York Knicks, according to Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times. The Bulls engaged with the Brooklyn […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have started making moves ahead of the 2023 NBA trade deadline. Matisse Thybulle is going to the Portland Trail Blazers and Charlotte Hornets forward Jalen McDaniels is joining the Sixers. Thybulle is heading to the Blazers while the Sixers receive McDaniels, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. The Sixers will give up […]

The Golden State Warriors may not be sitting out the Western Conference arms race after all. The defending champions are engaged in active discussions with the Detroit Pistons about a trade that would send third-year wing Saddiq Bey to San Francisco in exchange for James Wiseman, according to Jake Fischer of Yahoo! Sports. No deal […]

The Brooklyn Nets fire sale is officially on after the Kevin Durant trade. The team now has just a few hours to get what they can for the players they brought in with the Durant and Kyrie Irving trades. The most valuable asset they have from these deals is former Phoenix Suns forward Mikal Bridges, […]

The Miami Heat have been heavily involved in several rumors leading up to the trade deadline, and now that the deadline is upon us, it looks like their primary focus may be to get rid of Kyle Lowry. Lowry’s name has popped up on the rumor mill frequently as of late, and while there are […]

Late Wednesday night, the Phoenix Suns and Brooklyn Nets agreed to a trade that shifted the balance of power in the NBA. The Suns sent Cam Johnson, Mikal Bridges, Jae Crowder, and four unprotected first-round picks to the Nets in exchange for superstar forward Kevin Durant and T.J. Warren. And despite the fact that Bridges […]

On Wednesday, Jae Crowder was shipped off to the Brooklyn Nets in the Kevin Durant blockbuster that brought him to the Phoenix Suns. But, it hasn’t taken long for Crowder to find a new home. Per Shams, the veteran is heading to the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for five second-round picks. Two of those picks […]

The Portland Trail Blazers have started making moves at the 2023 NBA trade deadline. They traded Josh Hart, one of their key starters, to the New York Knicks for Cam Reddish and a protected draft pick. It seemingly gave the impression that Damian Lillard is available for trade but that is not the case. Lillard remains committed […]

With Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant leaving the Brooklyn Nets for separate destinations, many would not expect the duo to reunited during their careers. However, according to ESPN NBA insider Brian Windhorst, Kyrie Irving had a lot of interest in going to Phoenix, and it could be something that happens down the line. “If you […]

Kevin Durant has been traded to the Phoenix Suns in a blockbuster and Brooklyn Nets fans are officially in the dumps. Just four years ago in the summer of 2019, Durant and Kyrie Irving signed with the Nets, where they were later joined by James Harden. Now, with Kevin Durant’s trade to the Suns, all […]

The Boston Celtics have been looking to shore up their big man rotation all season long after entering the year relatively short handed at the position. They managed to do just that on NBA Trade Deadline day, pulling off a deal with the Oklahoma City Thunder that will see them acquire shooting big man Mike […]

The Feb. 9 NBA trade deadline is just hours away, which means the time is running out for organizations to find the missing pieces for their puzzles. Contenders such as the Phoenix Suns could be very active until the deadline at 3 p.m. ET. The action in Arizona already started in the middle of the […]

Fans of the Charlotte Hornets all over the world may be wondering where in the world are the trades? Sitting at 15-41, the fourth-worst record in the entire league, the Hornets appear to have all the makings of a selling team with the NBA trade deadline inching ever so closely. However, there has barely been […]

The Chicago Bulls will travel to take on the Brooklyn Nets in a Thursday night NBA matchup at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. With that said, it’s a good time to check out our NBA odds series, which includes a Bulls-Nets prediction and pick, laid out below. Chicago has been up and down, going 26-28, good […]

Late Wednesday night, the Phoenix Suns made one of the most noteworthy trades in franchise history. The team shipped a massive trade package of Mikal Bridges, Cameron Johnson, Jae Crowder, and four first-round picks to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for superstar forward Kevin Durant. A Suns squad that has hovered around the .500 mark […]

The new-look Phoenix Suns will travel to take on the Atlanta Hawks in a Thursday night NBA matchup at the State Farm Arena. With that said, it’s a good time to check out our NBA odds series, which includes a Suns-Hawks prediction and pick, laid out below. Phoenix has gone 30-26 this season, seventh place […]

The Boston Celtics have been riding high for most of the 2022-23 season, and that continued on Wednesday night when they picked up a win over the Philadelphia 76ers despite being down to just one healthy regular starter in Jayson Tatum come the second half. However, they were dealt a less than ideal update on […]

There was no getting around the fact that the Los Angeles Lakers’ trade for Russell Westbrook in 2021 was a spectacular failure. Westbrook was supposed to give the Lakers a third star alongside LeBron James and Anthony Davis. However, the Lakers were just unable to overcome the fit issues that have defined Westbrook’s one and […]

For most of the 2022-23 campaign, the Denver Nuggets have, by and large, steamrolled the opposition, thanks in large part to Nikola Jokic’s nightly dominance and Jamal Murray’s gradual return to his pre-injury form. Through 55 games, the Nuggets own the best offense in the NBA and there’s no reason to expect a drop-off given […]

