NBA Rumors

Hear that? It’s the sound of Brooklyn Nets majority owner-turned-sole owner Mikhail Prokhorov giving the go-ahead to general manager Billy King to unload more of the team’s first-round picks. Sorry, that was in poor taste. But the Prokhorov news is for real. The rumor mill has churned out a lot of fluff over the months, [...]

Al Horford is switching agents. Again. According to basketball reporter David Pick, the Atlanta Hawks superstar has decided to part ways with his latest agent, Bill Duffy: Hawks All-Star Al Horford, I've been told, has fired BDA and agent Bill Duffy. — David Pick (@IAmDPick) December 18, 2015 This is kinda-sorta weird. Horford only hired [...]

Listen hard enough and, through the Miami Heat’s fits of laughter, you’ll hear that they have no plans to trade Hassan Whiteside. Chris Sheridan and Michael Scotto of Sheridan Hoops separately reported on scenarios that could see the Heat unload Whiteside as part of a deal for Dwight Howard of the Houston Rockets or DeMarcus [...]

Kyrie Irving is almost back, which is not to be confused with him actually being back. Because he’s not back. Only almost back, sans a concrete return date. We apparently needed that explanation, because no one can quite get a hold of when the Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star is returning. Irving has spouted off all the [...]

Byron Scott’s job as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers may be safe, but he still has some ‘splainin to do. All previous indications are that Scott, who is in the second season of a four-year deal that’s guaranteed through 2016-17, isn’t in any danger of being canned, despite being at the helm of [...]

Still looking for a way back into the NBA title conversation, the Houston Rockets have apparently taking a liking to the Phoenix Suns’ Markieff Morris. From ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: The Houston Rockets have trade interest in Phoenix Suns forward Markieff Morris, who made multiple trade demands this past offseason, according to league sources. Sources told [...]

Rajon Rondo, apparently, will be among those in play to receive a max contract during free agency this summer. To which I say: Oh. Here’s the low-down from Sporting News’ Sean Deveney: “I don’t know whether he will quite get the maximum, mostly because we don’t know what the max is going to be,” one [...]

Harrison Barnes’ left ankle sprain wasn’t supposed to sideline him for that long. But it might. Speaking on 95.7 The Game, Golden State Warriors general manager Bob Myers revealed that the fourth-year swingman could miss way more time than initially expected. Per Diamond Leung of the Bay Area News Group: Bob Myers told 95.7 The [...]

Bryon Scott’s job is safe. For now. Not 20 games into his second season as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, it already looks like Scott will have played babysitter for the two worst teams in franchise history. That’s not the kind of resume that will help you keep your job—especially when you entered [...]

At 31, with an NBA title window that’s rapidly drawing to a close, Carmelo Anthony often looks out of place on the New York Knicks. Indeed, the Knicks, unlike last season, are watchable. Rookie Kristaps Porzingis is proving that he’s NBA-ready, not a years-long project, and New York might even contend for a playoff spot [...]