Kristaps Porzingis apparently found closure with former New York Knicks team president Phil Jackson after the latter was canned. And even if he didn’t, he’s getting it now, as he averages career highs across the board and establishes himself as a shoo-in for All-Star honors. Things soured between executive and player this past summer, when [...]
November 1, 2017
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As Kyle Neubeck of Philly Voice first reported on Tuesday, the Philadelphia 76ers have declined their fourth-year option on Jahlil Okafor, setting him up for unrestricted free agency this summer. The move isn’t surprising in a vacuum. The Sixers don’t have room for Okafor with Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons and Dario Saric up front. Richaun [...]
November 1, 2017
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DeAndre Jordan is in a ridiculously weird spot. When he first signed his current contract, no one thought he’d opt into the final year, next season, worth $24.1 million. But then the NBA’s free-agency market this past season cratered. And then the market for bigs who don’t shoot tanked even harder than that. And now [...]
October 31, 2017
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Steve Kerr and the Golden State Warriors aren’t breaking up anytime soon. This comes from Kerr himself, as well as owner Joe Lacob and general manager Bob Myers, according to The Athletic’s Tim Kawakami: Kerr and general manager Bob Myers held the initial talks — and Kerr, Myers and Warriors owner Joe Lacob all told The [...]
October 31, 2017
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New York Knicks head coach Jeff Hornacek is safe. For now. On the heels of an 0-3 start that saw a couple of players question the engagement and execution of everything around them, some weren’t so sure Hornacek would last into the month of November. The Knicks were supposed to be bad, but another season [...]
October 30, 2017
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Entering Week 2 of Eric Bledsoe trade watch, we still don’t have a great idea of what the Phoenix Suns are looking for in potential returns. We know they’re angling for something or someone substantial, otherwise a deal would probably be done. And now, thanks to The New York Times‘ Marc Stein, we know they’re also [...]
October 30, 2017
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As if you couldn’t have guessed this from the multitude of “DNP: Coach’s Decision” absences that Jahlil Okafor is racking up, the Philadelphia 76ers still don’t have plans to make him part of their big picture. As a result, according to ESPN.com’s Chris Haynes, both the player and team are working together to find the [...]
October 30, 2017
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The Milwaukee Bucks want Eric Bledsoe. They’re just not sure at what cost. According to the Racine Journal Times‘ Gery Woelfel, the Bucks have interest in trading for the Phoenix Suns’ (apparently) disgruntled point guard, but they may not be willing to give up reigning Rookie of the Year Malcolm Brogdon as part of a potential [...]
October 27, 2017
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Things change quickly in the NBA. Take the Nikola Mirotic and Chicago Bulls situation for example: Entering Thursday, it seemed the 26-year-old had no real desire to be traded out of The Windy City following an earlier altercation with teammate Bobby Portis that ended with the former suffering a concussion and facial fractures. This mattered, [...]
October 27, 2017
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Kyrie Irving isn’t going to be happy this article and headline exist. He doesn’t want them to exist. He made that quite clear following the Boston Celtics’ victory over the New York Knicks. Asked whether The Big Apple was, indeed, on his list of preferred trade destinations over the summer, Irving admitted it was, but [...]
October 26, 2017
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