Contract

Kevin Durant doesn’t have to worry about the Golden State Warriors playing hardball in contract negotiations this year. General manager Bob Myers said they’re prepared to give him whatever it takes. From the Associated Press (via ESPN.com): Durant could sign for as long as four years and about $160 million, and Myers is prepared to [...]

Enes Kanter sure seems like he’s prepping for free agency. The soon-to-be 26-year-old big man said at the end of the regular season he was leaning toward declining his player option next year and exploring the open market. If you’re an NBA betting man you’d likely not think it possible. The notion seemed almost blasphemous. [...]

The former No. 1 pick of the 2005 NBA Draft and 13-year NBA veteran, Andrew Bogut is the greatest native Australian basketball player in NBA history and now he will return home to play in the country where he grew up. Bogut has signed a contract to join the Sydney Kings of the NBL… [tweet [...]

DeMarcus Cousins is a former All-NBA performer, a 4x All-Star and one of a select few active players who has averaged at least 20 points and 10 rebounds per game for his career. When you consider that and the fact that he is 27 and should be entering the prime of his NBA career, the [...]

After playing a season in the Chinese Basketball Association, Ty Lawson has found his way back on an NBA roster for the 2018 playoffs. [tweet https://twitter.com/BR_NBA/status/984440301690478592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] He averaged 25.5 points, 6.5 assists and 4.6 rebounds for the season including 55 points in his final game in China. Lawson likely won’t get much if any opportunity [...]

Kevin Durant will be a free agent this summer… not really though. According to a report from Chris Haynes of ESPN, Durant is going to opt out of his deal in order to restructure his contract this summer. “A nine-time All-Star and the reigning NBA Finals MVP, Durant will be turning down a salary of [...]

Quinn Cook has worked his way from undrafted player out of Duke to currently playing an important role for the reigning NBA champions. He has been serving as their starting point guard in Steph Curry’s absence. He has averaged 15.6 points, 5.6 assists and 3.8 rebounds per game in April on 53% shooting from the [...]

The Atlanta Hawks are willing to trade Kent Bazemore…for a small ransom they probably aren’t going to get. From Basketball Insiders’ Steve Kyler: League sources say the right combination of ending contracts and a first-round pick, even one highly protected might be enough to get Bazemore in trade, especially for a team looking for a [...]

Mike James has had an interesting journey to make the NBA to say the least. From high school basketball in Portland, to junior college basketball at Eastern Arizona Junior College (I played against him in junior college by the way), to smaller Lamar University in Texas, with stops in Croatia, Italy, Spain and Greece before [...]

The Knicks seemed to finally be turning the corner this off-season, they decided to move on from Phil Jackson and they drafted a great defensive point guard of the future in Frank Ntilkina, they even traded Carmelo Anthony and got some value in return. But they also did one very Knicks thing: sign Tim Hardaway [...]