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There hasn’t been a NBA game played in the city of Seattle since April 14, 2008. That was over nine years ago and it’s a complete shame for the league as Seattle has always had a passionate and rabid fan base. As we all know the franchise moved to Oklahoma City and became the Thunder. [...]

The past few years have been rough for Brandon Knight. Formerly a top five recruit in the country in his high school class of 2010, the No. 8 pick in the 2011 NBA Draft for the Detroit Pistons and once seen as the point guard of the future for the Detroit Pistons and Milwaukee Bucks, [...]

Now that the Cleveland Cavaliers have officially signed Derrick Rose, as first reported by The Vertical’s Shams Charania, LeBron James is ready to move on from Kyrie Irving, who has requested a trade out of Ohio, away from the confines of the four-time MVP’s shadow. You might even say James is eager to see Irving [...]

While the fact that John Wall took his time deciding on accepting the four-year, $169 million max extension with the Washington Wizards threw off some alarm bells around the league on whether or not he was intending to bolt in the 2018 free agency, Wall agreed to sign the massive contract with the Wizards over [...]

According to a report from ESPN.com Thursday morning, the Minnesota Timberwolves and Andrew Wiggins are working on a five-year, $148 million extension. [tweet https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/888022681815330818] The organization and Head Coach Tom Thibodeau announced they were working on an extension Wednesday, but the numbers for a potential deal weren’t reported until this morning. According to NBA rule, [...]

Not long ago seen as a championship contenders and one of the best run franchises in the NBA, the Chicago Bulls have fallen on hard times and a series of questionable personnel decisions have led to a lot of angst among fans. That anger has reached a new level apparently, as a new #FireGarPax (referring [...]

According to a report from ESPN Reporter and longtime LeBron follower, Brian Windhorst, the Cleveland Cavaliers and Derrick Rose are in serious discussions for a one-year contract. [tweet https://twitter.com/WindhorstESPN/status/888056394548736004] That is some pretty surprising and explosive news considering the Cavaliers have one of the best young point guards in the NBA in Kyrie Irving and [...]

LeBron James isn’t the only one who doesn’t feel great about the Cleveland Cavaliers offseason. Kyrie Irving is right there with him. Asked by SI.com’s Maggie Gray about how different the Cavaliers could look in the next couple years given that LeBron is a free agent in 2018, Irving gave a less-than-reassuring answer: SI‘s Maggie [...]

Blake Griffin is confident the Los Angeles Clippers didn’t just hand him a five-year, $173 million contract to begin next season on the bench. So, yay(?) Griffin’s 2016-17 campaign ended less than three games into the Clippers’ first-round playoff matchup with the Utah Jazz due to a right big toe injury. While the timetable for [...]

Always at the forefront of technology and new ideas, the NBA is at it again. In addition to unveiling jersey patches for the 2017-18 season, the new partnership with Nike to create NBA team uniforms moving forward has come with another first, no more designated home and road uniforms. [tweet https://twitter.com/NBA/status/887346381089894402] Nike is creating four [...]