NBA Free Agency

Get your custom-made Marc Gasol New York Knicks jerseys now. Or, you know, do the smart thing and wait eight to nine months, when you’ll actually know where Gasol is playing. Impending cap space has the Knicks all aflutter about their future prospects. Not just in 2015, but 2016, when they will (probably) join the [...]

Isaiah Thomas loves playing for the Phoenix Suns. But he would have loved playing for the Los Angeles Lakers, too. During a wide-ranging interview with Grantland’s Zach Lowe, Thomas touched upon his free-agent exploits from this past summer. When asked about the Lakers’ interest, he was candid and insightful, and said just enough to make [...]

‘Tis the season for NBA contract extensions. Not every fourth-year player will get one, but the ones who do will be ecstatic. Like Kemba Walker of the Charlotte Hornets. According to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein, the Hornets and Walker have agreed upon a four-year extension worth $48 million: The Charlotte Hornets have reached terms on a [...]

Lance Stephenson did not want to leave the Indiana Pacers. But it seems they gave him no choice. Shams Charania penned a nice piece over at RealGM, wherein he provides insight into how Stephenson eventually left the Pacers for the Charlotte Hornets. We’ll start with this: Ewing, Jordan, Walker and a stable coaching staff formed [...]

Sour patch watermelons go a long way. Remember that, NBA teams, the ones planning on recruiting free agents between now and the end of time. It’s important. Owner Michael Jordan has slowly, surely put his Charlotte Hornets on the map. They’ve gone from lost laughingstock to playoff team and intriguing free-agent destination, the latter of [...]

Don’t ever say it took LeBron James more than a decade to recruit for the Cleveland Cavaliers. When he left Cleveland, it was in a haze of mystery. All of us know why he left: to play with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. To win. But why couldn’t that exact superteam be forged in Cleveland? [...]

Phil Jackson is ready to spend New York Knicks owner James Dolan’s money. The NBA recently reached a $24 billion TV deal with Turner Sports and ESPN, and the salary cap is expected to explode by 2016-17 as a result. Projections vary at the moment, since the NBA could decide to implement a smoothing-out process [...]

Ray Allen needs to, you know, make a damn decision already. Retire or sign on for a 19th NBA season. Do something. Anything. And whatever you’re going to do, do it soon. This isn’t how he should be going out. Never mind that if he does, in fact, retire, he’ll be depriving fans and peers [...]

Ricky Rubio and the Minnesota Timberwolves appear to have reached a contractual impasse. Minny’s point guard is searching for a max contract extension, because duh. Kevin Love is gone and Rubio, in a way, is now the old head, the primary building block. It’s too early to tell where guys like Zach LaVine, Gorgui Dieng, [...]

Kenneth Faried has 60 million more reasons to smile now. Denver Nuggets fans have 60 million reasons to scratch their heads. According to Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski, Faried has agreed to a contract extension with the Nuggets that’s worth $60 million: Denver Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried has reached agreement on a five-year, $60 million contract [...]