Rumors

The “best player it the world” rhetoric is officially beyond old. When fans and media began referring to LeBron James as that a handful of years ago, it was a novelty and wasn’t said as frequently. But now, you can’t get through a quarter of a game without it being mentioned by the broadcast team. [...]

The scare of over for Milwaukee Bucks fans. It’s confirmed: the team will not be moving after all. Today, Governor Scott Walker, Republican presidential hopeful, signed off on a bill for a new Milwaukee arena. There were some preliminary talks that the team might have relocated to Seattle, but that’s not happening. Wisconsin Gov. Scott [...]

Last week, reported that Markieff Morris was not talking to Suns management or teammates because he was upset that the team traded his twin brother to Detroit in order to clear cap space in an attempt to sign LaMarcus Aldridge. Well, it’s apparently gone a step farther as to kinda, sorta demand a trade. At [...]

It takes announcements like this for us to take a step back and realize what’s truly important. Because at certain times, wins, losses and championships don’t even matter. Some form of that is probably what those close to Flip Saunders is thinking as he announced today that he has cancer. Flip, however, will not take [...]

Well, it doesn’t appear as if Nike wants James Harden as badly as adidas. Last week, adidas offered the free agent sneaker endorser a hefty $200 million over 13 years. Nike had the right to match but according to TMZ, they do not plan on doing so. Harden will easily become the new face of [...]

The looming NBA CBA negotiations are the only labor situation that needs to be worked out in the NBA. The one between the league and the referees is another. The National Basketball Referees Association’s current deal expires at the end of next season, but a new seven year agreement was met. The NBA and the [...]

We’ve thankfully all but forgotten about Donald Sterling at this point, but he’s making waves again. Sterling has filed from divorce from his wife Shelly after nearly 60 years of marriage. The two have been estranged for a while as it has seemed like a strange arrangement for quite some time now. Former Los Angeles [...]

With the Lakers still rebuilding, it makes you wonder how long Kobe Bryant will hang around. For someone who has been in the league two decades, he has plenty of game left. He’s also the consummate optimist a he believe his squad can make the playoffs next year. That’s unlikely as their offseason didn’t go [...]

In their quest to chip away at Nike/Jordan Brand’s 90% market share, adidas has their sights set on a big fish. Nike’s contract with James Harden recently expired, essentially making him a restricted free agent, of sorts. adidas has swooped in and has offered the bearded one $200 million for his services, per Darren Rovell [...]

The Minnesota Timberwolves probably have the best young core in all of basketball and sky’s the limit for them. Then there’s Kevin Garnett, who played his first NBA game before Karl-Anthony Towns was born. But KG still has something left in the tank and will start for Minny. This is a good decision because he [...]