The “growing belief” around the NBA that it will take more than one first-round pick to pry forward Cameron Johnson away from the Nets due to his strong play this season and the team-friendly descending/flat structure of his contract, reports Michael Scotto of HoopsHype. Johnson has base salaries of $22.5MM this season, $20.5MM in 2025/26, and $22.5MM in ’26/27. However, … [Read more...] about Scotto’s Latest: C. Johnson, Nuggets, Bulls, Ingram, Pelicans, Poeltl
Pelicans Rumors: Williamson, Ingram, Potential Trades
Veteran agent Bill Duffy, who is representing Zion Williamson after the Pelicans forward parted with CAA earlier in the season, doesn’t intend to push New Orleans to move his client before this season’s trade deadline, sources tell Tim MacMahon and Bobby Marks of ESPN. The focus for both the Pelicans and Williamson’s camp, according to MacMahon and Marks, is to get the … [Read more...] about Pelicans Rumors: Williamson, Ingram, Potential Trades
Kings Notes: Trade Talks, Brown, Fox, Carter
As the Kings began to slide down the Western Conference standings over the past several weeks, the front office contemplated making smaller trades “just to change things up,” and also discussed larger deals involving Bulls wing Zach LaVine, Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram, Nets guard Cam Thomas, and Wizards forward Kyle Kuzma, league sources tell Ramona Shelburne of … [Read more...] about Kings Notes: Trade Talks, Brown, Fox, Carter
Green Says Griffin Remains Supportive
The injury-ravaged Pelicans continue to struggle mightily this season, currently holding an abysmal 5-27 record. Fair or not, head coach Willie Green will almost certainly be under pressure if and when the roster is healthy, but he says head of basketball operations David Griffin has been supportive to this point in ’24/25, according to Rod Walker of NOLA.com (subscription … [Read more...] about Green Says Griffin Remains Supportive
Western Notes: Malone, Brown, Suns, Mavs, Pels, Morant, Kawamura
Nuggets head coach Michael Malone, who was the head coach in Sacramento for a season-and-a-half from 2013-14, didn’t hold back in his criticism of his former employer for the way the Kings handled Mike Brown‘s dismissal, as Bennett Durando of The Denver Post relays. “What really pissed me off about it was that they lost (Thursday) night, fifth game in a row, I believe — tough … [Read more...] about Western Notes: Malone, Brown, Suns, Mavs, Pels, Morant, Kawamura