Anything the Los Angeles Lakers are willing to do, the New York Knicks are, well, also willing to do. When the Lakers met with Melo on Thursday, they made it clear they were prepared to offer him the maximum amount allowed, per ESPN Los Angeles’ Ramona Shelburne: [tweet https://twitter.com/ramonashelburne/status/484859397999316992] You mean to tell me that [...]
Where there’s an available superstar, there’s Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey waiting in the wings, pen in one hand, checkbook in the other. The Rockets and Morey just won’t go away. Not when it comes to courting superstar free agents. Not when it comes to Chris Bosh. According to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein, the Rockets [...]
Pau Gasol is drawing interest from plenty of NBA teams, chief among them apparently being the Oklahoma City Thunder. True story. According to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein and Ramona Shelburne, the Thunder have unexpectedly emerged as a leading candidate for the big man’s services: The Oklahoma City Thunder, meanwhile, have unexpectedly emerged as a leading contender [...]
Looky here at this free-agency summit. Okay fine, it wasn’t really a summit. It was more like a private confab. A sequestered meeting between friends. An invite-only powwow. Yeah, that’s was this was. I think. After listening to the Houston Rockets’ free-agency pitch, Carmelo Anthony stayed behind with Dwight Howard and James Harden—both of whom [...]
Chris Bosh’s and Dwyane Wade’s free-agency excursions just got a helluva lot more interesting. Well that, or there’s a lot of bullshit flying around these parts, which, admittedly, isn’t unusual this time of year Both Bosh and Wade were slated to earn over $20 million next season, but after they opted out of their contracts, [...]
Vinsanity is back! Too bad it’s not better than ever. One of the most underrated NBA free agents on the market this summer is Vince Carter, who has spent his last three seasons playing for the Dallas Mavericks. According to a report from ESPN Dallas’ Tim MacMahon, there are (unsurprisingly) a number of teams are [...]
June 30, 2014
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Lionel Hollins might try bringing sexy back to a city near you…if you live in or near Los Angeles or Brooklyn. The Los Angeles Lakers, who have been in a head coaching limbo for quite some time, have rekindled their interest in Hollins, according to USA Today‘s Sam Amick: [tweet http://twitter.com/sam_amick/status/483730512855314432] Why the rush? Because, [...]
June 30, 2014
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Hand it to the Phoenix Suns. They’re ambitious. Probably too ambitious. Okay, most definitely too ambitious. According to Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski, the Suns plan on pursuing a Carmelo Anthony-LeBron James dyad this summer in free agency: Armed with an offer that no else in the NBA can make – a chance to partner with [...]
June 30, 2014
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Kevin Love would welcome the opportunity to play with LeBron James. Him, and a few hundred other NBA players. According to ESPN.com’s Andy Katz, the Minnesota Timberwolves reportedly rejected an offer for Love from the Cleveland Cavaliers that was built around the No. 1 pick in this year’s draft, which turned out to be Andrew [...]
June 27, 2014
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LeBron James joined Carmelo Anthony in the free-agent ranks Tuesday, officially opting out of his contract with the Miami Heat, and the whole world went bonkers. And the Los Angeles Lakers started drooling. We all know they have cap space. How could we forget? This has been years in the making. This is the summer [...]
June 25, 2014
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