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• Wizards vs. Bulls Predictions: Odds, expert picks, recent stats, trends and best bets for April 11
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• The NBA’s 11 best rookies this season, ranked

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Let’s rank the best rookies in the NBA this season. The 2024 NBA Draft class will not go down in history for the top-end talent it produced, and that’s okay. Not every draft class can be full of franchise pillars: talent ebbs and flows through the years, with especially strong drafts like 2026 being balanced out by weaker years like this rookie class. J...2025
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• 76ers vs. Wizards odds, line, spread, start time: 2025 NBA picks, April 9 predictions from proven model

SportsLine's model just revealed its NBA picks for Philadelphia 76ers vs. Washington Wizards...2025
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• French rookie continues progression, hits franchise mark not touched since 2011

On Tuesday night, Washington Wizards rookie Alex Sarr continued a strong run of form....2025
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• NBA Mock Draft: All 59 picks projected, with Cooper Flagg at No. 1
Here is our first NBA mock draft of the post-NCAA Tournament. Without the NBA lottery set, we just went with the picks in the order of team records. Both rounds are included. FIRST ROUND Utah Jazz: Cooper Flagg, SF/PF, Duke Washington Wizards: Dylan Harper, SG/PG, Rutgers Charlotte Hornets: Ace Bailey, SG/SF, Rutgers New Orleans Pelicans: […] The post NBA Mock Draft: All 59 picks projected, ...2025
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• Dwight Howard Elected To Hall Of Fame On First Ballot

Dwight Howard has been elected as a first-ballot member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2025, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania on Friday. The eight-time All-Star and three-time Defensive Player of the Year averaged 15.7 points and 11.8 rebounds across 18 NBA seasons with the Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Lakers, Houston Rockets, Atlanta Hawks, Charlotte Hornets, Washington Wizards ...2025
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• Wizards’ Bilal Coulibaly on rise before injury: ‘I know they believe in me’

Before a season-ending hamstring injury earlier last month, Bilal Coulibaly was on the rise with the rebuilding Washington Wizards. He still is, but now he’ll have to wait until next season. At just 20 years old, though, there’s time to build on what he’s already started. He showed growth offensively this season and was already […] The post Wizards’ Bilal Coulibaly on...2025
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• Khris Middleton To Undergo MRI On Injured Knee

Washington Wizards wing Khris Middleton was forced to leave Thursday's game at halftime due to right knee soreness. Following the game, the Wizards head coach Brian Keefe announced that Middleton would undergo an MRI to determine the extent of the injury. Washington acquired Middleton at the trade deadline in a swap that sent Kyle Kuzma to the Milwaukee Bucks. The Wizards were acquiring the vetera...2025
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Updated projection with 2 March Madness prospects rising, 1 falling

Photo by C. Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos via Getty Images March Madness has impacted our latest 2025 NBA mock draft. March Madness is the first time a big section of NBA fans check in on the top prospects in college basketball. This is a good year to do it: 19 of the 30 first-round picks in our last mock draft made the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament, and a bunch of them are still playing as the fi...2025
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• Corey Kispert Out For Season After Surgery On Left Thumb

Corey Kispert underwent a successful surgical procedure on Tuesday in New York City to repair a ligament tear to his left thumb. The injury was sustained in the third quarter against the Denver Nuggets on March 15. Kispert is expected to make a full recovery and be ready for the start of next season. Kispert finishes his fourth NBA season with averages of 11.6 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.7 assists...2025
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• Wizards guard Bilal Coulibaly out with hamstring injury
Washington Wizards guard Bilal Coulibaly will be out approximately four-to-six weeks following a right hamstring injury sustained in the first quarter against the Toronto Raptors on March 10. The injury will be treated conservatively, the team says....2025
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• Wizards' Coulibaly out 4-6 weeks with injury
Washington Wizards guard Bilal Coulibaly could miss the remainder of the NBA season after injuring his right hamstring earlier this week against the Toronto Raptors....2025
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• Nic Claxton Suspended One Game For Accruing Sixth Flagrant Foul Point

