NBA Free Agency

Fascinating. The Detroit Pistons have been fascinating since the end of last season. From hiring Stan Van Gundy as president and coach to the personnel they paid and overpaid to their inability to lock up Greg Monroe long term, everything about their summer has been, for better and worse, fascinating. Monroe’s situation is especially interesting. [...]

Kevin Durant cannot kick the free-agency bug. The Oklahoma City Thunder superstar is fiercely loyal and, even now, incredibly happy where he is. But 2016 free agency looms large for him, and he has given it some thought. Even though he tries not to think about the future. During a wide-ranging interview with USA Today‘s [...]

Way to steal Michael Beasley’s thunder, Eric Bledsoe. After months of waiting and stalemating and—more disturbingly—no negotiations, Bledsoe finally reached an agreement with the Phoenix Suns that will pay him $70 million over the next five years, according to Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski: [tweet https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/514893545384460289] Wait, there’s more: [tweet https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/514893892614098944] So much for the Suns [...]

Welcome to the NBA’s “How Not to Increase the Trade Value of Your Best and Potentially Most Available Player.” Your host will be Boston Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck. The subject matter will be Rajon Rondo. And, finally, prepare to start scratching your head. What Grousbeck did Sunday evening was weird. It wasn’t horrible or disrespectful; [...]

Carmelo Anthony knows a thing or two about free agency. After exploring the open market himself for the first time this past summer, Melo has a better understanding of how available players think and what goes into their decision-making process. And after general manager Danny Ferry and controlling owner Bruce Levenson were caught with their [...]

Dare to dream. Free agency is just about over and done with, and the NBA regular season is less than two months away. You, therefore, know what that means: It’s time for the Los Angeles Lakers to register purported interest in some of next year’s biggest free agents. It happened when Dwight Howard was still [...]

This Eric Bledsoe drama just won’t end. With the relationship between Mini LeBron and the Phoenix Suns having apparently soured, Bled’s restricted free agency has gone from formality to perplexing puzzle. Will he accept the Suns’ four-year, $48 million offer? Or will he take their $3.7 million qualifying offer, play through next season and become [...]

Jim Boeheim’s latest verbal foray into Carmelo Anthony’s free-agency decision is going to make Phil Jackson blush. The Syracuse head coach was exceedingly vocal leading up to Anthony’s free agency and recurrently admitted he wanted the All-Star forward to sign somewhere he could win. But Anthony signed in New York, where he’s not going to [...]

Nothing and no one can replace Paul George for the Indiana Pacers, but they already have their eyes set on acquiring some relief. According to RealGM’s Shams Charania, the Pacers are in play for veteran swingman Shawn Marion: [tweet https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/496757863961075712] Indy’s interest comes after George suffered an open tibia-fibula fracture in his right leg, basically [...]

Eric Bledsoe may try to regain control of his own future. Hopefully it won’t wind up costing him lots of money. According to ESPN.com’s Chris Broussard, it appears that Bledsoe could accept the Phoenix Suns’ qualifying offer rather than sign the four-year, $48 million deal they reportedly have on the table: [tweet https://twitter.com/Chris_Broussard/status/496773067264503808] This is [...]