front office

Stan Van Gundy will be back with the Detroit Pistons next season—unless he’s not open to change. Van Gundy’s future with the franchise was considered up in the air by year’s end. The coach-president yet again failed to guide his team into the playoffs, all while piecing together an intractable payroll and saddling them with [...]

As a basketball fan in my late 20s, there was no player in my formative years in the early 2000s that had a greater affect on me and entertained me more than Tracy McGrady. While he had his moments in Houston (13 points in 35 seconds to beat the Spurs anyone?), he was never more [...]

What an offseason the Cleveland Cavaliers are having. Let’s quickly run through their greatest hits to this point: They showed general manager David Griffin the door, even though LeBron James respects him, even though that same James is a free agent in 2018, even though Griffin turned minimal assets into a viable supporting cast. Owner [...]

The New York Knicks still have eyes for Ricky Rubio. From ESPN.com’s Ian Begley: Some members of the organization would again like to try to pursue Minnesota’s Ricky Rubio in a trade this offseason, sources said. The Knicks were close to completing a deal shortly before the trade deadline centered around Derrick Rose and Rubio. [...]

It was announced last week that quite possibly the great Los Angeles Laker and the most successful Laker of all-time was returning to the organization in an advisory role. Johnson played 13 seasons for the team, winning 5 NBA championships and 5 Regular Season MVP awards. He has also coached and been involved with the [...]

We may not have seen the last of Sam Hinkie in an NBA front office. The former Philadelphia 76ers president/general manager/author of The Process has become something of a cult hero for his extremist approach to rebuilding the team he has since left behind. Whether or not you agree with him, you know him. And [...]