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NBA Rumors – Denver Nuggets, Brooklyn Nets & Phoenix Suns Talking Trades With the Toronto Raptors
One of the more aggressive teams in a rather tranquil trade deadline period are the Toronto Raptors, eagerly seeking an upgrade at power forward, with feelers out in every direction: The Brooklyn Nets and Thaddeus Young, Phoenix Suns with Markieff Morris or P.J. Tucker and the Denver Nuggets with Kenneth Faried.
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NBA Rumors – Houston Rockets May or May not be Trying to Trade Dwight Howard, James Harden is Staying Put
The Houston Rockets failing to turn this season into something they’re happy with has resulted in some emergency meetings between Dwight Howard, James Harden, Interim head coach J.B. Bickerstaff and Daryl Morey. The result?
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Jeremy Lin Important Again for the Charlotte Hornets “Thanks” to Michael Kidd-Gilchrist Injury
Just when things were going so well for the Charlotte Hornets, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist is once again out with the same injury that made him miss half the season in the first place. This will mean more minutes for Jeremy Lin, naturally, among other players, but doesn’t make him a starting player again.
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NBA Rumors – Houston Rockets & Chicago Bulls Keep Getting Worse
Two teams that some thought to put into the pool of contenders at the beginning of this NBA season, the Chicago Bulls and Houston Rockets, have seven consecutive losses between them, and both might not make the playoffs if the current state of things lingers on.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers Get Too Caught Up in Cult of Personality
There is something that feels off about the Kobe Bryant retirement tour. Maybe it’s the deplorable state of the Los Angeles Lakers and Bryant himself on some nights, maybe it’s just personal feelings towards the soon to be retired player. But the Cleveland Cavaliers, who have also put LeBron James on a pedestal, need to be careful this doesn’t happen to them to.
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NBA Rumors: Golden State Warriors Depressing the Rest of the League
Everyone keeps waiting for the Golden State Warriors to slow down and start losing some games. Meanwhile, they keep breaking NBA records, and making Phoenix Suns players start fights on the bench.
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Jeremy Lin Gets Going, Kemba Walker Keeps Scoring, Charlotte Hornets Keep Rolling
For the first time since being reacquainted with the bench Jeremy Lin had a good game and not just a good one, but one in which he was the one who initiated the run to turn it into an easy 117-95 win over the Indiana Pacers. Kemba Walker had another impressive scoring night and the Charlotte Hornets win to enter the All-Star break with a winning record for the first time since January 2.
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NBA Rumors – Atlanta Hawks Might Not Really Want to Trade Al Horford & Jeff Teague
The Atlanta Hawks are going through a disappointing season compared to the previous one, and might be considered the most aggressive sellers approaching the trade deadline with Al Horford and Jeff Teague on the trading block. But from the asking price they’ve been putting forth for teams to consider, it seems they’re not that interested in breaking up this team.
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NBA Rumors – Memphis Grizzlies & New Orleans Pelicans Can Start Thinking About Next Season
Two teams in the Western Conference that can probably start planning next season while giving up on the playoffs in 2016 are the Memphis Grizzlies with Marc Gasol out until the rest of the season, while the New Orleans Pelicans don’t have Tyreke Evans any more.
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NBA Rumors – New York Knicks, Kristaps Porzingis Can’t be Great With Carmelo Anthony on the Team
The New York Knicks firing their head coach as they seem to drift further and further away from making the playoffs, just highlights the problem and big hope in their current roster. Carmelo Anthony, not a leading man on a franchise player contract, while the Kristaps Porzingis surprise shoulders the hope for better days.