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DALLAS - When the Mavs opted not to offer Tyson Chandler and Co. long-term deals, this summer's free-agency crop was expected to be headlined by a few superstars. The landscape quickly changed when Chris Paul exercised his player option for next s...

As the Minnesota Timberwolves wrap up another disappointing season, coach Rick Adelman said they need to be very active with trades and free agency this summer. And he plans to have a significant say in who the team targets.

Lamar Odom's awful season will eventually be forgiven around here, especially if the Mavericks can put together a spirited title defense in a couple of weeks. But it's likely it won't be forgotten for some time. That's how pitiful his four months ...

Bradford Doolittle of Basketball Prospectus looks at the coming week in the NBA with an eye toward fantasy and lists five players with favorable matchups worth starting, five with unfavorable matchups to bench and one pickup to target.

Story | Conversation | April 13, 2012

Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star Kevin Love sat Thursday night against the Los Angeles Clippers, and coach Rick Adelman said it was too soon to tell if Love would return to the court at any point this season.

Bradford Doolittle of Basketball Prospectus looks at the coming week in the NBA with an eye toward fantasy and lists five players with favorable matchups worth starting, five with unfavorable matchups to bench and one pickup to target.

Story | Conversation | March 30, 2012

The Minnesota Timberwolves were without two of their top four scorers Friday night against Western Conference-leading Oklahoma City.

John Carroll provides three trades that teams should have made at the deadline.

Story | Conversation | March 18, 2012

While Los Angeles Lakers fans' sentimentality certainly took a hit on Thursday with the trade that sent beloved franchise figure Derek Fisher to the Houston Rockets, from a pure basketball analysis there is no questioning that the Lakers improved. ...

John Cregan looks at all the winners and losers from this year's trade deadline moves.

Dissecting the proposed swap between L.A., Minnesota and Portland.

Story | Conversation | March 15, 2012

ESPNLA's Dave McMenamin has the story: "The Lakers revisited talks to acquire Minnesota Timberwolves forward Michael Beasley on Wednesday, multiple league sources told ESPNLosAngeles.com. Several variations of the trade have been discussed. One woul...

The Lakers revisited talks to acquire Minnesota Timberwolves forward Michael Beasley on Wednesday, multiple league sources told ESPNLosAngeles.com.

With the trade deadline approaching so many questions about Dwight Howard... Pau Gasol... Andrew Bynum... Deron Williams... Michael Beasley... Ramon Sessions... Ray Felton... and why the heck the Lakers haven't amnestied Luke Walton yet. (Although re...

Here's a look at 10 high-profile players who could be changing uniforms by March 15.

Story | Conversation | March 14, 2012

Bradford Doolittle says the teams of these five players should try to trade them while their stock remains valuable.

Story | Conversation | March 09, 2012