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Pau Gasol is officially an unrestricted NBA free agent. Which means his time with the Chicago Bulls is officially over. Pau Gasol opted out of the final year of his deal on Monday, and per ESPN.com’s Nick Friedell, neither he nor the Bulls are planning a reunion: [tweet https://twitter.com/NickFriedell/status/747521357911564289] Makes sense. Gasol will turn 36 [...]

The New York Knicks have an aggressive free-agent recruiter in Carmelo Anthony. Though the NBA’s open-market craze doesn’t officially begin until July 1, Anthony has already started courting Kevin Durant on behalf of New York. That’s the luxury of spending time together as members of Team USA’s basketball squad, per ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/747495034832850946] [...]

In yet another sign that the Chicago Bulls are gearing up for a rebuild, the team has started shopping forward-center Taj Gibson. From Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times: To add some further clouds to the Bulls frontcourt rotation, a league source said that the Bulls have been talking to several teams about the possibility [...]

Jeremy Lin’s stay with the Charlotte Hornets may only end up lasting one season. Though the team would like to keep the free-agent point guard around beyond this summer, ESPN.com’s Chris Broussard is hearing that they basically expect to lose him: The Charlotte Hornets would like to re-sign free agent Jeremy Lin but are fearful [...]

Brace yourselves: The inevitable has happened. Or maybe not. According to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein, the Phoenix Suns would like to trade one of Eric Bledsoe and Brandon Knight before the start of the 2016-17 season: [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/745983128464826372] Phoenix Suns head coach Earl Watson would beg to differ. As he said on SiriusXM NBA Radio: Never [...]

What is happening with the New York Knicks right now? Seriously, what? People pretend like they know, myself included. They don’t. I don’t. Team president Phil Jackson went from being obsessed with hiring Kurt Rambis, the triangle offense and this idea that the Knicks don’t need a high-end point guard to win, to giving the [...]

Is free-agent-to-be Kevin Durant coming to meet with an NBA team near you? Well, no. He’ll be taking the meetings, not going on some free-agency tour. Will your favorite team get face time? That’s the question. And if you’re a fan of a big-market franchise outside Washington, you’ll probably like the answer, per ESPN.com’s Chris [...]

All you Kevin Love trade suitors just need to chill. The Cleveland Cavaliers aren’t trading him—or, for that matter, any other parts of their current core. Not according to general manager David Griffin, per Marc Stein of ESPN.com: [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/747197674609319936] Never say never, David. Which you didn’t. Teams are always listening to trades. There are [...]

The 2016 NBA Draft had plenty of drama, entertainment, questionable player comparisons by Jalen Rose, international players and trades. The one thing that stood out above all else though and may have made one unexpected team the winner of the night was the trade between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Orlando Magic. The Magic [...]

Should-have-been-NBA-champions-but-aren’t-NBA-champions-because-they-chocked-away-a-commanding-3-1-Finals-lead-against-the-Cleveland-Cavaliers Golden State Warriors can breath a sigh of relief. Neither Andrew Bogut (knee) nor Stephen Curry (his entire body?) requires offseason surgery, according to general manager Bob Myers. From Rusty Simmons of the San Francisco Chronicle: Avoiding the knife: Although point guard Stephen Curry finished the postseason with an ailing ankle, knee and elbow, [...]