Nets, Pelicans Slow Pursuit Of Jordan Hill
1:51pm: Discussions surrounding Hill are either “dying or dead,” tweets Ramona Shelburne of ESPNLosAngeles.com. 1:01pm: Brooklyn has cooled on Hill because the Lakers were seeking a “decent”...
View ArticleLos Angeles Notes: Bazemore, Jackson, Gasol
Kent Bazemore played sparingly during his stint on the Warriors, averaging 4.4 MPG as a rookie in 2012/13 and 6.1 MPG in 44 games this season. After being dealt to the Lakers a few weeks ago, the...
View ArticleLakers Notes: Kaman, Buss Family, Jackson
The Lakers set a franchise record for their largest margin of defeat earlier this season, but Tuesday they put up the first 51-point quarter in team history during a rout of the Knicks. All of it still...
View ArticleLakers Notes: Young, Gasol, Farmar, Kelly & More
Well, it’s exit interview time for the NBA’s bottom half and there are few teams with as much uncertainty and flexibility as the Lakers. Beyond Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash, there are no significant...
View ArticleWestern Notes: ‘Melo, Mavs, Bledsoe, Kaman
The offer the Mavs are making to Carmelo Anthony involves a starting salary of slightly more than $18MM, reports Tim MacMahon of ESPNDallas.com (Twitter link). That would mean a max of $77MM over four...
View ArticleWestern Notes: Novak, Tucker, Hawes
The Jazz were looking for a sharpshooting veteran big man going into free agency, as Jody Genessy of the Deseret News heard (Twitter link), and with the team’s agreement to trade for Steve Novak, it...
View ArticleBlazers Sign Chris Kaman
JULY 10TH: The deal is official, the team announced. JULY 3RD, 10:54pm: Sam Amick of USA Today (on Twitter) has the full breakdown. Kaman gets $4.8MM in year one and $5MM in year two with only $1MM...
View ArticleTrade Retrospective: Chris Paul To The Clippers
With the Kevin Love blockbuster now official, time will tell which franchise got the better of the trade. The Wolves dealt away their star player for a number of intriguing pieces, and the Cavs netted...
View ArticleAnd-Ones: D-League, Blazers, Extensions
Whoever the league tabs as a replacement for former NBA D-League president Dan Reed is a very big hire for the NBA and the D-League, Kevin Arnovitz of ESPN.com writes. The hope is to have a new...
View ArticleNorthwest Notes: Arthur, Blazers, Wolves
When asked if he’d like to remain with the Nuggets past this season, Darrell Arthur said, “Oh yeah, for sure. My family loves it here. My mom was just up here for a couple of weeks and she just loves...
View ArticlePacific Notes: Corbin, Lakers, Wilcox
Kings GM Pete D’Alessandro confirmed that Tyrone Corbin would indeed coach Sacramento for the remainder of the season, as the GM said in a radio interview Monday on KHTK-AM, Bill Herenda of...
View ArticleNorthwest Notes: Donovan, Blazers, Pleiss
Billy Donovan‘s deal to coach the Thunder is for five-years and worth approximately $30MM, or roughly $6MM per season, Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports reports (Twitter link). The fifth season is a...
View ArticleWestern Notes: D-League, Donovan, Williams
Billy Donovan‘s track record of success at the University of Florida bodes well for his chances as the Thunder‘s new coach, Joseph Goodman of The Miami Herald writes. In addition to leading his team to...
View ArticleBlazers To Keep Chris Kaman
The Blazers have decided to retain Chris Kaman for the 2015/16 season, according to Jabari Young of CSNNW.com (on Twitter). Portland had until 4 CT to waive the big man before his salary became fully...
View ArticleNorthwest Notes: Faried, Bennett, Kaman
People close to the Nuggets have indicated that Kenneth Faried played a larger role in the downfall of former coach Brian Shaw than publicly known, according to Ben Dowsett of Basketball Insiders....
View ArticleNorthwest Notes: Jones, Gallinari, Donovan
The Timberwolves will consider sending Tyus Jones to the NBA D-League this season in order to get the rookie more playing time, Marcus R. Fuller of The Pioneer Press writes. The decision will come down...
View ArticleNorthwest Notes: Faried, Kaman, Snyder
Kenneth Faried acknowledged that the Nuggets trade of Ty Lawson to the Rockets is just part of the business of basketball, but he was still stung by it due to his close friendship with the point guard,...
View ArticleNorthwest Notes: Gallinari, Kaman, Timberwolves
Danilo Gallinari will often move from small forward to power forward this season to take advantage of offensive skills, Pat Graham of the Associated Press reports. Gallinari played a lot of power...
View ArticleWestern Notes: Howard, Rondo, Kaman, Payne
Dwight Howard is “extremely unhappy” as a secondary option to James Harden on the Rockets, league sources tell Chris Sheridan of SheridanHoops, but a source tells Calvin Watkins of ESPN.com that...
View ArticleNorthwest Notes: Kaman, Martin, Thunder
Trail Blazers reserve center Chris Kaman believes it’s a “high possibility” he will be moved before the trade deadline, he revealed to Jason Quick of CSNNW.com. Kaman told Quick that as part of the...
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