Trade season has arrived and on Monday Oklahoma City sent Chris Paul and Abdel Nader to Phoenix in exchange for Kelly Oubre, Ricky Rubio, Ty Jerome, Jalen Lecque and a 2022 first-round pick. Here’s how NBA players and people around the league reacted to the news: … what a business 🙃 — Ricky Rubio (@rickyrubio9) November […]
All year round, NBA general managers are firing out more calls and texts than a half cut bachelor on a Saturday night. And for every trade that goes down, there are plenty of proposed deals that come agonisingly close to fruition without ever actually getting over the line. Here are a few of the spiciest […]
Stephen Curry has weighed in on the fallout from the Los Angeles Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard scandal, and the Warriors superstar wasn’t shocked by the NBA’s decision to come down hard on the franchise. The Clippers were stripped of five first-round draft picks and fined $30 million after the league concluded its investigation into salary cap […]
Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown may no longer be teammates, but Tatum says their relationship hasn’t changed after spending nearly a decade building something special together in Boston. Brown was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers this offseason in a deal that brought Paul George and draft capital back to the Celtics, separating the duo for […]
Paul George arrived at the Celtics this offseason in the blockbuster trade that sent 2024 Finals MVP Jaylen Brown to Philadelphia, and the reaction from Boston fans hasn’t escaped him. But rather than take the criticism personally, George understands why Brown’s departure has hit the city so hard. “I understand my circumstances. I understand how […]
Sophie Cunningham has revealed she has spoken directly with NBA commissioner Adam Silver about what comes next for the WNBA. The Indiana Fever guard said Silver reached out to her as the league prepares to find a replacement for commissioner Cathy Engelbert, who recently announced she will retire at the end of the year. “I […]
Brian Windhorst has recalled an interesting story about the Clippers’ aggressive pursuit of the star forward while he was still playing for the Raptors in 2019. Toronto started to notice a unusual tactic by the Clippers, Windhorst says. “There was an analysis done by the Raptors before games about where to put scouts,” Windhorst said […]
Nikola Jokic is the biggest enigma of an NBA player and this time he has proved it by admitting he shouldn’t be anyone’s role model. Jokic certainly didn’t become a basketball player for the fame, so much so that he’s admittedly become ruder to people who approach him in public. “I’m getting more and more […]
Danilo Gallinari believes Kawhi Leonard got off far too lightly for his involvement in the Los Angeles Clippers’ salary cap scandal. Leonard was fined $700,000 by the NBA following its investigation into the Clippers’ dealings with Aspiration, but Gallinari believes his former replacement in Los Angeles should be paying considerably more. “In my opinion, since […]
The Kawhi Leonard trade saga has taken another strange turn. More than a week after the NBA handed down its historic punishment against the Los Angeles Clippers, Leonard still hasn’t officially been traded to the Toronto Raptors, and according to The Athletic’s Sam Amick, people around the league aren’t entirely sure why. The Clippers and […]
