Guard Cole Anthony has agreed to a contract buyout with the Memphis Grizzlies and plans to sign with the Milwaukee Bucks after he clears waivers, sources told ESPN on Saturday night. The Grizzlies finalized Anthony’s buyout with his representatives, Jeff Schwartz and Javon Phillips of Excel Sports, on Saturday for the 25-year-old who enters his … Read more
By his own admission, No. 1 overall pick Cooper Flagg’s summer league debut on Thursday was not up to his standard. In his second outing on Saturday, however, the future of the Dallas Mavericks showed exactly why he’s viewed as a generational prospect. Flagg scored 31 points in 31 minutes in Saturday’s showdown with No. … Read more
Shams Charania @ShamsCharania Houston Rockets guard Fred VanVleet has been elected as the new President of the National Basketball Players Association, succeeding CJ McCollum, sources tell ESPN. VanVleet begins a four-year term as the next NBPA leader. pic.x.com/Ghl3kcjg3m – 6:28 PM
Houston Rockets guard Fred VanVleet has been elected as the new president of the National Basketball Players Association, sources told ESPN, succeeding CJ McCollum of the Washington Wizards. VanVleet was voted NBPA president during the Board of Player Representatives meeting and will begin a four-year term immediately. McCollum’s term expired and he will transition to … Read more
Jabari Smith is fresh off signing a five-year, $122 million rookie-scale contract extension with the Rockets that is fully guaranteed through the 2030-31 season. “It feels great to just know that you’re committed to the city where you want to be. I want to be here for the rest of my career,” Smith told the … Read more
Shams Charania: Houston Rockets guard Fred VanVleet has been elected as the new President of the National Basketball Players Association, succeeding CJ McCollum, sources tell ESPN. VanVleet begins a four-year term as the next NBPA leader.Source: Twitter @ShamsCharania What’s the buzz on Twitter? Shams Charania @ShamsCharania Houston Rockets guard Fred VanVleet has been elected as … Read more
League sources say Bradley Beal’s current contract stipulates that he is owed a 25% advance payment on his 2025-26 salary on July 15. As in this coming Tuesday. The early payment is valued at more than $13 million. While sources say that Beal will ultimately receive that amount no matter how his eventual exit from … Read more
No one’s pressing the panic button following Cooper Flagg’s ho-hum Las Vegas Summer League debut this week, especially former Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. Expectations for the No. 1 overall pick aren’t to be an immediate superstar, but that’s something that should come with time given Flagg’s skill set, raw ability and limitless potential. At … Read more
League sources say that both the Suns and the Clippers continue to weigh the prospect of reuniting with Chris Paul. Yet it remains unclear what happens if a deal with neither of those previous employers materializes for the 40-year-old. Paul has already rebuffed an approach from his home-state Charlotte Hornets earlier in free agency and … Read more
Justin Termine: “Do you expect Kyrie [Irving] back this year? Mark Cuban: “Yeah, I do. Yeah. I mean, he’s gonna be careful, but it’s Kyrie, man, he lives to ball and he’s not gonna take time off if he doesn’t have to.”Source: Sirius XM What’s the buzz on Twitter? Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet Luka called Kyrie during … Read more
At a show, Drake had Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s jersey tattooed on his arm. It replaced LeBron James’ old high school jersey that was previously on the musician’s arm. You can research it yourself, but Drake and James have beefed over the last year because the latter supported Kendrick Lamar.Source: OKC Thunder Wire What’s the buzz on … Read more
How do current NBA stars rank all-time at their current age? To find out, we broke down the career totals for big-name players through the end of the 2024-25 season and compared them to peers at the same age. (For example, Kevin Durant ranks No. 6 in all-time scoring through his age-36 season.) We think … Read more