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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Clippers Looking at Backup Centers
It seems that the Los Angeles Clippers are never done adding players, and they’ll be giving some veteran centers – Andrew Bynum, Greg Oden, Emeka Okafor and Andray Blatche – a chance to show their skills as they scrape the bottom of the free agency barrel in their search for a backup center.
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Cleveland Cavaliers – LeBron James Losing Weight & Playing General Manager
Once again the off-season finds something superficial about LeBron James to bring out. Last year it was his hair line getting the attention. This year? Him slimming down, while also trying to show his general manager skills in his attempt to make champions out of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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NBA Rumors – Kevin Love Trade a Done Deal
There’s still time for someone to intervene or change their minds, but it seems like a trade that will send Kevin Love to the Cleveland Cavaliers and Andrew Wiggins to the Minnesota Timberwolves among other moving parts is going to happen, and the only thing preventing it from being announced is a certain league rule.
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San Antonio Spurs – Becky Hammon Makes Them Even More Unique
An island of success and strangeness is what some might describe the San Antonio Spurs, and by hiring Becky Hammon to be the first full-time, fully paid female assistant on an NBA team, the franchise that has been steered perfectly by Gregg Popovich and R.C. Buford for nearly two decades took another step to distance themselves from the rest of the league.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Jeremy Lin Can Make Whatever This is Work
Who are the 2014-2015 Los Angeles Lakers? It’s too soon to even call this a work in progress. This will obviously revolve around Kobe Bryant, but Jeremy Lin can be a vital piece of their possible success, although it does mean that Byron Scott gives him a shot at sometimes leading this team.
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NBA Rumors: Phoenix Suns Will Eventually Re-Sign Eric Bledsoe
Although Eric Bledsoe and his agents thinks he deserves a massive contract extension, he’ll soon realize that what the Phoenix Suns have been offering is as good as it’s going to get for him, at least in this NBA off-season.
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NBA Rumors – Indiana Pacers Interested in Signing MarShon Brooks
The NBA career of MarShon Brooks started out pretty well before taking a wrong turn and becoming a trading chip, nothing more. The Indiana Pacers, in dire need of a small forward, might be the right team and spot for him to kickstart and get to the place he should have been.
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NBA Rumors – Cleveland Cavaliers Trying to Sign Shawn Marion
The biggest name remaining in unrestricted free agency is that of Shawn Marion. He might be more needed elsewhere, but the Cleveland Cavaliers are making a strong push and might be the leading candidates to sign the veteran small forward.
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NBA Rumors – Miami Heat Need a Healthy Dwyane Wade
Injuries and Dwyane Wade have gone hand in hand for the larger part in the second half of his NBA career. For the Miami Heat to do very well next season by their standards, it’s going to take a special effort from the three-time NBA champion to play more than he’s gotten used to in recent seasons.
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Cleveland Cavaliers – Andrew Wiggins Knows a Trade is Coming
Who trades a number one draft pick after already making the selection? The Cleveland Cavaliers are about to do it, as Andrew Wiggins is starting to realize that his dream of teaming up with LeBron James isn’t going to happen. Maybe it’s for the best, maybe it isn’t. The one thing that is clear from this entire situation is that a trade involving the rookie out of Kansas and Kevin Love of the Minnesota Timberwolves is almost impossible to prevent at this point.