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Sacramento’s loss is Phoenix’s gain. Instead of re-signing the diminutive 5’9″ Isaiah Thomas over the offseason, the Kings signed and traded him to the Suns, electing to roll with free agents Darren Collison and Ramon Sessions. This surprised some. Many, even. Just not Thomas himself. Said the point guard while speaking with Basketball Insiders’ Alex [...]

Kobe Bryant doesn’t handle rejection well. That, or he handles it really well. It depends how you look at it. Someone asked Kobe about Kevin Love being traded to Cleveland Cavaliers, presumably mentioning the many ties to the Los Angeles Lakers he had via the ever-churning rumor mill last season. Kobe responded in kind. Per [...]

Just when you thought that free agency fever has already concluded, the Minnesota Timberwolves have reportedly offered a four-year, $63 million dollar max contract to Phoenix Suns’ guard Eric Bledsoe, according to ESPN.com’s Brian Windhorst. This maximum contract is what Bledsoe has been waiting for this entire off-season; however, the only way for this deal [...]

Michael Beasley and the San Antonio Spurs? Yes, Please. According to Yahoo Sports’ all-powerfull and almighty Adrian Wojnarowski, the Spurs intend to work out Beasley, who still hasn’t found a new home this summer: Free-agent forward Michael Beasley is working out for the defending NBA champion San Antonio Spurs at the franchise’s practice facility this [...]

At the beginning of last season, Jordan Crawford somehow emerged as one of the leaders of the depleted Boston Celtics. His play was good enough to earn him a ticket out of town to Golden State via trade. But this summer, he failed to land with another team in free agency. Therefore, he has decided [...]

Dare to dream. Free agency is just about over and done with, and the NBA regular season is less than two months away. You, therefore, know what that means: It’s time for the Los Angeles Lakers to register purported interest in some of next year’s biggest free agents. It happened when Dwight Howard was still [...]

Brazilian guard Leandro Barbosa has reached a one-year-deal with the Golden State Warriors, according to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein. The Warriors will be the fifth team that he has played with in his entire career. Last season, he averaged 7.5 points, 1.9 rebounds, and 1.6 assists for the Phoenix Suns. However, due to unfortunate injuries—he was [...]

August and the NBA don’t together. News is typically slow this time of year, leaving fans and scribes to look for topics of interest and note. When the Kevin Love rumors aren’t flowing and the San Antonio Spurs offense isn’t running like a well-oiled, time-tested machine, that’s a ridiculously hard task. Benny Kriefall of Minnesota [...]

Unconventional Woj bomb incoming. Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports was interviewed by blogger Aime Mukendi Jr. while at coach Mark Schmidt’s summer camp at St. Bonaventure. During the interview—which was pointed out to us by Hawks Hoops’ Buddy Grizzard and can be listened to here—Woj, well, he Woj-bombed all over the place about Greg Monroe’s [...]

As you have heard by now, we are a month into NBA free agency and the Phoenix Suns and their 24-year-old do everything point guard Eric Bledsoe (or “Mini LeBron” as he’s called) are still far apart in their negotiations for a new contract for the restricted free agent. The Suns reportedly offered Bledsoe a [...]