As preseason games tip-off, the entire NBA keeps one eye on Giannis Antetokounmpo: Will he or won’t he sign the $228 million max contract extension the Bucks have put in front of him? If he doesn’t, Antetokounmpo becomes a free agent next offseason....
Rockets star James Harden – who wants to be traded to the Nets or, failing that, the 76ers – reportedly added other contenders to his preferred trade list. Who are those other contenders? Shams Charania of The Athletic: Along with the Philadelphia 76...
It may have been a condensed NBA offseason, but it did not lack for drama — with some of that drama still dragging on. Some teams pushed their chips in to become playoff teams — Atlanta tops that list — while other teams went all-in on the rebuild (O...
In a vacuum, would you trade Kyrie Irving for James Harden? When I asked a couple of people around the league that question, the response was something along the lines of “in a vacuum, sure, but in the real world the Nets can’t separate Irving and Ke...
James Harden reportedly wants the Rockets to trade him to the Nets, 76ers, Bucks or Heat. But Harden has two seasons left on his contract before he can opt out. Houston can trade him anywhere. Far more consequential than where Harden wants to go: Whi...
The spotlight is intensifying on Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo as his Dec. 21 deadline to sign his super-max extension approaches. Antetokounmpo, via Jim Owczarski of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “I trust my agent, I trust Jon Horst and the own...
The spotlight is intensifying on Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo as his Dec. 21 deadline to sign his super-max extension approaches. Antetokounmpo, via Jim Owczarski of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “I trust my agent, I trust Jon Horst and the own...
In the 2016 NBA offseason, four reigning All-Stars changed teams. In 2017, eight did. In 2018, three did. In 2019, eight did. This offseason, just two reigning NBA All-Stars have changed teams: Has star movement slowed? Or did the rushed offseason ju...
The ball is in Giannis Antetokounmpo‘s court: Will he or won’t he sign a supermax contract extension to stay with Milwaukee before the Dec. 21 deadline to do so? He certainly can find a pen. Sources have long told NBC Sports they expect him to re-sig...
The Lakers enter the coming season on their own tier. The defending champions already had the best duo in the league — two top five players in LeBron James and Anthony Davis — then upgraded the talent around them, especially at the point (Dennis Schr...
