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• Kings Prioritizing Backup Center, Wing On Trade Market

The Sacramento Kings are prioritizing a backup center and the wing on the trade market. Sacramento's lack of depth has been an issue this season. Potentially getable players include Jerami Grant, John Collins, Jonas Valanciunas and Kyle Kuzma. Additionally, Cam Johnson is a player of "significant interest" to the Kings. The Kings tried to trade for Alex Caruso before the draft by offering the 13t...2024
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• Alex Caruso Confident In Odds Of Long-Term Deal With Thunder

On Saturday, Alex Caruso became eligible to sign an extension with the Oklahoma City Thunder worth up to $81.1 million over our seasons. Caruso said it "would be awesome" to sign with the Thunder long-term. Caruso will be a free agent next offseason if he is unable to agree to an extension. Caruso is represented by Greg Lawrence. "Obviously this is a place that I think is ascending and that's som...2024
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• Alex Caruso, Thunder Agree To Four-Year, $81M Extension

Alex Caruso and the Oklahoma City Thunder have agreed to a four-year, $81 million contract extension through the 28-29 season. Caruso was set to become a free agent this offseason as he was on a $9.9 million expiring contract. Caruso has been one of the NBA's best perimeter defenders since emerging with the Los Angeles Lakers as part of their 2020 championship. Caruso left the Lakers to sign a fou...2024
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• Alex Caruso signs a 4-year, $81M extension with the Thunder
Oklahoma City have now secured a two-time NBA All-Defensive Team selection for the future, as they’ve signed Alex Caruso to a four-year, $81 million extension that should go through the 2028-29 campaign. The information, confirmed by the player’s agent Greg Lawrence, did not specify the contract’s terms. This deal means that the 30-year-old will be […] The post Alex Caruso...2024
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• Alex Caruso, Thunder agree to four-year, $81 million contract extension

The Thunder lock up another key rotation player for years....2024
• Alex Caruso agrees to extension with Thunder on reported four-year, $81 million deal

The Thunder traded for Caruso in June...2024

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• 10 NBA takeaways after 10 games of the season, starring Nikola Jokic, Celtics, Knicks, and more

Photo by Cole Burston/Getty Images Here are our 10 biggest takeaways from the new NBA season so far. The 2024-25 NBA season is underway, and it’s already proven to be full of surprises. The Philadelphia 76ers and Milwaukee Bucks were supposed to be fringe championship contenders, but so far both are among the worst teams in the league. The Dallas Mavericks and Minnesota Timberwolves were s...2024
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• Predicting one breakout player for each NBA team in 2024: Eastern Conference Edition

Photo by David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images The start of the NBA season is here, so let’s predict one breakout player from each Eastern Conference team ahead of the 2024-25 campaign. Editor’s Note: This is the Eastern Conference edition of our series on breakout player candidates for each NBA team in the 2024-25 season. The Western Conference edition can be read here. Every year, each t...2024
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• Predicting one breakout player for each NBA team in 2024: Western Conference Edition

Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images The start of the NBA season is here, so let’s predict one breakout player from each Western Conference team ahead of the 2024-25 campaign. Editor’s Note: This is the Western Conference edition of our series on breakout player candidates for each NBA team in the 2024-25 season. The Eastern Conference edition can be read here. Every year, each team op...2024
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• Every NBA team ranked by its 2025 championship chances to start season

Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images Let’s rank every team in the NBA by their 2025 championship chances to start the season. The start of a new NBA season is the ultimate time for optimism. Every team is undefeated, and each organization’s season-long goals are still within reach. The NBA is fully entrenched in its parity era. The league has had a different champion each of the last six ...2024
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• Lonzo Ball’s NBA return from devastating knee injuries is basketball’s coolest story

Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images Lonzo Ball is back, and basketball is better is for it. Lonzo Ball couldn’t walk up a flight of stairs. The Chicago Bulls point guard had already been out eight months for an injury that was originally supposed to keep him out eight weeks. “Left knee soreness” was the first injury diagnosis by the team. A week later, it was announced Ball would have arthrosco...2024
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• Josh Giddey Suffered Torn Ligament In Ankle During Olympics

New Chicago Bulls wing Josh Giddey will have a slow ramp-up during training camp. Giddey revealed at Bulls media day that he was recovering from a ruptured ankle ligament while playing for Australia at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Giddey said he was injured during Australia's final game at the Olympics. Despite the serious nature of the injury, Chicago's big offseason acquisition said he should be rea...2024
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• Patrick Williams Recently Experienced Pain In Surgically Repaired Left Foot

Chicago Bulls forward Patrick Williams said in mid-July that his left foot felt good after surgery last season. At that time, Williams said he was running and jumping without pain. However, when the Bulls gathered in Miami for offseason workouts last month, Williams experienced discomfort in his left foot and had to shut down his activity for additional rest. It's unclear if Williams will be ready...2024
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• 9 NBA MVP 2025 front-runners, ranked, plus 5 big names who didn’t make it

Photo by Tim Heitman/Getty Images Here are the nine players who can win 2025 NBA MVP, plus why five big names didn’t make the cut. NBA MVP has become one of the most furiously debated awards in all of sports. The league’s eternal 82-game regular season leaves plenty of time for narratives to form, and candidates to rise and fall up the rankings. As we enter the 2024-2025 NBA season, a few...2024
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• 8 NBA teams that can win the 2025 championship

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images These are the only teams that can win the 2025 NBA championship. Defining success in the NBA always comes back to preseason expectations. Some teams are just trying to get better in the regular season and advance a round further in the playoffs, while others are hoping not to fall too far behind their rivals. There’s already a class of teams whose best c...2024
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• 2024 NBA Mock Draft: SB Nation writers project the first round

Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Empire State Realty Trust The 2024 NBA Draft is widely viewed as one of the weaker classes ever, but that doesn’t mean that some teams won’t find real contributors in the first round. Our network of draft experts tried to project who they’d be. The 2024 NBA Draft isn’t seen as the strongest class in the league’s history, but between Alex Sarr, Zacchari...2024
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• NBA mock draft 2024: Updated projection with latest rumors after NBA Finals

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Here’s how we think the 2024 NBA Draft will actually play out. The 2024 NBA Finals are over with the Boston Celtics emerging as champions. The league is now ready to turn the page to next season, starting with the 2024 NBA Draft. The first round of the draft is happening on Wednesday, June 26 on ESPN starting at 8 p.m. ET, and for the first time, th...2024
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• Podcast: S03 E20 - The CaruShow!! (Guest Alex Caruso)
AC Fresh joins the guys for a wide-ranging interview spanning topics on and off court, from his favorite in-game dunk to his diet and wei...2020

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"The Bulls appear ready and willing to keep Alex Caruso if their large asking price isn’t met."

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"Since he’s played in the NBA for 20 seasons, LeBron has one of the best basketball IQ’s ever and his former teammate Alex Caruso has revealed how one of the GOAT’s exploits timeouts."

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"Bucks' Grayson Allen serenaded by boos in first game in Chicago since his flagrant foul injured Alex Caruso"

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"A new era of Bulls basketball: DeMar DeRozan, Lonzo Ball, and Alex Caruso join Chicago"

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"We sat down with Alex Caruso to talk about his path from going undrafted to being a key rotation player for the 19-3 Lakers."

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"Jordan Clarkson and Alex Caruso combined for 18 of the Lakers' 31 assists in a big win over New York."

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"Kyle Kuzma and Alex Caruso had the Lakers' offense humming off the bench."

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"The Thunder today signed guard Alex Caruso, center Kaleb Tarczewski and forward Chris Wright."

