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Chris Paul, unlike Pat Riley, is not surprised that Dwyane Wade left the Miami Heat for the Chicago Bulls. But that’s probably just because Wade informed him, Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James of is decision in their group text. Or something like that. Per the Daily Herald‘s Mike McGraw: “I wasn’t that surprised (about Wade),” [...]

LeBron James remains one of the NBA’s many unsigned free agents, but he won’t stay that way for long. Actually, that’s a slight lie. He might. He could stay unsigned for two months, two weeks, two days, two minutes. We don’t really know. When he finally does put pen to paper on a new deal, [...]

Trade Russell Westbrook? Just because Kevin Durant up and left for the Golden State Warriors? Puh-lease. The Oklahoma City Thunder have bigger plans, as evidenced by their decision to rescind Dion Waiters’ qualifying offer. They want to renegotiate Westbrook’s now, ahead of 2017 free agency, locking him up long term so that they don’t have [...]

Signing Kevin Durant was kind of like finding money for the Golden State Warriors. Or so team president Rick Welts says. Though the Warriors heavily recruited Durant over the last year-plus, and while they were widely viewed as the most likely landing spot for him should he leave the Oklahoma City Thunder, they never really [...]

Ricky Rubio’s future with the Minnesota Timberwolves, under new head coach and president Tom Thibodeau, is safe. For now. We think. Sort of. That was the general message owner Glen Taylor delivered to reporters while in Las Vegas for the NBA’s Summer League festivities, per Sid Hartman of the Star Tribune: One thing Taylor did [...]

Don’t expect a Blake Griffin trade to go through anytime soon. This could be because the Los Angeles Clippers simply aren’t inclined to move him. He is a 27-year-old superstar. Those don’t grow on trees. Of course, he will be a free agent in 2017. It’s only smart of the Clippers to explore moving him, [...]

Derrick Rose and Kristaps Porzingis are already building some on-court chemistry. The duo worked out together in Los Angeles while Porzingis was there for the ESPYs, along with some other New York Knicks players, including Brandon Jennings. Rose, apparently, is digging the dynamic he has with the Orange and Blue’s sophomore sensation, according to his [...]

Playing in the 2016 NBA Finals should have been a win-win for Anderson Varejao. Now a member of the Golden State Warriors, he spent most of his first 12 seasons with the Cleveland Cavaliers, including the first half of 2015-16. So even if the Warriors lost, he would still get a ring. Well, the Warriors [...]

Pat Riley has a message for all you truthers who think that he purposely steered Dwyane Wade from the Miami Heat to the Chicago Bulls. You’re wrong. That’s the gist of what he said anyway, telling reporters that he is absolutely shocked Wade ended up in The Windy City, per Jason Leiser of the Palm [...]

J.R. Smith is looking to cash in on last season’s performance with the Cleveland Cavaliers. The good news? He wants the Cavaliers to be the team handing him that cash. Per Steve Kyler of Basketball Insiders: [tweet https://twitter.com/stevekylerNBA/status/754758177418252288] Some friendly advice for the Philadelphia 76ers: Do it. Offer J.R. Smith a two-year max deal or [...]