To quote a text from one of our boys just now, “Holy NBA trade!” The Orlando Magic, already rumored for the last few days to be close to swapping Gilbert Arenas for Rashard Lewis, have apparently decided to really shake up their roster. It is being reported that the Magic and Suns have agreed to a six-player deal built around Vince Carter going to Phoenix. Here is what is being reported right now: Read More »

This morning there were rumors that the Toronto Raptors and New Orleans Hornets were discussing a 5-player trade that was close to being completed last night. Right before 1 p.m. ET, reports are that a deal has been agreed upon.

According to Marc Spears at Yahoo! Sports, this is what the deal looks like: Read More »

Yahoo! Sports’ NBA-news-and-rumors beast Adrian Wojnarowski is reporting that the New Jersey Nets are “working feverishly” to complete a deal for Carmelo Anthony and are “in the construction stage of a complicated, multi-team trade.”

How complicated? The deal would apparently involve multiple players, draft picks and as many as four teams. Read More »

From of the multi-team NBA trade rumor mill that has been churning out Carmelo Anthony scenarios, a new one surfaced this morning via the New York Times that would lead to a ‘Melo/Yao Ming duo in Houston. The deal is an interesting one – specificallt for the Rockets – but I’m not sure it makes a ton of sense for Denver, especially compared to what else is reportedly out there for the taking.

The deal allegedly looks like this: Read More »

Earlier today, Dime posted its NBA trade deadline winners and losers. But you all know your teams better than we do. So we asked our readers to rank their own winners and losers, with the best of them listed here:

WINNERS

The Cavs are way better now that they have Jamison instead of Amar’e. Here’s why: (1) Amar’e doesnt like Shaq. (2) Amar’e wants to be the unequivocal MAN on his team. That’s not happening with the Cleveland LeBrons. Read More »

This is the sound of a Philadelphia 76ers fan’s head smashing on his desk at Dime headquarters. I was having a perfectly nice day up until this afternoon when I saw this item at the end of Kate Fagan’s latest “Deep Sixer” blog entry on Philly.com about the Sixers and their (potential) place in the Tracy McGrady trade talks. Absolutely horrifying.

Kate writes: Read More »

This is awesome.

Thanks to reader mememememe for posting in the comments section and Ball Don’t Lie for posting on their site.

Maybe it’s just last-second posturing to swing the best deal possible for the Knicks. Maybe Donnie Walsh knows something that no one else in basketball knows. Whatever it is, it appears that the piece standing in the way of the Knicks potentially being able to sign both LeBron James and Chris Bosh (or someone on his level) is … Jordan Hill? Read More »

Yahoo! Sports’ Marc Spears says that the yesterday’s rumored trade between the Clippers and Blazers that would send Marcus Camby to Portland is a done deal. Spears is reporting that the Blazers agreed in principle Tuesday to acquire Camby from the Clippers in exchange for forward Travis Outlaw, guard Steve Blake and $3 million.

To us, this seems like highway robbery for the Blazers, and we’re not the only ones. Read More »

When I wrote recently that Michael Beasley is still in the running to become a Top-10 player in the League, I made sure to leave room for the possibility that it could happen somewhere other than Miami. That address change could be coming sooner than I thought.

According to “an NBA source” cited by Yahoo! Sports, the Heat are in pursuit of Amar’e Stoudemire, and Beasley is at the center of their pitch: Read More »