Thunder followers shouldn’t get distracted by the presence of Kevin Durant at their ring evening celebration, writes Rylan Stiles of Sports activities Illustrated. In accordance with a report Friday evening, Durant’s first sport with the Rockets will kick off the brand new NBA season October 21 at Oklahoma Metropolis, which is when the house crew will likely be honored for capturing the town’s first-ever championship. Durant has a protracted and sophisticated historical past with OKC followers. He was their first hero when the crew moved from Seattle in 2008 and led them to the NBA Finals in 2012. Nonetheless, a…
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Free agent level guard Chris Chiozza has signed with Karşıyaka Basket for the 2025/26 season, the Turkish crew introduced (Instagram hyperlink; hat tip to Sportando). After going undrafted out of Florida in 2018, Chiozza spent his first 4 skilled seasons bouncing between the NBA and the G League, totally on two-way contracts. He appeared in 91 common season contests with the Rockets, Wizards, Nets and Warriors, final suiting up for Golden State throughout the ’21/22 marketing campaign. The 29-year-old has spent the previous three seasons abroad, enjoying and Spain and Turkey. He performed for Manisa Basket final season, which —…
Free company isn’t the headline occasion it as soon as was within the NBA, as a big portion of the highest gamers available on the market have a tendency to increase, like Luka Doncic did final weekend with the Lakers, or transfer in trades moderately than signing with new groups. Nonetheless, there are nonetheless prone to be gifted gamers accessible and able to contribute to new conditions, as Zach Harper particulars for The Athletic. Groups just like the Lakers, Clippers, and Warmth have made an effort to maintain their flexibility for subsequent yr, write Tim Bontemps and Kevin Pelton for ESPN.…
The French nationwide workforce introduced immediately (through Twitter) that it has trimmed its preliminary EuroBasket roster to 14 gamers by making three cuts. Two NBA gamers – Thunder ahead Ousmane Dieng and Hornets large man Moussa Diabate – had been amongst these reduce, together with former lottery choose Frank Ntilikina. Dieng and Diabate each have large seasons on faucet in 2025/26. Dieng, the No. 11 total choose in 2022, is at the moment eligible for a contract extension as he enters the fourth and closing yr of his rookie scale deal, which pays him $6.67MM. Nonetheless, in contrast to fellow…
In a current stay stream for Bleacher Report (video hyperlink), Jake Fischer mentioned the present stalemate surrounding each the Bulls with Josh Giddey and the Warriors with Jonathan Kuminga, neither of which he expects to return to an finish anytime quickly. Throughout that video, Fischer reported that there’s curiosity, not less than from the Warriors’ finish, in a double sign-and-trade that might resolve each issues concurrently. “I can report that there have been a number of groups which have reached out to Josh Giddey’s illustration about having curiosity in [him],” Fischer says. “Golden State is one among them. Golden State…
Babatunde Oladotun is reclassifying to the highschool class of 2026, making him draft-eligible in 2027, in accordance with Paul Biancardi of ESPN.com. The 16-year-old wing intends to graduate from highschool in Maryland subsequent spring. Oladotun had been ESPN’s No. 1 prospect within the 2027 highschool class. He was ranked No. 6 by Rivals, per Joe Tipton of On3.com. “Initially, I’m forward of schedule academically and can graduate subsequent yr,” Oladotun instructed ESPN. “Most of my life, I’ve performed up in age and after enjoying within the 17U division for Workforce Durant, I felt comfy. I’ve gained 20 kilos during the…
A trio of bold NBA groups have leveraged a variety of their future belongings to go “all-in” on successful now, write Tim Bontemps and Kevin Pelton of ESPN. Bontemps and Pelton observe that the Nuggets, Bucks and Timberwolves wish to take advantage of what they see as their present title home windows. Denver has ditched most of its draft fairness to restructure its depth round three-time MVP heart Nikola Jokic. Its 2025/26 roster does, on paper, characterize an enchancment over former president Calvin Sales space‘s 2024/25 classic. Milwaukee, too, has taken some daring swings to please two-time MVP ahead Giannis…
Former NBA ahead Ryan Bowen, who has been an assistant coach with the Nuggets for the previous decade (and 12 seasons total), would be the new head coach of the Grand Rapids Gold, Denver’s NBA G League affiliate introduced in a press launch. “Ryan brings a championship mindset, years of expertise, and a deep connection to the Nuggets system,” stated Gold President Steve Jbara. “We’re thrilled to welcome him to Grand Rapids and might’t wait to see the affect he’ll make on our gamers and our neighborhood.” Bennett Durando of The Denver Put up reported final month that Bowen could…
The seeds for Damian Lillard‘s reunion with the Path Blazers have been planted throughout his first season with the Bucks, as ESPN’s Jamal Collier particulars. His agent, Aaron Goodwin, and Portland GM Joe Cronin spoke in January 2024. Throughout that dialog, they recognized the gaps of their communication and agreed there have been no laborious emotions between the events. Lillard requested a commerce to the Warmth in the summertime of 2023. When that commerce didn’t materialize by September, Goodwin instructed the Blazers that Lillard would keep in Portland. Nonetheless, the entrance workplace needed to resolve the state of affairs by…
The Celtics are signing free agent ahead Chris Boucher on a one-year, $3.3MM contract, ESPN’s Shams Charania tweets. Extra to return…