After being traded from the Denver Nuggets to the Oklahoma City Thunder this offseason, veteran big man JaMychal Green is set to be bought out by the Thunder, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported on Tuesday. Upon agreeing to this buyout with the Thunder, Green plans to sign with the Golden State Warriors, who are coming … Read more
On Friday night, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnaroski reported some intriguing news about Los Angeles Lakers guard Russell Westbrook. Woj: “After 14 years, Lakers star Russell Westbrook and his agent Thad Foucher of Wasserman have parted ways, Foucher tells ESPN” Westbrook was drafted with the fourth overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics (now … Read more
SALT LAKE CITY — Oklahoma City Thunder rookie Chet Holmgren shined in his professional debut, scoring 23 points and setting an NBA summer league record for blocks and 3s in a game. The No. 2 pick in the draft also had seven rebounds, four assists and six blocks in 24 minutes to help the Thunder … Read more
Walk into an NBA front office in 2022, and you won’t have to go far before you spot a treatise on management theory resting on a bookshelf. Concepts like organizational culture and asset management have taken hold. League executives devote a lot of thought into forming an identity for their basketball operations shops. The NBA … Read more
With the No. 1 pick in the 2022 NBA draft, the Orlando Magic selected Duke forward Paolo Banchero. The move came as something of a surprise, given that Banchero never met with the Magic and the consensus around the league was that Auburn’s Jabari Smith Jr. would be headed to Orlando. Instead, it was Banchero … Read more
A total of 112 draft prospects withdrew from the 2022 NBA Draft on June 1 ahead of the early-entry deadline and on June 13, a handful of international prospects withdrew their names from the draft as well, giving us a complete list of prospects for the NBA Draft set to take place on June 23 next week. … Read more