File photo Trade season didn’t ease in. It kicked the door open. With a month to go before the Feb. 5 deadline, the NBA finally saw its first real move, as the Hawks sent Trae Young to the Wizards for CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert, as first reported by ESPN’s Shams Charania. For Atlanta, this […]
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Immanuel Quickley often had the ability to hit the big shot during his four seasons with the Knicks. And he did so again on Wednesday night.
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This was a win-win trade. How big those wins are hinges on a lot of yet-to-be-determined factors — Can Atlanta use their newfound financial flexibility to land Anthony Davis or another star this offseason? Can Trae Young stay healthy and fill the role of veteran leader and mentor a young team needs? — but this
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Getty It’s not quiet in Sacramento. And it’s not settled in Golden State. According to ESPN’s Anthony Slater, the Kings are among the teams with interest in Jonathan Kuminga as the February 5 trade deadline approaches. That interest isn’t new. When Kuminga hit restricted free agency over the summer, Kings GM Scott Perry visited him
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File photo LeBron James keeps scoring like time forgot about him. Thirty more Tuesday night. Another win. Another reminder that the usual rules don’t apply. But after the visiting Lakers beat the Pelicans 111-103, James wasn’t interested in reclaiming center stage. He was interested in clarifying it. “Luka doesn’t need to bend his game for
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Imagn With no Donovan Mitchell around to bail them out, the Cavaliers needed someone else to take over Tuesday night. Darius Garland, anyone? Down nine going into the fourth quarter against the Pacers, Garland flipped the game on its head, scoring 14 points on a perfect seven-for-seven shooting in the final period as Cleveland stormed
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AP Wizards The Wizards made things interesting. Nearly too interesting. CJ McCollum scored 27 points and helped Washington steady itself late after a massive lead vanished, holding off the Magic 120-112 on Tuesday night. Alex Sarr added 23 points for a Wizards team that suddenly looks competitive. Washington has now won five of seven after
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AP Thunder The Thunder don’t look quite so invincible right now. After roaring through the season’s first two months, Oklahoma City has split its last 12 games, including an ugly 124-97 loss to Charlotte on Monday. It’s been a humbling stretch, but coach Mark Daigneault believes there’s value in it. “When you win the championship
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Imagn Sometimes, the most interesting trade ideas are the ones that make you stop, squint, and say, OK, I can at least see it. That’s the case with a hypothetical floated by ESPN’s Zach Kram, who connects the Trail Blazers and Hawks around one big name and a very different set of needs. Let’s take
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. — It was a night when Stephen Curry was ice cold for much of the game (he started 2-of-13 from 3) and then watched the final minute from the bench after fouling out. Steve Kerr wasn’t even on the bench at the end — he was ejected in the fourth quarter after going
