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NBA Rumors – Miami Heat Thinking About Trying to Sign Carmelo Anthony
There are more important things for the Miami Heat right now than to think about free agency and signing new players, but it seems there’s a genuine interest among players and management of the defending NBA champions to try and bring over Carmelo Anthony from the New York Knicks if he opts out of his current contract.
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NBA Rumors – Chicago Bulls Interested in Drafting Gary Harris or Nik Stauskas
The Chicago Bulls own two draft picks in the first round of the 2014 NBA draft, but both of them might be too low for them to get the kind of player they’re interested in. Rumor has it that the Bulls would like to add a shooter more than anything else, setting their sights on Gary Harris and Nik Stauskas. In order to get them, they’re willing to use those picks and trade up.
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NBA Rumors – New York Knicks Tricking Carmelo Anthony Into Staying
Hiring a new head coach, a new general manager or puppet master – all this so the New York Knicks don’t enter one of the more depressing seasons in their recent history, and mostly so Carmelo Anthony will think that staying on for at least one more season of decay and not being close to chasing a title ring is the right choice for him. Who knows – maybe they’ll actually convince him things will be better.
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New York Knicks – Derek Fisher is Their Next Head Coach
It seems the search for a head coach is over as far as the New York Knicks are concerned, making Derek Fisher their new man in charge which also effectively ends his playing career after playing in the NBA for 18 seasons.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Will Soon be Part of Rumors
Even though it’s still not open season yet, rumors about who is interested in which players are running along most of the news stemming from the NBA finals. The Houston Rockets are looking for a big trade or addition, and although Jeremy Lin hasn’t been seeing his name been put to use in most of the headlines, the reality of what this franchise sees as its future means he’ll be showing up more and more in these trade rumors pretty soon.
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NBA Rumors – New York Knicks Want to Trade Iman Shumpert to Oklahoma City Thunder
With two first round draft picks, the Oklahoma City Thunder have a chance to make some nice business which they can’t in the free agency market. The New York Knicks, without draft picks or any cap space available, are probably willing to trade Iman Shumpert for one of those picks, just for the sake of change, and trying to bring something new to a roster that doesn’t look like it can do much in its current state.
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NBA Rumors – Phoenix Suns Interested in Trade for Kevin Love
Every day seems to bring us a new team with interest in Kevin Love, and the Phoenix Suns, hoping to build on their surprising season and do a lot more next year, are also trying to get in the game of acquiring the star of the Minnesota Timberwolves via a trade they’re trying to work out.
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NBA Finals – LeBron James Has Nothing to Feel Bad For
Everyone is a critic, and LeBron James is currently taking poisonous arrows aimed at him for not finishing game 1 of the NBA Finals, leaving the Miami Heat to crumble in the fourth quarter. Maybe James missed an opportunity to join a line of some legendary games of players in the finals while playing injured, but the simple fact is that he couldn’t stay on the floor.
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Utah Jazz – Quin Snyder is Their Next Head Coach
The Utah Jazz never make flashy decisions, and naming Quin Snyder as their next head coach follows that tradition, hoping that the 47-year old is the right man to carry on with their rebuilding process which ends up making them a consistent postseason performer once again.
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NBA Rumors – Chicago Bulls, Miami Heat & Oklahoma City Thunder Interested in Shawn Marion
The Dallas Mavericks have plenty of cap space and decisions to make this summer. Keeping or letting go of Shawn Marion is one of them, as the veteran forward weighs his options, knowing that title contenders like the Chicago Bulls, Miami Heat, Oklahoma City Thunder and the Los Angeles Clippers will be looking to sign him via free agency.