Hopefully Jahlil Okafor is high on the Minnesota Timberwolves, because they’re high on him. As the NBA inches closer and closer to the June 25 draft, there is no definitive sense of who the Timberwolves will take with the No. 1 pick. Kentucky’s Karl-Anthony Towns has gained momentum as the top prospect in this year’s [...]
The Dwyane Wade saga continues. The 12-year NBA veteran can opt out of his contract with the Miami Heat and explore free agency this summer. No one in the world initially expected him to do so. And in the event he did, no one would expect him to leave Miami. Over the last week or [...]
LeBron James doesn’t hate Cleveland Cavaliers head coach David Blatt. Phew. Glad we got that out of the way. Is he 100 percent, without a shadow of a doubt, behind Blatt as head coach of his beloved, NBA Finals-bound Cavaliers? Um, sure? Speculation has run rampant all season long. The Cavaliers hired Blatt before LeBron [...]
Dwyane Wade has no intention of leaving the Miami Heat in free agency. No, you shouldn’t be surprised, even though the rumor mill tried churning out a scare by suggesting the contrary last week. Wade apparently wants to opt out of his current contract and sign a more lucrative deal. The Heat, quite simply, want [...]
Andre Iguodala has some brass ones. LeBron James is a superhuman. That’s a fact. We pretend like he’s of this planet, when really, he’s not. He’s a four-time MVP, two-time NBA champion and just overall beast. So when he says he can’t be stopped, as he did when speaking with reporters last week, per Northeast [...]
Since being traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers, Kevin Love continues to be bombarded by countless rumors regarding his impending free agency. Many assume he’ll eventually opt out of his contract to play for another team, while some believe that he’ll stay put in Cleveland. But ultimately, no one can know for sure except for Love [...]
Imagine Dwyane Wade wearing another NBA team’s uniform. I know, you can’t. But you have no choice. The 33-year-old shooting guard isn’t getting along with the Miami Heat at the moment, according to Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald (h/t CBS Sports): Wade said last summer that he was curious to see what he could [...]
Chris Paul and DeAndre Jordan will not be squaring off in an offseason battle royale. Yessiree, these are crazy times. On May 18, just after the Los Angeles Clippers were eliminated by the Houston Rockets, a loss that included relinquishing a 3-1 series lead, Fox Sports’ Bill Reiter brought word that the point guard and [...]
The New Orleans Pelicans may be done waiting on the Chicago Bulls to free Tom Thibodeau. Although the Bulls’ head honcho has been linked to all three current NBA head-coaching vacancies, Chicago’s front office appears hell-bent on ensuring he doesn’t coach next season and is holding him in their keep until all the job wells [...]
Jared Dudley wants Carmelo Anthony to know that he’s sorry. The Milwaukee Bucks swingman sent some waves throughout NBA circles on Wendesday when he called Melo the league’s most overrated player during an interview with ESPN Radio’s Colin Cowherd. Here’s what he said on Melo then, per ESPN New York’s Ian Begley: “The reason I [...]