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The New York Knicks’ first order of business in the wake of Phil Jackson’s departure/dismissal/firing/ousting/whatever? Showing interest in Jeff Teague. From ESPN.com’s Ian Begley: With Phil Jackson out and the triangle de-emphasized, the Knicks, under general manager Steve Mills, have interest in free agent point guard Jeff Teague, league sources told ESPN. League sources say [...]

There is no doubt, especially with Chris Paul now off the market (he was never really on it I guess) and a member of the Houston Rockets, that Gordon Hayward is the grand prize in NBA free agency 2017. Hayward is 27 and coming off a career year where he set a new career-high in [...]

The first huge free agency related bomb of the 2017 NBA off-season has already been dropped and it is June 28. According to Adrian Wojnarowski in what may be his final official “Woj Bomb” as a member of The Vertical (he moves to ESPN on July 1), the Rockets have reportedly agreed to a trade [...]

As hope around the NBA grows that LeBron James will consider leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers as a free agent in 2018, one team can apparently remove itself from the running. And it’s the Los Angeles Clippers. The Undefeated’s Mike Wise recently made an appearance on ESPN Radio’s Freddie and Fitz show, at which time he indicated there’s [...]

The Boston Celtics have high hopes for this offseason. How high, you ask? Try adding-both-Paul-George-and-Gordon-Hayward high. I’m not even sure if online bookies like sportingbet have that one listed with odds. Could the Celtics possibly pull it off? From The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski: The Boston Celtics are pursuing an aggressive summer plan of sequencing the [...]

There may be some legs to the Houston Rockets’ chances of poaching Chris Paul from the Los Angeles Clippers. Serious ones. According to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein, the Rockets have emerged as a legitimate threat to sign Paul, a courtship that is being led by none other than James Harden: The Houston Rockets have emerged as increasingly serious [...]

If you had to describe Andre Iguodala’s free-agency market in one word, what should it be? Robust. And even that might be underselling it. At least seven teams plan to pursue the 33-year-old wing this summer, according to ESPN.com’s Chris Haynes: Andre Iguodala has become the foremost target in an attempt to weaken the Golden State Warriors’ [...]

Phil Jackson’s reign of terror over the New York Knicks will not span more than 171 losses. The New York Knicks and team president Phil Jackson announced Wednesday morning that they mutually agreed to part ways. “After careful thought and consideration, we mutually agreed that the Knicks will be going in a different direction,” Knicks [...]

Danilo Gallinari has always been known to not be the most buttoned up with his comments to the media. He’s also had a tendency to be refreshingly honest throughout his career. That was the case Tuesday morning as Gallanari basically said returning to the Nuggets isn’t at the top of his list in free agency, [...]

It appears the tune has changed for future first ballot hall of famer and greatest European basketball player of all-time Dirk Nowitzki. At one point last season when he was dealing with an Achilles issue he though that the 2016-17 season could be it for him, now he intends to sign a new two-year contract [...]