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The NBA is not beyond losing money. Apparently. Even though the NBA put pen to paper on a nine-year, $24 billion dollar national TV deal in October, and even though that TV deal will culminate in consecutively massive salary-cap spikes in 2016 and 2017, and even though teams handed out max contracts in 2015 free [...]

Carmelo Anthony and Phil Jackson are not in constant contact with one another. Everybody panic. With the New York Knicks electing to prioritize the long-term picture over the immediate one this offseason, a lot of people are left wondering where Melo fits into Jackson’s apparent grand scheme. There were rumors that Melo was unhappy about [...]

Still months away from next season and the Kevin Durant saga is already making its entrance. It’s going to be a crazy summer in 2016, especially, when free agency hits. Many teams will surely be placing their offers in attempts to land the most versatile and potent scorer the league has seen in many years. [...]

It’s been almost a week since DeAndre Jordan’s infamous free-agent flip-flop, which means it’s time for all the behind-the-scenes rub to come out. On Monday, Tim MacMahon and Ramona Shelburne of ESPN.com published a fabulous in-depth analysis of what went down between Jordan, the Dallas Mavericks, the Los Angeles Clippers and DJ’s agents last week. [...]

With most of the top free agents already taken, free agent forward Andrea Bargnani was eventually going to receive interest from teams. One of those teams was the Sacramento Kings who Bargnani was nearing a deal with, according to Marc Stein. However, things took a sharp turn in a different direction over the past couple [...]

Nearly a month ago, there were rumblings that former 2014 NBA Lottery pick Joel Embiid may have had a setback in his season long recovery from foot surgery, with more news to come. Over the weekend the hammer dropped on the 76ers organization as GM Sam Hinkie revealed what we all hoped wasn’t true, that [...]

Now that the initial free-agency hype has subsided, the Washington Wizards can focus on making Bradley Beal a very, very (very) rich 20-something shooting guard. Set to enter his fourth NBA season, Beal is among the league’s most prominent extension candidates. His case isn’t as cut and dry as those of Anthony Davis and Damian [...]

The Oklahoma City Thunder won’t be having problems filling in their center position. Having been initially offered a $70 million offer sheet from the Portland Trailblazers last Thursday, Kanter immediately signed it which forced the Thunder into a serious predicament. Without a doubt, the amount of money offered is not justifiable to this point for [...]

The Dallas Mavericks’ loss looks like it’ll end up being JaVale McGee’s gain. Whiffing on DeAndre Jordan in free agency has left the Mavs to shift their course and try putting together a competitive unit on the fly. They traded for Zaza Pachulia from the Milwaukee Bucks, and they essentially lucked into Deron Williams. Charlie [...]

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