Hoops Rumors

Heat swingman Max Strus said during a visit to a local youth camp on Tuesday that he’s “excited” about the club’s current roster, but acknowledged he has heard the rumors about the possibility of Miami acquiring a star player like Kevin Durant or Donovan Mitchell, per Ira Winderman of The South Florida Sun Sentinel. As Winderman notes, it’s possible that if the Heat were able … [Read more...] about Southeast Notes: Strus, Adebayo, Bridges, Wizards

This is the third in our series breaking down the major trades of the 2022 offseason. As opposed to giving out grades, this series will explore why the teams were motivated to make the moves. Let’s dig into a pair of transactions made by the Nuggets, including a four-player deal with the Wizards… One of the advantages of exploring trades a few weeks after they occur is that … [Read more...] about Trade Breakdown: Nuggets/Wizards Swap

Chima Moneke‘s new contract with the Kings is a two-year, minimum-salary deal that includes a partial guarantee in year one, Hoops Rumors has learned. Currently, only $250K of Moneke’s $1.02MM salary for 2022/23 is guaranteed, but that figure will increase to $500K if the forward isn’t waived before Sacramento’s first regular season game. The second year of Moneke’s contract is … [Read more...] about Contract Details: Moneke, Ibaka, J. Williams, Gibson

The play-in tournament, which has been adopted as an every-season fixture, means that only 10 of 30 NBA teams won’t get at least a taste of the postseason from year to year. Last season, the Knicks, Wizards, Pacers, Pistons and Magic were the five Eastern Conference teams who failed to qualify. All of those teams, via some combination of the draft, free agency and trades, have … [Read more...] about Community Shootaround: Eastern Conference Playoffs

Earlier this week, the NBA’s Board of Governors decided to make the play-in tournament a regularly scheduled event. At the same meeting, the Board also discussed the possibility of an in-season tournament, Shams Charania of The Athletic tweets. According to Charania, the format would have all 30 teams competing, with eight teams advancing to a single-elimination round to … [Read more...] about And-Ones: In-Season Tournament, Lillard, Beal, Williams, Ferrell