• Kings Prioritizing Backup Center, Wing On Trade Market
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• Alex Caruso Confident In Odds Of Long-Term Deal With Thunder
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• Alex Caruso, Thunder Agree To Four-Year, $81M Extension
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• Alex Caruso signs a 4-year, $81M extension with the Thunder
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• Alex Caruso, Thunder agree to four-year, $81 million contract extension
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• Thunder don't waste time in reaching extension agreement with Alex Caruso

Guard Alex Caruso and the Thunder have agreed to a four-year, $81M contract extension....2024
• Alex Caruso Reaches Four-Year Extension Agreement With Thunder
Guard Alex Caruso and the Thunder have agreed to a four-year, $81MM contract extension, Shams Charania of ESPN reports. According to salary cap expert Yossi Gozlan (Twitter link), Caruso’s contract extension approximately breaks down like this — $18.1MM for next season, $19.55MM for 2026/27, $21MM for 2027/28 and $22.47MM in the final year. Caruso became […]...2024
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• Caruso, Thunder agree to 4-year, $81M extension
Guard Alex Caruso has reached a four-year, $81 million contract extension with the Oklahoma City Thunder through the 2028-29 season, his agent told ESPN....2024
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• NBA Rumors: Alex Caruso Says It ‘Would Be Awesome’ To Sign Extension With Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Alex Caruso told Jake Fischer of “The Stein Line” during a recent interview that he would welcome a contract extension offer from the Western Conference contender. The eight-year veteran said it “would be awesome” to sign a potential four-year deal future with this group. NBA Rumors: Alex Caruso Is Eligible To […] The post NBA Rumors: Alex ...2024
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• Alex Caruso Newly Eligible For Four-Year Extension

It has been exactly six months since Alex Caruso was traded from Chicago to Oklahoma City, meaning the extend-and-trade restrictions imposed on the veteran guard during that half-year window have lifted. Caruso is now eligible to sign an extension with the Thunder worth up to $81,096,960 over four years. Prior to Saturday, his maximum extension […]...2024

• Bulls Never Made Extension Offer To Josh Giddey

The Chicago Bulls never made a contract extension offer to Josh Giddey during the extension window, sources tell Jake Fischer of The Stein Line. The Bulls figured to highly value Giddy considering they acquired him from the Oklahoma City Thunder for Alex Caruso, who likely could have fetched multiple first round picks. The Bulls' ownership reportedly wanted to observe and assess Giddey with the Bu...2024
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• Bulls Notes: Giddey, Roster, LaVine, Vucevic
The Bulls were offered as many as two first-round picks for Alex Caruso prior to the 2024 trade deadline, sources confirmed to Jamal Collier of ESPN. Instead, Chicago traded Caruso to Oklahoma City over the summer in a one-for-one swap for fourth-year point guard Josh Giddey in a move that resulted in some outside criticism […]...2024
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• Northwest Notes: Caruso, Hendricks, Westbrook, George, Collins
Guard Alex Caruso, acquired from Chicago in an offseason trade, has been a non-factor offensively for the Thunder through eight games. He’s averaging just 2.6 points and 2.5 assists while shooting 23.7 percent from the field. He’s also averaging just 4.8 shot attempts in 19.9 minutes. Caruso isn’t worried about that aspect of his game. […]...2024
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• Every NBA team ranked by its 2025 championship chances to start season
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• Lonzo Ball’s NBA return from devastating knee injuries is basketball’s coolest story
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• Thunder Notes: Defensive Upgrade, K. Williams, Daigneault, Franchise History
The offseason trade for Alex Caruso and the addition of Isaiah Hartenstein in free agency have improved the Thunder’s defense to the point where it might be one of the best in NBA history, claims Michael Pina of The Ringer. He points out that Oklahoma City ranked fourth in the league defensively last season and […]...2024
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• 9 NBA MVP 2025 front-runners, ranked, plus 5 big names who didn’t make it
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• 10 NBA takeaways after 10 games of the season, starring Nikola Jokic, Celtics, Knicks, and more
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• Lonzo Ball’s NBA return from devastating knee injuries is basketball’s coolest story
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• 11 NBA players who look very weird in new jerseys this season, starring Klay Thompson, Russell Westbrook and more

Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images These players just don’t look right in their new uniforms. NBA media day is the equivalent of the first day of school: you get your picture taken, set expectations, officially meet your new teammates, and get ready to jump into training camp for the new season. As teams around the league when through media day on Monday ahead of the 2024-2025 season, there ...2024
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• NBA media day’s best and worst moments ahead of 2024-25 season

The best and worst moments from NBA media day NBA media day signals the beginning of training camp and the unofficial start of the new season. The Boston Celtics are reigning champions, but there’s no shortage of contenders coming from their crown in 2025 after an offseason loaded with big name players changing teams. Karl-Anthony Towns and Mikal Bridges are now members of the New York Knicks. Pau...2024
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• 9 NBA teams in the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes for 2025 draft, ranked by tiers

Photo by Juan Ocampo/NBAE via Getty Images The 2024 NBA Draft lacked excitement from the very start of the cycle due to the absence of a consensus No. 1 overall player. The 2024 class wasn’t terrible, but it always felt more like a role player draft than one with future franchise cornerstones. The fact that this was the draft that immediately followed Victor Wembanyama’s class made it seem...2024
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• Report: Bulls To Start Josh Giddey At Point Guard Next Season

According to NBA reporter Joe Cowley of The Chicago Sun-Times, the Chicago Bulls will start Josh Giddey at point guard next season. The Bulls acquired Giddey from the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Alex Caruso trade. “A team source reiterated that the Bulls were all in on Giddey as the primary ball-handler from the moment […] The post Report: Bulls To Start Josh Giddey At Poi...2024
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• A new era of Bulls basketball: DeMar DeRozan, Lonzo Ball, and Alex Caruso join Chicago

It's safe to open your eyes and be bullish on the Bulls again....2021
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• James, Caruso Guide Lakers To 6th Straight Win
LeBron James and Alex Caruso were instrumental in keeping L.A.’s winning streak alive, as the Lakers held on to defeat the New Orleans Pelicans Tuesday night in STAPLES Center....2020
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• Lakers' Second Unit Steps Up Against Utah

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• Bucks' Grayson Allen serenaded by boos in first game in Chicago since his flagrant foul injured Alex Caruso
Caruso hasn't played since Allen's hard foul in late January...2022
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• Lakers' Alex Caruso skips sister's wedding, stays in NBA bubble: 'We have worked too hard'
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• Brilliance of Alex Caruso on full display in Game 2 win vs. Milwaukee

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• Alex Caruso Injury Update

Chicago Bulls guard Alex Caruso sustained a fracture of his right wrist in last night's game versus...2022
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• Dr. A's weekly risers and fallers: Alex Caruso, Pascal Siakam make the list

Who are the fantasy basketball players on the rise? Whose fantasy value is falling? Steve Alexander lays it all out for you in his weekly look around the NBA....2023
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• Bulls Willing To Discuss Zach LaVine, Nikola Vucevic, Lonzo Ball In Trades