Nic Claxton has been suspended one game without pay for accruing his sixth Flagrant Foul point of the 2024-25 regular season. Claxton, who entered Monday's game with five Flagrant Foul points, received a Flagrant Foul 1 with 9:24 remaining in the fourth quarter of the Nets' 107-99 loss to the Washington Wizards at Capital One Arena. Claxton will serve his suspension tomorrow when the Nets host th...2025
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• Spurs lottery odds for No. 1 pick after Victor Wembanyama season-ending injury

Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images The Spurs received bad news coming out of the All-Star break. We break down what it means for their NBA Draft Lottery odds. The San Antonio Spurs received devastating news on Thursday as superstar Victor Wembanyama is out for the rest of the season due to a deep vein thrombosis in his right shoulder. The team has shut him down after testing during All-Star weeke...2025
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• Indiana Fever’s huge announcement puts pressure on other WNBA teams

Photo by Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images The Fever are the latest WNBA team to announce they are building their own state-of-the-art practice facility. The Indiana Fever announced on Thursday they will officially be building a $78 million, 108-square-foot practice facility in downtown Indianapolis. The facility — which will be ready ahead of the 2027 season — will include two courts, a weight ...2025
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• LeBron James made history yet again by breaking his own unprecedented record

Photo by Adam Pantozzi/NBAE via Getty Images LeBron James has been playing so long he basically only has his own records left to break. LeBron James breaks the NBA’s All-Time scoring record every single time he puts the ball in the basket, but that wasn’t the only history he made while leading the Lakers to a 128-123 win vs. the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night in Los Angeles. In the v...2024
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• Boston Celtics wear all black to Game 6 against Washington Wizards
Up 3-2 and needing just one more victory to advance, the Celtics arrived for tonight's Game 6 (8 p.m., ESPN) against the Wizards in all black, a not-so-subtle hint that they intend to send their opponents on vacation....2017
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• Think You Know What the NBA's Morris Twins Are All About? Think Again
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• Why Oklahoma City Thunder Are the NBA's Most Unsolvable Puzzle
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• A Team Transformed: Inside LeBron James' First Season Back with the Cavaliers
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• Dwyane Wade's New Contract Is Perfect Scenario for Both Star SG and Miami Heat
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"Here is a link to all 19 of our NBA communities, all of whom will be tracking the latest developments around their favorite teams: Atlanta Hawks Boston Celtics Brooklyn Nets Cleveland Cavaliers Dallas Mavericks Detroit Pistons Golden State Warriors Houston Rockets Los Angeles Lakers Milwaukee Bucks Minnesota Timberwolves New York Knicks Philadelphia 76ers Phoenix Suns Portland Trail Blazers San Antonio Spurs Toronto Raptors Utah Jazz Washington Wizards Where can I see how every single trade that has been made so far?"

2024
"I wouldn’t be surprised if we see something similar on Saturday, when the Detroit Pistons host the Washington Wizards at Little Caesars Arena at 12 p."

2023
"Ted Leonsis, the owner of the Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals, is expected to unveil plans to move the two teams to a massive new development in Alexandria's Potomac Yard neighborhood, sources told ESPN."

2022
"While the Los Angeles Lakers ultimately ran away with the win thanks to LeBron James turning up his individual 2K sliders, that didn’t take away from what it all meant for the emerging Washington Wizards star."

2021
"It’s definitely a full circle moment for the Brodie, who looks to be in the best of spirits after being traded away from the Washington Wizards."

2020
"A three-team trade has unfolded involving the New York Knicks, Los Angeles Clippers and Washington Wizards, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reports."

2019
"The NBA has suspended Washington Wizards guard Isaiah Thomas for two games after he entered the stands in a verbal altercation with a fan on Saturday night."

2018
"Washington Wizards star point guard John Wall, who's been dealing with a persistent knee problem, will have a procedure that could sideline him for two months, a league source told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski."

2017
"Below is a running diary of the Lakers’ game against the Washington Wizards, with comments drawn from Mike Trudell’s @LakersReporter Twitter account."

