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NBA Rumors – Cleveland Cavaliers Aren’t Bringing Back Zydrunas Ilgauskas

Seeing familiar faces back on the team is nice and fun, but it’s hard to believe that the Cleveland Cavaliers are going to waste a roster spot on Zydrunas Ilgauskas, now a 39 year-old retired center who hasn’t played NBA basketball in over three years.
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NBA Rumors – Houston Rockets Trying to Sign Ramon Sessions

Despite having quite a few point guard-ish players on the roster and one shooting guard that doesn’t let go of the ball, the Houston Rockets are trying to add another one, possibly initiating a sign-and-trade deal with the Milwaukee Bucks for Ramon Sessions.
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NBA Rumors – Phoenix Suns Trying to Trade Eric Bledsoe

The closer we get to the start of a new NBA season, the further apart it seems that the Phoenix Suns and Eric Bledsoe seem to be. Although it seems like he in staying the course of signing a qualifying offer, he might be traded before he gets the chance to.
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NBA Rumors: Miami Heat Won’t Re-Sign Greg Oden & Michael Beasley

Despite having less star power than before, the Miami Heat will be very interesting to watch next season which probably won’t include Greg Oden or Michael Beasley, who both probably haven’t been good or convincing enough to earn themselves another contract from the NBA finalists.
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NBA Rumors: Detroit Pistons Might Sign-and-Trade Greg Monroe Eventually

As long as Greg Monroe doesn’t sign the qualifying offer to play for the Detroit Pistons for one more season before he becomes an unrestricted free agent, all the options, including pulling off a sign and trade with another team, are on the table.
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NBA Rumors – Phoenix Suns in a Bad Relationship With Eric Bledsoe

While players, coaches and owners in the NBA love to use the phrase ‘it’s just business, it’s quite clear that the situation between the Phoenix Suns and their restricted free agent Eric Bledsoe has deteriorated beyond that point, and although he’ll likely play for the team next season, it’s not hard to figure out he doesn’t really want to do it.
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NBA Rumors – Detroit Pistons Will Sign Greg Monroe to a Qualifying Offer

The Detroit Pistons and Greg Monroe have been unable to agree on a new long term contract through this off-season, and so it seems that Monroe will sign the qualifying offer, keeping him on the team for one more season but make him an unrestricted free agent next summer.
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NBA Rumors – Indiana Pacers Not Giving up on Shawn Marion

With the dust settling from an injury that has rocked their perception, the Indiana Pacers are still trying to get something out of this season. How? They haven’t given up on trying to sign Shawn Marion, although the free agent veteran might be leaning elsewhere in the Central division, where the prospects of success seem brighter.
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NBA Rumors: Detroit Pistons Close to Re-Signing Greg Monroe

While Greg Monore thinks he deserves a max contract, the Detroit Pistons (and almost everyone else) are quite sure that he isn’t worth that kind of money. Maybe it’ll end with a qualifying offer that means unrestricted free agency a year from now, and maybe they’ll work out a long term deal. However, without too many options, time is certainly on the team’s side, not the player’s.
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NBA Rumors – Cleveland Cavaliers & Ray Allen Almost a Done Deal

Maybe there is still some indecision going on in the mind of Ray Allen about whether or not he wants to still play in the NBA, but he’s getting closer to making his final decision, which will probably be staying on for another season and joining the Cleveland Cavaliers, next to a few familiar faces.