The New York Knicks have been awarded exclusive rights to negotiate with veteran guard Jason Williams through Aug. 6 after putting in a waiver claim Friday, according to NBA front-office sources.
All 30 teams were notified Friday that the Knicks will have five business days, until next Thursday, to offer Williams a contract. Without an [...]
The Milwaukee Bucks have requested waivers for both guard Salim Stoudamire and forward Bruce Bowen today. This is a developing story.
According to a source, they will both be waived if they pass the waivers.
The Chicago Bulls announced today that the team has waived forward Linton Johnson III and guard DeMarcus Nelson.
Johnson (6-8, 205 lbs), signed a 10-day contact with Chicago on Mar. 11, 2009 and was re-signed to a second 10-day contract on Mar. 20, 2009. Johnson was then signed for the remainder of the [...]
However desperate Luol Deng is to play at the Olympics, the Chicago Bulls forward won’t jeopardize his fitness to help Britain ensure it clinches a spot at London 2012.
The rehabilitation from a right-leg stress fracture that has kept Deng off the court since February is taking longer than expected.
While hopeful about [...]
The Los Angeles Lakers have waived guard Sun Yue, it was announced today.
“With the talent level and depth of our roster, the situation simply doesn’t provide an opportunity for Sun Yue to get the chance to play that he deserves,” said General Manager Mitch Kupchak. “We feel it is in Sun’s best [...]
The Milwaukee Bucks have acquired forward Walter Sharpe, guard/forward Sonny Weems and cash considerations from the Denver Nuggets for forward Malik Allen, General Manager John Hammond announced today.
Sharpe (6-9, 245 lbs) was originally drafted by Seattle (Oklahoma City Thunder) in the second round of the 2008 NBA Draft (32nd overall) [...]
The Los Angeles Lakers have at last reached terms on a new contract with sixth man Lamar Odom, after a month of frosty negotiations that might have troubled the team and its fans more than just about anything they saw during last season’s playoff drive to the championship.
“I always wanted to come [...]
The Toronto Raptors have traded small forward Devean George for Golden State Warriors’ guard Marco Belinelli, a league source confirmed Wednesday night.
George, 31, was part of the complex four-team deal that landed the Dallas Mavericks’ Shawn Marion earlier this summer.
Belinelli, a teammate with Raptors forward Andrea Bargnani on the Italian [...]
The New Orleans Hornets have agreed in principle to a trade that will send center Tyson Chandler to the Charlotte Bobcats for Emeka Okafor, signaling an unexpected shift in thinking that suggests New Orleans does plan to try to keep up with the contenders and spenders in the Western Conference.
NBA front-office sources [...]
The Indiana Pacers sign guard Earl Watson to a multi-year deal.
Terms were not disclosed as of Tuesday.
The 6-foot-1 veteran was waived earlier this month by Oklahoma City. He also has played with Seattle, Memphis and Denver in eight NBA seasons.
Watson adds depth to an Indiana team that has already lost [...]
The Dallas Mavericks have signed forward Tim Thomas, adding on to such additions as Drew Gooden, Shawn Marion, and Greg Buckner.
The 6-10 Tim Thomas has played for 6 teams in his 12 years in the NBA, the Philadelphia 76ers, Milwaukee Bucks, Phoenix Suns, and three teams he played for just this year, [...]
The Dallas Mavericks used money that they hoped to use on center Marcin Gortat, on forward Drew Gooden.
Gooden announced via his Twitter feed shortly past midnight Saturday that he is signing with the Mavericks. “Dallas here I come,” he wrote. In response, Mavericks owner Mark Cuban tweeted: “Welcome Drew.”
Gooden had previously announced on his [...]
Guard Andre Miller signed with the Portland Trail Blazers, the team announced Friday.
Miller’s contract is a three-year deal worth $21 million, with $14 million guaranteed and $7 million included as a third-year team option, sources close to the process said.
Miller met with Blazers general manager Kevin Pritchard and coach Nate McMillan at [...]
Two-time MVP Steve Nash has accepted a 2 year/$22 million extension with the Phoenix Suns.
Nash’s agent, Bill Duffy, has confirmed that his client will formally sign the extension as early as Tuesday after ESPN.com reported the deal earlier Monday.
The Suns offered Nash, 35, the longest contract extension allowed by league rules for a player [...]
Sebastian Telfair is headed to the Los Angeles Clippers in the Quentin Richardson-Zach Randolph trade. And Mark Madsen and Craig Smith are headed with him.
Is it to clear room for newly drafted point guard Ricky Rubio out of DKV Joventut, his Spainish team?
Rubio has a multimillion-dollar buyout of his contract with [...]
The Indiana Pacers are not bringing back guard Jarrett Jack and may sign Earl Watson to replace him.
The Pacers said Monday that they won’t match the Toronto Raptors offer to Jack.
The Pacers acquired Jack in a five-player trade a year ago. In his one season with Indiana, Jack played in all [...]
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Portland general manager Kevin Pritchard poured cold water Friday over the little smoke left from what was the Carlos Boozer-to-the-Bulls, three-team trade rumor that espn.com started Thursday.
How’s this for synergy? ESPN The Magazine’s Chris Broussard shot down the story during a Sportscenter broadcast. Broussard quoted Pritchard as saying the deal is [...]
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Center Marcin Gortat was committed to the Dallas Mavericks, he was telling friends while he was in Poland that he was going to be a Maverick. Well not the Orlando Magic matched it, he is a member of the Magic.
“He was definitely disappointed today,” Gortat’s agent, Guy Zucker, said of Gortat. He saw limited [...]
