Rumors

This side of an Achilles injury, Wesley Matthews’ four-year, $70 million deal with the Dallas Mavericks doesn’t look great. It doesn’t look horrible, to be sure. He is moving well on defense, still covering the toughest perimeter assignments. His three-point percentage has dipped, but he’s still hovering around 35 percent efficiency. And, most importantly, one [...]

Finally, some good news for the Chicago Bulls. Jimmy Butler’s ailing left knee is going to be fine, according to CBS Sports’ Ken Berger: Phew. We still don’t know when Butler will officially return to action, and there’s always the chance that Chicago plays the long game here, taking things slow with their 26-year-old cornerstone [...]

The Grizzlies’ Mario Chalmers sustained a leg injury Tuesday night and it turns out that he has suffered a ruptured Achilles and his season is over. To add insult to injury, the Grizzlies followed up that news by waiving the 29 year old PG. What a terrible turn of events for Chalmers who was once [...]

The NBA will never be the same. Longtime referee Joey Crawford is retiring after 39 years, effective immediately. A knee injury is causing him to hang it up right away. He will be missed. Crawford has provided some of the more comical moments in league history from a refereeing standpoint. Everything from him falling while [...]

It turns out Phil Jackson may not have carte blanche with the New York Knicks. That right reportedly belongs to Carmelo Anthony. Here’s The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski talking on the matter, as transcribed by RealGM: “For everyone suggesting New York president Phil Jackson controls the future of the Knicks’ franchise, just remember: when he included [...]

Metta World Peace turns 37 in a few weeks. So on a team like the Lakers, he’s merely there to help guide the youngsters. He has played in 23 games this season, but feels like he has much more left in the tank. He will be a free agent this summer and wants to hang [...]

The Knicks and Phil Jackson probably feel somewhat desperate to make a splash this summer. The Zen Master’s regime hasn’t quite turned out as he’d hoped. They failed to sign the big-named player or head coach last summer and the team hasn’t performed well. Jackson will have a chance to make up for himself this [...]

Stephen A. Smith says a lot of things with conviction. He always trusts his sources, and in his defense, a fair amount of what he says checks out. Well, he’s up to his old trick again and is commenting on LeBron James’ future with the Cavs. To many, when LeBron returned, it seemed impossible for [...]

We’re inside of 4 months until the Kevin Durant sweepstakes takes off in earnest. KD will become a free agent on July 1 and teams are still posturing. Sure, there’s plenty of ball left to be played, and OKC may very well be in place to win it all, but we can still talk about [...]

It’s no secret that former players take offense when people even hint that the current crop of NBA players are better than they were. That’s why so many are quick to denounce what Steph Curry does on the court. Oscar Robertson made it seem simple to stop a guy with that kind of range, and [...]