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The Grit and Grind Era officially came to an unceremonious end in the past few days as the founding father and heart and soul of the best era of Grizzlies basketball, signed a two-year, $24 million contract to become a member of the Sacramento Kings. Randolph spent eight seasons in Memphis, averaging 16.8 points and [...]

Do the Philadelphia 76ers have that much trust in The Process? Joel “The Process” Embiid is officially extension-eligible. It feels weird to write those words. He has only appeared  in 31 games since being drafted. And yet, he just wrapped his third season. He will be a restricted free agent next summer, in a market that [...]

The Clippers dream of being a true title contender ended on May 14, 2015. That is the day of the Clippers shocking and bizarre meltdown against the Houston Rockets in Game 6 of the 2015 western conference semi-finals. The Clippers were one quarter away from their first ever western conference finals and had a 13 [...]

The Boston Celtics needed to shed some salary in order to sign Gordon Hayward to the four-year, $128 million contract that he agreed to Tuesday. The rumor for a while was that the Celtics and Jazz would conduct a sign-and-trade for Hayward and Jae Crowder to give some salary back to the Jazz, but those [...]

If the New York Knicks end up parting ways with Carmelo Anthony before next season, it’s probably because they agreed to a buyout—or, less likely, because a suitor gave into trade demands that are ridiculously hard to meet under the circumstances. This seems to be the sentiment emanating out of the league, since the Knicks [...]

Post-NBA Finals Kevin Durant Twitter is awesome. Earlier on his in career, Durant was pretty forthright on the 140-character machine. As time went on, he began to shut down and become more diplomatic. There would be the occasional fire tweet or troll burn, but like many big-time athletes, his feed felt contrived and, oftentimes, neglected. [...]

Was Rudy Gobert a top-10 player in the NBA last season? The Utah Jazz sure think so. As general manager Dennis Lindsey said, per Andy Blarsen of KSL.com: [tweet https://twitter.com/andyblarsen/status/882767055631417345] This is…quite the proclamation. In some ways, it’s a defense mechanism. The Jazz just lost Gordon Hayward, who many consider their best player. It’s only [...]

Gordon Hayward’s path to the Boston Celtics has taken yet another turn for the weird. Surprise, surprise. The All-Star combo forward agreed to join the Celtics on a four-year, $128 million deal this past Tuesday, a decision that was rife with screw-ups and leaks and general awkwardness. And it turns out that period of topsy-turviness [...]

The New York Knicks are tanking! Maybe. It says a lot about their current position that the Knicks haven’t offered any stupid-expensive contracts (that we know of) to players who don’t fit their timeline. There’s still time for them to do something reckless and Knicks-y in free agency, but it sure seems like acting president [...]

What an offseason the Cleveland Cavaliers are having. Let’s quickly run through their greatest hits to this point: They showed general manager David Griffin the door, even though LeBron James respects him, even though that same James is a free agent in 2018, even though Griffin turned minimal assets into a viable supporting cast. Owner [...]