NBA Feed: HoopsRumors

Suns Notes: Beal, Green, Wild-Card Suitors, Lanier, Durant, Cousins

HoopsRumors (Dana Gauruder) — With the Suns agreeing to trade Kevin Durant to the Rockets, Phoenix radio talk show host John Gambadoro continues to believe the team will either trade or buy out Bradley Beal, he said on The Kevin O’Connor Show (Twitter link). Of course, Beal has a no-trade clause and would have to agree to waive it […]
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2025 NBA Offseason Preview: Minnesota Timberwolves

HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) — After making it to the Western Conference Finals in 2024 for the first time in 20 years, the Timberwolves found themselves at the center of a battle over team ownership and facing an increasingly concerning long-term salary cap situation entering last summer. Glen Taylor was fighting to stop minority stakeholders Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez […]
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Spurs To Hire Mavs Assistant Sweeney As Associate Head Coach

HoopsRumors (Dana Gauruder) — Mavericks assistant Sean Sweeney has agreed to become the associate head coach of the Spurs under Mitch Johnson, Shams Charania of ESPN tweets. The Spurs interest in Sweeney was previously reported by Marc Stein. Sweeney has been an assistant under Jason Kidd with the Nets and Bucks as well as the Mavericks. They’ll now lose […]
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California Notes: Warriors, Buss Legacy, DeRozan, Monk

HoopsRumors (Alex Kirschenbaum) — After acquiring six-time All-Star forward Jimmy Butler midway through 2024/25, the Warriors’ offseason will be focused on building out their roster with an eye towards a longer playoff run next spring. In a new summer preview piece, Yossi Gozlan of Third Apron notes that Golden State possesses the draft picks and movable contracts needed to […]
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Texas Notes: Wemby, Flagg, Durant, Rockets

HoopsRumors (Alex Kirschenbaum) — All-Star Spurs center Victor Wembanyama has been maximizing his summer. The 7’4″ big man, whose 2024/25 sophomore season was cut short early by a blood clot issue, spent two weeks with monks at Shaolin Temple in China. Reflecting on the stint during an appearance on “The Shop” with Lakers All-Star LeBron James, former seven-time Super […]
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Nuggets’ Dario Saric Picks Up Player Option

HoopsRumors (Alex Kirschenbaum) — Nuggets reserve big man Dario Saric has picked up his $5.4MM player option for the 2025/26 season, sources inform Marc Stein of The Stein Line (Twitter link). Saric was inked to a two-year, $10.6MM deal last summer via Denver’s taxpayer mid-level exception. He was a relative disappointment, and quickly fell out of the team’s rotation. […]
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Rockets Trading For Suns’ Kevin Durant

HoopsRumors (Rory Maher) — The Rockets are acquiring Kevin Durant from the Suns in exchange for Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, the 10th pick in the 2025 draft, and five second-rounders, according to Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link). As ESPN’s Bobby Marks tweets, the blockbuster trade cannot be formally completed until July 6 due to the poison pill provision […]
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NBA Finals Notes: Game 7, Thunder, Pacers, Predictions, More

HoopsRumors (Rory Maher) — Sunday’s Game 7 between the Thunder and Pacers is a “perfect coda” to an enthralling playoffs and an “all-time classic” NBA Finals, writes Sam Amick of The Athletic. It’s the first Game 7 in the finals since 2016, when Cleveland came back from a 3-1 deficit to defeat Golden State. “I’m very much looking forward […]
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Gambo: Suns ‘Very Close’ To Trading Kevin Durant

HoopsRumors (Rory Maher) — The Suns are “very close” to trading Kevin Durant, reports John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports 98.7 (via Twitter). Phoenix’s front office is in discussions with “multiple teams” to find a trade it likes, according to Gambadoro, who expects the deal to be completed on Sunday or Monday.   More to come…
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Pacers Notes: Haliburton, Siakam, Game 6 Strategy

HoopsRumors (Arthur Hill) — The Pacers weren’t sure if they would have Tyrese Haliburton for Game 6 due to a strained right calf, but there are no worries heading into Sunday’s series finale at Oklahoma City, writes Dustin Dopirak of The Indianapolis Star. Haliburton is still getting around-the-clock treatment on the calf, but he vowed at Saturday’s media session […]
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New York Notes: Toppin, Knicks’ Coaching Search, Nets’ Draft, Demin

HoopsRumors (Arthur Hill) — The Knicks‘ decision to sell cheaply on Obi Toppin two years ago is looking worse as he plays an important role for the Pacers in the NBA Finals, writes Kristian Winfield of The New York Daily News. After being selected with the eighth pick in the 2020 draft, Toppin had three productive years in New […]
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Trade Rumors: Lakers, Bucks, Durant, Wolves

HoopsRumors (Arthur Hill) — The Lakers‘ obvious need for a center is hurting their chances of finding one, according to Anthony Irwin of ClutchPoints. Sources close to the team and around the league tell Irwin that the offseason pursuit of a big man has been frustrating so far because rival clubs are hoping to take advantage of L.A.’s predicament. […]
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Celtics Notes: Holiday, Scheierman, Draft, Peterson

HoopsRumors (Arthur Hill) — The Celtics‘ efforts to cut salary by moving Jrue Holiday could wind up being tied to a Kevin Durant trade, NBA insider Zach Lowe stated on his most recent podcast (hat tip to Souichi Terada of MassLive). Lowe suggested that Boston could get involved as a facilitator, shipping out Holiday while the Suns send Durant […]
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Kevin Durant Trade Talks Between Suns, Rockets At Impasse

HoopsRumors (Arthur Hill) — The Rockets are considered to be among the favorites to trade for Kevin Durant, and they’re one of three teams on Durant’s list of preferred destinations that was leaked to the media last weekend. However, during an appearance Friday on The Athletic NBA Daily podcast, reporter Sam Amick revealed that the Rockets and Suns haven’t […]
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Fischer’s Latest: Kuminga, Grimes, Grizzlies, Nets

HoopsRumors (Arthur Hill) — The Bulls expressed interest in Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga during past trade talks and could be a candidate for a sign-and-trade deal to land the restricted free agent, according to Jake Fischer of The Stein Line (Substack link). Sources tell Stein that Chicago inquired about Kuminga during discussions that involved Alex Caruso, Zach LaVine and […]
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