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We knew the Atlanta Hawks tried trading Paul Millsap to make room for an Al Horford-Dwight Howard frontcourt. We just didn’t know how serious they were about such a venture. Until now. From ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe: That ballpark $9 million-per-year difference between the starting salaries of Horford and Millsap on their next respective contracts largely [...]

Did Pat Riley want Dwyane Wade to leave the Miami Heat? Probably not. We think. Okay, shit, we’re not really sure after finding out this from the Miami Herald‘s Ethan J. Skolnick: [tweet https://twitter.com/EthanJSkolnick/status/751039071187709952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] This was most likely some negotiating ploy. Pat Riley didn’t want to overpay a 34-year-old Wade. There was probably a part [...]

Already with one of the deepest rosters in the NBA, the Boston Celtics could be done wheeling and dealing this summer after signing Al Horford. But they aren’t. As team president Danny Ainge told reporters, per ESPN.com’s Chris Forsberg: “I think we’re not done,” Ainge said while clutching his iPhone in one hand, seemingly waiting [...]

Allen Crabbe is about to get paid thanks to the Brooklyn Nets—though, ultimately, he may not be paid by the Brooklyn Nets. According to The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Crabbe put pen to paper on a $75 million offer sheet with the Nets: [tweet https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/751252693092536320] Brooklyn, per CSNNW’s Jason Quick, has also promised Crabbe a spot [...]

Well, Boban Marjanovic’s reign as the San Antonio Spurs’ most obscure celebrity will end up lasting all of one year. The human novelty/7’3″ monster agreed to a modest offer sheet with the Detroit Pistons, according to ESPN.com’s Stein: [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/751063936724717568] Three years and $21 million is nothing in this cap climate. But, alas, the Spurs [...]

Next summer was supposed to be a lot like this summer for the NBA. The cap would explode, and free agency would be crazy—crazy expensive. But, as of now, it won’t be as crazy expensive as 2016. The league’s salary cap jumped by nearly $25 million this summer, from around $70 million to just over [...]

Dwyane Wade shocked the NBA world Wednesday and confirmed the growing suspicion that his rift with the Miami Heat organization was becoming un-repairable by signing a two year, $47 million deal to join the Chicago Bulls. [tweet https://twitter.com/NBAonTNT/status/751094240759934977] Wade ended up signing a two-year deal with the Bulls for $7 million more than he was [...]

Steph Curry’s wife, Ayesha, caused quite a stir during the Finals when she tweeted that the Finals were rigged because her husband’s team didn’t win. This came after game 6, which was a game where the Warriors never led and trailed by double-digits just about the entire game. The tweet came after Curry fouled out, [...]

Maybe a Russell Westbrook trade is more likely than we thought. It instantly became a possibility after Kevin Durant decided to join the Golden State Warriors. The Oklahoma City Thunder cannot afford to lose the last of their two top-seven superstars for nothing, and Westbrook will be a free agent in 2017. If they aren’t [...]

Dirk Nowitzki is still a member of the Dallas Mavericks after agreeing a two-year, $40 million…and that was always the plan. We knew this, of course. Nowitzki is a Mavericks lifer. It was difficult to envision him playing anywhere else. But the Golden State Warriors had the ability to carve out cap space, plus the [...]