All of a sudden, retired NBA players are “considering a comeback.” Unfortunately for most of them, NBA teams aren’t considering their comeback. Most notably, Ray Allen (who teams would want), Stephen Jackson and Jermaine have expressed interest in returning to the league. The next one up is Richard Hamilton. Let’s just hope he’s not interested [...]
July 15, 2016
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Blogs
If the Boston Celtics do not trade for Blake Griffin, then they’ll target Russell Westbrook. And if they don’t get either one of those two, then they’ll target another big name. Such is life in Beantown, apparently. From the Sporting News’ Sean Deveney: The Celtics are up to something. Talk to any front-office executive here [...]
July 15, 2016
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Breaking up is hard to do, but the Golden State Warriors made sure their divorce from Andrew Bogut went as amicably as possible. Golden State needed to dump the remaining $12.6 million on his contract to help make room for Kevin Durant. And though there were no shortage of teams who would have absorbed the [...]
July 15, 2016
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Victor Oladipo like many other NBA players this time of the year is currently participating in a summer basketball camp for youth and high school basketball players. Oladipo is involved with the camp at DeMatha Catholic High School in Maryland. Today at camp an irrationally confident and very unwise high school camper decided it was [...]
July 15, 2016
Anou Enright
Offbeat
Dwight Howard probably wouldn’t be a member of the Atlanta Hawks if it weren’t for Grant Hill, one of the team’s minority owners. True story. Per ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: Grant Hill was a big part of the process,” Howard said of the Hawks’ minority owner and former fellow Orlando Magic star in an interview that [...]
July 13, 2016
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After 19 seasons, Tim Duncan has finally decided to hang it up. All signs pointed that way, but has made it official. From a productivity standpoint, his age really showed int he playoffs versus OKC but he was still able to play a role. Now that he’s gone, and with Manu on his last leg [...]
July 11, 2016
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Rumors
Allen Crabbe is about to get paid thanks to the Brooklyn Nets—though, ultimately, he may not be paid by the Brooklyn Nets. According to The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Crabbe put pen to paper on a $75 million offer sheet with the Nets: [tweet https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/751252693092536320] Brooklyn, per CSNNW’s Jason Quick, has also promised Crabbe a spot [...]
Well, Boban Marjanovic’s reign as the San Antonio Spurs’ most obscure celebrity will end up lasting all of one year. The human novelty/7’3″ monster agreed to a modest offer sheet with the Detroit Pistons, according to ESPN.com’s Stein: [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/751063936724717568] Three years and $21 million is nothing in this cap climate. But, alas, the Spurs [...]
Apparently even athletes with billion dollar deals can be cheap. Soon to be Chicago Bulls guard Dwyane Wade co-hosted ‘Live with Kelly’ this morning and LeBron James’ former teammate was very quick to answer when asked who the cheapest basketball player was. According to Wade, James is the cheapest player out there, no hesitation. Gabrielle [...]
July 7, 2016
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Offbeat
David West essentially said no thanks to $12 million last summer when he elected to turn down the Pacers offer and accept the veteran’s minimum to join the Spurs in quest of a championship. The Spurs fell short, so his gamble didn’t pay off. But that has not deterred him. West is up to it [...]
July 7, 2016
Anou Enright
Rumors