Hoops Rumors

Timberwolves big man Naz Reid, Pelicans forward Trey Murphy, Knicks guard Quentin Grimes, and Celtics guard Payton Pritchard are among the young players joining the USA Select Team in a couple weeks to practice and scrimmage against the main Team USA roster ahead of the FIBA World Cup. ESPN’s Adrian Wojanrowski reported that Pritchard, Murphy and Reid would attend the American … [Read more...] about Reid, Murphy, Grimes, Pritchard Joining USA Select Team

While a Team USA roster led by Jalen Brunson, Anthony Edwards, Brandon Ingram, and Mikal Bridges will enter the 2023 World Cup as the frontrunner next month, Team Canada’s initial 18-man group features some real star power. The extended roster, announced this week by Canada Basketball, is headlined by Nuggets guard Jamal Murray, Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Thunder … [Read more...] about And-Ones: Team Canada, Ownership Stakes, Cap Room, Giles

The Jazz‘s deal with Omer Yurtseven is a two-year contract that features a partial guarantee for 2023/24 and is non-guaranteed in ’24/25, according to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (Twitter link). As previously reported, Yurtseven’s first-year salary is $2.8MM. His partial guarantee for the coming season is worth half that amount ($1.4MM), tweets Yossi Gozlan of HoopsHype. The … [Read more...] about Contract Details: Yurtseven, Micic, Jones, Craig, Banton, Bazley, Petrusev

The 29-year-old center hasn’t advanced past the second round of the playoffs in his nine years with the Sixers, including a seven-game loss to the Celtics in the Eastern Conference semifinals last season. The team’s status as a legitimate title contender may be in jeopardy in the wake of James Harden‘s trade request.Grant Williams tells Adam Himmelsbach of The Boston Globe that … [Read more...] about Grant Williams Had Been Expecting To Leave Boston; Stevens Acquired Draft Assets For Future Trades

Former WNBA player Mery Andrade is spending the summer as a Celtics coaching intern and hopes to work her way up the NBA coaching ranks, she told Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe. She’s been an assistant coach with Birmingham, the Pelicans’ G League affiliate, the last four seasons. “I want after my career as a coach that people, when they talk about me, is how many lives I … [Read more...] about Andrade Hoping To Rise Up Coaching Ranks

The Suns, Pacers and Knicks recently had exploratory trade talks on a deal that would have sent Cameron Payne to New York, T.J. McConnell to Phoenix, and Evan Fournier and draft picks to Indiana, league sources tell Michael Scotto of HoopsHype. Other iterations of the deal included Jordan Nwora, according to Scotto, though it’s unclear where the Pacers forward would have ended … [Read more...] about Scotto’s Latest: Suns, Pacers, Knicks, Wright, Hornets, More

8:43pm: The signing is official, the Celtics confirmed in an email. 5:17pm: The Celtics have reached an agreement on a two-way contract with Jay Scrubb, tweets Chris Haynes of TNT and Bleacher Report. The 22-year-old guard impressed team officials with his performance during Summer League, averaging 16.5 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists in four games. Scrubb finished last … [Read more...] about Jay Scrubb Signs Two-Way Contract With Celtics

The Celtics and Jaylen Brown are expected to temporarily pause their negotiations on a super-max extension for the All-NBA swingman, reports Adam Himmelsbach of The Boston Globe. As Himmelsbach explains, the stoppage in negotiations will come as a result of logistics, not any tension or animosity between the two sides. Brown, who is a vice president of the players’ union, is … [Read more...] about Eastern Notes: J. Brown, Raptors, J. Howard, Sixers