How quickly things change. You looking for NBA news today? Well, aside from Manu Ginobili’s return announcement, there are these items: _Marc Gasol will not play at Eurobasket, nor will Kristaps Porzingis. Which means the most competitive Olympic qualifier for later this summer just lost a major stud and a major draw for those who might not otherwise be inclined to watch. _ Mo Williams is garnering interest from the Spurs and Grizzlies. Yes, the same Mo Williams who will be making
Not every facet of the Greek economy is in shambles. There is the small quadrant occupied by free agent Kosta Koufos, became the top free agent center on the NBA market early Saturday and was signed, by Sacramento, by the end of the night. The fallout from the LaMarcus Aldridge signing had the ripple effect of making Koufos a very rich man. “What’s Kosta Koufos worth?” I asked a league executive Saturday afternoon. “Mid-level.” “What do you think he will get?” I followed up. “Probably $18
Not every facet of the Greek economy is in shambles. There is the small quadrant occupied by free agent Kosta Koufos, who just became the top free agent center in the NBA market. The fallout from the LaMarcus Aldridge signing has the ripple effect of setting Koufos up to become a very rich man. “What’s Kosta Koufos worth?” I asked a league executive this afternoon. “Mid-level.” “What do you think he will get?” I followed up. “Probably $18 million from the Lakers over two years.”
Decision day arrived for DeAndre Jordan, and he chose the Dallas Mavericks. That left the rest of the NBA waiting on LaMarcus Aldridge to make up his mind. George Karl, Vlade Divac and Vivek Ranadive also made a decision to roll the dice on a one-year deal with Rajon Rondo. Nobody’s star has fallen quite as far as Rondo’s. Just six months ago, he was the prized acquisition of the Dallas Mavericks. Then, before the Mavs were even finished being eliminated from the playoffs,
It was a day unlike anything the NBA had ever seen before. It was like “Make it Rain” night at a strip club, except the bills being tossed into the air were not George Washingtons or even Benjamins. This was a high-denomination spendfest that left folks at Sotheby’s envious. And it wasn’t just free agents that were getting showered with money. The players on rookie deals who were negotiating extensions received money that trumped what the Kevin Loves and Khris Middletons and
The biggest news in the first hours of 2015 free agency had nothing to do with a free agent. Instead, we got a whiff of the funny money that is going to be the new norm a year from now. And later in the day, the changing financial landscape became even clearer. Anthony Davis of the New Orleans Pelicans agreed to terms on a five-year max deal for at least $145 million. Yes, one hundred and forty five million, with an
Today is the best day of the NBA offseason. Say what you want about the draft, which is a spectacle unto itself. But the start of free agency operates on a whole different level. It is not a televised event, but rather a phenomenon that ebbs and flows by the hour, best covered and followed on Twitter. About 99 out of every 100 tweets are relatively worthless. “Team X has interest in Player Y, sources tell Reporter Z.” Yeah, you will
The countdown has begun, and all heck breaks loose at 12:01 a.m. EDT Wednesday. We have The Decision II on our hands, but nobody is talking about it because everyone knows what LeBron James is going to do. Kevin Love, however, is this year’s mystery man. DeAndre Jordan is one of the most coveted pieces out there. Mitch Kupchak would still love to have DeMarcus Cousins patrolling the middle, but he and the Lakers have a ton of fallback options. Short contracts