Monta Ellis Heads to Dallas After firing his agent, Monta Ellis has finally found a new home. On Friday, Marc Stein of ESPN.com reported that Ellis and the Dallas Mavericks had agreed to terms on a three-year deal that would pay Ellis between $25 million and $30 million. The fine print is still being worked out, but Ellis is off of the market. And the same can be said of Nikola Pekovic, though he is still yet to sign
Haircut of the summer? We have a winner! Andrei Kirilenko, who opted out of a $10.2 million payday with the Minnesota Timberwolves in the hopes landing a three- or four-year deal, has agreed to join the Brooklyn Nets for a shade less than $3.2 million. How many millions did he sacrifice? To paraphrase you know who: “Not four, not five, not six …” No word yet on whether Mickhael Prokhorov slipped a bag of diamonds under the negotiating table. We wouldn’t put it
This post will not be leading the site anymore tomorrow, when the NBA will be back open for business. It will be replaced by a Top 25 Remaining Free Agents list, and Metta World Peace will be right up there among the top if nobody claims him on waivers—though we don’t foresee that happening. News broke Monday that the Lakers are going to use their amnesty provision on World Peace, a cost-cutting move that will save the Buss children some luxury tax
The wheels continue to turn in the world of NBA free agency. In case you missed it, Zaza Pachulia has decided to take his talents to Milwaukee and leaves the Atlanta Hawks after ending last season as its longest tenured player. We have been waiting on watching to see where some of our second tier free agents would end up, and the Dwight dominoes continue to fall. According to Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski, J.J. Hickson has agreed in principle to sign a
Smoove Takes the Motor City Traditionally, after the biggest of fish find themselves off of the market, the second and third tier quickly follow. On Friday, when it became common knowledge that Dwight Howard was headed to Houston, the Atlanta Hawks, Dallas Mavericks and Golden State Warriors rebounded quite nicely, agreeing to terms with Paul Millsap, Jose Calderon and Andre Iguodala, respectively. Now, just one day later, Andrew Bynum appears to be close to signing with the Mavericks, as
Just about everyone is saying Dwight Howard has spurned the Los Angeles Lakers and joined the Houston Rockets – except Dwight Howard. The Dwecision – at least an official one – remains on hold, and the words “InDwecision” and “Dwightmare II” are making their way into the online lexicon. There is now word that Dwight will make his announcement via Twitter sometime this weekend – after saying he would make his decision Friday, of course – and the extremely reliable Sam Amick
J.R. Smith Will Remain in New York Finally, a thing (or two) for fans of the New York Knicks to smile about. The Knicks have agreed to terms with both J.R. Smith and Pablo Prigioni. Smith is set to return to Gotham City on a four-year deal that is expected to be worth right around $25 million, while Prigioni has agreed to a three-year deal worth a reported $5 million. The Knicks used a portion of their taxpayer exception
Like LeBron in 2010, Dwight Howard is 2013’s Biggest Prize July 2 was a pretty busy day in NBA free agency. July 5 will be an even busier day — if that is when Dwight Hoard makes his “Dwecision.” Amongst other things, the Oklahoma City Thunder have now pretty much lost James Harden for nothing after Kevin Martin agreed to sign with the Minnesota Timberwolves for four years and $28 million. In order to clear the space, the