Over the last 48 hours or so, there has been a lot of chatter about Kevin Durant specifically indicating to Russell Westbrook that he planned to re-sign with the Oklahoma City Thunder. But that apparently never happened. Royce Young of ESPN.com shed some clarity on the situation: There has been a lot of conversation about [...]
July 28, 2016
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According to a story from the Basketball Insiders Reporter Alex Kennedy, former Seattle Sonic, Cleveland Cavalier and Atlanta Hawk (among a million other teams) Rondald “Flip” Murray is attempting to make an NBA comeback. [tweet https://twitter.com/AlexKennedyNBA/status/758497955674517505] Murray will be 37 on Friday and hasn’t appeared in an NBA game since 2010 as a member of [...]
July 28, 2016
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Do the Los Angeles Clippers have a Blake Griffin free-agency conundrum on their hands? Um, maybe. Griffin has an Early Termination Option for 2017-18 and can become a free agent next summer. Bleacher Report’s Ric Bucher has apparently heard he isn’t “wed” to the Clippers and could have wandering eyes when it comes to exploring [...]
July 28, 2016
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Jared Sullinger’s free-agency logic is irrefutable. Complex’s Ryan Morik caught up with the new member of Toronto Raptors and asked him about his decision to sign with Canada’s finest. He answered the question with another question: Why the Raptors? Why not. It was almost like a no brainer. It was a situation where not only [...]
July 28, 2016
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Sacramento Kings general manager Vlade Divac thinks very highly of his All-Star/Team USA big man DeMarcus Cousins. Asked if Boogie is currently the most dominant tower in the world, Divac didn’t hesitate to take his answer one step further, per James Ham of CSNBayArea.com: “It’s a no-brainer,” Kings general manager Vlade Divac said from his [...]
July 28, 2016
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According to TMZ, the Los Angeles Clippers assistant equipment manager who Blake Griffin punched during an off-court altercation, Matias Testi, will not be back with the team for 2016-17. Here’s the skinny: The L.A. Clippers equipment staffer who was punched in the face by Blake Griffin during a fight in Toronto earlier this year is [...]
July 28, 2016
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Though the Minnesota Timberwolves and their fans didn’t need any additional reasons to love and worship Karl-Anthony Towns, last year’s No. 1 overall pick just gave them one. Per Jon Krawczynski of the Associated Press: [tweet https://twitter.com/APkrawczynski/status/758343405860597761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Come talk to us in a half-decade or so KAT, after the Timberwolves organization has, presumably, broken your [...]
July 28, 2016
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After a 13 year career that included a great deal of early success and an expansive highlight reel followed by years rife with injuries and missed time, Amar’e Stoudemire decided it was time to call it quits Wednesday afternoon at the age of 33. Beyond reminiscing about the good ole days when Amar’e was the [...]
July 28, 2016
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The news came down on Tuesday, suddenly and surprisingly: Amar’e Stoudemire would be retiring from the NBA as a member of the New York Knicks. Maybe this shouldn’t have been too shocking. Beyond Stoudemire electing to retire with the Knicks rather than the Phoenix Suns, the move makes sense. He is 33, he has been [...]
July 27, 2016
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After trading for Serge Ibaka, then signing Bismack Biyombo and Jeff Green to big-money deals, you’d think the Orlando Magic would be gearing up for a Nikola Vucevic trade. They aren’t. Not even when they know Aaron Gordon probably isn’t the best fit at small forward? Not even then. From ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe: The potential [...]
July 27, 2016
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