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- Nuggets’ Dario Saric Picks Up Player Option June 22, 2025Nuggets reserve big man Dario Saric has picked up his $5.4MM player option for the 2025/26 season, sources inform Marc Stein of The Stein Line (Twitter link). Saric was inked to a two-year, $10.6MM deal last summer via Denver’s taxpayer mid-level exception. He was a relative disappointment, and quickly fell out of the team’s rotation. […]
- Rockets Trading For Suns’ Kevin Durant June 22, 2025The Rockets are acquiring Kevin Durant from the Suns in exchange for Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, the 10th pick in the 2025 draft, and five second-rounders, reports Shams Charania of ESPN. The Heat were the other finalist for Durant, sources tell Charania. According to John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports 98.7 (Twitter link), who reported this […]
- NBA Finals Notes: Game 7, Thunder, Pacers, Predictions, More June 22, 2025Sunday’s Game 7 between the Thunder and Pacers is a “perfect coda” to an enthralling playoffs and an “all-time classic” NBA Finals, writes Sam Amick of The Athletic. It’s the first Game 7 in the Finals since 2016, when Cleveland came back from a 3-1 deficit to defeat Golden State. “I’m very much looking forward […]
- Gambo: Suns ‘Very Close’ To Trading Kevin Durant June 22, 2025The Suns are “very close” to trading Kevin Durant, reports John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports 98.7 (via Twitter). Phoenix’s front office is in discussions with “multiple teams” to find a trade it likes, according to Gambadoro, who expects the deal to be completed on Sunday or Monday. Trade talks involving Durant first started prior to the […]
- Pacers Notes: Haliburton, Siakam, Game 6 Strategy June 22, 2025The Pacers weren’t sure if they would have Tyrese Haliburton for Game 6 due to a strained right calf, but there are no worries heading into Sunday’s series finale at Oklahoma City, writes Dustin Dopirak of The Indianapolis Star. Haliburton is still getting around-the-clock treatment on the calf, but he vowed at Saturday’s media session […]
- New York Notes: Toppin, Knicks’ Coaching Search, Nets’ Draft, Demin June 22, 2025The Knicks‘ decision to sell cheaply on Obi Toppin two years ago is looking worse as he plays an important role for the Pacers in the NBA Finals, writes Kristian Winfield of The New York Daily News. After being selected with the eighth pick in the 2020 draft, Toppin had three productive years in New […]
- Trade Rumors: Lakers, Bucks, Durant, Wolves June 22, 2025The Lakers‘ obvious need for a center is hurting their chances of finding one, according to Anthony Irwin of ClutchPoints. Sources close to the team and around the league tell Irwin that the offseason pursuit of a big man has been frustrating so far because rival clubs are hoping to take advantage of L.A.’s predicament. […]
- Celtics Notes: Holiday, Scheierman, Draft, Peterson June 22, 2025The Celtics‘ efforts to cut salary by moving Jrue Holiday could wind up being tied to a Kevin Durant trade, NBA insider Zach Lowe stated on his most recent podcast (hat tip to Souichi Terada of MassLive). Lowe suggested that Boston could get involved as a facilitator, shipping out Holiday while the Suns send Durant […]
- Kevin Durant Trade Talks Between Suns, Rockets At Impasse June 21, 2025The Rockets are considered to be among the favorites to trade for Kevin Durant, and they’re one of three teams on Durant’s list of preferred destinations that was leaked to the media last weekend. However, during an appearance Friday on The Athletic NBA Daily podcast, reporter Sam Amick revealed that the Rockets and Suns haven’t […]
- Fischer’s Latest: Kuminga, Grimes, Grizzlies, Nets June 21, 2025The Bulls expressed interest in Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga during past trade talks and could be a candidate for a sign-and-trade deal to land the restricted free agent, according to Jake Fischer of The Stein Line (Substack link). Sources tell Stein that Chicago inquired about Kuminga during discussions that involved Alex Caruso, Zach LaVine and […]
- And-Ones: LeBron, Amazon, Local Broadcasts, Top FAs June 21, 2025Lakers forward LeBron James, who recently starred in an ad for Amazon Prime and has been doing a press tour ahead of the company’s Prime Day promotion next month, could end up joining Prime Video’s coverage of the NBA following the end of his playing career, sources tell Michael McCarthy of Front Office Sports. According […]
- Bucks’ Pat Connaughton Opts In For 2025/26 June 21, 2025Bucks guard/forward Pat Connaughton has picked up his 2025/26 player option, reports Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link). The move locks in Connaughton’s salary of $9,423,869 for next season and puts him on track to reach unrestricted free agency in 2026. Connaughton’s option decision comes as no surprise. He played a key role on Milwaukee’s […]
- Poll: Who Will Win Game 7 Of NBA Finals? June 21, 2025For the first time since 2016, there will be a Game 7 in the NBA Finals. The last time an NBA Finals went the distance, Cleveland completed a comeback from a 3-1 series deficit against the 73-win Warriors, with a LeBron James chase-down block and a Kyrie Irving three-pointer in the final two minutes of […]
- Mavs’ Dwight Powell Picks Up Player Option June 21, 2025June 21: Powell has officially exercised his option, according to Jake Fischer of The Stein Line (Twitter link). June 20: Mavericks center Dwight Powell is exercising his player option for the 2025/26 season, reports Mark Stein of The Stein Line (via Twitter). Powell had until Tuesday to make a decision on the option, which will […]
- Hoops Rumors’ 2025 NBA Offseason Previews By Team June 21, 2025In advance of the NBA’s 2025 draft and free agent period, Hoops Rumors has been previewing the coming offseason for all 30 teams, looking at their salary cap situations and the roster decisions they’ll have to make this summer. Our Offseason Preview articles are linked below, sorted by conference and division. While a Trade Rumors […]
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