2016
"After the first quarter of the Golden State Warriors' matchup with the Washington Wizards on Wednesday, reigning MVP Stephen Curry was on pace to hit the century mark all by himself."

2015
"It looked as though the Cleveland Cavaliers star was on his way to supplanting AI Friday night in a blowout victory over the Washington Wizards, as he entered that contest 31 points behind the Philadelphia 76ers legend, according to NBA TV on Twitter: LeBron dropped an impressive 28 points in 25 minutes, but he was lifted from the game early in the fourth quarter with the Cavs in complete control."

2014
"That's because the point guard broke down in tears after the Washington Wizards' 133-132, double-overtime win over the Boston Celtics, overcome with emotion when asked about what the game meant for him personally."

• The NBA’s 11 best rookies this season, ranked
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• NBA Mock Draft: All 59 picks projected, with Cooper Flagg at No. 1
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• NBA Mock Draft: All 59 picks projected, with Cooper Flagg at No. 1
Here is our first NBA mock draft of the post-NCAA Tournament. Without the lottery set, we just went with the picks in the order of team records. Both rounds are included. FIRST ROUND Utah Jazz: Cooper Flagg, SF/PF, Duke Washington Wizards: Dylan Harper, SG/PG, Rutgers Charlotte Hornets: Ace Bailey, SG/SF, Rutgers New Orleans Pelicans: VJ […] The post NBA Mock Draft: All 59 picks projected, w...2025
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Updated projection with college basketball season now over

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Here’s our latest NBA mock draft now that March Madness is over. March Madness is over, and the Florida Gators are national champions. The college basketball offseason is already in full swing, and a flood of early entrants into the 2025 NBA Draft is the next step. The draft order won’t be set until the lottery on Monday, May 12, but a consensus board is al...2025
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• Dwight Howard Elected To Hall Of Fame On First Ballot
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• Wes Edens: Bucks Made Basketball Moves, No Second Apron Mandate

The Milwaukee Bucks were part of a big transaction ahead of the trade deadline. Milwaukee sent out Khris Middleton in a deal that brought in Kyle Kuzma from the Washington Wizards. While that move did help the team to get under the second apron, Bucks co-owner Wes Edens said that wasn't the motivation. "The moves we made at the deadline were basketball moves," Edens said. "And the financial was a ...2025
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• Wes Edens: Bucks Made Basketball Moves; No Second Apron Mandate

The Milwaukee Bucks were part of a big transaction ahead of the trade deadline. Milwaukee sent out Khris Middleton in a deal that brought in Kyle Kuzma from the Washington Wizards. While that move did help the team to get under the second apron, Bucks co-owner Wes Edens said that wasn't the motivation. "The moves we made at the deadline were basketball moves," Edens said. "And the financial was a ...2025
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• Washington Wizards Predicted To Select Franchise-Changing 19-PPG ‘Phenom’ in 2025 NBA Draft
Washington Wizards held the top spot in PFSN's 2025 NBA mock draft, making the obvious choice — selecting Duke forward Cooper Flagg with the No. 1 overall pick....2025
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• Khris Middleton To Undergo MRI On Injured Knee
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Updated projection with 2 March Madness prospects rising, 1 falling
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• Wizards vs. Bulls Predictions: Odds, expert picks, recent stats, trends and best bets for April 11
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• The NBA’s 11 best rookies this season, ranked
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• 76ers vs. Wizards Predictions: Odds, expert picks, predictions, recent stats, trends for April 9
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• Wizards vs. Pacers Predictions: Odds, expert picks, recent stats, trends and best bets for April 8
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Updated projection with college basketball season now over
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• Wizards vs. Celtics Predictions: Odds, expert picks, recent stats, trends and best bets for April 6
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• Dwight Howard Elected To Hall Of Fame On First Ballot
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• Magic vs. Wizards Predictions: Odds, expert picks, recent stats, trends and best bets for April 3
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• Kings vs. Wizards Predictions: Odds, expert picks, recent stats, trends and best bets for April 2
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• Heat vs. Wizards Predictions: Odds, expert picks, recent stats, trends and best bets for March 31
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Updated projection with 2 March Madness prospects rising, 1 falling
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• Wizards Gave 'Real Consideration' To Trading For Bradley Beal At Deadline

