Category: Sport

In the wake of Klay Thompson‘s season-ending injury, the Warriors used their big trade exception to acquire Kelly Oubre Jr. Oubre is a forward, though his addition could allow wing Andrew Wiggins to play more shooting guard. Still, Golden State needed someone who’s more of a guard. Like Kent Bazemore. Shams Charania of The Athletic: […]

While there are a few big names still on the board, we have reached the “signing/shifting guys around on the end of the bench” portion of free agency. The Pistons and 76ers did a little shifting on Saturday: Philadelphia is sending guard Zhaire Smith to Detroit in exchange for center Tony Bradley, a story broken […]

The Timberwolves traded for impending restricted free agents Malik Beasley and Juancho Hernangomez with the intent to re-sign them. That became more of an imperative as both played well following the trade deadline. Beasley got his new deal. Now, Hernangomez gets his. Shams Charania of The Athletic: Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic: Third year is […]

In the most memorable reported example of the Rockets’ problematic star-centered culture, James Harden snapped at Rivers for standing up near the bench and causing Harden to miss a free throw. Rivers will leave that behind for an opportunity to get barked at by Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau. Clearing a logjam after agreeing to sign […]

Few things in life are harder to get than an audience with the Pope. However, Pope Francis reached out and five NBA players — representing the National Basketball Players’ Association — flew to the Vatican to meet with the Pope about their work on social justice in the United States, a story first reported by […]

The Bucks, as of two months ago, reportedly held “confidence” Giannis Antetokounmpo would sign his super-max contract. How does Milwaukee feel now? Brian Windhorst of ESPN: Internally, league sources said, the Bucks have gone from cautiously optimistic to cautiously confident in recent weeks that the outcome will be favorable when Antetokounmpo returns from Greece, where […]

The Suns telegraphed their intent to resign Dario Saric by structuring the Chris Paul trade to preserve Saric’s Bird Rights. That became even more evident with Aron Baynes (whose Bird Rights Phoenix also maintained with the Paul trade structure) going to the Raptors. The Suns will keep Saric on a three-year, $27 million contract. Adrian […]