Welp. The New York Knicks completed a deal to land former No. 1 overall pick Andrea Bargnani from the Toronto Raptors on Sunday night. Howard Beck of the New York Times was the first to report the initial deal. UPDATE: Knicks and Raptors have agreed to deal to send Bargnani to New York. Awaiting league [...]
The anonymous-sourced hits keep on coming for the Los Angeles Lakers. Dwight Howard has been the center of much ado since he was traded to Hollywood last summer. Upon arriving, he wasn’t going to sign a new contract; he was going to reach free agency in 2013. No one cared. His future in Los Angeles [...]
June 28, 2013
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New York Knicks mega star Carmelo Anthony doesn’t expect to have surgery on his injured shoulder. Per Mike Mazzeo and Jared Zwerling of ESPNNewYork.com, ‘Melo doesn’t believe he’ll need to go under the knife to repair a partially torn labrum in his left shoulder: New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony told reporters that he does [...]
June 28, 2013
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As if the New York Knicks weren’t in a bad enough position this offseason. Already faced with the prospect of losing J.R. Smith in free agency, the Knicks reportedly are going to have some heavy competition for rookie sensation Chris Copeland. But a team that could make a hard push J.R. Smith is the Suns, [...]
June 25, 2013
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As the Miami Heat already know, NBA title runs are short lived. South Beach’s finest paraded around on Monday in celebration of their second straight championship. Before Dwyane Wade and LeBron James could even blink, questions pertaining to the summer of 2014 and all the uncertainty has to offer began to flank them. When asked [...]
June 25, 2013
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Chris Paul was never going to join Carmelo Anthony and the New York Knicks. Never, ever. Now that Doc Rivers has joined the Los Angeles Clippers, we can finally accept that. The Boston Celtics agreed to part ways with their long-time head coach in exchange for an unprotected first-round draft pick from the Clippers in [...]
June 24, 2013
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With the NBA draft looming, the rumor mill is beginning to heat up. Teams will use this time to acquire contracts and draft picks, and shed big salaries with the hope of freeing up some cap space for free agency and/or getting under the league’s luxury-tax line. Three of the biggest names available, according to [...]
June 24, 2013
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Kevin Garnett wouldn’t have been enough for Chris Paul and the Los Angeles Clippers. Perhaps five or six years ago he would have, but now. When the deal that would have landed Garnett and Doc Rivers in Tinseltown went South, Clippers fans shouldn’t have been jumping for joy. Seriously. Unloading DeAndre Jordan would have been [...]
June 19, 2013
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Paul Pierce won’t necessarily be following Kevin Garnett and Doc Rivers to Los Angeles. Talks between the Los Angeles Clippers and Boston Celtics about a deal that would land Garnett and Rivers in Hollywood and DeAndre Jordan, among others in Beantown are ongoing, but you get the sense that a resolution will be reached soon. [...]
June 18, 2013
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You may now take a break from the Los Angeles Clippers-Boston Celtics saga in an attempt to stomach the latest Los Angeles Lakers musings. According to Chris Broussard of ESPN.com, Monta Ellis will opt out of the final year of his contract with the Milwaukee Bucks after turning down a two-year extension worth $24 million [...]
June 18, 2013
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