According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Portland Trailblazers have acquired Rockets forward in a trade. As two picks are part of the deal and Houston future assets cupboard has been pretty bare from all the major acquisitions in recent years, could this just be the opening salvo on the path to a rebuild?
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When $50 mil per is not enough to retain a player’s services, it is safe to say that the relationship between said player and ball club has reached its end, This seems to be be the case with Rockets superstar James Harden , whom according to the below report from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, has done just that. From Wojnarowski: After turning down the chance to become the first $50 million a year player in league history, Houston Rockets guard All-NBA guard James Harden has made it clear to ownership that he’s singularly focused on…
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From Scott Polacek of B/R: Los Angeles Lakers guard Avery Bradley, who Dave McMenamin of ESPN reported is expected to decline his player option for 2020-21, will reportedly attract multiple suitors as a free agent this offseason. According to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports, the expectation is Bradley will be “courted” by “several contenders,” including the Golden State Warriors and Milwaukee Bucks. It should come as no surprise that multiple teams are interested in Bradley considering he is a veteran playmaker with playoff experience and the ability to impact the game in a number of ways. He entered the…
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Courtesy of North Carolina Central Athletic Communications: When North Carolina Central senior cornerback Bryan Mills accepted an invitation to participate in the Reese’s Senior Bowl on Wednesday, he became just the third NCCU Eagle in school history to earn an invitation to the nation’s most prestigious college all-star game. Mills, a native of Palmdale, Calif., joins former NFL Pro Bowl selections Doug Wilkerson (1970) and Robert Massey (1989) as the only NCCU representatives invited to play in the Senior Bowl. The Reese’s Senior Bowl is scheduled for Jan. 30, 2021,…
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If Otto Porter and Nicholas Batum were obvious opt-ins, then Jerami Grant was just as obvious of an opt-out. According to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports, the Denver Nuggets is opting out of the last year of his current deal, an enter free agency. When Grant was acquired from the Thunder last season, while it didn’t receive the fanfare of other roster moves around the league, it was lauded by knowledgeable basketball people as a quality addition by the Denver Nuggets. The move paid dividends for Denver, as he averaged…
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The first major Jersey change of this truncated NBA offseason transpired Monday as the Oklahoma City Thunder sent star point guard Chris Paul to the Phoenix Suns. The Athletic and Stadium’s Shams Charania provided additional details of the transaction: The move seemingly symbols the beginning of a full-on rebuild in Oklahoma City. For Paul this will be the third franchise he will suit up for in the past three seasons. After being traded to the Thunder last year, it was thought that his time there would be little more than…
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From ESPN: The Detroit Pistons are trading guard Bruce Brown to the Brooklyn Nets for forward Dzanan Musa and a 2021 second-round pick, sources told ESPN. The 2021 second-round pick will be via the Toronto Raptors, sources said. This is the first trade of Detroit general manager Troy Weaver’s tenure and the start of his beginning to gather assets and picks to rebuild the Pistons’ talent base. Brown, 24, is a tough, defensive-minded guard who’s expected to be a part of the Nets’ backcourt rotation. A second-round pick in 2018, Brown started 99 games in his first two NBA…
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The “University Blue” Air Jordan 4 is an all-new colourway of the 4 that is planned to make its retail debut in 2021. It sports a university blu suede upper accented with specked tech grey accents on the plastic wings and at the black Jumpman-clad rear tab. On the tongue an old-school Nike Team Sports jock tag is paired with Jumpman and Flight logos. Below this paper sits a an upper where the aforementioned speckled pattern and color is repeated, along with white atop a black and tech grey outsole.…
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Originally released back in 2006, the “Stealth” Air Jordan 5 is primed to make its return in 2021. It sports a white leather upper with a reflective tongue. Clear netting on the sides along with hyper royal Jumpman on the tongue , rear heel, with the same colour appearing on the inner and lace locks. Below this upper sits a stealth midsole with black accenting and a hyper royal tipped translucent outsole. The “Stealth” Air Jordan 5, as it currently stands, is set to make it second retail run March…
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Another new colourway of the Air Jordan will hit shelves in 2021. This Air Jordan features a combination mesh and suede upper , with the reflectivity normally seen on the tongue now found on the lace holes and the netting. On the lower heel is found an embroidered “23”, along with a Jumpman on the mesh tongue. This upper sits atop a black midsole with black specked wolf grey “teeth” and a translucent rubber outsole. According to zsneakerheadz, the “Anthracite” Air Jordan 5 is scheduled to make its retail debut…
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