The Toronto Raptors and Kyle Lowry have agreed to a one-year extension worth $31 million. The extension means Lowry will earn a total of $64 million over the next two seasons. Before signing, his contract had been set to expire after the 2019-20 season. His future with the team had been debated this offseason, with [...]
October 7, 2019
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Rumors
On Tuesday, the Portland Trail Blazers agreed to a three-year, $100-million extension with CJ McCollum. McCollum is still owed $57 million over the next two seasons before the extension begins in 2021-22. “It’s an honor and a blessing to be in this position, honestly,” McCollum said, per The Oregonian. “Growing up in Canton, Ohio, going [...]
July 31, 2019
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Blogs
It does not look like the New York Knicks and Kristaps Porzingis are going to reach an extension agreement by next Monday’s deadline. It’s not even clear that they ever seriously talked about one. From the New York Daily NewsStefan Bondy: Monday represents the deadline for Porzingis to sign a $158 million extension, but there’s been [...]
October 11, 2018
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Cavaliers approach to a cold and likely unforgiving post-LeBron world has been much different the second time around. They blew it up (it had really blown up already honestly) the last time around and embraced bottoming out in order to get high draft picks to rebuild. It worked pretty well (even though they had a [...]
September 27, 2018
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Ryan Bawek
There has been one word to describe the Minnesota Timberwolves this off-season: drama. While some of the other elite talents from the 2015 NBA Draft class have agreed to extensions (Towns went No. 1), Towns turned down the Wolves max offer of five years, $158 million when it was first offered back in July. We [...]
September 24, 2018
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Ryan Bawek
Even with his ACL injury in mind, Kristaps Porzingis seems like a near-lock to field max-contract offers as a restricted free agent next summer. If you’re the New York Knicks, then, you might as well sign him now, while he’s injured and potentially willing to accept a discount, right? Not exactly. New York’s front office [...]
September 21, 2018
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Aaron Rodgers reached an agreement with the Green Bay Payers on a four-year extension worth $134 million, with a $103 million guarantee and incentives that could inflate its value to $180 million. So, naturally, Giannis Antetokounmpo was asked about it. And of course he was. Why wouldn’t he be? Rodgers has been seen at Milwaukee [...]
August 31, 2018
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Offbeat
Tobias Harris is a talented combo forward that can give you 18 and 6 every night and shoot around 40% from three-point range. Combine that with the fact that he is entering his prime at age 26, and you have a player that many teams would covet. Harris is definitely assured of that as he [...]
July 23, 2018
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Rumors
Marcus Smart is one of the most gritty and tough-nosed guards in the NBA. He is a huge part of the Celtics recent success and he is finally being rewarded for it. Smart has reportedly agreed to a four-year, $52 million extension with the Celtics according to Yahoo Sports: [tweet https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1019950309005766656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] This feels like a [...]
July 19, 2018
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Ryan Bawek
Doc Rivers has been coaching the Los Angeles Clippers since 2013 after a rare coach trade with the Boston Celtics for a 1st round pick, and was promoted to president of basketball operations in 2014. The Clippers have had a good amount of success under Rivers but are clearly in a transitional phase after trading [...]
May 7, 2018
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Ryan Bawek