A last-minute addition to the blockbuster trade that saw the Brooklyn Nets send Kevin Durant to the Phoenix Suns, forward Jae Crowder is likely to be dealt to a new team prior to the 3PM deadline, per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Crowder has received trade interest from the Milwaukee Bucks and Miami Heat, among others, per […]

The blockbuster Kevin Durant trade between the Brooklyn Nets and Phoenix Suns shook up the NBA in the wee hours of the morning before the 2023 NBA trade deadline. We are now in a vastly different NBA reality than we were just 24 hours ago. The trade changed so much for so many, so let’s […]

After a very hot start to the 2022-23 campaign, the Memphis Grizzlies have cooled off in recent weeks. The team owns a 2-8 record over its last ten games and is now just two games ahead of the Sacramento Kings for the two-seed in the Western Conference. And so the Grizzlies are reportedly targeting two […]

Big man Jakob Poeltl was traded by the San Antonio Spurs to the Toronto Raptors just before the NBA trade deadline. The Austrian center was sent north of the border for a protected 2024 first-round selection, Canadian slotman Khem Birch, and two upcoming second-round picks. It was a chance for Poeltl and the Raptors to […]

The Milwaukee Bucks (37-17) visit the Los Angeles Lakers (25-30) on Thursday night! Action tips off at 10:00 p.m. ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Bucks-Lakers prediction, pick, and how to watch. Milwaukee has won eight consecutive games and has risen to second place in the East. The Bucks covered 57% […]

The 2023 NBA trade deadline is upon us, and we’ve already seen some doozies. If you thought the Kyrie Irving trade to the Dallas Mavericks was a big deal, that was blown away by the Kevin Durant blockbuster in the wee hours before the deadline. This KD trade could easily wind up being at or […]

On Thursday morning, former NBA player Etan Thomas voiced his criticism on IG of the Brooklyn Nets franchise for failing to acquire any superstar in return for Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and James Harden as their Big 3 experiment completely failed. That resulted in Kendrick Perkins claiming KD and Kyrie basically ran the franchise and […]

There are some things in life that remind us that, amid the uncertainty given a drastic change in circumstances, we are right where we’re always meant to be. And new superstar duo Kevin Durant and Devin Booker of the Phoenix Suns’ shared love of a specific wing joint serves as quite the reminder. Back in June […]

The Denver Nuggets will travel to take on the Orlando Magic in a Thursday night NBA matchup at the Amway Center in Orlando. With that said, it’s a good time to check out our NBA odds series, which includes a Nuggets-Magic prediction and pick, laid out below. Denver has enjoyed an incredible season, holding the […]

The supposed Brooklyn Nets dynasty has likely been over for awhile, but things officially came crashing down on them with their trade that sent Kevin Durant to the Phoenix Suns. Reactions came pouring in as a result of this unexpected blockbuster deal, but the funniest one of them all may belong to Robin Lopez. Lopez […]

The Brooklyn Nets are officially heading into rebuild mode after their failed Big 3 experiment as they traded Kevin Durant to the Phoenix Suns late Wednesday evening. While the blockbuster undoubtedly shocked everyone, there was no shortage of Ben Simmons memes on Twitter. After all, the Nets acquired the Aussie to link up with Kyrie […]

While pretty much everyone was asleep, the Phoenix Suns made one of the biggest moves in recent trade deadline history. The Suns capitalized on the turmoil surrounding the Brooklyn Nets by making a huge trade for Kevin Durant, and in the process, have immediately turned themselves into one of the most dangerous teams in the […]

LOS ANGELES — While Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James was breaking the all-time scoring record in downtown LA on Tuesday night, Kyrie Irving was across the street at a hotel preparing for his Dallas Mavericks debut. James broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s scoring record to become the NBA’s new all-time leader in points, finishing the night […]

The Brooklyn Nets ultimately made the decision to deal Kevin Durant to the Phoenix Suns, but general manager Sean Marks was still considering bolstering its roster around the superstar up until the last minute, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. “The Nets pursued OG Anunoby in Toronto, and they discussed possible deals for (John) Collins […]

The Boston Celtics took down the Philadelphia 76ers despite missing almost their entire starting lineup aside from Jayson Tatum. Blake Griffin was one of many players who stepped up, got hot from deep and got the Celtics a hard-fought win. Griffin hit three triples in the first quarter and five in the entire game as […]

The Phoenix Suns looked like a team dead in the water from late December to early January; their offense was sputtering, and their supporting cast was not able to weather the lengthy injury absence of Devin Booker. But the Suns put their foot down on Thursday midnight ET, and pulled off one of the biggest […]

The era that never was came to a close for the Brooklyn Nets early Thursday morning. Three days after trading Kyrie Irving to the Dallas Mavericks, Brooklyn agreed to send 13-time All-Star Kevin Durant to the Phoenix Suns for Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, Jae Crowder, four first-round picks and one first-round pick swap. Nets forward […]

After months and months of rumors, the NBA trade deadline is here. But for the most part, teams got started on making their big moves on Wednesday night, with one such team being the Portland Trail Blazers. The Blazers sent Josh Hart to the New York Knicks in exchange for Cam Reddish, Ryan Arcidiacono, Svi […]

The Dallas Mavericks shocked the NBA when they pulled off a blockbuster deal for Kyrie Irving, and he took the court for them shortly thereafter, leading the Mavs to a 110-104 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night. It has been a shocking chain of events to see Irving land in Dallas, but […]