Free Agency

For Dwight Howard, his fourth NBA team is the charm. Or so he hopes. The 30-year-old big man agreed to a four-year deal worth $70.5 million with the Atlanta Hawks shortly after free agency began, a move that likely became the impetus behind Al Horford’s departure. And now, after a disastrous season with the Houston [...]

Get ready: We have officially reached the “Dwyane Wade is thinking about leaving the Miami Heat to join forces with LeBron James on the Cleveland Cavaliers” portion of the NBA’s 2016 offseason. There’s this: [tweet https://twitter.com/LuxJetGroup/status/750152536842129409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] And then there’s this, from the Huffington Post’s Jordan Schultz: [tweet https://twitter.com/Schultz_Report/status/750307445004787712] It’s not tough to imagine James and [...]

After the Golden State Warriors' free-agency pitch to Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry apparently sent a text message, the contents of which arguably changed the NBA forever. Here's The Undefeated's Marc J. Spears with the lowdown: Even so, Curry apparently felt it necessary to send Durant a message hours after the meeting Friday night to reassure [...]

An interesting hypothetical was proposed on the Colin Cowherd show earlier this week surrounding Kevin Durant’s free agency and the amount of power he holds to shape the western conference for the 2016-17 season. Kevin Durant will meet with six teams during the free agency over the next few days as well as meeting with [...]

The Serge Ibaka for Victor Oladipo deal with a head-scratcher for many reasons. It was said that Ibaka was unhappy with his role and this move was made with the intentions of retaining Kevin Durant’s services. But there’s one problem: this deal doesn’t exactly make the Thunder better. You can argue it makes them worse. [...]

Will Dwyane Wade be playing with any team other than the Miami Heat next season? No. He just likes to pretend that’s a possibility. From ESPN.com’s Brian Windhorst: Dwyane Wade’s initial contract discussions with the Miami Heat have not produced a common ground between the parties, and he is preparing to field outside offers when [...]

Dwight Howard has already set up two meetings to start the NBA’s 2016 free-agency period, and the Houston Rockets aren’t one of them. According to ESPN.com’s Chris Broussard and Marc Stein, Howard will talk shop with the Atlanta Hawks and Boston Celtics first, before moving on to other teams: The Atlanta Hawks and Boston Celtics [...]

Who needs Kevin Durant when you can pursue…Ryan Anderson? With the Washington Wizards firmly out of the Durant free-agent sweepstakes, CSN Mid Atlantic’s J. Michael says they have turned their attentions to more realistic targets, including the New Orleans Pelicans’ Ryan Anderson: Now that Kevin Durant has dropped from the wish list for the Wizards [...]

This just in: The Houston Rockets are still the Houston Rockets. Translation: They still plan on chasing just about every superstar free agent under the sun. From ESPN.com’s Calvin Watkins: According to a source the Houston Rockets are looking at the following high-level free agents: Al Horford, Kevin Durant, Hassan Whiteside and Ryan Anderson. The [...]

Pau Gasol is officially an unrestricted NBA free agent. Which means his time with the Chicago Bulls is officially over. Pau Gasol opted out of the final year of his deal on Monday, and per ESPN.com’s Nick Friedell, neither he nor the Bulls are planning a reunion: [tweet https://twitter.com/NickFriedell/status/747521357911564289] Makes sense. Gasol will turn 36 [...]