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The NBA trade deadline was a bit of a dud, but here's a look at who won and who flopped horriblyAfter last year’s insane trade deadline, which featured Kevin Durant being dealt to the Phoenix Suns, this year brought a bunch of smaller, shrewd moves that moved teams into contention. We have tracked the trades and broken them down by time-tested winners and losers rubric to track how the day wen...

Be naivete or something else, Blazers' Scoot Henderson guarantees Rookie of the YearScoot Henderson set the bar for his first NBA season, and career, in a recent interview, telling Playmaker HQ that he will win rookie of the year, and hopes to be the “best point guard to ever play in the game.” So with that said, there’s not much else to talk about, right? I think hoops fans collec...

The Second Coming of Dennis Smith Jr.Maybe all he needed was to come home. Smith is from Fayetteville, North Carolina, and is now playing with the Charlotte Hornets, just a mere three hours from his hometown. The Hornets are Smith’s fifth team in six seasons. Last year, he split time between three teams, including the Hornets. So why h...

The Mavericks need another star as much as Russell Westbrook needs a home

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Report: Rick Carlisle’s treatment of others bothered Luka, led to coach leaving Dallas

The details from the report corroborating the rumor that Rick Carlisle can be an asshole are juicy, for sure. Apparently, he belittled FODs (Friends of Luka Dončić) Dennis Smith Jr. and Salah Mejri, accusing Smith of being jealous of Dončić before trading him; saw former assistant coach Jamahl Mosel...

Former Detroit Piston-tryout-offer-recipient J. Cole has a new album coming

 “Hands … in the … air … now … hands … in the … AIR!” ...

Julius Randle is the perfect New York Knick for right now

Kristaps Porzingis was great, but he wasn’t Julius Randle....

Dennis Smith Jr. is quietly reviving his career in Detroit

Let’s first acknowledge that Dennis Smith Jr. is not all the way back yet. He’s not even shooting 40 percent from the field this season. But even if he’s not back to where he was as a top-10 prospect coming from the 2017 NBA Draft Class, he’s far above where he stood toward the latter half of his Ne...