Free Agent

Whether or not the Cavs win the title this season, this may be J.R. Smith’s final go-round with team. Even though he’s no doubt focused on winning two more games this season, Smith has until midnight on Thursday to decide if he’d pick up his option, so he had to spend some time deciding his [...]

Seeing Joakim Noah come off the bench last year for the Bulls seemed very odd. Rookie head coach Fred Hoiberg made the decision to remove the fan favorite from the starting linuep. Perhaps that, along with a bunch of other miscues, played a role in the Bulls regressing to missing the playoffs. The 31-year-old will [...]

Following four somewhat uneventful seasons in Charlotte, Bismack Biyombo signed a 2-year, $6 million deal with Toronto last summer, with a player option for this coming summer. In the playoffs, the perfect storm hit for Biyombo. The team advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals, paired up against LeBron James, so eyeballs would be on the [...]

Jeremy Lin is just like every other Charlotte Hornets free agent. In that he doesn’t want to leave Charlotte. Per Rick Bonnell of The Charlotte Observer: Charlotte Hornets guard Jeremy Lin, who can opt out of next season on his contract, says he’d very much like to re-sign with the franchise this summer. “I would [...]

Evan Turner revived his career with the Boston Celtics after struggling to live up to his draft-day status with the Philadelphia 76ers and the Indiana Pacers. But he will be a free agent this summer and could, realistically, head elsewhere. Not because the Celtics don’t value him, but because, amid the impending salary cap boom, [...]

Life as a more traditional NBA big man isn’t easy these days. The NBA is a pace-and-space league. Three-pointing shooting sells. Speed sells. Clock-killing post-ups don’t sell. Not as much as they once did. Even bigs who specialize in devastating pick-and-roll finishes and rim protection can struggle to remain relevant. Towers are shooting jumpers and [...]

Kevin Durant is going to be a free agent this summer. Did you know that? If you didn’t, that’s okay. It’s not like people are talking about it for hours and words on end or anything. Except that’s absolutely what they’re doing. Kevin Durant hasn’t been asked a ton of direct free-agency questions this season. [...]

Metta World Peace turns 37 in a few weeks. So on a team like the Lakers, he’s merely there to help guide the youngsters. He has played in 23 games this season, but feels like he has much more left in the tank. He will be a free agent this summer and wants to hang [...]

We’re inside of 4 months until the Kevin Durant sweepstakes takes off in earnest. KD will become a free agent on July 1 and teams are still posturing. Sure, there’s plenty of ball left to be played, and OKC may very well be in place to win it all, but we can still talk about [...]

If Hassan Whiteside has his way, he will not be leaving the Miami Heat in free agency this summer. Here’s what the 26-year-old said of his time in Miami, per Manny Navarro of the Miami Herald: Hassan: "I feel comfortable as long as I've got a #Heat jersey on. Coming off the bench, starting, I [...]