These free agents show how tough the NBA free agency market has been in 2017.
NBA free agency typically burns hot and fast. Normally, most key free agents ink deals between the stroke of midnight on July 1 and the end of that month. Some players in trickier contract situations wait it out until early August. An occasional free agent — often one under restricted status — will wait until September.
Thomas published a letter on The Players’ Tribune detailing the mixed emotions he had following his trade from Boston to Cleveland.
Isaiah Thomas was driving home after celebrating his one-year wedding anniversary when Danny Ainge called him. By now, you know the deal: Thomas was sent as part of a package to Cleveland that landed Boston its point guard for the future, Kyrie Irving.
Knicks rookie Frank Ntilikina told reporters at Yankee Stadium, including ESPN’s Andrew Marchand, that he’s worked out with Carmelo Anthony, Lance Thomas and several other Knicks as training camp approaches.
Prices have jumped from $5 million to $2.2 billion in the span of almost 40 years.
The Houston Rockets are changing ownership hands for the record setting price of $2.2 billion. Historically, this is an unprecedented price to pay for an NBA franchise, but over the coming years, it looks more and more like it will be the norm. The league is exploding monetarily due to its rising popularity and a record-setting $24 billion television deal that kicked in last season.
Ten-year NBA veteran Rodney Stuckey plans to visit several teams post-Labor Day. Stuckey has been fully healthy training this summer.
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Playoff basketball is back on Wednesday as the WNBA's postseason gets underway.
The first two rounds of the eight-team tournament are single elimination. (The top two seeds have byes to the semifinals.) The Lynx, behind Maya Moore, are the No. 1 seed for the fifth time in seven years. But Tina Charles and the New York Liberty are the hottest team on the planet. It should be a fun, fun bracket.
Markkanen has been lights-out shooting so far.
Finland’s Lauri Markkanen caught an inbound pass and hoisted up a three-point shot from the corner with seconds to go in a three-point game against Slovenia that missed. After swishing shot after shot for 80 minutes of play, including coming up in the clutch just three days before to beat France, that was a shock. Missing hasn’t been in his repertoire.
After signing a contract extension this summer, Harden’s employed through at least 2022.
James Harden tweeted that he’ll stay in Houston forever. As far as Twitter promises go, this one actually has some merit.
Add The Beard to the growing list of athletes donating to the victims of Hurricane Harvey.
Add James Harden to the list of athletes donating massive amount of cash to those impacted by Hurricane Harvey last week.
The Rockets’ superstar guard announced a $1 million donation to the city of Houston on Saturday in an effort to give back to the city he calls home.