The Washington Wizards gave "real consideration" to trading for Bradley Beal at this year's deadline, sources told Marc Stein of The Stein Line. Stein adds that there is no indication that Beal would have waived his no-trade clause to return to Washington. It was reported last month that the Wizards and Hawks were the only two teams willing to acquire Beal. Beal is also reportedly hesitant to upro...2025
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• The NBA’s draft pick market has crashed

Photo by Glenn James/NBAE via Getty Images With fewer available future draft picks to trade but transactions that still need to get done, the value of the speculative capital cratered at the 2025 NBA trade deadline. Let’s take a time machine back one full week and ask ourselves a question. How many first-round draft picks is Luka Doncic worth? Six? Seven? All of them? Surely whoever is tra...2025
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• 4 NBA trade deadline winners, and 4 big losers after a wild week of deals

Photo by Scott Cunningham/NBAE via Getty Images Let’s hand out winners and losers from the 2025 NBA trade deadline. The 2025 NBA trade deadline started with a double-bang (word to Mike Breen) when the Dallas Mavericks made the unfathomable decision to trade Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis. The Mavs and Lakers each made surprising moves in the days that followed, le...2025
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• NBA trade deadline 2025 tracker for every deal as it’s announced

Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images We’re keeping track of every 2025 NBA trade deadline deal as they are announced in this post. The NBA seemed set for a quiet trade deadline in 2025 as a new Collective Bargaining Agreement tormented teams with multiple luxury tax aprons and more punitive restrictions for increasing payroll. So much for that. The NBA trade deadline started with fireworks w...2025
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Big changes to first round projection after Cooper Flagg goes No. 1

Here’s our latest 2025 NBA mock draft. The 2025 NBA Draft class is fully coming into focus with March Madness around the corner. While the hype of this class has worn off slightly as the season has gone on, it’s still a strong group of incoming talent defined by high upside swings throughout the lottery. Duke’s Cooper Flagg is the obvious No. 1 pick. He’s lived up to the hype during his freshman y...2025
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• Indiana Fever’s huge announcement puts pressure on other WNBA teams
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• Thieves target home of Celtics star Jaylen Brown’s mom, swipe 2024 championship ring from assistant coach’s abode on same day

The Celtics were on a road trip to play the Washington Wizards in the nation's capital when the brazen break-ins took place....2024
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Updated projection with Cooper Flagg saving one lucky team

Aryanna Frank-Imagn Images Here’s our latest 2025 NBA mock draft. The 2025 NBA Draft lottery is going to be one of the marquee events of the season. For all the talent in this draft class, there will be no drama over who gets selected with the No. 1 overall pick. Cooper Flagg is living up to every ounce of hype at the start of his freshman season at Duke. He feels like one of the strongest...2024
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• LeBron James Passes Allen Iverson on NBA's All-Time Scoring List
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• This Day in Kobe: The Black Mamba Drops 55 on Jordan
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• Running Diary: Lakers at Wizards (12/2/15)
Below is a running diary of the Lakers’ matchup against the Washington Wizards, with comments drawn from Mike Trudell’s @LakersReporter Twitter account to ensure you’re covered from start to finish....2015
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• Kevin Durant's Return Is Just What The NBA Needs In 2015-16
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• Wizards Star John Wall Donates $400,000 to Help Homeless Children in D.C.
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• Timberwolves' Flip Saunders Dies at Age 60
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• John Wall Gets Emotional, Dedicates Wizards' Win to 6-Year-Old Cancer Victim
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• A Team Transformed: Inside LeBron James' First Season Back with the Cavaliers
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• Washington Wizards 2024-25 season preview: A lottery team with a long rebuild ahead

Breaking down Washington's biggest question, best- and worst-case scenarios, and fantasy outlook....2024

