Rumors

So, um, about Kawhi Leonard wanting to play with LeBron James on the Los Angeles Lakers…That’s apparently not a real desire of his. Yahoo Sports’ Shams Charania said as much during an appearance on Fox Sports’ The Herd with Colin Cowherd, calling the two-time Defensive Player of the Year’s interest in syncing up with the Lakers “overstated.” [...]

Devin Booker is entering extension negotiations with the Phoenix Suns as a relatively unhappy camper. According to Yahoo Sports’ Shams Charania, the team’s franchise cornerstone is none too thrilled that they waived his best friend, Tyler Ulis: Could this prevent Booker from signing the max extension the Suns are invariably going to offer him? Probably [...]

Beyond the the top-tier free agents like LeBron James and Paul George and even the mid-tier free agents like Marcus Smart and Julius Randle, lies the veterans who are in the twilight of their career and usually in search of a championship contending team to go out as a winner. One veteran who will be [...]

According to Vlade Divac the Sacramento Kings have a super team, just young. The rest of the world knows that isn’t true, even if Marvin Bagley develops into a perennial all-star and De’Aaron Fox becomes one of the best two-way point guards in the league. That means the Kings still need to bring in more [...]

DeAndre Jordan? The Dallas Mavericks? Together again? This time for real? Surely not. Or, um, maybe yeah. From The New York Times‘ Marc Stein: Among the various options DeAndre Jordan has been weighing, according to league sources, is opting into the final season of his current contract (at $24.1 million) before Friday’s midnight deadline to facilitate [...]

Don’t expect the New York Knicks to be very active in free agency this summer. As of now, they have no plans to burn through their cap space in advance of 2019. From Newsday’s Al Iannazzone: “We’re not going to be highly active people in the summer,” general manager Scott Perry said of this offseason. [...]

Maybe Luka Doncic won’t fall outside the top three of this year’s NBA draft after all. Once considered a potential No. 1 pick, the 19-year-old playmaking wing has seen his stock slip down big boards everywhere in recent months. The Phoenix Suns are expected to take Deandre Ayton first overall, and up until now, neither [...]

The Toronto Raptors are not done trying to make moves after naming Nick Nurse as their head coach. Sure, their cap sheet is a mess. It would be all too easy for them to run it back next season and hope another year of their reinvented offense yields different results. According to The New York Times‘ [...]

There might be a chance that neither the Los Angeles Lakers nor Los Angeles Clippers fully commit themselves to the Kawhi Leonard sweepstakes. Granted, it’s a slim chance. Hollywood in general is considered his preferred landing spot. But the possibility exists that neither team will throw everything they have, plus the kitchen sink, at the [...]

The end of Gregg Popovich’s illustrious tenure with the San Antonio Spurs may soon be coming to an end. Relax, he’s returning to the sidelines next year. Probably the year after that, too. But beyond the 2019-20? Not so much. According to ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski, those close to Pop do not believe he’ll still be [...]