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Dwight Howard has already set up two meetings to start the NBA’s 2016 free-agency period, and the Houston Rockets aren’t one of them. According to ESPN.com’s Chris Broussard and Marc Stein, Howard will talk shop with the Atlanta Hawks and Boston Celtics first, before moving on to other teams: The Atlanta Hawks and Boston Celtics [...]

Harrison Barnes wants to continue playing for the Golden State Warriors. This seems like a no-brainer in many ways. Yes, the Warriors just imploded against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals. But they still won 73 games and are perfectly positioned for a redemption march in 2016-17. Why would Barnes, a restricted free agent, [...]

Who needs Kevin Durant when you can pursue…Ryan Anderson? With the Washington Wizards firmly out of the Durant free-agent sweepstakes, CSN Mid Atlantic’s J. Michael says they have turned their attentions to more realistic targets, including the New Orleans Pelicans’ Ryan Anderson: Now that Kevin Durant has dropped from the wish list for the Wizards [...]

How long will it take for Draymond Green to get over the Golden State Warriors’ epic NBA Finals letdown? Roughly forever. Speaking with reporters as a member of Team USA basketball, Green indicated that he won’t soon forget about Golden State blowing its 3-1 series lead against the Cleveland Cavaliers, per ESPN.com’s Ohm Youngmisuk: “That [...]

This just in: The Houston Rockets are still the Houston Rockets. Translation: They still plan on chasing just about every superstar free agent under the sun. From ESPN.com’s Calvin Watkins: According to a source the Houston Rockets are looking at the following high-level free agents: Al Horford, Kevin Durant, Hassan Whiteside and Ryan Anderson. The [...]

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 [...]