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Acting New York Knicks President Steve Mills is ‘All-In’ On Youth Movement—So, Tanking(?)

Acting New York Knicks President Steve Mills is ‘All-In’ On Youth Movement—So, Tanking(?)

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 [...]

July 6, 2017 admin Blogs 0

Cleveland Cavaliers Reportedly ‘Lowballed’ Chauncey Billups When Offering Him Front Office Position

Cleveland Cavaliers Reportedly ‘Lowballed’ Chauncey Billups When Offering Him Front Office Position

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 [...]

July 6, 2017 admin Blogs 0

Wizards in No-Win Situation With Otto Porter Jr.

Wizards in No-Win Situation With Otto Porter Jr.

The Wizards are one of four franchises in NBA history to never have paid the luxury tax, that could change this season. Otto Porter Jr. is a promising young combo forward at the age of 24 that entered restricted free agency this off-season and signed a four-year, $106 million max offer sheet with the Brooklyn [...]

July 6, 2017 Anou Enright Blogs, Ryan Bawek 0

Race for Playoffs in Western Conference is Going to Be Insane

Race for Playoffs in Western Conference is Going to Be Insane

The 2017 NBA off-season is in full swing and after Gordon Hayward’s free agency signing with the Boston Celtics, one would assume all of the biggest free agents or trade targets have found their new homes or decided to stay put. The migration of even more talent to the western conference this off-season is stupefying [...]

July 6, 2017 Anou Enright Blogs, Ryan Bawek 0

Spurs’ Dejounte Murray Plans to Work Out with Kawhi Leonard and Speak with LeBron James

Spurs’ Dejounte Murray Plans to Work Out with Kawhi Leonard and Speak with LeBron James

Dejounte Murray is taking his role as the San Antonio Spurs’ point guard of the future very seriously. The 20-year-old floor general showed flashes of promise during his rookie campaign, hitting 39.1 percent of his threes, shooting a so-so-but-not-terrible 55.9 percent at the rim and delivering nifty passes on the move. His mid-range game is [...]

July 5, 2017 admin Blogs 0

Atlanta Hawks Never Even Offered Paul Millsap a New Contract

Atlanta Hawks Never Even Offered Paul Millsap a New Contract

It appears Paul Millsap will be headed to the Denver Nuggets as part of a three-way sign-and-trade with the Los Angeles Clippers and Atlanta Hawks. It also appears this is the extent of his contract negotiations with the Hawks, per the Atlanta Journal-Constitution‘s Chris Vivlamore: [tweet https://twitter.com/CVivlamoreAJC/status/881902153291485184] In some ways, this is a good sign. It [...]

July 5, 2017 admin Blogs 0

Knicks Rookie Frank Ntilikina Would Love to Have Derrick Rose as a Mentor

Knicks Rookie Frank Ntilikina Would Love to Have Derrick Rose as a Mentor

Go ahead and pencil in Frank Ntilikina, the No. 8 overall pick in this year’s draft, as a bust. Relax, I’m kidding. But someone on the New York Knicks better talk to him, or stop talking to him, or something. The rookie guard is already talking about how he’d welcome having free agent Derrick Rose [...]

July 5, 2017 admin Blogs 0

What’s Next for T-Wolves After Jimmy Butler, Jeff Teague, Taj Gibson? Chasing Milos Teodosic

What’s Next for T-Wolves After Jimmy Butler, Jeff Teague, Taj Gibson? Chasing Milos Teodosic

After adding Jimmy Butler, Taj Gibson and Jeff Teague, the Minnesota Timberwolves are bound to call it a summer. Or maybe not. According to Eurohoops.net’s Niko Varlas, the TimberBulls have eyes for Milos Teodosic, who is widely considered the best playmaker not in the NBA: However, Teodosic will not play in Europe next season and [...]

July 5, 2017 admin Blogs 0

After Paul Millsap Signs with Nuggets, Clippers Might Be Favorites to Land Danilo Gallinari

After Paul Millsap Signs with Nuggets, Clippers Might Be Favorites to Land Danilo Gallinari

Danilo Gallinari was always a risk to leave the Denver Nuggets. Now, he’s good as gone. The Nuggets came to terms on a three-year, $90 million deal with Paul Millsap on Sunday night, as first reported by The Vertical’s, Shams Charania, adding to their already full supply of combo forwards. To clear the space necessary for this [...]

July 3, 2017 admin Blogs 0

Chauncey Billups Pulls Name From Cavaliers’ Search for Team President

Chauncey Billups Pulls Name From Cavaliers’ Search for Team President

The Cleveland Cavaliers had one job. They still have it, technically, but for how much longer, nobody knows. Their objective: Don’t do anything to ruffle LeBron James’ feathers. Simple, right? Apparently not. Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert showed general manager David Griffin, someone James held in high regard, the door shortly after the NBA Finals ended. [...]

July 3, 2017 admin Blogs 0