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The Dallas Mavericks informed Dirk Nowitzki they would be declining his team option on Sunday. But don’t worry: This is all part of a plan. He isn’t going anywhere. Here’s ESPN.com’s Marc Stein with the deets: The Dallas Mavericks have informed Dirk Nowitzki that they will decline their $25 million team option for next season [...]

Magic Johnson just low-key trashed D’Angelo Russell. The Los Angeles Lakers team president spoke briefly about why he moved the 21-year-old combo guard, and his answer can only be described as a complimentary dis. Here it is, via ESPN.com’s Baxter Holmes: [tweet https://twitter.com/BaxterHolmes/status/878375870255079424] Oh. Imagine a 21-year-old just two seasons deep into his career playing [...]

The Cleveland Cavaliers still don’t have a replacement for David Griffin. Though they’ve offered the president of basketball operations position to Chauncey Billups, owner Dan Giblert’s first choice for the role, they have yet to hear his answer. And apparently, according to NBA.com’s David Aldridge, he has yet to intimate which way he’s leaning: [tweet [...]

Now that the 2017 NBA Draft is a thing of the past, unless you delight in reading draft grade pieces from all over the internet like me, the sports books have already gotten a jump on which of these rookies they see having the most success on the hardwood in 2017-18. While it is a [...]

The NBA’s market for free-agent point guards is about to get weird. Exhibit A: The Dallas Mavericks. Long considered a primary destination for the bigger names like Jrue Holiday, George Hill, Kyle Lowry and Jeff Teague, Dallas is officially out of the running for an expensive floor general after drafting NC State’s Dennis Smith Jr. [...]

Paul George didn’t get traded ahead of or during the NBA draft. This wouldn’t be surprising in most instances; the real shock, typically, is when big names get dealt—a la Jimmy Butler to the Minnesota Timberwolves. But this situation is different. George isn’t only entering free agency next summer, but he has eyes for the [...]

The Bulls and Timberwolves finalized a blockbuster trade on draft night and the Bulls Jimmy Butler drama finally came to a halt, he was traded to the T’Wolves for Kris Dunn, Zach LaVine and the No. 7 pick, which turned into former Arizona big man Lauri Markkanen. While Butler seems pleased with the trade and [...]

Paul George? And Kawhi Leonard? Together? This was the scenario we were robbed of when the Indiana Pacers flipped George Hill in 2011. But the San Antonio Spurs may or may not be ready to play host to such a pairing. According to Basketball Insiders’ Steve Kyler, the Spurs are among the most “serious” suitors [...]

Los Angeles Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka and team president Magic Johnson have a clear goal: Get two superstars to play with their current core. From ESPN.com’s Baxter Holmes: “There’s just a renewed energy around here,” Pelinka said. “We feel it in the offices every day. We felt through this draft process. I think clearly [...]

The greatest team in NBA history potentially just got a little better last night. The Warriors set a new record for money spent to acquire the rights to a draft pick by spending $3.5 million to acquire No. 38 pick Oregon forward Jordan’s Bell’s draft rights from the Chicago Bulls. [tweet https://twitter.com/ThompsonScribe/status/878092360193679361] The Warriors did [...]