The Brooklyn Nets will be picking in the first round of the draft Thursday after trading forward Thaddeus Young to the Indiana Pacers for the No. 20 pick and a future second-round selection, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical. Brooklyn has traded forward Thad Young to the Indiana Pacers for the 20th pick and a […]

Dwight Howard, who declined his 2016-17 player option with the Houston Rockets on Wednesday, will become a free agent this summer. The New York Knicks are among the teams the 30-year-old center would consider in free agency, reports Ian Begley of ESPN.com. Begley writes that Howard told friends earlier in the season that he was interested […]

The Indiana Pacers acquired point guard Jeff Teague from the Atlanta Hawks in a three-team deal Wednesday that will send the 12th overall pick in Thursday’s draft to the Hawks and George Hill to the Utah Jazz, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical. Teague, 28, has one year left on his current deal. The Pacers plan to […]

Cleveland Cavaliers players Matthew Dellavedova, Richard Jefferson and Channing Frye haven’t stopped celebrating winning the NBA championship. On Tuesday, Dellavedova had some teammates over to play beer pong, and the guys had a good time making fun of Dellavedova’s coffee blend, Frye’s medium dark roast skin color and his beer pong stance. Beer pong at […]

Caron Butler has decided he’d like to spend another year in Sacramento. The 14-year veteran has exercised his player option for 2016-17, which will pay him $1.5 million next season, reports had said he was waiting to see who the Kings would hire as head coach to decide if he’ll play next season. He must have […]

LeBron James Jr. could one day play college basketball, something his pops never did. The 11-year-old son of the Cleveland Cavaliers star already has scholarship offers from Duke and Kentucky, reports ESPN.com’s Dave McMenamin and Brian Windhorst. James has said in the past he would have played one year at Ohio State if he hadn’t […]

Kevin Love celebrated his first NBA title with the Cleveland Cavaliers a little differently than his teammates in the locker room on Sunday night. Wearing an “Austin 3:16” shirt and a WWE championship belt around his waist, Love channeled his inner Stone Cold Steve Austin by smashing two beers over his head and chugging them […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are shopping Greg Monroe less than a year after signing him as free agent, Michael Scotto of Sheridan Hoops and the Associated Press reports. Sources: Bucks are shopping Greg Monroe hard. He’s owed $17.1 million next season and has a $17.8 million player option for 2017-18 season. — Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto)

The Los Angeles Lakers own the second pick in the NBA draft next week, and many have them taking one of two players: Ben Simmons or Brandon Ingram. Both are promising prospects, but Oklahoma’s Buddy Hield thinks he can be the guy to replace Kobe Bryant, who retired at the end of last season after two […]

The New York Knicks are interested in upgrading their point-guard position this offseason, and sources say they have eyes for the Chicago Bulls’ Derrick Rose. Per Ian Begley of ESPN, the Knicks have had internal discussions about trading for Rose, who will be a free agent after the 2016-17 season. Rose, 27, averaged 16.4 points […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers are facing elimination Thursday, with the Golden State Warriors coming to Quicken Loans Arena to try to finish the job of winning back-to-back titles. The Cavaliers lost to the Warriors in the Finals last year too, so it comes as no surprise that some Cleveland fans have no love for Warriors point […]

Cleveland Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith will decline his player option for 2016-17 and become a free agent this summer, Cleveland.com’s Chris Haynes reported Wednesday. Smith, 30, re-signed with the Cavaliers last September for two years at $10.3 million and was set to earn $5.3 million next season had he opted in. Instead, the 3-point marksman will […]

It killed Draymond Green to not be out there with his teammates for Game 5 of the NBA Finals. The Golden State Warriors lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers 112-97 and now there will be a Game 6. Green was suspended for last night’s game after the league assessed a Flagrant 1 foul for striking LeBron […]

While everyone seems to think the Chicago Bulls are actively trying to trade swingman Jimmy Butler, Steve Kyler of Basketball Insiders reports that the Bulls would rather move point guard Derrick Rose instead of Butler. Rose, 27, is entering the final year of his contract, which will pay him $21.3 million next season. And while he […]

Minnesota Timberwolves guard-forward Andrew Wiggins has officially declined to play for Team Canada in a Olympic Qualifying Tournament next July. In a statement released Friday through his agent, Wiggins cites the need to stay with the Timberwolves and prepare for the upcoming season. The 21-year-old former No. 1 overall draft pick is entering his third season […]