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Eric Bledsoe wants to get in-your-face, bathing-in-hundy-sticks, set-greenbacks-on-fire, look-mom-I’ve-made-it, just-like-James-Harden paid from the Phoenix Suns. But that’s not going to happen. Per ESPN.com’s Chris Broussard, Bledsoe, a restricted free agent, is seeking a five-year, $80 million contract from the Suns: The future of one of the most talented free agents left on the market remains [...]

Thank you, Phil Jackson. Thank you. The Zen Master has cleared up one of the most not-so-mysterious mysteries in the NBA: Dwight Howard did, in fact, leave the Los Angeles Lakers for the Houston Rockets because of Kobe Bryant. Mind-melting stuff, I know. We already knew, for the most part. But there’s something about Jackson [...]

LeBron James’ patience runs puddle deep. It was roughly one week ago that LeBron’s first-person account of why he was returning to the Cleveland Cavaliers was posted by Lee Jenkins of Sports Illustrated. In this essay of his, he touched upon a number of things and the prevailing sentiment was he would remain patient. He [...]

Lance Stephenson left the Pacers because he felt slighted by the 5-year, $44M offer. That would’ve paid him roughly $9M per year. Instead, he took the Hornets’ 3-year, $27M offer which will pay him $9M per year. His rationale was that he didn’t way to make so little for such a long period of time. [...]

With the departure of their big man Pau Gasol, the Los Angeles Lakers are clearly in dire need of a big man into their small roster, and it looks like Mitch Kuptchak found a quality replacement whose name is Ed Davis. The 6-foot-10 power forward will be playing for the purple and gold franchise in [...]

What at first appeared to be a smooth process to remove Donald Sterling as owner of the Clippers has turned into something of a nightmare for the NBA. Initially, Sterling seemed fine with Steve Ballmer’s $2 million bid, but he has completely reversed course and will fight this until the very end. The flip side [...]

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During the summer of 2010, the Bulls signed Carlos Boozer to a max contract worth $80 million over five years. Because of his drop in productivity, Boozer and his $16.8 million salary for this upcoming season have been waived via the amnesty provision. Boozer will still be paid by the Bulls, but his number won’t [...]

It was initially reported that Dirk Nowitzki would take a pay cut and re-sign with the Mavs for 3-years, $30 million in order to give the team some flexibility. It was actually lower than that, as he’s on board for $25 million over 3 seasons. All so the team could fit in Chandler Parsons. What’s [...]

The Golden State Warriors and Minnesota Timberwolves are discussing a trade for All-Star Kevin Love. Again. From Jon Krawczynski of the Associated Press, via MassLive.com: The Minnesota Timberwolves and Golden State Warriors have reopened trade talks for All-Star forward Kevin Love, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Tuesday. With [...]