CBA

Jimmer Fredette has agreed to a two-year contract with the Phoenix Suns. The Athletic reported the deal’s second season is a team option that will become official once he receives clearance to leave China’s Shanghai Sharks. Fredette, 30, appeared in just six NBA games in the 2015-16 season, averaging 1.5 points per game. For his [...]

The Los Angeles Lakers’ decision to give Timofey Mozgov, now of the Brooklyn Nets, and Luol Deng massive contracts in 2016 free agency is starting to make sense. It remains indefensible, to be sure. They were on the rebuilding track at the time. No one liked Mozgov’s four-year, $64 million pact. He was coming off [...]

Not that long ago Carlos Boozer was one of the most coveted free agents on the market and a guy worthy of a $100 million NBA contract in 2010. Times have changed and the former two-time NBA All-Star has been out of the NBA since a forgettable stint with the Los Angeles Lakers ended in [...]

Remember all that optimism emanating out of the NBA and the National Basketball Players Associations? All those signs that pointed to the avoidance of a lockout in 2017? All the certainty that the two sides would hash out a new collective bargaining agreement before one of them opted out once allowed on December 15? Yeah, [...]

Here is your latest “There won’t be an NBA lockout in 2017” update. The latest is brought to you by The Ringer’s Kevin O’Connor: The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association expect to finalize terms on a new collective bargaining agreement “just after Thanksgiving” or in “early December,” a source familiar with the negotiations [...]

The NBA and the NBPA are apparently on the verge of hashing out a new collective bargaining agreement, which, for those of us who hate lockouts, is very good. This new CBA, however, might include an “Andre Drummond Rule,” which seems needless, bordering on bad. Here’s the lowdown courtesy of The Vertical’s Bobby Marks (h/t [...]

While it seemed bleak over the past year or so, there are several indications that the players and the owners have improved tremendously towards reaching a new collective bargaining agreement and avoiding another potential lockout at the beginning of the 2017-18 season. Both sides are expected to opt out of the current CBA at the [...]

It was great to see Tracy McGrady in an NBA uniform once again for the Spurs during the playoffs. Granted, his name was only called in garbage time, it was still refreshing to see him out there. For someone as great as he was, you hate to see him have to go to China go [...]

During a difficult season for the L.A. Lakers, the chanting Staples Center crowd has pleaded with Lakers management to, “Bring back Phil!” While I admire Jackson as a coach, probably as much as anyone, you don’t have to fly to Montana to figure out why he won’t come back to the Lakers, not this season. [...]

Once one of the top players in the NBA, Tracy McGrady has to now fight for a spot on a team.  After finishing his one-year contract with the Atlanta Hawks, McGrady went overseas to China to play in the CBA and signed with the Qingdao Eagles.  Further embracing his current Far East location, he has [...]