The National Basketball Players Association and the NBA have signed a $1.1 billion seven year licensing agreement extension with Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., the creators of NBA 2K. The extension will allow Take-Two to continue producing NBA 2K games and using the likenesses of NBA players, but there is seemingly no exclusivity involved in the [...]
January 17, 2019
Anou Enright
Offbeat
Tom Thibodeau is basically Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite at this point. Trying to rekindle the golden days he had as the coach of the Chicago Bulls by signing and giving a role to any one of the major pieces of that era of Bulls basketball that he can get his hands on. Much like [...]
September 11, 2018
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
Udonis Haslem has been a member of the Miami Heat since LeBron James rookie year in the NBA, before social media was a thing and when the concept of TiVo was relatively new. He has agreed to a one-year, $2.4 million deal to play his 16th season as a member of the Heat. [tweet https://twitter.com/ByTimReynolds/status/1037690156826931200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] [...]
September 7, 2018
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
The Phoenix Suns are sending Brandon Knight and Marquese Chriss to the Houston Rockets for Ryan Anderson and De’Anthony Melton, according to ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Even if you are into gambling on sports I don’t think you would have seen that one coming a a couple years ago when Brandon Knight was a sought after [...]
September 5, 2018
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Rumors
We have officially entered the quiet time of the NBA off-season (if that still exists) as all of the major moves have more than likely occurred and NBA training camps are still a month and a half away. That doesn’t mean that there isn’t still some player movement behind the scenes and one of the [...]
August 7, 2018
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
It is official, Dirk Nowitzki will spend more time playing for the Dallas Mavericks than any player has spent playing with one team in NBA history. Nowitzki will sign a one-year, $5 million contract this season to play his record-breaking 21st season with the Mavericks: [tweet https://twitter.com/TheSteinLine/status/1021410164447072256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] This was a foregone conclusion of course, but [...]
July 23, 2018
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
Enes Kanter is a very passionate, outspoken and loyal player. He has made it clear that he enjoys being a member of the New York Knicks and he wants to do so long-term, even if that means turning down a guaranteed salary of $18.6 million next season. Kanter is leaning toward opting out of the [...]
April 13, 2018
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
The Hawks are in a full tear down, rebuild and tank mode. This means they have little use for veteran role players such as Marco Belinelli. The 31-year-old sharpshooter has been on the block the last few weeks as the Hawks try to deal him to a contending team in need of some more depth [...]
February 8, 2018
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
The Lakers have an abundance of young talent littered around their roster with Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Julius Randle, Larry Nance Jr., Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Ivica Zubac and more. One thing that they are missing though is a veteran presence in the locker room, so we don’t have any more Snapchat controversies you know? They have [...]
September 19, 2017
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
Alas the drama and complication surrounding the mega trade between the two premier teams in the eastern conference featuring Kyrie Irving being dealt to the Celtics in exchange for Isaiah Thomas has been completed and finalized. After a week of re-negotiation and concern after Cavaliers doctors feared the risk of re-injury for Thomas with his [...]
August 31, 2017
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek