Rumors

Draymond Green is totally cool with Cleveland Cavaliers fans throwing a parade because Tristan Thompson sucker-punched or face-mushed him at a post-ESPY’s party in Los Angeles. He just wants them to remember one detail while they celebrate: The kerfuffle didn’t happen like everyone says it did. The Athletic’s Marcus Thompson had the full details on this [...]

The Boston Celtics should be considered odds-on favorites to re-sign Kyrie Irving next summer after he declines his player option. But the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets are apparently hoping that changes. From The New York Times‘ Marc Stein: Kyrie Irving’s intentions are not at all clear at this point. There have been no firm [...]

At least one NBA executive sounds like they believe Kawhi Leonard’s divorce from the San Antonio Spurs may have been a long time coming—longer than even the year-long soap opera that persisted before his trade to the Toronto Raptors. From Bleacher Report’s Ric Bucher: The Spurs, as they had with other stars—Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili [...]

It never quite seemed like the Boston Celtics were totally in the Kawhi Leonard sweepstakes. But it turns out they might have been. At the very least, they were more in than perhaps initially advertised. Speaking with ESPN.com’s Michael C. Wright on the most recent episode of The Lowe Post podcast, here’s what Zach Lowe had to [...]

Toronto Raptors All-Star Kawhi Leonard —boy, does that feel weird to write— seems to have quite the ambitious uncle. Dennis Robertson, Leonard’s uncle and someone who is considered a driving decision-maker in his life, apparently has dreams of managing the careers of NBA players other than his nephew. Consider what the San Antonio Express-News‘ Jeff McDonald [...]

Tobias Harris is a talented combo forward that can give you 18 and 6 every night and shoot around 40% from three-point range. Combine that with the fact that he is entering his prime at age 26, and you have a player that many teams would covet. Harris is definitely assured of that as he [...]

Carmelo Anthony is a member of the Atlanta Hawks, kind of, but not really. The Oklahoma City Thunder sent Melo and a 2022 protected first-rounder to Atlanta in exchange for Dennis Schroder and Mike Muscala, who will be sent to the Philadelphia 76ers for Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot, according to ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Anthony will promptly be [...]

And you thought the Kawhi Leonard situation couldn’t get any weirder. The San Antonio Spurs have agreed to trade their disgruntled superstar and Danny Green to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for DeMar DeRozan, Jakob Poeltl and a top-20 protected 2019 first-round pick, according to ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Though the return seems underwhelming for someone who’s a [...]

The Philadelphia 76ers are a pretty gutsy group, apparently. As they continue to search for new front-office leadership in the aftermath of Bryan Colangelo’s departure, they’ve reportedly already been rebuffed by one of their targets…because he’s currently employed….by the Houston Rockets…and his name is Daryl Morey. From The New York Times‘ Marc Stein: The Philadelphia 76ers [...]

It doesn’t sound like the Philadelphia 76ers have built their best offer for Kawhi Leonard. Well that, or they don’t consider Markelle Fultz a valuable enough asset to help swing talks with the San Antonio Spurs. From ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe: P.S.: The more conflicting information I hear from people one or two steps away about [...]