Free Agents

Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor is hoping Jimmy Butler can carry his team to victory—both in the playoffs and over the offseason. Speaking on WCCO Radio ahead of the Timberwolves’ Monday night loss to the Houston Rockets (via The Athletic’s Jon Krawczynski), Taylor said the organization will lean on Butler to convince free agents to [...]

LaVar Ball’s candor may be more detrimental to the Los Angeles Lakers than we initially thought. Players around the league are apparently taking stock of his antics, as one Eastern Conference executive told Bleacher Report’s Ric Bucher: There are also indications that players around the league have taken note, souring their view of the Lakers [...]

The Philadelphia 76ers are happy with their current direction and apparently think superstar free agents will feel the same way. According to Philly Voice’s Kyle Neubeck, the team isn’t thinking twice about their decision to decline Jahlil Okafor’s fourth-year option because it has set sights on reeling in bigger fish over the summer: For the [...]

Andre Roberson is going to be one of this summer’s most fascinating restricted free agents. Unlike Otto Porter and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, he doesn’t have a defined max-contract value. He’s more Tim Hardaway and Tony Snell, only more so, because he’s elite in one area (defense). Will that be enough to land him near-max offer sheets [...]

  July 22, 2010 – Allen Moll Together they have scored more than 70,000 points, been a participant in 33 NBA All Star Games, won 8 scoring titles, and won 2 league MVP Awards, but apparently the now 30+ year old Shaquille O’Neal, Allen Iverson, and Tracy McGrady are having a difficult time finding their [...]

July 14, 2010 – Allen Moll With barely a week passing since players can officially sign deals with new clubs and with many of the Top 10 players chosing to re-sign with their original teams, some would argue that this highly touted Summer of Free Agency has been a dud, with the exception of Lebron [...]

July 7, 2010 – Allen Moll Maybe this year’s free agent frenzy won’t be so frenetic after all. With so many top tier free agents having the ability to move to another team in search of a max deal, the balance of power was poised to shift in the aftermath of what transpires this Summer. [...]

June 30, 2010 – Allen Moll We have all heard about it.  We’ve all read about it.  After two years, the free agent frenzy during the Summer of 2010 is finally here.  Teams have been dumping salaries in an attempt to lure one of the many big fish in the rather large free agent pool come [...]

April 3, 2009 – Dr. Browntorious The entire basketball loving world by now is aware of the New York Knicks plans to clear as much cap space as they can before the 2010 free agency period. Why? Lebron ‘King’ James. He’s a beast, and the Knicks want him. The city of New York wants him. [...]

Kwame to Pistons, Ricky Buckets to Clippers, Krstic considering Russia, and Okafor/Smith still no solid offer July 28th, 2008 – Dr. Browntorious After a fairly eventful day around here discussing the potential then ultimate close of the Renaldo Balkman to Denver trade, there were quite a few other interesting notes on the NBA free agent [...]