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In a true Spursian move by a true Spursian player at heart, Pau Gasol has declined to opt into the final year and $16.1 million of his contract with the intention to re-sign in San Antonio for cheaper. [tweet https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/877167318060683264] Gasol at 37 is clearly doing this to re-sign with the Spurs and help them [...]

The Houston Rockets don’t want James Harden going anywhere. So they’re going to make sure he doesn’t. After earning an All-NBA selection, Harden is now eligible for the designated player extension that was negotiated into the NBA’s new CBA. The deal, for him, would be worth four years and $168 million, and the Rockets plan [...]

According to a report from ESPN & Ramona Shelburne Tuesday morning, Chicago Bulls guard and former NBA Finals MVP Dwyane Wade is leaning toward picking up his $24 million player option with the Bulls for the 2017-18 season. [tweet https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/877140688013598720] Wade will be entering his 15th NBA season at the age of 35, and while [...]

The newly minted NBA champions and NBA Finals MVP is enjoying the fruits of his labor and his status at the top of the NBA pecking order, a feeling that he assuredly wants to continue to experience for years to come. That mindset is clear according to a report from ESPN’s Chris Haynes, as Durant [...]

One of the NBA Draft’s what if’s and huge blunder of the past decade was the Timberwolves taking two point guards in the first round of the 2009 NBA Draft, neither of which being Steph Curry who was taken at No. 7 by the Golden State Warriors. The Wolves took Ricky Rubio, the Spanish point [...]

Add the Los Angeles Clippers to the growing list of NBA teams interested in prying Paul George away from the Indiana Pacers. From the Sporting News’ Sean Deveney: Instead of corralling a worthy package in February, Indiana is looking for a panic-time deal involving George, one they hope to close ahead of Thursday’s draft. The [...]

Although the Chicago Bulls told Jimmy Butler they have no plans to trade him this offseason, the Boston Celtics aren’t buying it. That, or they aren’t taking no for an answer. Armed with even more draft-pick goodies after completing a trade with the Philadelphia 76ers that shipped out the No. 1 overall selection, the Celtics [...]

Somewhat lost in the Paul George-Los Angeles Lakers-Indiana Pacers triangle is the fact that Tinseltown has a draft pick to use this week. The Lakers aren’t giving up the second overall selection in any George deal, so the question of whether to choose Lonzo Ball or Josh Jackson lives on. As of now, the favorite [...]

The Golden State Warriors’ offseason will not be without its drama. No, Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry aren’t going anywhere. Durant, in fact, will probably end up taking a slight pay cut, on a non-Bird max, so that the Warriors can retain the Bird rights to free agents Shaun Livingston and Andre Iguodala. But that [...]

The Philadelphia 76ers organization and their fans have gone through a rough past four seasons, as former General Manager Sam Hinkie had absolutely zero problem with tanking and doing it in an obvious fashion in order to acquire high draft picks, cap space and other assets. The past four seasons of extreme tanking has come [...]