Losing Kevin Durant has not saved the Oklahoma City Thunder from a whirlwind of expenses. They have already upped Russell Westbrook’s salary for the right to delay his free agency an extra year, and now, with the league’s deadline for extensions fast approaching, they’re talking turkey with both Steven Adams and Victor Oladipo, according to [...]
October 31, 2016
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Iman Shumpert is not untouchable to the Cleveland Cavaliers, but they are not desperately trying to get rid of him, either. You could say that about, maybe, half the players in the league. But ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe reported that a few teams have inquired about Shumpert’s availability and left with the “impression” that the Cavaliers [...]
October 28, 2016
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Oh, good. The Memphis Grizzlies are dealing with more injuries. Chandler Parsons (knee) and Brandan Wright (ankle) are still recovering from setbacks that kept them out of the team’s season-opener against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night, and Tony Allen ended up joining them with a knee injury of his own, per ESPN.com’s Tim MacMahon: [...]
October 27, 2016
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The Dennis Schroder takeover in Atlanta is complete. Already crowned the Atlanta Hawks’ starting point guard following the Jeff Teague trade, the 23-year-old is now the proud owner of a four-year, $70 million extension that will kick in next season. ESPN.com’s Marc Stein and Zach Lowe first broke the news and expanded upon the agreement: [...]
October 27, 2016
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Though the Miami Heat are hovering on the brink of a full-tilt rebuild, they apparently don’t have any plans to shop veteran point guard Goran Dragic. Yet. From ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: The Miami Heat aren’t actively trying to trade ?point guard Goran Dragic. We know this because if they were, it wouldn’t take the Heat [...]
October 26, 2016
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If the Detroit Pistons want Kentavious Caldwell-Pope to stick around, it’s going to cost them. The 23-year-old swingman will become a restricted free agent this summer if he doesn’t sign an extension before the impending late-October deadline. That extension doesn’t appear to be in the cards, because Caldwell-Pope is believed to be seeking around $20 [...]
October 26, 2016
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Why won’t the NBA’s injury bugs let the start of the 2016-17 regular season be great? Every year, it seems like a rash of injuries more sweeping than the season before hits just before opening night. This one is no different. Danny Green of the San Antonio Spurs is the latest to get hit with [...]
October 25, 2016
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Chandler Parsons’ Memphis Grizzlies tenure is not off to the most ideal start. After missing the Dallas Mavericks’ final 18 regular-season games last year due to knee surgery, which is also how his 2014-15 campaign ended, Parsons continues his path back toward the hardwood—a journey that, unfortunately for Memphis, won’t include a cameo in its [...]
October 25, 2016
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The Phoenix Suns made some surprising news on the eve of the NBA season by releasing former 2013 1st round pick Archie Goodwin. [tweet https://twitter.com/AZSports/status/790644823975866368] The 22-year-old combo guard averaged six points, two rebounds and an assist in three seasons in Phoenix and was set to enter restricted free agency this summer as his rookie [...]
October 24, 2016
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