Category: NBA AM
Marcus Smart has agreed to a four-year, $77 million contract extension with the Boston Celtics. With no player option, the deal starts in the 2022-23 season. Smart was selected sixth overall by the Celtics in the 2014 NBA Draft. In the 2020-21 NBA season, the seventh-year player averaged 13.1 points, 3.5 rebounds and 5.7 assists […]
Four-time All-Star Joel Embiid has officially finalized a four-year, $196 million contract extension with the Philadelphia 76ers. The deal guarantees the star $261 million. The center earned $29,542,010 last season and is set to earn $31,579,390 next season. In the 2020-21 NBA season, Embiid averaged 28.5 points, 10.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game in […]
Per sources, the Toronto Raptors organization told Pascal Siakam that they have no plans to trade the sixth-year player. In the 2020-21 NBA season, Siakim averaged 21.4 points, 7.2 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game in 56 games played. The 27-year-old power forward also shot 45.5 percent from the field and 29.7 percent from three-point […]
Dalano Banton, the Toronto Raptors’ No. 46 pick of the 2021 NBA Draft, has officially signed a two-year, $2.5 million rookie deal with the organization. Banton is the first Canadian player in NBA history to be drafted by the Raptors. The signing was made official this morning. In 58 combined games played at Western Kentucky […]
The Houston Rockets’ No. 2 pick of the 2021 NBA Draft might be finished playing in the 2021 MGM Resorts NBA Summer League. Jalen Green, the former NBA G League Ignite, sustained a hamstring injury in the second quarter against the Toronto Raptors. Before the team’s third Summer League game, the shooting guard was averaging […]
Five-time All-Star Kawhi Leonard has signed a four-year, $176.3 million contract to remain with the Los Angeles Clippers. In the 2020-21 NBA season, Leonard averaged 24.8 points, 6.5 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game in 52 games played. Last season, he ranked 16th overall for points per game and 10th in steals, averaging 1.6 per […]
Thanasis Antetokounmpo, the older brother of two-time MVP Giannis, has agreed to a new two-year contract with the Milwaukee Bucks. Both brothers won their first NBA championship together against the Phoenix Suns in the 2021 NBA Finals. In the 2020-21 NBA season, in 57 games played, the small forward averaged nearly three points and 2.2 […]
Charlotte Hornets power forward PJ Washington is denying the social media rumor that he is paying $200k per month in child support payments to ex-girlfriend Brittany Renner. Yesterday on Twitter, the 22-year-old power forward broke his silence. He posted, “Stop the cap.” For older adults, this is slang for “stop the lies.” Renner is a […]
The Brooklyn Nets are hiring former Charlotte Hornets and Orlando Magic coach Steve Clifford as a coaching consultant, per sources. On July 28, 2021, the Brooklyn Nets announced that Mike D’Antoni would be stepping down as an assistant coach on Steve Nash’s coaching staff. The 20-year NBA veteran coach is replacing D’Antoni, who was hired […]
According to oddsmakers at BetOnline, the Portland Trail Blazers are the favorites to trade for Ben Simmons, if the 76ers are still aiming to move on from the three-time All-Star point guard. The Trail Blazers’ front office told reporters a few days ago that the organization has no future plans to surrender a first-round draft […]