Sean Marks spoke with the media today about James Harden, Landry Shamet and the Brooklyn Nets moving from a hypothetical to an actual team. Sean Marks, general manager for the Brooklyn Nets, answered a question that wasn’t quite about James Harden, but absolutely wasn’t not about James Harden, in the careful way any NBA GM
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The Golden State Warriors lost Klay Thompson for the season, leaving them thin at wing. The Golden State Warriors are expected by many to get back to the postseason after finishing 2020 with the worst record in the league, but they were just thrown a major curveball after Andrian Wojnarowski confirmed that star guard Klay
The new Chicago Bulls regime is setting its sights on making waves straight out of the gate with a rumored trade up with Golden State. It’s about to be the dead of winter in Chicago, but things are heating up inside the Madhouse. After finally jettisoning GarPax, relieving fans of a decade of chronic cranial pain
James Harden, Houston Rockets. (Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports) Even with a victory, the Lions still need to fire Matt Patricia by Cole Thompson James Harden to the Brooklyn Nets would send shockwaves throughout the NBA. If James Harden is dealt by the Houston Rockets, it just might be to the Brooklyn Nets. According
Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images As the 2020 NBA Trade Deadline approaches, here’s a look at five potential trades that could really change up the 2020 NBA Draft. How many of you remember the 2012-13 Brooklyn Nets? This was the first year the team was playing in Brooklyn, having moved into New York City after
The Atlanta Hawks got a new pick-and-roll partner for Trae Young by trading for Clint Capela but can the new acquisition mesh well with John Collins? Now official, the four-team, 12-player trade between the Atlanta Hawks, Denver Nuggets, Houston Rockets and Minnesota Timberwolves is the biggest trade in the NBA since Patrick Ewing was shipped
Now that the craziness of the 2020 NBA Trade Deadline has died down, it’s time to sort Thursday’s deals into tiers. There were 11 trades on 2020 NBA Trade Deadline day. It wasn’t an earth-shattering day of dealing, but it also wasn’t the complete dud that many were predicting as recently as about a week
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The Rockets have swung for the fences, piecing together a four-team trade that brings in Robert Covington and sends Clint Capela to the Hawks. On Wednesday, with more than 24 hours left until the trade deadline, four teams jumped ahead and finalized a massive deal. The outlines of this trade had already emerged during the
Marcus Morris is in the midst of a career season, which is why the Knicks should sell high on him ahead of Thursday’s NBA trade deadline. New York Knicks forward Marcus Morris is in the midst of a career season, recent sexist comments notwithstanding. The 30-year-old is averaging a team-high 19.4 points, 5.5 rebounds and
The Philadelphia 76ers probably won’t split up Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons at the NBA trade deadline but what crazy deals could they make if they wanted to? The Philadelphia 76ers have two All-Stars in Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid supplemented by some terrific players, such as Al Horford and Tobias Harris, among others. And
The 2020 NBA trade deadline approaches. A number of formerly highly-touted young guns could use a new beginning to jump-start their promising careers. Be wary be wary, the 6th of February. That day, at 3 p.m. ET, marks the 2020 NBA trade deadline. It looms just around the corner. Of course, no one knows if
Robert Covington will be one of the most hotly pursued players ahead of the Feb. 6 NBA trade deadline. Which teams should be after him? With the Feb. 6 NBA trade deadline less than two weeks away, the Minnesota Timberwolves appear poised to cash in. According to Ben Cohen of the Wall Street Journal, the
All 30 teams are looking for something at the NBA Trade Deadline. So why not throw them all into one big mega-trade and see if we can’t make everyone happy? Spoiler: We can’t For a lot of NBA fans, this time of year is about constructing elaborate fantasy universes where their team’s unwanted assets are
Is Dedmon still going to be moved? Dewayne Dedmon is one of the most likely players to be moved at the deadline — he’s out of the rotation in Sacramento and has been vocal about his frustrations, asking for a trade. Jason Anderson of the Sacramento Bee has reported that the Kings are willing to
The Lakers trading Kyle Kuzma ahead of the NBA trade deadline might be their best chance to secure a title run but what deals could they make? As the NBA trade deadline and All-Star break approach, the Los Angeles Lakers sit in the catbird seat of the Western Conference. With a 36-10 start to the
Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images With the 2020 NBA Trade Deadline approaching, here’s the one trade each and every NBA team should consider making to improve. NBA trade deadlines are like avalanches. There are rumblings ahead of time. There are rumors, which are basically small booms and cracks that preface the action. There
The Indiana Pacers have made their two-big lineups work this season. But if they decided to simplify and flip Myles Turner, these deals could make sense. Just before this season began, the Pacers signed Domantas Sabonis to a four-year contract extension, committing to the two-big experiment they’ve been playing with for the past few years.
The 2020 NBA trade deadline is the opportunity for talent-rich contenders to make a bigger jump, so what trades can teams like the Lakers, Bucks and more make? One of the beautiful things about the NBA trade deadline, which comes at 3 p.m. ET on Feb. 6, is that every team has different goals in
The New Orleans Pelicans are within striking distance of a playoff spot, but how might their trade deadline plans take shape? With a superstar who clearly had one foot out the door, the New Orleans Pelicans were painted into a corner. But they ultimately sent Anthony Davis to the Los Angeles Lakers last July for
If the Cleveland Cavaliers are going to move Kevin Love at the NBA trade deadline, we’d love to see one of these deals come to fruition. Ball-slamming aside, Kevin Love has been a loyal soldier for the Cleveland Cavaliers. The fact of the matter, though, is that he’s an expensive soldier for a team that’s
The NBA trade deadline can transform great teams into contenders. Let’s rank who the best available players are this year. As Dwane Casey is fond of saying, there’s more than one way to skin a cat. A trade hasn’t always been how champions have built their teams, however. In the NBA, teams can build contenders
The Pistons may be looking to move Andre Drummond at the trade deadline. Here are a few deals that offer a fun spin in both directions. The Pistons are currently outside the playoff picture and won’t see Blake Griffin on the court again this season. The obvious path forward is figuring out how to shed
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The Miami Heat are looking primed for a deep playoff run. How can they add some extra depth at the trade deadline? The Heat are off to a strong start this season, currently holding the second-best record in the Eastern Conference and building momentum for what they hope will be a deep playoff run. However,
What looked to be a roster of low-risk, high-value young veterans to scaffold their young talent turned out to be a bloated developmental mess. How can the Knicks get value for that? A coaching change has helped the Knicks turn their season around to some degree, but the writing is still on the wall. Veterans
Chris Paul won’t be on the Oklahoma City Thunder for long, and he could be headed for one of these five teams. On Thursday night, the Oklahoma City Thunder sent Russell Westbrook to the Houston Rockets for Chris Paul, two first-round picks (2024, 2026) and pick swaps in 2021 and 2025. The deal will reunite
Free agency is barely over, but it’s not too soon to look ahead at the ramifications this July could have on some of the NBA’s best players moving forward. NBA free agency is like that first boy-girl party in middle school when everyone goes into it hoping to get seven minutes in heaven but most
The Oklahoma City Thunder may be ready to move Russell Westbrook, and these five teams could get a deal done. In concert with Kawhi Leonard deciding to sign with them, the Los Angeles Clippers have also acquired Paul George from the Oklahoma City Thunder. That necessarily led to immediate questions about Russell Westbrook’s future with