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The San Antonio Spurs have waived guard Jimmer Fredette. The Spurs also waived Youssou Ndoye, Keifer Sykes and Deshaun Thomas on Wednesday. The Spurs gave Fredette a partially guaranteed deal in July to come to training camp and provide some outside shooting to a veteran roster that is priming for another title run this season. […]
Reggie Bullock probably has nailed down the 15th spot on the Detroit Pistons’ roster, even if Stan Van Gundy won’t quite go that far, after a trade that brought him here characterized him in terms that no player wants to here — words like “throw-in” and “salary dump.” “Disrespectful, that’s what I see it as, […]
The Utah Jazz announced today that the team has signed free agent forward E.J. Singler. Per team policy, financial terms were not released. Singler played four years at Oregon (2009-13), averaging 11.7 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.8 assists in 31.0 minutes during his senior season. His older brother, Kyle, currently plays for the Oklahoma City […]
Warriors interim head coach Luke Walton said Wednesday he was “absolutely” preparing as if he will be the head coach Tuesday for the Warriors’ regular-season opener against the New Orleans Pelicans at Oracle Arena. “Hopefully Stevie’s back before then, but you can’t wait until the game time to start preparing,” Walton said. “We as a […]
With the regular season just days away, the Cleveland Cavaliers finally reached an agreement with their restricted free agent Tristan Thompson. The two sides agreed Wednesday to a five-year, $82 million pact, ending a lengthy stalemate that should ensure Thompson’s presence in Northeast Ohio through the deals already in place with Kevin Love and Kyrie […]
Andre Drummond has elected not to sign a long-term extension with the Detroit Pistons before next month’s deadline in a partnership with the team to increase salary-cap space, coach and team president Stan Van Gundy said Tuesday. Drummond was a strong candidate to sign up to a five-year, $120 million maximum contract extension by the […]
The New Orleans Pelicans announced that guard Tyreke Evans underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on his right knee. A timetable for return will be announced at a later date. Evans, 6-6, 220, appeared in 79 regular season games for New Orleans last season, averaging 16.6 points, 6.6 assists and 5.3 rebounds per game. Evans had appeared […]
(Derrick) Rose took contact in workout with coaches, who hit him with pad as he shot. Still has some double vision and swelling. But (Fred) Hoiberg upbeat. Source: K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune on Twitter
Offensive chemistry generated headlines and conversations regarding the San Antonio Spurs over the summer, but coach Gregg Popovich admitted before Tuesday’s matchup against the Phoenix Suns that defense is the team’s emphasis in the preseason. Namely transition defense, an area of deficiency that doomed the Spurs in the first round of last season’s Western Conference […]
The annual NBA.com general managers’ survey revealed a fresh round of perceived disrespect toward the defending champion Golden State Warriors. The GMs picked the Cleveland Cavaliers to win the title this season, as 53.8 percent of the votes were cast in their favor, according to the survey results released Tuesday. Source: Brian Windhorst of ESPN
