NBA News
- Nuggets Notes: Offseason, Jokic, Malone May 24, 2025The Nuggets are facing a crucial offseason as they look to keep building a championship team around star Nikola Jokic. Choosing the right general manager will be a critical first step, as they will have important roster decisions to make, but the decisions don’t end there. One factor that will likely play a big part […]
- Breaking Down Three Suns Head Coach Candidates May 24, 2025It has been widely reported that the Suns are down to nine candidates in their search to find their fourth coach in four years. In a series of articles, Duane Raskin of AZ Central broke down the varying strengths of three potential first-time NBA head coaches. Chris Quinn, the associate head coach for the Heat, […]
- Brenen Lorient Withdraws From NBA Draft May 24, 2025North Texas forward Brenen Lorient will return to college basketball after it was reported by Jon Chepkevich of Draft Express (Twitter link) that he was withdrawing his name from the 2025 NBA draft. Lorient is a 6’9″ athletic forward who averaged 11.7 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1.1 blocks, and 0.9 steals per game while shooting 47.8% […]
- Cade Cunningham Earns Salary Bump With All-NBA Nod May 23, 2025As a result of earning a spot on the All-NBA Third Team on Friday, Pistons guard Cade Cunningham will see the value of the five-year, maximum-salary rookie scale extension he signed last summer increase by a projected total of nearly $45MM. Cunningham’s contract included Rose Rule language. The Rose Rule allow players coming off their […]
- 2024/25 All-NBA Teams Announced May 23, 2025The 2024/25 All-NBA teams have been officially announced by the league (Twitter link). A total of 100 media members voted on the All-NBA teams, with First Team votes counting for five points, Second Team votes counting for three points, and Third Team votes counting for one point. This year’s All-NBA teams are as follows: First […]
- Nuggets Face Important General Manager Decision May 23, 2025After firing Calvin Booth a week before the end of the 2024/25 season, the Nuggets are heading into an important offseason without a general manager. Whoever steps in to fill that role will be tasked with building out a roster around star Nikola Jokic, despite not currently owning a pick in the 2025 draft and facing […]
- 2025 NBA Offseason Preview: Washington Wizards May 23, 2025When Michael Winger and Will Dawkins took over the Wizards' front office in 2023, they got the go-ahead from ownership to rebuild a roster that had hovered between 25 and 35 wins for five straight seasons. And they wasted no time in tearing things down. A 15-67 season in 2023/24 - the worst mark in […]
- International Notes: Bogdanovic, EuroLeague, Asia, Sarr May 23, 2025The No. 27 pick in the 2014 NBA draft, Bogdan Bogdanovic spent three more seasons playing in Europe before making the move stateside in 2017. The veteran swingman has been in the NBA since then, but told reporters at the EuroLeague Final Four this week that he could see himself playing overseas again before his […]
- Lakers Notes: Okongwu, Center Targets, Finney-Smith May 23, 2025Asked during an appearance on the Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre podcast whether he has heard any buzz linking the Lakers to Onyeka Okongwu, ESPN’s Dave McMenamin said Los Angeles inquired with the Hawks about the big man earlier this year. McMenamin believes Okongwu was one of the centers Lakers president of basketball operations Rob […]
- Hoops Rumors Glossary: Qualifying Offer May 23, 2025Players eligible for restricted free agency don’t become restricted free agents by default. In order to make a player a restricted free agent, a team must extend a qualifying offer to him — a player who doesn’t receive one becomes an unrestricted free agent instead. The qualifying offer, which is essentially just a one-year contract […]
- Central Notes: Haliburton, Nesmith, Giannis, Sasser May 23, 2025On the night that he was traded from Sacramento to Indiana in February 2022, Tyrese Haliburton went out for dinner with his new head coach Rick Carlisle, who outlined the Pacers‘ plan to have him run their offense, writes Jamal Collier of ESPN. Since then, Indiana has made an increased effort to complement Haliburton with […]
- Knicks Notes: Starting Five, Communication, Brunson, More May 23, 2025After suffering one of the worst late-game collapses in NBA playoff history on Wednesday, the Knicks weren’t willing to simply flush that game without taking a closer look at how they let that Pacers comeback happen, writes Zach Braziller of The New York Post. Head coach Tom Thibodeau and multiple Knicks players spoke on Thursday […]
- Details On NBA’s Playoff Bonus Money For 2024/25 May 23, 2025The pool of bonus money for NBA playoff teams this season is worth approximately $34.7MM, according to Kurt Badenhausen and Lev Akabas of Sportico. The top six teams in each conference earn bonuses based on their regular season records, while the 16 playoff teams also receive a chunk of money from the playoff pool, increasing […]
- Nuggets’ Josh Kroenke Talks Depth, Adelman, Front Office, More May 23, 2025Following Denver’s elimination from the playoffs on Sunday, star center Nikola Jokic told reporters that the Nuggets “definitely need to figure out a way to get more depth” this offseason. Jokic pointed to Indiana, Oklahoma City, and Minnesota as examples of teams who have benefited in the playoffs from strong benches, whereas the Nuggets leaned […]
- Eastern Notes: Banchero, Magic, Pistons, Bulls, J. Holiday May 23, 2025Forward Paolo Banchero, who will be eligible for a rookie scale extension this summer, is optimistic the Magic can capitalize on the NBA’s parity, according to Jason Beede of The Orlando Sentinel. After Boston was eliminated in the second round, the league will crown its seventh champion in as many years, the first time that […]
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