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Blake Griffin is going to become a free agent next summer. Why wouldn’t he, after all? He can terminate the final year of his deal, which is worth nearly $21.4 million, and hit the open market, amid another salary-cap boom, at the age of 28. It makes too much financial sense for him to test [...]

When Paul Pierce retires next summer, it will be as a member of the Boston Celtics. We here at The Hoop Doctors offer the sincerest condolences to Los Angeles Clippers, Brooklyn Nets and Washington Wizards fans who have been holding out hope he might pick their team to retire with. Pierce confirmed this not-at-all-shocking, totally [...]

If only the Cleveland Cavaliers had $20-plus million in cap space, then LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, now of the Chicago Bulls, would be teammates again. Never mind that the Cavaliers still haven’t re-signed J.R. Smith, who is a few million dollars cheaper and roughly four years younger. LeBron, it seems, would have pushed Cleveland [...]

Dwyane Wade did not join the Chicago Bulls to contend for an NBA title—at least not this year. Pressed about the expectations of his new team, the 34-year-old shooting guard brushed off talk of winning a championship this season, per Vincent Goodwill of CSN Chicago: [tweet https://twitter.com/vgoodwill/status/785921139105116160] [tweet https://twitter.com/vgoodwill/status/785921323742613504] Though our initial reaction might be [...]

Chris Bosh is refusing to let his latest failed physical with the Miami Heat end his NBA career. In a video for his Uninterrupted series, “Rebuilt,” Bosh remained steadfast in his desire to return to the hardwood. Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald provided a pertinent transcript: “We’re going to go everywhere. We’re going to [...]

Kawhi Leonard is a man of few words. That’s all about to change—at least that’s what Leonard says, in very few words, mind you. Per Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News: “I’ve been in the system a long time,” Leonard said Monday after guiding the Spurs to an 86-81 preseason win at Detroit. “I [...]

Kevin Durant is happy that he isn’t joining a Golden State Warriors team that’s working off two consecutive titles. Why? Because, well, he (most likely) wouldn’t be a member of the Warriors if that was the case. As Durant said of his free-agency decision, per ESPN.com’s Ethan Sherwood Strauss: “[My agent] Rich [Kleiman], who’s here, [...]

Opening night for the 2016-17 NBA season is less than three weeks away, and yet J.R. Smith remains unsigned. The oft-erratic shooting guard morphed into a reliable force for the reigning champion Cleveland Cavaliers last season, and, as a friend of LeBron James, it would seem he’s destined to stay put, even with the length [...]

As expected the Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry will opt out of the final year of his contract to test the free agent waters next summer. Even though Lowry’s preference would be to remain in Toronto, he knows he will command a heavy price in this market. “I think it should be a situation [...]

Word came out Wednesday afternoon that longtime Grizzly, two-time all-star and the real creator of the Grit & Grind era in Memphis, Zach Randolph will be coming off of the bench for the Grizzlies this season. [tweet https://twitter.com/basketballtalk/status/783774037549780992] Randolph will back up JaMychal Green, who performed well in 15 starts for the Grizzlies last season [...]