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NBA offseason 2024: Schedule, deadlines, contract details
With many teams already doing deep dives into preparation for the 2024 NBA draft and this summer’s free agency, here’s a look at the league’s upcoming calendar, along with important deadlines for teams and players to exercise contract options. More than 30 players are in line for qualifying offers that would make them restricted free […]
Continue readingNBA free agents: Team-by-team lists for 2024 and 2025
Still, 2024 could be transformative in Los Angeles, with LeBron James and Paul George potentially becoming free agents this summer. Looking ahead to 2025, stars such Jayson Tatum, Jalen Brunson and Donovan Mitchell hold player options that teams will be monitoring very closely. Key: restricted = restricted free agent; player = player option; team = […]
Continue readingRockets pick up forward KJ Martin’s team option
Martin, 22, broke out last season after averaging 12.7 points and 5.5 rebounds while shooting nearly 57% from the field in 28 minutes per game. • Lastest free agency buzz and news • Marks: Ultimate 30-team guide • Pelton: Best available free agents • Explaining big changes in new CBA • Grading every offseason trade […]
Continue reading‘Gave my heart to that city’: John Wall’s Washington homecoming has been four years in the making
LA Clippers at Washington Wizards. 7 p.m. Capital One Arena. Since the day he was traded for Russell Westbrook in a deal between the Wizards and Houston Rockets on Dec. 2, 2020, Wall has been waiting to play in front of fans in D.C. He scooped up 50 tickets. The two seats he wanted most, […]
Continue readingLowe’s annual League Pass Rankings! Teams 30-11 in watchability and fun (sorry, Jazz fans)
These are not power rankings! They are derived from a formula Bill Simmons found scrawled on parchment paper inside a glass bottle that washed up on the shores of Malibu. Teams are scored 1-10 in five categories: ZEITGEIST: When you talk about this team at parties, do people slink away? HIGHLIGHT POTENTIAL: Do you linger […]
Continue readingNBA draft 2022: Why the Houston Rockets are going all-in on their ‘very painful’ rebuild
HOUSTON — Christian Wood keeps swishing 3-pointers and smiling, the skilled big man showing off his shooting range and seemingly responding whenever the other team gets within striking distance. It’s June 13, and Game 5 of the NBA Finals tips off in eight hours, but metaphorically, this pickup game takes place as far as possible […]
Continue readingSales Pitch discussion: Can anyone stop UCLA on Pac-12 recruiting trail?
Follow this link to read what anonymous coaches said about recruiting in the ACC, the Big East, the Big Ten and the Pac-12. Medcalf: I was on campus with him in the first few months of his tenure. I talked to a bunch of boosters and supporters. Most of them thought UCLA would land a […]
Continue readingFive-star guard Jaden Hardy, No. 2 prospect in ESPN 100, headed to G League
Most schools had slowed their recruitment of Hardy in recent months after it became clear he was likely to go pro. Earlier in his recruitment, the likes of Kentucky, UCLA, Michigan, Oregon and Arizona had all been involved. “I gave it a lot of thought,” Hardy told ESPN. “I always wanted to go to college, […]
Continue readingGarza, Gonzaga highlight college basketball’s biggest remaining offseason decisions
But we’re inching toward some answers. The deadline for players to withdraw from the NBA draft and maintain college eligibility is Aug. 3; there are only three ESPN 100 seniors still uncommitted; and waiver approvals are already starting to come in from the NCAA. Which remaining decisions will have the most impact on the 2020-21 […]
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