Rumors

Another one of the Philadelphia 76ers’ core members of “The Process” is about to get paid. Joel Embiid was the first to secure a lucrative extension, albeit one with plenty of complex non-guarantees and performance-based incentives. Robert Covington will follow suit, though his deal will be significantly less absurd-sounding. The 26-year-old became eligible for a [...]

The Utah Jazz aren’t going to let Rudy Gobert’s knee injury go. The superstar big man will miss the next four to six weeks after injuring his knee on Sunday in a loss against the Miami Heat. Contact with Dion Waiters’ was the culprit of his setback, and many have questioned whether the incident included [...]

The Phoenix Suns might be able to move Greg Monroe after all. The big man came over in the Eric Bledsoe trade, and at 27, joining a team with a jillion other bigs on the roster, he doesn’t really fit into the team’s long-term plans. But he has just one year and $17.8 million left [...]

George Hill would be a member of the New York Knicks right now if they didn’t can Phil Jackson before the start of free agency. Probably. From the New York Post‘s Marc Berman: Former Knicks president Phil Jackson had a French vision last summer with point guard George Hill in the middle of it. According to [...]

Don’t expect Luol Deng and the Los Angeles Lakers to part ways anytime soon. We know both sides are looking for a way to dissolve their union. But an amicable solution, or any solution, doesn’t appear to be on the way. A buyout, for the record, is basically out of the question. Deng has two [...]

The Los Angeles Lakers’ decision to give Timofey Mozgov, now of the Brooklyn Nets, and Luol Deng massive contracts in 2016 free agency is starting to make sense. It remains indefensible, to be sure. They were on the rebuilding track at the time. No one liked Mozgov’s four-year, $64 million pact. He was coming off [...]

Did you need anymore confirmation that Julius Randle won’t be part of the Los Angeles Lakers after this season, as their attempts to reel in multiple superstar free agents soldiers? Probably not, because this has been talked about ad nauseam. But ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski has your additional confirmation anyway (via Lakers Outsiders): Here’s more of [...]

What’s next for the Phoenix Suns after trading Eric Bledsoe to the Milwaukee Bucks? Figuring out what to do with Greg Monroe. And then, maybe, striking a deal with the Philadelphia 76ers for Jahlil Okafor. From ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski: The possibility of a contract buyout could give the Suns freedom to be creative with an [...]

Hassan Whiteside was yanked from the Miami Heat’s Monday night loss to the Golden State Warriors for what appeared to be poor defensive effort. Afterward, he received what we can only assume was a stern-yet-loving-yet-also-concerned talking to from Miami Heat captains Goran Dragic, James Johnson and Udonis Haslem. The Miami Herald‘s Manny Navarro has the details: [...]

Bobby Portis’ eight-game suspension from the Chicago Bulls wasn’t enough. Not for Nikola Mirotic. The team suspended Portis after a physical altercation with Mirotic that left the latter with a concussion and facial fracture. He is still weeks away from a return, but Portis made his season debut with the Bulls on Tuesday night in [...]