The struggling Lakers, losers of seven of their last 10 games, opted not to make any moves leading up to the NBA trade deadline. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN (Twitter link), Los Angeles will instead look to the buyout market to shore up their club. Underperforming Lakers wing Talen Horton-Tucker, who had been considered L.A.’s […]

Nuggets forward JaMychal Green, one of the team’s top remaining trade candidates, showed his value on Tuesday night, pouring in 20 points on 6-of-7 shooting in just 17 minutes, writes Mike Singer of The Denver Post. Green and his $8.2MM cap hit could be necessary if Denver makes a move for a small forward, but […]

The Heat have traded forward KZ Okpala to the Thunder in exchange for a 2026 second-round pick, Miami announced today (via Twitter). Oklahoma City had an opening on its 15-man roster and didn’t have to waive a player to complete the deal. While the Thunder, who have a massive collection of future draft picks, can […]

The Sixers and Nets engaged in trade discussions on Tuesday, multiple sources tell Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer, who says the two sides “bickered” over pieces to add to a hypothetical deal involving James Harden and Ben Simmons. Despite the discussions, there doesn’t appear to be any traction on a Harden/Simmons blockbuster, according to […]

The NBA has announced a full list of the participants for its three-point, slam dunk and skills challenge competitions ahead of this month’s upcoming 2022 All-Star Weekend in Cleveland. Per the NBA (Twitter link), the following NBA players will partake in the Mountain Dew Three-Point Contest, which appears to have outpaced the slam dunk contest […]

Although a report on Friday stated that the Sixers intend to pursue James Harden prior to this week’s trade deadline and that the Nets are open to talking, it doesn’t sound as if any discussions have occurred between the two teams since then. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Ramona Shelburne, Sixers president of basketball […]