NBA Free Agency

Monta Ellis is an enigma, but is he one that can make a worthwhile contribution on a contending NBA team? The volume shooting guard has peaked my curiosity since his days with the Golden State Warriors. He can score in bunches and sometimes seemingly at will. Other times, his shots are so off he seems [...]

Andrew Bynum may be never be the same again. Or at least, that’s what ESPN’s Skip Bayless has heard. First Take’s Bayless said that someone inside the Philadelphia 76ers organization has told him Andrew Bynum has a degenerative knee condition (Michael Kaskey-Blomain of philly.com): At one point during the discussion, Bayless said that a source [...]

Kevin Martin was essentially considered a one-year rental upon joining the Oklahoma City Thunder, but he may now be here to stay. Most scoffed at the notion of him replacing James Harden as the end-all for Oklahoma City’s bench, yet he’s thrived off the pine and the Thunder are just as dominant (if not more) [...]

Delonte West is chock full of baggage, but I remain surprised that he has not found a new home in the NBA. Since unceremoniously departing from the Dallas Mavericks, West really hasn’t been linked heavily to any teams. The Los Angeles Lakers toiled with signing him for awhile, but ultimately passed. Aside from them, that’s [...]

Josh Smith has been a budding young star on an Atlanta Hawks team that has been consistently mediocre for nearly a decade. But that’s officially all changed. Atlanta’s explosive power forward is set to become an unrestricted free agent after this season, and through last year, all indications were that he would spurn the Hawks [...]

Marcin Gortat is a smart man. Like a really smart man. Smarter than the Phoenix Suns could have ever known him to be. Which doesn’t bode well for them. According to Paul Coro of azcenteral.com, the Suns offered Gortat a contract extension back in October, one in which he ultimately declined: Suns center Marcin Gortat [...]

No one can replace Kevin Love, but the Minnesota Timberwolves are going to have to try. At least for now. Which means David Kahn, owner Glen Taylor and company will have to take to the free agent ranks to find a versatile forward who can at least provide a capable body until Love returns from [...]

July 31, 2012 – Dan Favale James Harden will be a restricted free agent next summer, and he already seems prepared to explore the open market, yet the Thunder have no reason to be worried. [...]

June 14, 2012 – Dan Favale Kevin Garnett may toil with the idea of leaving the Boston Celtics only to re-sign with them, but Ray Allen is as good as gone. Allen—the NBA’s all-time leading three-point shooter—is incredibly important to Boston’s offensive game plan. He stretches opposing defenses to the point of wafer thin, has [...]

May 24, 2012 – Dan Favale For Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers, the day of reckoning is finally here. Again. After another early postseason exit at the hands of a deeper roster [...]