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Scottie Barnes to sign max extension with Raptors
Toronto intends to rebuild its roster around the 2022 Rookie of the Year, according to Wojnarowski, who adds that agent Bill Duffy of WME Basketball recently met with team president Masai Ujiri and general manager Bobby Webster to work out the terms of the deal. Barnes will become eligible to sign it once the moratorium lifts on July 6.
Cavaliers hiring Kenny Atkinson as head coach
Atkinson and Pelicans associate head coach James Borrego were the finalists for the position, according to Wojnarowski, who hears that Cleveland prioritized Atkinson because of the potential influence his player development program could have on Evan Mobley. Atkinson also has a prior relationship with Jarrett Allen and Caris LeVert after coaching them in Brooklyn.
Former NBA GM joining Wizards as senior advisor
Former Pistons general manager Troy Weaver will become a senior advisor with the Wizards, sources told Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. As rumored last week, Weaver will reunite with Monumental Sports/Wizards president Michael Winger and GM Will Dawkins, who took over the team last summer. The three executives spent more than a decade together in Oklahoma City’s front office.
2024 NBA offseason preview for the Minnesota Timberwolves
A year ago at this time, the Timberwolves‘ 2022 trade for Rudy Gobert was widely viewed as an unmitigated disaster and a cautionary tale for teams who were considering the idea of selling the farm for a single player. That blockbuster deal cost Minnesota three solid rotation pieces (Malik...
Oshae Brissett to decline option with Celtics, become free agent
Oshae Brissett will decline his $2.5M option in order to become an unrestricted free agent, Spotrac’s Keith Smith tweets. Brissett signed a two-year contract with the Celtics at the start of free agency late last June. He appeared in 55 regular-season games with the Celtics, including one start, and averaged 3.7 PPG and 2.9 RPG in 11.5 MPG.
Report: Knicks eyeing trade for Western Conference star
The Knicks are considering a deal to acquire Clippers All-Star forward Paul George this summer, sources inform Marc Stein in a fresh Substack piece. George has a $48.8M player option for the 2024-25 season. He has yet to reach an extension agreement with L.A. Were he to opt in, New York could execute a trade to acquire him.
A 2024 offseason preview for the Indiana Pacers
While their regular season success was overlooked to some extent due to more significant jumps in the standings in 2023-24 by Oklahoma City, Minnesota, and Orlando, you could make a case that no NBA team exceeded preseason expectations from start to finish by a greater margin than the Pacers. After...
2024 NBA offseason preview for the New York Knicks
The Knicks‘ 47-35 record in 2022-23 was their best mark since the days of Carmelo Anthony and Mike Woodson, and their first-round triumph over Cleveland last year was the team’s first playoff series win in a decade. So the fact that they were even better in 2023-24 was no small feat.
Suns center declines 2024-25 player option
Suns center Drew Eubanks is declining his $2.65M player option for 2024-25 to become an unrestricted free agent, sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Eubanks, 27, signed a one-plus-one (second-year player option) deal with Phoenix last summer, appearing in 75 games and averaging 5.1 PPG, 4.3 RPG and 0.8 BPG as the team’s primary backup center (15.6 MPG).
Brook Lopez, Mitchell Robinson among centers on trade block
Bucks veteran Brook Lopez and Knicks big man Mitchell Robinson are among the prominent centers who are available for trade this offseason, reports Jake Fischer of Yahoo Sports. Fischer hears from sources who say Clint Capela (Hawks), Walker Kessler (Jazz) and Isaiah Stewart (Pistons) are other big men's names to...
LeBron James reportedly expected to decline player option
Woike’s report isn’t surprising. Rich Paul of Klutch Sports, James’ agent, referred to his longtime friend and client as an impending free agent during a TNT Sports altcast at the end of last month before attempting to walk back the comment. Opting out would give James, the...
Thunder officially trade Josh Giddey to Bulls for Alex Caruso
While Chicago’s statement doesn’t have any quotes from the front office, Thunder head of basketball operations Sam Presti was remarkably transparent, at least from his perspective, about how and why the trade transpired. “We want to thank Josh for his many contributions to our team and know he...
Reporter 'not so certain' about Magic's interest in Klay Thompson
Veteran swingman Klay Thompson will be eligible for unrestricted free agency on June 30, and he reportedly plans to test his value on the open market. The question is, which team (or teams) will pursue him?. “At this juncture, I am starting to be skeptical — outside of the Philly...
A 2024 offseason preview for the Oklahoma City Thunder
After going 22-50 in 2020-21 and 24-58 in 2021-22, the Thunder took a major step forward in their rebuild in 2022-23, finishing 40-42, good for the No. 10 seed in the West. Oklahoma City won its first play-in game that season over New Orleans, but the team was eliminated from postseason contention by Minnesota, which advanced as last season’s No. 8 seed.
Veteran guard parlays career-best season into lucrative contract with Kings
Free-agent guard Malik Monk intends to re-sign with the Kings, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, who reports that Monk has agreed to a four-year contract worth approximately $78M. The deal will include a fourth-year player option, Wojnarowski adds. Monk, 26, spent his first four NBA seasons in Charlotte and...
Sixers may be cooling on pursuit of nine-time All-Star
While Charania doesn’t explicitly state that Philadelphia is moving on from George, he says the team is “expected to be aggressive elsewhere” with its cap room and draft picks as it looks to upgrade its roster around Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey. It’s a significant development ahead...
Thunder trade Josh Giddey to Bulls for lockdown defender
Caruso, one of the NBA’s best point-of-attack defenders, has earned All-Defensive nods and Defensive Player of the Year votes in each of the last two seasons. The 30-year-old has also developed into a reliable three-point shooter, making 40.8% of his 4.7 attempts per game in 2023-24 to push his career rate to 38.0%.
2024 NBA offseason preview for the Cleveland Cavaliers
In 2022-23, the Cavaliers made the playoffs without LeBron James on their roster for the first time since 1998 and earned the No. 4 seed before being quickly dispatched in the first round by the No. 5 Knicks. They entered the 2023-24 season with a simple goal: win their first playoff series without LeBron since 1993.
Previewing Nuggets offseason: Can Denver build a roster capable of returning to the NBA Finals?
After winning the first championship in franchise history a year ago, the Nuggets kept their starting five intact but lost a pair of reserves who played key roles during that title run. While Bruce Brown and Jeff Green were the first two players off the bench for Denver in last year’s postseason, the Nuggets weren’t in position to compete with Indiana’s offer for Brown — which included a $22M starting salary — or the Rockets’ bid for Green (an $8M starting salary, plus incentives).
Julia Koch agrees to buy a 15% stake in the Nets
Nets owners Joe Tsai and Clara Wu Tsai have agreed to sell a 15% stake in BSE Global — the team’s parent company — to Julia Koch and her children, according to a report from Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams of Sportico. The New York Post first reported the negotiations in February.
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