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Cavaliers Were Close to Acquiring Butler on Griffin’s Last Day

Cavaliers Were Close to Acquiring Butler on Griffin’s Last Day

One can assume that LeBron James already is aware of this and is part of the reason he is openly frustrated with the Cavaliers off-season, but if he wasn’t aware this won’t make the situation any better. According to a Report from Jeff Zillgitt of USA Today, the Cavaliers were almost able to finalize a [...]

July 18, 2017 Anou Enright Rumors 0

LeBron “Frustrated and Concerned” with Cavs Off-Season

LeBron “Frustrated and Concerned” with Cavs Off-Season

The Cavaliers off-season hasn’t exactly been one to write home about. After losing to the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals in five games, Cleveland has done the following to the roster and front office this off-season: Re-Sign Kyle Korver Sign Jose Calderon Sign Jeff Green Sign Cedi Osman Not renew General Manager David [...]

July 18, 2017 Anou Enright Rumors 0

NBA Trying to Speed Game Up with Fewer Timeouts

NBA Trying to Speed Game Up with Fewer Timeouts

NBA fans that have been complaining about the length of games have a reason to rejoice. The NBA heard their complaints and have decided to speed up the game by reducing the number of timeouts that teams have. If you want to bet on NBA games, check out next season’s NBA betting lines. The NBA [...]

July 17, 2017 admin Rumors 0

Knicks Reached Out to Suns About Bledsoe

Knicks Reached Out to Suns About Bledsoe

According to a report from the New York Post, the New York Knicks have reached out to the Suns to facilitate a trade for 27-year-old point guard Eric Bledsoe. [tweet https://twitter.com/SLAMonline/status/885534226052984833] The report states that the Knicks are also considering 31-year-old point guard Ramon Sessions to come in and mentor their 18-year-old rookie point guard [...]

July 14, 2017 Anou Enright Rumors 0

Suns and Spurs Discussed Sign-and-Trade for Chandler and Simmons

Suns and Spurs Discussed Sign-and-Trade for Chandler and Simmons

Johnathan Simmons is one of the best rags to riches stories in the NBA in quite some time. He went from a player spending his own money to participate in a D-League (or G-League these days) tryout to averaging 15 points per game in the western conference finals for the San Antonio Spurs in a [...]

July 14, 2017 Anou Enright Rumors 0

New Orleans Pelicans Have Talked to Detroit Pistons About Reggie Jackson Trade

New Orleans Pelicans Have Talked to Detroit Pistons About Reggie Jackson Trade

As a general rule, if you have the opportunity to acquire a point guard with three years and $51 million left on his contract after you’ve already handed a five-year, $125 million pact to another floor general, you absolutely do it. Such is the mindset in New Orleans, apparently. According to Basketball Insiders’ Michael Scotto, [...]

July 12, 2017 admin Rumors 0

Mavericks May Be Favorites to Sign Derrick Rose—Especially After Knicks Overpaid Tim Hardaway Jr.

Mavericks May Be Favorites to Sign Derrick Rose—Especially After Knicks Overpaid Tim Hardaway Jr.

When the sun finally sets on a bizarre 2017 free-agency period, Derrick Rose (probably) won’t be a member of the New York Knicks. But he could be on the Dallas Mavericks. Per the New York Post‘s Marc Berman: [tweet https://twitter.com/NYPost_Berman/status/883069719972118528] Rose has been most linked to the Minnesota Timberwolves, Los Angeles Clippers and Milwaukee Bucks—only one [...]

July 7, 2017 admin Rumors 0

Celtics Reportedly Now to Pursue Gasol

Celtics Reportedly Now to Pursue Gasol

The biggest free agency fish in the NBA in 2017 has officially swam to a new home as Gordon Hayward agreed to a four-year, $128 million contract with the Boston Celtics. Although the Celtics and Danny Ainge have been unable to turn their king’s ransom of trade-able assets into a star through trade these past [...]

July 6, 2017 Anou Enright Rumors 0

Rockets Aggressively Pursuing 3rd Star

Rockets Aggressively Pursuing 3rd Star

The Rockets are going all in. In the ever intensifying nuclear war that is building a championship contender in the NBA in 2017, the Rockets and longtime General Manager Daryl Morey realize that if they want any chance to compete with the Warriors western conference supremacy they need to accumulate as much star talent as [...]

June 29, 2017 Anou Enright Rumors 0

Jazz Have Expressed Interest in Ricky Rubio

Jazz Have Expressed Interest in Ricky Rubio

The Minnesota Timberwolves and Utah Jazz are both teams that are considered on the rise in the western conference, at least for the next few days, potentially until Gordon Hayward makes his free agency decision. It is clear that the Utah Jazz need some depth at the point guard position, especially if they lose free [...]

June 28, 2017 Anou Enright Rumors 0