Suns land Kevin Durant, Nets start rebuild Suns receive: Nets receive: Bucks receive: Pacers receive: Suns Grade: A- The most exciting trade of the deadline happened in the middle of the night. There were inklings after the Nets parted ways with Kyrie Irving that Durant might reignite his trade requestContinue Reading

The Brooklyn Nets have officially acquiesced Kyrie Irving’s trade demands and dealt him to the Dallas Mavericks, according to Shams Charania. Mavericks Get: Kyrie Irving PG Nets Get: Spencer Dinwiddie PG, Dorian Finney-Smith F, DAL ’29 1st round (unprotected), DAL ’27 2nd round, DAL ’29 2nd round Well that didn’tContinue Reading

In this year’s installment of HKL’s annual trade grades column, Jared and Rob go through every trade made in the days, hours, and minutes leading up to the trade deadline – offering our reactions and grading each team on how their moves position them for the future. For the moreContinue Reading

In this installment of deadline deal making analysis, Jared and Rob take the perspective of at least one team in every trade, giving that team a grade based on variables such as value, fit, financials and nostalgia(?). Clippers Get: Tobias Harris F, Avery Bradley G, Boban Marjanovic C, 2018 1st*Continue Reading

Record: 23-32 Eastern Conference Standing: 10th (4.5 GB of 8th Seed) State of the Team: Crisis, Rebuilding With the devastating news late Tuesday night that Kristaps Porzingis tore his left ACL, the clinging hope of a Knicks playoff run is now officially decimated. The only logical route in this scenarioContinue Reading