Restricted free agency has not been quite to many young players in recent years. After entering this past season as a guy who many thought could garner $10 million or more per year from the Jazz or elsewhere and then struggling with the Jazz before being traded to the Cavaliers and struggling to find a [...]
September 10, 2018
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
Dwyane Wade is nearing the end of his first-ballot hall of fame career that includes three NBA championships a Finals MVP and a scoring title. He has said publicly that he wants to play for no other team besides the Miami Heat for the remainder of his career. Does that restriction extend to international teams? [...]
July 25, 2018
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Ryan Bawek
It was pretty apparent that the Lakers were working with the Pacers to agree on a trade to acquire Paul George before the 2017 NBA Draft. George has stated his intentions to be a Laker and many around the league feel he is still destined to end up there even after he was traded to [...]
July 28, 2017
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Blogs
What an offseason the Cleveland Cavaliers are having. Let’s quickly run through their greatest hits to this point: They showed general manager David Griffin the door, even though LeBron James respects him, even though that same James is a free agent in 2018, even though Griffin turned minimal assets into a viable supporting cast. Owner [...]
Though Paul George remains with the Indiana Pacers following the NBA’s trade deadline, the Denver Nuggets did their darnedest to make him one of their own. Per ESPN.com’s Marc Stein and Chris Haynes: [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/834842800067792897] [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/834843094398824448] It’s unclear what the Nuggets were offering, but according to ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe, they were reluctant to include [...]
February 24, 2017
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The Houston Rockets showed Donatas Motiejunas some level of respect when they extended him, but not Terrence Jones, a qualifying offer at the start of the summer, making him a restricted free agent. But the love train apparently stopped there. Motiejunas is still floating around the NBA’s free-agency ranks. And his agent told ESPN.com’s Calvin [...]
September 15, 2016
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Blogs
How shocked was Tyler Johnson to learn that he would be earning $50 million over the next four years? So shocked, he puked. A couple of times. Seriously. From the South Florida Sun Sentinel‘s Ira Winderman: So what was Tyler Johnson’s reaction when he heard he was going to receive a four-year, $50 million contract? [...]
July 26, 2016
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August 17, 2012 – Mohamed Abdihakim It seems like Dwyane Wade is getting set to depart the Jordan brand for another name. Li-Ning is reportedly the next company to host the marketability of one D-Wade. Hearing from several people that Dwyane Wade will likely leave Jordan Brand and sign with Li-Ning. Huge shift. — Nick [...]
August 9, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors It’s not easy being the most recognizable face in your sport, or even one of the most recognizable people on the planet. Maybe it was that excessive fame [...]
August 9, 2012
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Blogs, Rumors
April 27, 2012 – Allen Moll While in today’s modern age of recruiting it’s not all that uncommon for an elite level recruit to get a scholarship offer as early as their freshman season in high school, it is a bit drastic to receive an offer while still in middle school. That is unless your [...]
April 27, 2012
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Allen Moll, NCAA