Raise your hand if you had the soon-to-be 39-year-old Jason Terry snagging a new contact before the 28-year-old Ty Lawson. It seemed, at times, that the 17-year veteran guard would be forced to retire this summer. We’re now in late August, a return to the Houston Rockets was clearly out of the question, and rumors [...]
August 19, 2016
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Today is the first exciting and uplifting day for Oklahoma City Thunder fans in quite some time, as Russell Westbrook has decided to make a commitment (kind of) to be the face of the Thunder’s franchise moving forward. [tweet https://twitter.com/NBATV/status/761195984403722240] This is a huge sigh of relief for the Thunder organization as the nightmarish haze [...]
August 4, 2016
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Tyronn Lue has 62 games, playoffs and regular season, of NBA head coaching experience. The Cleveland Cavaliers apparently think that’s enough to warrant a five-year extension. According to The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Cavaliers reached a five-year, $35 million agreement with their head honcho: After helping to deliver the Cleveland Cavaliers an NBA championship, head [...]
July 26, 2016
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The Portland Trail Blazers were the NBA’s darlings last season. The team surprised everybody by winning 45 games and making the western conference semi-finals. There were a lot of ways Portland could have went this offseason with their near $60 million under the cap, and they have decided to go all in on locking up [...]
July 25, 2016
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LeBron James remains one of the NBA’s many unsigned free agents, but he won’t stay that way for long. Actually, that’s a slight lie. He might. He could stay unsigned for two months, two weeks, two days, two minutes. We don’t really know. When he finally does put pen to paper on a new deal, [...]
July 19, 2016
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Trade Russell Westbrook? Just because Kevin Durant up and left for the Golden State Warriors? Puh-lease. The Oklahoma City Thunder have bigger plans, as evidenced by their decision to rescind Dion Waiters’ qualifying offer. They want to renegotiate Westbrook’s now, ahead of 2017 free agency, locking him up long term so that they don’t have [...]
July 19, 2016
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The Cleveland Cavaliers know LeBron James won’t be going anywhere in free agency. They just don’t know when he’s going to make his return official. Per Chris Haynes of Cleveland.com: LeBron James has yet to notify the Cleveland Cavaliers when he intends to re-sign, league sources informed cleveland.com during NBA Summer League. July 7 was [...]
July 12, 2016
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New York Knicks fans may not like Joakim Noah’s four-year, $72 million contract. In fact, they most definitely shouldn’t. The idea of giving an injury-prone big superstar money through his 35th birthday is harrowing. Nevertheless, no matter what Knicks fans think of Noah’s contract, they’re going to love Noah—his attitude, his leadership, his drive, his [...]
July 12, 2016
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The Dwyane Wade era in Miami appears to be over. Per The Vertical, Wade will sign a 2-year, $47.5 million deal with the Bulls. Wade met with Heat owner Micky Arison on Wednesday, where Wade allegedly wanted a third year on their 2-year, $40 million offer. Miami did not budge, so Wade made his decision [...]
July 7, 2016
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According to recent reports from ESPN Reporter Marc J. Spears, Dwyane Wade is seeking a contract worth $50 million over two years or $25 million per season. This makes his free agent recruitment even more interesting as it has been reported that the Heat have offered Wade $40 million over two years which is the [...]
July 5, 2016
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