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Top 15 NBA free agents still on the market
The pickings are slim — the biggest names and best players have been snatched up. Also, the market is now tight — teams have spent most of their money and now are just rounding out their rosters. There are no more massive contracts to be handed out. Still, there are some players who can help teams still out there. Here…
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Ownership of Jazz transferred to Legacy Trust to keep team in Utah
Since Larry Miller died back in 2009, there have been some around the league that thought the Jazz might eventually be sold out of the family, most likely to an owner looking to move them out of Utah. The Miller family has denied that vehemently, and there has been not even a step that direction, but it’s easier to kill…
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Dellavedova leads Australia before game with Team USA
Ready for Matthew Dellavedova in a bigger role? After escaping Kyrie Irving‘s shadow with the Cavaliers, Dellavedova could start as a quasi-point guard with Giannis Antetokounmpo for the Bucks this season. [RELATED: Rio Olympics filled with star players outside of Team USA] Dellavedova might have previewed what’s in store for Milwaukee – and Irving and Team USA – with 23 points…
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Record number of NBA players to play in 2016 Rio Olympics
If the last NBA Draft didn’t drive the point home, maybe the Olympics will — international basketball is thriving. There will be a record 46 active NBA players who suit up in Rio for the Olympics, a new record (there were 41 in the London games four years ago). There are another 18 former NBA players who will be taking…
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Knicks' Jackson suggests ‘four-point line about 35 feet out'
Say this about Phil Jackson, he’s open minded. He’s not a fan of sticking with the status quo just because “it’s how we do things.” That includes shaking up some of the things on the court now, like adding a four-point line and more time on the shot clock. Those were some of the things he told confidante Charlie Rosen...
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Kings' summer coach: Labissiere has bright NBA future
LAS VEGAS — Summer League is the first real answers to the test GMs around the league took on draft night. They can watch film, have private workouts, interview players and their college coaches (and high school/AAU coaches), but it’s all still a gamble. Drafting is far from an exact science, teams don’t know what they’ve got until a guy...
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Bird on Durant: ‘Couldn't imagine' joining Magic
Do you want to know the biggest reason Larry Bird never left the Boston Celtics in his prime? He couldn’t. Free agency as we understand it didn’t exist until 1988, that was after Bird had won his MVPs and titles. Before 1988, even if a player’s contract was up, he could only leave his team if they let him...
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Report: Thunder irked by Durant-Green relationship
Kevin Durant reportedly grew unhappy with Russell Westbrook‘s playing style, contributing to Durant leaving the Thunder for the Warriors. The frustration might have cut both ways. [RELATED: Relationship between Durant, Westbrook ‘won’t be the same’] Golden State players, led by Draymond Green, recruited Durant all season. That got awkward when Oklahoma City faced the Warriors in the Western Conference finals, especially when Green repeatedly kicked Steven Adams in the...
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Report: Wade fielding $20M per year offers from four teams
The plot thickens on the Dwyane Wade saga. After previous reports linked him to the Knicks and Bucks, The Vertical‘s Adrian Wojnarowski reports that Wade is fielding offers from at least four teams, some of which are in the range of $20 million annually. The Chicago Bulls, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets and Milwaukee Bucks have started a courtship process that has included offers...
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With Curry, other NBA stars out, who's in for Rio Olympics?
Injuries — and in some cases combined with concerns about Zika virus and malaria outbreaks in Brazil — are taking some of the biggest NBA names off the table for the 2016 Rio Olympics: Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, Anthony Davis, John Wall, and today both Stephen Curry and LaMarcus Aldridge pulled their names from consideration. So who is left? [POOLE: Warriors…