NBA Free Agency

Draymond Green will reach restricted free agency this summer, which, truthfully, is the single-most pointless piece of offseason information. Why? Because Green is staying with the Golden State Warriors. Incumbent teams typically hold on to their higher-profile restricted free agents. They have the right to match any offer those players receive and only bid farewell [...]

Kevin Love and LeBron James are both going to become free agents. No, Cleveland Cavaliers fans shouldn’t panic like crazy. And yes, we’re manipulating the concept of free agency here. Both players own player options for next season. Neither is expected to accept his. Love and LeBron will instead opt out and, in theory, be [...]

Jimmy Butler bet on himself earlier in October when he elected not to sign the contract extension the Chicago Bulls laid before him. Now he’s preparing to bet on himself again. That initial gamble paid off. The Bulls were slinging something like $10 million annually at the time, and Butler quickly established himself as a [...]

What if we’ve already seen the last of the 60-win Atlanta Hawks? It’s a crude thought. The East is still wide open after you account for LeBron James’ Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Hawks aren’t the blow-shit-up type. They will also have ample spending power if all goes according to plan and could, in theory, add [...]

The Dallas Mavericks don’t get along with guards. At least that’s how it seems these days. They sent Rajon Rondo packing midway through their first-round playoff series with the Houston Rockets, and now they’re lower than low on Monta Ellis, who, relative to his time with the Golden State Warriors and Milwaukee Bucks, has played [...]

NBA free agency is less than a month away, so, naturally, it’s time to see what Jalen Rose, former player-turned-ESPN-analyst, thinks is going to happen. While recording Grantland’s Jalen and Jacoby podcast (h/t Blazers Edge), Rose predicted that the New York Knicks will sign two of Tobias Harris, Paul Millsap and Greg Monroe. You can [...]

The Boston Celtics like Kevin Love as a friend. Do they love him? Eh. Last summer, the Celtics were one of the teams most frequently mentioned in the same breath as Love. He wanted out of Minnesota, and Celtics president Danny Ainge had assets to sling. None of those assets ultimately caught the attention of [...]

The Dwyane Wade saga continues. The 12-year NBA veteran can opt out of his contract with the Miami Heat and explore free agency this summer. No one in the world initially expected him to do so. And in the event he did, no one would expect him to leave Miami. Over the last week or [...]

Dwyane Wade has no intention of leaving the Miami Heat in free agency. No, you shouldn’t be surprised, even though the rumor mill tried churning out a scare by suggesting the contrary last week. Wade apparently wants to opt out of his current contract and sign a more lucrative deal. The Heat, quite simply, want [...]

Whatya know: The whole “Kevin Love is going to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers in free agency” thing is still alive and well. As the Cavs inch closer and closer to an NBA Finals appearance, they have a lot on their minds. Game 4 against the Atlanta Hawks, for one. Kyrie Irving’s injury. What in the [...]