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The Kings could accelerate their rebuilding process by moving one of their more gleaning assets in guard Jimmer Fredette well before the February trade deadline. Sacramento has been an early rumored trade partner in the first month of the season, with links to several teams, and many of them could use a deep threat.

Kobe Bryant could return to the Lakers soon, as Steve Nash and Pau Gasol battle injuries.

A number of teams are inquiring about Cleveland Cavaliers guard Dion Waiters, while the Houston Rockets are asking maybe too much for center Omer Asik.

The multi-year deal to show the leading basketball league from the United States starts with a game on Sunday evening between Indiana Pacers and LA Clippers, BT said on Thursday.

Chicago apparently has a positive attitude after Derrick Rose's recent injury, with much of the hope resting on forward Luol Deng.

The 35-year-old will receive $48.5 million over the next two seasons.

Returning after a year away to properly heal his left knee, the 25-year-old three-time All-Star injured his right knee in the third quarter of Chicago’s 98-95 loss at Portland on Friday night.

Fredette’s departure is imminent either at the conclusion of the season, or via trade. The Kings declined to pick up his option before the season began, making the 24-year-old an unrestricted free agent next summer.

Beleaguered with locker room issues and a lackluster effort to start the season, New York has tried to tempt Boston into sending Rajon Rondo to the Garden, in exchange for guards Iman Shumpert and Raymond Felton, along with oft-injured power forward Amar’e Stoudemire.

Kobe Bryant is getting closer to making his return to the Lakers in 2013 after the latest injury update.

Between now and Dec. 25’s showdown with two-time defending champion Miami, the Lakers have 17 games for Bryant to make his comeback. Ten are on the road, including four straight in the middle of December.

Evan Turner was the No.2 pick in the 2010 Draft, but was deemed a bust with inconsistent production and Philadelphia failing to rise up the East. Philadelphia decided not to negotiate a contract extension with the soon to be free agent Turner, and now they could parlay his surge into a sell-high situation.

Jeremy Lin has played like one of the best points guard in the NBA through the first part of the 2013-2014 season.

Kobe Bryant has indicated that he could return to the Lakers within the next week or two.

Guard J.R. Smith returned to the Knicks rotation last week, a reported sign that Shumpert’s days with the team that drafted him could be numbered.

A surveillance video has surfaced of the six-year NBA veteran, known as “Big Baby”, reaching over a Travelodge reception desk, snatching a computer keyboard, and hurling it off-camera around 4 a.m. last Saturday morning.

Davis doesn’t look like he’s in any pain, so it could be chalked up to some form of good-natured hazing.

The Toronto Raptors could be in the market for Steve Nash if the Lakers are willing to trade him.

Sacramento chose to decline their $3.1 million team option for Fredette, but its not as if the former Brigham Young shooter’s NBA career is over.

Getting Gerald Wallace’s contract off the books would be a huge boon for Boston, considering they only have $48 million committed to player contracts next season.

A tweet by Kobe Bryant has some Lakers fans believing the guard will make his return against the Memphis Grizzlies.

Plucked from Denver after winning the NBA Executive of the Year award, the Nigerian-born Masai Ujiri has shown the stomach to make plenty of big moves.

Jeremy Lin begins the 2013-2014 season off the bench in the Rockets' game with the Bobcats.

Derrick Rose makes his 2013 debut with the Chicago Bulls against the Miami Heat.

Kobe Bryant’s recovery from his Achilles injury will determine if the Lakers make the payoffs in the 2013-2014 season.

Bolstered by another expected MVP-caliber year from LeBron James and several key additions to the bench, two-time defending champion Miami come in as 21/10 favorites.

With three players ahead of him and a third head coach in three years to impress, Fredette could fare far better on another NBA club seeking a top flight shooter, and perhaps underrated floor general.

Jeremy Lin led the Houston Rockets to preseason wins in Taiwan and the Philippines.

“Linsanity” documents the racism that NBA star Jeremy Lin has faced throughout his basketball career.