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Marcus Smart was traded by the Boston Celtics to the Memphis Grizzlies, where Smart will play alongside 2023 Defensive Player of the Year Jaren Jackson Jr., marking the first time in NBA history that the last DPOYs will play together on the same team. Jackson Jr. won Defensive Player of the Year in the 2022-23 season […]
Khris Middleton declined his $40 million player option with the Milwaukee Bucks for the 2023-24 season. This is part of the five-year, $177.5 million contract he signed with the club in July 2019. The three-time All-Star is now set to become an unrestricted free agent. Middleton had a cap hit of $40,396,552 for the 2023-24 […]
Tonight, the 2023 NBA Draft will be held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. This is the 77th edition of the highly anticipated event airing on ESPN and ABC at 8:00 pm EST. Ahead of the draft tonight, league sources expect to see the Nets active in trade talks. Their GM Sean Marks is […]
Free agency hasn’t started just yet, but massive trades have already begun. In the late evening last night, a deal between the Celtics, Clippers, and Wizards fell through. The Clippers backed out and the Memphis Grizzlies took their place in the trade. Boston got the player they wanted, Krisptaps Porzingis, and the Grizzlies acquired Marcus […]
Derrick Jones Jr. declined his $3.3 million player option with the Chicago Bulls for the 2023-24 season. This is part of the two-year, $6.56 million contract he signed with the club last July. The seven-year veteran is now an unrestricted free agent. This move is surprising. In April, he told K.C. Johnson of NBC Sports […]
The Denver Nuggets can offer a max $7.8 million to Bruce Brown for the 2023-24 season. On Wednesday, Brown declined his $6.8 million player option for next season to become an unrestricted free agent. If Brown decides to remain in Denver on such a deal, the 6-foot-4 forward would receive a player option in the […]
Since the start of his NBA career, Kristaps Poringis has struggled to find stability. He was an all-star with the Knicks at 22 and is still just 27. After a strong season with the Wizards, the former first-round pick is drawing interest around the league. NBA insiders have reported that the Celtics are pursuing Kristaps […]
One of the latest NBA rumors concerns Atlanta Hawks forward De’Andre Hunter and whether the club will decide to trade the fourth-year wing. Hunter, 25, was selected fourth overall by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2019 NBA Draft. A week later, he was traded to Atlanta. “League sources say the Atlanta Hawks have explored […]
Houston Rockets forward Kenyon Martin Jr. could become available for a trade this offseason, according to sources. Martin Jr. was selected 52nd overall by the Sacramento Kings in the 2020 NBA Draft. The 6-foot-6 wing was then immediately traded to Houston for cash and a 2021 second-round draft pick. “In talks with teams, the Rockets have […]
While Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray led the Nuggets this postseason, their role players were key as well. It took a total team effort for Denver to win their first NBA title. Contributing in a large way off the bench this postseason was Bruce Brown. It’s clear that the team wants him back, but that […]
