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- Pacific Notes: Durant, Lakers, Kings Draft June 2, 2025Kevin Durant is one of the biggest names of the offseason following reports that the Suns‘ 36-year-old star has likely played his last game in Phoenix. With that in mind, Arizona Republic’s Duane Rankin broke down six 2025 playoff teams, what their fit with Durant would look like, and what they could offer as a […]
- Atlantic Notes: Raptors, Sixers, Nets Draft June 2, 2025After trading for Brandon Ingram at the trade deadline, teams around the league are expecting the Raptors to make another major move this offseason, per Brian Windhorst, as reported by Realgm. “Toronto is one of those teams that is sitting there on the balls of its feet, which is interesting,” Windhorst said on a recent […]
- Knicks Notes: Offseason, Towns, Rose June 1, 2025The Knicks have played their final game of the season after losing Game 6 to the Pacers on Saturday. Now come the questions. But according to ESPN’s Bobby Marks, the team should be wary of overreacting to the loss, just as the Pacers were when they lost last year’s Eastern Conference Finals to the Celtics. […]
- Timberwolves Notes: Randle, Reid, Durant June 1, 2025Timberwolves forward Julius Randle has emerged as perhaps the most intriguing potential free agent of the 2025 offseason, writes Jake Fischer of The Stein Line. After trading five-time All-Star big man Karl-Anthony Towns to New York in exchange for a package headlined by Randle and Donte DiVincenzo, the Timberwolves made the Western Conference Finals for […]
- And-Ones: NBA On TNT, Offseason, Free Agents, Finals June 1, 2025TNT’s 36-year partnership with the NBA officially ended on Saturday, as the network’s coverage of the Eastern Conference Finals wrapped up with a six-game Indiana series win over New York. Broadcast rights negotiations with TNT parent company Warner Bros. Discovery fell apart last year, and ultimately the NBA opted to split its rights between ABC/ESPN, […]
- Central Notes: Ivey, Bulls, Turner June 1, 2025Pistons guard Jaden Ivey had a very promising 2024/25 season — for the 30 games he was on the floor, at least. Keith Langlois of Pistons.com reviews Ivey’s third pro season and considers what’s next for him, noting that the third-year pro evolved as a jump shooter and a creator under new head coach J.B. […]
- Thunder Notes: Caruso, Daigneault, Alexander-Walker, Finals Odds June 1, 2025Alex Caruso is the only Thunder player who has been to the NBA Finals, but he didn’t get the full experience, writes Tim Reynolds of The Associated Press. Although Caruso was a member of the title-winning Lakers team in 2020, the end of that season and the entire playoffs took place in a closed setting […]
- Turkish Team Hopes To Sign Dante Exum, Vasilije Micic June 1, 2025Turkish powerhouse Fenerbahce is targeting two NBA players for next season, according to international basketball writer Zafer Ertas (Twitter link), who reports that negotiations have already begun with Dante Exum and Vasilije Micic. Exum, who’ll turn 30 next month, will be an unrestricted free agent after spending the past two years with the Mavericks. He […]
- Pacers Notes: Siakam, Bryant, Walker, Bradley June 1, 2025Pascal Siakam lifted the Pacers into the NBA Finals with the kind of performance the team envisioned when it traded for him in the middle of last season, writes Shakeia Taylor of The Athletic. Siakam was named MVP of the Eastern Conference Finals after capping a tremendous series with a 31-point night. Indiana officials believed […]
- Knicks Notes: Hart, Tucker, Towns, Bridges, Thibodeau June 1, 2025The Knicks just completed their most successful season in over two decades, but that doesn’t guarantee the core of the team will stay together, writes Zach Braziller of The New York Post. After winning 51 games and reaching the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time in 25 years, the season ended in disappointment Saturday […]
- Pascal Siakam Named Eastern Conference Finals MVP June 1, 2025Pacers forward Pascal Siakam was named MVP of the Eastern Conference Finals as Indiana closed out New York in Game 6 Saturday night. Siakam prevailed in a close race, topping teammate Tyrese Haliburton by a 5-4 margin in voting by a panel of media members (Twitter link). Both players were outstanding in leading Indiana to […]
- Quinton Crawford Joining Trail Blazers’ Coaching Staff June 1, 2025The Trail Blazers will fill one of the openings on their coaching staff by hiring Kings G League coach Quinton Crawford, sources tell NBA insider Chris Haynes (Twitter link). Crawford will be an assistant to head coach Chauncey Billups, who received a multiyear extension in April. The 34-year-old guided the Stockton Kings to the G […]
- 2025 NBA Offseason Preview: Utah Jazz June 1, 2025Following a first-round postseason exit in 2022, the Jazz traded away Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell, kick-starting the tear-down of a roster that had made six consecutive playoff appearances at that time. Three years later, Utah has stockpiled a ton of future draft picks and opened up far more cap flexibility going forward, but the […]
- Celtics Notes: Giannis, Tate, Prince, Holiday, Trade Market June 1, 2025The Celtics are expected to reduce salary and possibly move away from being title contenders next season in the wake of Jayson Tatum‘s Achilles tear, but ESPN’s Brian Windhorst suggests a more aggressive strategy, relays Brian Robb of MassLive. In a Thursday morning appearance on Get Up, Windhorst stated that Boston could still be in […]
- Aaron Nesmith Ready For Game 6; Tony Bradley Cleared To Play June 1, 20257:00pm: Bradley will be active, tweets Steve Popper of Newsday. 6:12pm: Pacers forward Aaron Nesmith has responded well to treatment on his sprained right ankle and should be ready for a full workload in tonight’s Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals, according to Scott Agness of Fieldhouse Files (Twitter link). In his pregame session […]
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