Buy-out

If the New York Knicks and Joakim Noah reach a buyout agreement by the March 1 deadline for him to join a playoff team, the Golden State Warriors are ready to pounce. Frank Isola of the New York Daily News first reported that the Warriors, along with the Oklahoma City Thunder and Minnesota Timberwolves, would have [...]

Vince Carter is still incredibly building upon his hall of fame career at age 41, but as a player with a minimal role for one of the worst teams in the NBA, the Sacramento Kings, and on a one-year contract, the tea leaves seem to be reading that he will be bought out in the [...]

According to Brian Windhorst, during his appearance on the Hoopshype Podcast Monday afternoon, future hall of famer Vince Carter’s days in Sacramento could be numbered. “Vince Carter is a buyout candidate. They’ve decided that they’re not able to compete and they aren’t really going to play the older guys. I think he’s a buyout candidate.” [...]

Greg Monroe will not be long for the Phoenix Suns. The big man is headed to arid Arizona after the Milwaukee Bucks struck a trade for Eric Bledsoe, but his stay should be short-lived. The Suns are currently trying to reroute him before discussing the possibility of buying out the final year of his contract, [...]

It doesn’t look like Jahlil Okafor will be getting the buy out he seeks. Not before the February trade deadline anyway. Though the Philadelphia 76ers declined Okafor’s fourth-year option, suggesting they’re willing to move on from him without any compensation, ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojanrowski is hearing that general manager Bryan Colangelo still wants to trade him: [...]

Oh, Bulls. Rajon Rondo clearly isn’t a part of Chicago’s future. At the same time, it’s not like the Bulls have a bunch of high-end point guards to supplant him. Not one of Denzel Valentine, Jerian Grant, Michael Carter-Williams or Isaiah Canaan qualifies. Cameron Payne, a late-lottery pick in 2015, might, though. And the Bulls [...]

If not for the Orlando Magic and New York Knicks, the Chicago Bulls would play host to the Eastern Conference’s most bizarre slop fest. Chief among their issues is an inability to hash out a regular point guard rotation. Rajon Rondo was playing, then he wasn’t, but now he is again, as a member of the bench. [...]

September 23, 2008 – Dr. J-Water What’s up everybody, you good? Sorry I haven’t written in a bit, but i’ve been off on a bit of a vacation, but hopefully the other Docs around here treated you right with some good NBA dish! Did you guys peep those ‘Hypermax’ kicks we featured this week in [...]

Are Pritchard’s comments about Darius Miles sending the wrong message to his current young roster? July 27th, 2008 – Dr. Anklesnap There are a lot of fans out there that consider Darius Miles to be one of the biggest unfulfilled child prodigy’s in the history of basketball. There was a time when Miles was a [...]

July 14th, 2008 – Dr. Dime Today I’ve been thinking about Stephon Marbury. Don’t ask me why, I have a pretty sick mind I guess. I’m far from an old timer as I can still ball with the best of them at the local Y, but I’m also long enough in the tooth to remember [...]