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In general, the 2017 free agency market has not been very kind to most players outside of the top few tiers of the league, but it has especially been tepid for two groups of free agents in particular: centers and veteran point guards. Derrick Rose has to essentially sign the minimum to join the Cavaliers [...]

Some NBA players might have trouble projecting an air of confidence and calm following their second ACL injury. Jabari Parker, however, is not one of them. While at a Jordan Brand event, the Milwaukee Bucks forward spoke with ESPN.com’s Nick Friedell about his recovery—which, apparently, is going so well he doesn’t intent to return until he [...]

Andrew Wiggins wants to be paid what he’s worth in his next contract. And what he’s worth, according to him, is a max deal. As he told SI.com’s Ben Golliver: Wiggins, who averaged a career-high 23.6 PPG, 4 RPG and 2.3 APG last season, is eligible for a rookie extension prior to the Oct. 16 deadline. Talks [...]

Well it is basically official at this point, the greatest team potentially of all-time is returning all of their key contributors next season in addition to adding three more solid role players to add in the fold in Jordan Bell, Omri Casspi and Nick Young. After testing the free agency market in hopes of a [...]

Things haven’t really turned out to well for Mihail Prokhorov as owner of the Brooklyn Nets. He bought the team in 2010 and made it clear that his extreme passion for basketball, his risk-taking nature and desire to be No. 1, and his seemingly endless pockets and resources would lead the Nets to the promised [...]

The hip injury that ended Isaiah Thomas’ season during the Eastern Conference Finals won’t prevent him from starting 2017-18—or rather, at the very least, he won’t be going under the knife. Boston Celtics president Danny Ainge announced on Wednesday that surgery has been ruled out for the All-Star point guard, telling The Boston Globe‘s Adam Himmelsbach (h/t CBS Sports): [...]

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 [...]