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• 76ers vs. Wizards odds, line, spread, start time: 2025 NBA picks, April 9 predictions from proven model
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• Pacers vs. Wizards odds, score prediction, start time: 2025 NBA picks, April 8 best bets from proven model

SportsLine's model just revealed its NBA predictions for the Washington Wizards vs. Indiana Pacers on Tuesday...2025
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Updated projection with college basketball season now over
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• Wizards vs. Kings odds, score prediction, time: 2025 NBA picks, April 2 best bets from proven model

SportsLine's model simulated Sacramento Kings vs. Washington Wizards 10,000 times and revealed its NBA picks for Wednesday's matchup...2025
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• Heat vs. Wizards odds, line, prediction, time: 2025 NBA picks, March 31 best bets from proven model

SportsLine's model simulated the Washington Wizards vs. Miami Heat 10,000 times and revealed its NBA picks for Monday...2025
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Updated projection with 2 March Madness prospects rising, 1 falling
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• 76ers vs. Wizards odds, line, spread: 2025 NBA picks, March 26 predictions from proven model

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• Wizards vs. Raptors odds, line, prediction, time: 2025 NBA picks, March 24 best bets from proven model

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• Magic vs. Wizards odds, line, score prediction, time: 2025 NBA picks, March 21 best bets from proven model

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• NBA trade deadline instant grades for every 2025 major deal made as they happen

Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images Let’s give out instant grades for the big moves at the 2025 NBA trade deadline. The 2025 NBA trade deadline will forever be remembered for a deal that took place a few days before the buzzer. The Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks completed the trade of the century by exchanging Luka Doncic for Anthony Davis over the weekend. The NBA has been on fire...2025
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• 30 players most likely to be moved at the NBA trade deadline

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images Let’s jump around the league to find the players most likely to get relocated at the 2025 NBA trade deadline. In a now-annual tradition at SB Nation, we are scouring through the internet’s endless supply of NBA trade rumors and asking around our NBA team site network to ask our local experts (alongside some national analysis from yours truly) to see ...2025
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• Bucks Haven't Inquired With Suns On Bradley Beal

The Milwaukee Bucks have not inquired about the availability of Bradley Beal, reports Chris Haynes. "It was explained to me that a connection between the two is nonexistent," said Haynes. When Beal was traded by the Washington Wizards in 2023, he reportedly had some level of interest in the Bucks. The Bucks have been active on the trade market with speculation that they could send out Khris Midd...2025
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• The Suns’ bizarre, desperate Jazz trade is really about Jimmy Butler

Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images The Suns and Jazz made a small trade on Tuesday, but a deal that might just be setting up a much larger deal for disgruntled Heat star Jimmy Butler. On Tuesday, the Utah Jazz and the Phoenix Suns completed a trade that is fairly bizarre on its face, leaving us all channeling our inner Brian Windhorst and asking the question: “What is going...2025
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• Wizards’ Kyle Kuzma Remains Top Target With Trade Deadline Looming

Before the Washington Wizards and Sacramento Kings tipped off on Sunday night, Wizards forward Kyle Kuzma jogged to the first row at midcourt, where he bumped fists and exchanged smiles with a fan. That fan was Vivek Ranadive, the owner and chairman of the Kings, sparking immediate speculation about a potential trade. The timing of […] The post Wizards’ Kyle Kuzma Remains Top Target Wi...2025
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• 7 young NBA players making the leap this season

Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images Here are 7 young NBA players who showing significant improvement this season. It’s not too early to overreact to what we’re seeing from the start of the NBA’s 82-game grind. Trends historically begin to stabilize around the 20-game mark. While it would be unwise to suggest the Milwaukee Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers will continue to be among the worst teams ...2024
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• Jordan Poole had most shameless carry in NBA history to seal Wizards loss

Jordan Poole’s blatant carry sealed Wizards loss in crunch-time It could be argued that Jordan Poole is the greatest show in the NBA for all the wrong reasons. It wasn’t long ago that Poole was a dynamic supplemental scorer for the Golden State Warriors’ 2022 NBA championship team. These days, Poole is mostly a punchline, and he continues to find new ways to embarrass himself in viral highlights w...2024
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