Arturas Karnisovas and the Chicago Bulls have expressed to their rival executives with other teams a willingness to discuss Zach LaVine, Nikola Vucevic and Lonzo Ball in trade scenarios, sources tell Jake Fischer of The Stein Line. LaVine, Vucevic and Ball combine to make nearly $85 million in salary this season. "Arturas is trying to drive up attention for all of his guys - he's smart," said one...2024
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• Thunder Notes: Caruso, Bulls, Giddey, Holmgren
Alex Caruso, whom the Thunder acquired for Josh Giddey in an offseason trade with the Bulls, had nothing but good things to say about his former organization ahead of Saturday’s matchup in Chicago, writes Joe Cowley of The Chicago Sun-Times. Bulls head coach Billy Donovan lavished Caruso with praise following Oklahoma City’s 19-point victory. “He’s […]...2024
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• Josh Giddey, Bulls Never Had Any 'Meaningful Negotiations' On Extension
Josh Giddey and the Chicago Bulls were unable to agree to terms on a contract extension and he'll enter his first season with the franchise on an expiring contract. The Bulls gave up a significant trade piece in Alex Caruso to acquire Giddey. "There was never really any meaningful negotiations there," said Brian Windhorst on The Hoop Collective Podcast. "Which was a surprise to me. I thought the B...2024
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• Lonzo Ball’s NBA return from devastating knee injuries is basketball’s coolest story
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• 11 NBA players who look very weird in new jerseys this season, starring Klay Thompson, Russell Westbrook and more
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• Josh Giddey Suffered Torn Ligament In Ankle During Olympics
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• 10 NBA takeaways after 10 games of the season, starring Nikola Jokic, Celtics, Knicks, and more
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• 8 NBA teams that can win the 2025 championship
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• 5 NBA teams falling behind their rivals after not doing enough this summer

Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images 5 NBA teams who haven’t done enough this summer. The first big wave of player movement in the 2024 NBA offseason has come and gone, and a few things are starting to crystalize. The Oklahoma City Thunder look like the class of the West after adding Isaiah Hartenstein and Alex Caruso to last year’s No. 1 seed. The Boston Celtics remain a strong favorite...2024
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• Grading Bulls-Thunder trade for Alex Caruso and Josh Giddey from both sides

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Let’s grade the Bulls-Thunder trade that sends Alex Caruso to OKC for Josh Giddey. The Oklahoma City Thunder and Chicago Bulls have completed the first trade of the new NBA offseason, and it’s sending one of the best role players in the NBA to the Western Conference. The Thunder are acquiring Alex Caruso from the Chicago Bulls for guard Josh Giddey, according to ...2024
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• Bulls trade Alex Caruso to Thunder for Josh Giddey in NBA stunner

Just three days after the 2023-24 season ended, the NBA offseason has its first shocking trade....2024
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• NBA mock draft 2024: Updated projection with latest rumors after NBA Finals
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• LeBron James’ NBA free agency circus is back this time with Bronny

Photo by Bart Young/NBAE via Getty Images LeBron James is reportedly about to be an NBA free agent again with several factors at play The NBA world stops when LeBron James becomes a free agent. For the fourth and likely final time in his legendary career, James is poised to enter the open market this summer for one more round of non-stop speculation about his basketball future. James is st...2024
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• The Chicago Bulls aren’t good, but they are clutch as hell

Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images Nobody in the NBA is more clutch than the Chicago Bulls. The Chicago Bulls can’t stop winning clutch games. The Bulls beat the Utah Jazz, 119-117, on Wednesday night in Salt Lake City to keep the team’s incredible clutch alive. The Bulls have been a sub .500 team all year — they’re currently 26-28, ninth in the Eastern Conference — but they have an incr...2024
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• NBA trade deadline: 4 winners and 5 losers from deals, featuring Bulls, Knicks, Warriors, Lakers

Let’s hand out winners and losers from the 2024 NBA trade deadline. The 2024 NBA trade deadline has come and gone without the type of major fireworks sd occasionally sees in the final transaction window before the playoff race. There were tons of deals around the NBA before Thursday’s 3 p.m. buzzer, but the biggest names rumored to be in deals mostly stayed home, and many of the league’s biggest f...2024
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• 5 NBA trade deadline teams who desperately need to make a deal

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images These the teams who need to make a bold move at the NBA trade deadline. The 2024 NBA trade deadline represents the last chance for teams to reload their rosters ahead of the playoffs, or get an early head start on a rebuild before the offseason. With the deadline quickly approaching on Thursday, Feb. 8, there are a number of teams who should be feeling ...2024
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