On the 2023 commerce deadline, the Brooklyn Nets admitted defeat, buying and selling Kevin Durant and ending an period that was a lot stranger, sadder and shorter than anybody had envisioned. Since then, they’ve traded the 2 gamers they received from the Phoenix Suns in that deal (Mikal Bridges and Cam Johnson) and stockpiled draft picks. They’re in full…

Because the NBA continues to develop its presence abroad, commissioner Adam Silver outlined a daring imaginative and prescient for the longer term that might see groups from different continents taking part in United States-based franchises within the common season or postseason. Along with its grassroots efforts in Europe and Africa and its NBA International Video…

With LeBron James coming into the ultimate 12 months of his contract with the Los Angeles Lakers, uncertainty round his long-term future as knowledgeable basketball participant might be a pertinent storyline till he decides. The Lakers, respecting his standing as an all-time nice, are content material to let James chart his personal path ahead with Luka…

The Fred VanVleet information is crushing. No manner round it. Simply when the Rockets had positioned themselves on the highest shelf of the contender dialog by buying and selling for Kevin Durant and signing Dorian Finney-Smith, thee lose their start line guard (virtually definitely for the season) to a torn ACL earlier than coaching camp…

Getty Pictures Utah Jazz rookie Ace Bailey is looking for a brand new supervisor. The No. 5 decide within the 2025 NBA Draft has parted methods with Omar Cooper, based on The Athletic, and is in search of new illustration about three months after a saga that largely outlined the draft. Throughout a pre-draft course of…

Getty Photographs Houston Rockets star level guard Fred VanVleet has suffered a torn ACL, placing his availability for the 2025-26 season in critical doubt, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported Monday. Shortly after the Rockets declined VanVleet’s $44.9 million group choice for this season, the franchise signed him to a two-year, $50 million take care of a participant…

The Golden State Warriors are lower than two weeks away from coaching camp they usually have nonetheless but to succeed in an settlement with restricted free agent Jonathan Kuminga in a prolonged negotiation course of. And with the younger ahead unwilling to signal onto any of the three reported presents from the Warriors, he and…

In 2022-23, the Utah Jazz had been in a candy spot. They’d entered rebuild mode the earlier summer season, buying and selling Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert (and, famously, Royce O’Neale) for a mix of draft picks, choose swaps, prospects and rotation gamers. Their 10-3 begin wasn’t sustainable, but it surely rapidly grew to become…

Getty Photographs Miami Warmth guard Tyler Herro underwent profitable left ankle surgical procedure on Friday and can miss the beginning of the 2025-26 season. The Warmth introduced that the timetable for Herro’s return is eight weeks, placing Herro out of the lineup till at the least mid-November. Based on the Miami Herald, Herro, 25, handled some…

Whereas the NBA’s investigation is ongoing into alleged cap circumvention by the Los Angeles Clippers and proprietor Steve Ballmer by the use of a “no-show” endorsement deal for Kawhi Leonard with now-bankrupt firm Aspiration, extra particulars are coming to gentle. Investigative sports activities journalist Pablo Torre beforehand broke the story on his podcast, “Pablo Torre Finds Out,”…