Hoops Rumors

Once the trade sending Trae Young to Washington is officially complete, the Wizards and their new starting point guard will be open to exploring a potential contract extension, but it won’t be “top of mind,” reports ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne (Twitter link). As Shelburne explains, both the Wizards and Young may take the opportunity to evaluate the situation and the fit before … [Read more...] about Trae Young Trade Notes: Possible Extension, Trade Bonus, TPE, More

There has been a greater focus in the past 24 hours on what Trae Young will bring to his new team in Washington, but Rod Beard of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution notes that CJ McCollum could be a valuable rest-of-season addition for the Hawks. While Young has battled injuries and has been available for just 10 games so far this season, McCollum appeared in each of the Wizards’ … [Read more...] about Southeast Notes: McCollum, Wizards, Magic, Powell, Herro

The Kings and Clippers engaged in exploratory talks about a possible trade that would have sent forward DeMar DeRozan and guard Keon Ellis to Los Angeles in exchange for big man John Collins and another “small salary filler,” reports Michael Scotto of HoopsHype. However, those conversations occurred before the Clippers reeled off 11 wins in their past 13 games, according to … [Read more...] about Scotto’s Latest: Clippers, Kings, AD, Hawks, Kuminga, Poeltl

Cavaliers point guard Darius Garland has been ruled out of Friday’s game at Philadelphia due to right great toe soreness, tweets Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com. As Fedor notes, Garland’s injury is not a recurrence of the toe ailment that required offseason surgery and has bothered him for several months — the injury on a different toe on the opposite foot. Cleveland will also be … [Read more...] about Injury Notes: Garland, Merrill, Heat, Coulibaly, Pritchard

The Hawks‘ return for a four-time All-Star like Trae Young may look awfully modest, but a scout who spoke to Sam Amick of The Athletic suggests it may be equally difficult for other teams with defensively limited point guards to extract real value for them. That group includes the Grizzlies with Ja Morant and the Hornets with LaMelo Ball. “Ja, Trae and LaMelo don’t have that … [Read more...] about Trade Rumors: Morant, Ball, Bucks, Kings, Kuminga