NBA: Atlanta Hawks at Chicago Bulls A handful of trades each year have clear winners and losers, but most are more murky, with maybe a clear winner but also a lot of mid. Which pretty much describes the DeMar DeRozan three-team trade announced on Saturday. Let’s grade this trade out to see who did well and who is mired in …
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Mikal Bridges shares goodbye message with Nets fans after trade to Knicks
The Mikal Bridges blockbuster deal which sent him across town from the Nets to the Knicks was officially completed on Saturday night. Bridges spent just a year and a half in Brooklyn but he was quickly embraced by the fanbase after being acquired as one of the main pieces in the Kevin Durant trade with the Phoenix Suns. The 27-year-old …
Read More »NBA offseason winners and losers: Kings raise floor with DeMar DeRozan deal; Lakers’ summer had been a bust
As the NBA offseason continues to die down, we’re running out of big names, especially now with the Kings bringing in DeMar DeRozan in from Chicago on a sign-and-trade. We’re all watching the Lauri Markkanen rumors. We’ll see what, if anything, comes of that. Until then, we’re in evaluation mode for what we’ve already seen with the information we have …
Read More »Report: Carter to undergo shoulder surgery, 2024-25 status unknown
Report: Carter to undergo shoulder surgery, 2024-25 status unknown originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area It might be some time until Kings fans can watch Sacramento’s first-round 2024 NBA Draft pick play basketball. Devin Carter, the Kings’ No. 13 overall pick, is expected to undergo surgery on his left shoulder next week, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported Sunday, citing …
Read More »Olympic basketball qualifying schedule, scores, how to watch as Brazil, Greece earns spots in Paris Games
Brazil and Greece have earned two of the our spots up for grabs in the men’s basketball tournament at the 2024 Olympic Games on Sunday. At four tournaments around the world this week, 24 teams have competed for those spots. Eight remained when Sunday began with games in Latvia, Greece, Spain and Puerto Rico to determine the full field in …
Read More »Mutual respect between LeBron, Kerr reaches new heights with Team USA
Mutual respect between LeBron, Kerr reaches new heights with Team USA originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area LAS VEGAS – Greatness has to be felt on a personal level to be fully understood — especially the process of what it takes to make the extraordinary become routine. Warriors coach Steve Kerr, who is leading Team USA Men’s Basketball one …
Read More »Warriors now can start negotiating Kuminga, Moody rookie extensions
Warriors now can start negotiating Kuminga, Moody rookie extensions originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area It is an important time for two of the Warriors’ top young players, Jonathan Kuminga and Moses Moody. No, that isn’t because of the potential for one or both of them to be included in a trade for Utah Jazz forward Lauri Markkanen. Starting …
Read More »Mavs invoke Canon Curry’s viral Klay greeting in announcing deal
Mavs invoke Canon Curry’s viral Klay greeting in announcing deal originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Dallas Mavericks used some Canon Curry inspiration to announce Klay Thompson. On Saturday, the former Warriors superstar guard was officially unveiled as the Mavericks’ newest player in a social media post that invoked Steph Curry’s son’s “Hello, Klay Thompson!” phrase. Canon, in …
Read More »NBA free agency 2024: Miles Bridges agrees to three-year, $75 million deal to stay with Charlotte Hornets
Miles Bridges is staying with Charlotte. (Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images) The Charlotte Hornets are buying back into the Miles Bridges business and all that comes with it. On Saturday, Bridges agreed to a three-year, $75 million contract to stay with the Hornets, per multiple reports. The deal does not include a player or team option, per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. …
Read More »Olympic basketball qualifying schedule, scores, how to watch as Brazil earns first spot in Paris Games
Brazil has earned the first of four spots up for grabs in the men’s basketball tournament at the 2024 Olympic Games on Sunday. At four tournaments around the world this week, 24 teams have competed for those spots. Eight remained when Sunday began with games in Latvia, Greece, Spain and Puerto Rico to determine the full field in Paris. Luka Doncic, …
Read More »Dario Saric agrees to head to Denver on two-year, $10.6 million contract
NBA: Los Angeles Clippers at Golden State Warriors It’s easy to picture the fit next season in Denver: Nikola Jokic goes to the bench, Dario Saric subs in and the offense doesn’t change much at all. Veteran free agent Saric is headed to Denver on a two-year, $10.6 million deal, a story broken by Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Saric has …
Read More »Kevin Durant on Team USA: ‘This is the deepest team I’ve been on’
Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Vincent Goodwill sat down with the superstar forward at USA Basketball men’s national team camp in Las Vegas to discuss the outlook for this year’s squad as they prepare for Paris. View more Video Transcript Katie, this is your fourth Olympic games. Will this be your last? Somebody just asked me, I don’t know, I …
Read More »LeBron James reportedly helps Lakers with $2.6M pay cut to get under key salary figure
