Evan Turner has found a new home. SHUT FREE AGENCY DOWN. Or don’t. Whatever. It’s up to you. If you want to see what happens with Eric Bledsoe and Greg Monroe, keep it going. Anyway… Turner has come to terms with the Celtics, per the Boston Herald‘s Steve Bulpett: [tweet https://twitter.com/SteveBHoop/statuses/491323198030364674] Part of their mid-level [...]
July 22, 2014
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Phil Jackson and the New York Knicks have been busy this offseason and they might not be done just yet. A league source told ESPN New York’s Ian Begley that the Knicks are exploring trades for J.R. Smith, Iman Shumpert and Shane Larkin: Working to clear the logjam in the backcourt, the Knicks are discussing [...]
July 21, 2014
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Imagine winning a playoff series for the first time since 2005, that to against the higher seeded Chicago, as well as winning a second-round playoff game for the first time since 1982 in the space of a month. You would think that all signs would be pointing upwards, but instead the Washington Wizards were continuously [...]
July 21, 2014
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Despite being unable to land big free agents, LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony, the Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant is actually quite satisfied with Mitch Kuptchak’s efforts for the organization this summer, according to ESPN.com’s Ramona Shelburne. So far, the Lakers have lost key players this off-season, specifically their former center Pau Gasol, who [...]
No, you’re not experiencing deja vu. This is just a firsthand run-in with the Sacramento Kings. According to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein, the Detroit Pistons have resumed talks—that started prior to the NBA draft—with the Kings on a trade that would land Josh Smith in Sacramento: The Detroit Pistons and the Sacramento Kings have resumed trade [...]
July 18, 2014
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Eric Bledsoe wants to get in-your-face, bathing-in-hundy-sticks, set-greenbacks-on-fire, look-mom-I’ve-made-it, just-like-James-Harden paid from the Phoenix Suns. But that’s not going to happen. Per ESPN.com’s Chris Broussard, Bledsoe, a restricted free agent, is seeking a five-year, $80 million contract from the Suns: The future of one of the most talented free agents left on the market remains [...]
July 18, 2014
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Veteran NBA.com reporter Steve Aschburner reported Wednesday that one of the changes new NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is considering this off-season is the idea of a mid-season tournament in Las Vegas. Here is the excerpt from Aschburner’s column on NBA.com: “The popularity of the summer league in Las Vegas – with attendance up 25 percent, [...]
July 18, 2014
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Thank you, Phil Jackson. Thank you. The Zen Master has cleared up one of the most not-so-mysterious mysteries in the NBA: Dwight Howard did, in fact, leave the Los Angeles Lakers for the Houston Rockets because of Kobe Bryant. Mind-melting stuff, I know. We already knew, for the most part. But there’s something about Jackson [...]
July 17, 2014
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LeBron James’ patience runs puddle deep. It was roughly one week ago that LeBron’s first-person account of why he was returning to the Cleveland Cavaliers was posted by Lee Jenkins of Sports Illustrated. In this essay of his, he touched upon a number of things and the prevailing sentiment was he would remain patient. He [...]
July 17, 2014
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With the departure of their big man Pau Gasol, the Los Angeles Lakers are clearly in dire need of a big man into their small roster, and it looks like Mitch Kuptchak found a quality replacement whose name is Ed Davis. The 6-foot-10 power forward will be playing for the purple and gold franchise in [...]