breakingbar

The Timberwolves and Kevin Martin reached a buyout for the remainder of the final year of his current deal before the midnight deadline Tuesday night. According to ESPN NBA Reporter Marc Stein, the Spurs are the overwhelming favorites to land Martin. [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/704888060257792000] As you can see others such as the Mavericks, Hawks, and Rockets [...]

According to ESPN NBA Reporter Marc Stein, Michael Beasley’s impressive play for the Shandong Golden Stars of the Chinese Basketball Association has given him an opportunity to return to the NBA for the first time since 2014. [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/705156534322356224] He was averaging 31 points to go along with 13 rebounds and three assists per game [...]

Is the NBA getting predictable? That’s a question we’re left to ask ourselves after blazing through this addition of the NBA power rankings. There are some surprises, sure. But, for the most part, movement is stifled. The top one-third of the league remains pretty stationary, while the five to seven bottom-most feeders are jostling for [...]

Well, that didn’t take long. Kyrie Irving responded to a report from First Take‘s Stephen A. Smith that depicted the point guard as being unhappy with the Cleveland Cavaliers. He didn’t exactly deny Smith’s findings, but he by no means copped to them, either. Here’s what he said, per Dave McMenamin of ESPN.com: “There’s nothing [...]

Let the post-trade-deadline Ty Lawson sweepstakes commence! Or something. Lawson and the Houston Rockets are officially ready to cut ties with one another, according to the Houston Chronicle‘s Jonathan Feigen and ESPN.com’s Calvin Watkins: [tweet https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Feigen/status/704745423462772736] [tweet https://twitter.com/calvinwatkins/status/704745444556083201] Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical also added his own spin, because, well, that’s what he does: [tweet [...]

All is not peachy keen with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Not according to Stephen A. Smith of ESPN’s First Take (h/t Josh Hill of FanSided): Dating back to last year, I’ve been told that Kyrie Irving ain’t too happy being in Cleveland,” Smith stated on First Take this morning. “The situation is not ideal for him. [...]

There is a very real chance that the New York Knicks will double their win total from last season. The problem? They only snared 17 wins in 2014-15, and 34 victories won’t be anywhere near enough to clinch a playoff berth, the team’s primary goal, this season. And if Phil Jackson’s decision to fire head [...]

The Dallas Mavericks have, historically, been seduced by free-agent big men. Just last summer, they went hard after DeAndre Jordan and landed a verbal agreement, only to have him renege on his word shortly thereafter. Before that, in 2013, when Dwight Howard was a free agent, they entered the running for his services as well. [...]

Will Barton’s shot attempts are about to go through the roof. Danilo Gallinari, the Denver Nuggets’ leading scorer, is expected to miss an extended period of time after suffering a right ankle sprain against the Dallas Maverick on Friday, per The Denver Post‘s Christopher Dempsey: Nuggets coach Michael Malone said Sunday he expects veteran forward [...]

Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, huh PJ? Older, former NBA players don’t seem to be breaking their necks to rush and give the Warriors credit for their brand of basketball. Oscar Robertson basically called every coach incompetent because they keep allowing Steph Curry to shoot 3s. Also, during the playoffs last year, both Phil Jackson and Charles Barkley [...]