LeBron James is now officially back with the Los Angeles Lakers. The veteran megastar signed his new two-year contract on Saturday, but according to ESPN’s Bobby Marks, there was a little something in there that hadn’t been disclosed: a pay cut. “Little” is definitely the word to describe this pay cut. He was originally reported to be making the maximum …
Read More »LeBron officially signs for close to $3 million less than max to keep Lakers below second apron tax
NBA: Playoffs-Denver Nuggets at Los Angeles Lakers It became official on Sunday, just before LeBron James stepped on the court in Las Vegas for the first USA Basketball practice in the run-up to the Paris Olympics — LeBron re-signed his two-year contract to return to the Lakers. That contract is for two years, $101.35 million, about $2.7 million less than …
Read More »Kings agree to one-year deal with reserve point guard, per agent
Kings agree to one-year deal with reserve point guard, per agent originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Kings added yet another guard to their roster for the 2024-25 NBA season, this time in the form of a reliable veteran reserve. Free-agent guard Jordan McLaughlin has agreed to a one-year contract with the Kings, his agent Greg Lawrence told …
Read More »LeBron James reportedly helps Lakers with $2.6M pay cut after signing new contract
LeBron James reportedly took a pay cut to help the Lakers avoid payroll penalties. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) LeBron James is now officially back with the Los Angeles Lakers. The veteran megastar signed his new two-year contract on Saturday, but according to ESPN’s Bobby Marks, there was a little something in there that hadn’t been disclosed: a …
Read More »2024 NBA free agency tracker: DeMar DeRozan finally off the market as top players find new homes
Getty Images NBA free agency is underway, and nearly every top player has agreed to a new deal. The offseason technically got underway two weeks ago after the Boston Celtics downed the Dallas Mavericks to win the 2024 NBA Finals. Free agents, though, had not yet been allowed to negotiate with teams other than the one they finished last season. …
Read More »Caleb Martin agrees to sign with Philadelphia 76ers
Miami Heat v Boston Celtics – Game Five Daryl Morey didn’t just land a new big three in Philadelphia, he’s done an impressive job finding players to round out the roster. Case in point: Former Heat forward Caleb Martin is headed to Philadelphia on a four-year, $32 million deal, a story broken by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Other reports have since …
Read More »An appreciation of DeMar DeRozan’s Bulls stint
An appreciation of DeMar DeRozan’s Bulls stint originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Presented by Nationwide Insurance Agent Jeff Vukovich The loud, on-the-court highlights were bountiful and will stand the test of time. Whenever DeMar DeRozan is enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, surely that one-legged, 28-foot 3-pointer he sank to beat the buzzer and the Indiana …
Read More »The Spurs and Thunder have laid the first attempted blueprints for sustained success in the second-apron world
The 2024 NBA offseason will always be remembered as the summer of the second apron. This one rule change scared the Los Angeles Clippers enough to let Paul George walk away for free. It played a significant role in the breakup of Golden State’s legendary trio of Klay Thompson, Stephen Curry and Draymond Green. It even compelled LeBron James to …
Read More »Sixers finalizing deal with forward Caleb Martin, waiving Paul Reed
Sixers finalizing deal with forward Caleb Martin, waiving Paul Reed originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The news didn’t break during the initial chaos of free agency, but the Sixers are making a significant pickup, acquiring a player who may very well join their starting lineup. A source confirmed Saturday to NBC Sports Philadelphia that the team is finalizing a …
Read More »Miles Bridges agrees to return to Hornets on three-year, $75 million contract
NBA: Oklahoma City Thunder at Charlotte Hornets Miles Bridges said he wanted to stay in Charlotte, the team that drafted him and stuck with him through his domestic violence conviction and time away from the team. However, the NBA is a business, and he was also looking for a big payday. There were rumors about the Magic, Clippers, and others. …
Read More »LeBron James says Bronny’s summer league stats don’t matter
Lakers star LeBron James said the only thing that matters this summer for his son Bronny is “stacking days” of training, practices, studying videos and games. (Steve Marcus / Associated Press) As LeBron James sat in the upper balcony of the practice facility at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, where Team USA is holding its training camp ahead of …
Read More »Kerr praises Klay Thompson, ‘What he did for the team… has been so meaningful and so amazing’
LAS VEGAS — Steve Kerr admitted the idea of Klay Thompson in a Dallas Mavericks jersey still doesn’t quite feel real. He’s unsure how he will react the first time he faces him in a game. However, right now, he’s just thankful for what they had. “I just want to say thank you to Klay Thompson for 13 incredible years, …
Read More »Bronny James scores just 4 points for Lakers in quiet NBA Summer League debut
Bronny James made his much-awaited NBA debut Saturday, but things got off to a slow start. The rookie scored just four points in his first Summer League action, as the Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Sacramento Kings 108-94 in the California Classic. James played 21 minutes in the loss, adding two rebounds, two assists and a steal. However, he …
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