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Deron Williams is coming back home. Having been bought out by the Brooklyn Nets in order to decrease their payroll, Williams begins yet another chapter of his career in the league. This time, he’s decided to head back home and hopefully blossom with Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks. Both sides have reached a consensus [...]

The NBA is not beyond losing money. Apparently. Even though the NBA put pen to paper on a nine-year, $24 billion dollar national TV deal in October, and even though that TV deal will culminate in consecutively massive salary-cap spikes in 2016 and 2017, and even though teams handed out max contracts in 2015 free [...]

Rajon Rondo went from a guy being considered for a max contract to signing a 1-year deal in Sacramento. He short time in Dallas really did a number on his reputation and potential for future earnings. But now that he’s in Sacto, he’s interested in shutting people up. “I’m excited that everybody’s doubting us,” Rondo [...]

Carmelo Anthony and Phil Jackson are not in constant contact with one another. Everybody panic. With the New York Knicks electing to prioritize the long-term picture over the immediate one this offseason, a lot of people are left wondering where Melo fits into Jackson’s apparent grand scheme. There were rumors that Melo was unhappy about [...]

Still months away from next season and the Kevin Durant saga is already making its entrance. It’s going to be a crazy summer in 2016, especially, when free agency hits. Many teams will surely be placing their offers in attempts to land the most versatile and potent scorer the league has seen in many years. [...]

We’re approaching a year since Paul George’s horrific leg injury while playing for Team USA. Since he got injured playing for his country, it’s only right to see it all the way through and play for his country when he’s healthy enough to, right? Paul George seems to think and and apparently so does Larry [...]

It’s been almost a week since DeAndre Jordan’s infamous free-agent flip-flop, which means it’s time for all the behind-the-scenes rub to come out. On Monday, Tim MacMahon and Ramona Shelburne of ESPN.com published a fabulous in-depth analysis of what went down between Jordan, the Dallas Mavericks, the Los Angeles Clippers and DJ’s agents last week. [...]

With most of the top free agents already taken, free agent forward Andrea Bargnani was eventually going to receive interest from teams. One of those teams was the Sacramento Kings who Bargnani was nearing a deal with, according to Marc Stein. However, things took a sharp turn in a different direction over the past couple [...]

Nearly a month ago, there were rumblings that former 2014 NBA Lottery pick Joel Embiid may have had a setback in his season long recovery from foot surgery, with more news to come. Over the weekend the hammer dropped on the 76ers organization as GM Sam Hinkie revealed what we all hoped wasn’t true, that [...]

Undoubtedly one of the biggest off-season free agency pick-ups was 4 Time NBA All Star LaMarcus Aldridge switching teams from Portland to San Antonio, a move which could potentially keep the 5 Time NBA champion Spurs relevant and in the title hunt even after Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili retire. The acquisition of Aldridge gives [...]