If you went to bed early on Monday night, then you missed out on what was the best game of the Summer League thus far. The Utah Jazz defeated the Memphis Grizzlies, 112-111, as GG Jackson had his foot on the line of a 21-foot jumper he made at the buzzer, that would have tied…
The Phoenix Suns thought they’d built a championship team when they traded for Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal to pair with Devin Booker. Two years and zero playoff wins later, the Suns are dismantling that team. The process began in June, when they traded Durant to the Houston Rockets. It is seemingly continuing now, with…
Getty Images Ace Bailey’s Summer League debut with the Utah Jazz came and went without much incident, as the No. 5 overall pick in this year’s NBA Draft put up eight points and seven rebounds in a win over the Philadelphia 76ers. It wasn’t a stellar scoring night from the Rutgers product and Sixers fans…
Journeyman center Luke Kornet departed from the Boston Celtics in free agency and signed with the San Antonio Spurs on a four-year, $41 million deal. The move from New England to Texas comes with a number change for the backup big man, who traded in his No. 40 jersey with the Celtics for a single-digit…
NBA free agency started pretty slowly, picked up a little, and then died back out quickly (there are still a few more interesting moves to come). But a couple monster moves have saved us from what could’ve been a dud summer: Kevin Durant to Houston being one, and the the Bucks going certifiably insane in…
The Orlando Magic and star forward Paolo Banchero have reached an agreement on a five-year maximum rookie contract extension that could be worth up to $287 million, ESPN’s Shams Charania reports. The deal locks Banchero in as the face of the Magic for a half-decade and includes a player option for 2030-31. It’s the first rookie…
The New York Knicks have hired Mike Brown as their next head coach, they announced Monday. The decision marks the end of a lengthy process that followed New York’s surprising decision to fire former Coach of the Year Tom Thibodeau following a six-game loss to the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference finals. The Knicks explored…
This offseason, the Houston Rockets traded for future Hall of Famer Kevin Durant, who will turn 37 in September. They also signed 32-year-old forward Dorian Finney-Smith and 31-year-old center Clint Capela. Houston is squarely in win-now mode. “We’re not a developmental team anymore,” Rockets general manager Rafael Stone told reporters Monday in his first public…
Jrue Holiday is officially a member of the Portland Trail Blazers, but, in the press release, the Blazers announced a trade that looks different than the one that was reported two weeks ago. Anfernee Simons is still going to the Boston Celtics in a guard-for-guard swap, but the Celtics are no longer getting two second-round…
Tyrese Haliburton will miss the entirety of the 2025-26 season, the Indiana Pacers announced, after he tore his Achilles tendon in the NBA Finals. Haliburton played through a calf strain with the Pacers‘ season on the line, and it proved costly in the decisive Game 7 against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Achilles tears require extensive…
