Rexwell Villas Articles - Page 205

Veteran point guard Tony Parker has not expressed a hint that he’s going to retire anytime soon. In fact, he wants to play for three more years in order to hit the 20-season milestone. While he prefers to stay with the San Antonio Spurs, the only team he has played for so far in his […]

Point guard and restricted free agent Dante Exum will still call Salt Lake City his NBA home for the foreseeable future, as he has agreed to a new deal worth $33 million and spanning three years with the Utah Jazz, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Utah Jazz restricted free agent Dante Exum has agreed […]

After the Los Angeles Lakers signed the biggest fish off of the free agent market in the form of four-time MVP LeBron James, their attention is now trained on adding more complementary pieces who could aid The King. They’ve done so by adding the likes of Rajon Rondo, JaVale McGee, and Lance Stephenson, but whether […]

Brooklyn Nets point guard Spencer Dinwiddie has a dream, and that dream is simply to yam one down in the face of Sixers center Joel Embiid. Reacting to Fox Sports personality Skip Bayless’ assessment that Joel Embiid is now the best player in the Eastern Conference following LeBron James’ decision to take his talents to […]

You can’t project the trajectory of a player’s career in the NBA based on two shots in some Summer League game. That said, it certainly does not look good, especially for a player like Hawks rookie Trae Young, who is being hyped as the second coming of Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry, if […]

While former Sacramento Kings center DeMarcus Cousins is currently the talk of the NBA world after agreeing to join the Golden State Warriors, a new Kings big man tried to steal some bit of thunder from the free agency by dunking over fellow pro league newcomer Moritz Wagner of the Los Angeles Lakers. https://twitter.com/World_Wide_Wob/status/1013985170159034368 While […]

It seems that New Orleans Pelicans forward Nikola Mirotic is not enamored by Rajon Rondo’s move to the Los Angeles Lakers. After news broke that the four-time All-Star point guard has agreed to a one-year deal worth $9 million with the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday, Mirotic tried to express his feelings about the transaction […]

Even the NFL is starting to worry about the Golden State Warriors. Wait. What? In light if the news of DeMarcus Cousins agreeing to take his talents to the Bay Area and join forces with four players, who, like him, were NBA All-Stars last season, the Arizona Cardinals snuffed out any possible plans of the […]

Dwight Howard remains a member of the Brooklyn Nets, but it’s expected that the veteran center is going to be bought out by the team in a move that would make him a free agent. In such a scenario, Howard reportedly wants to join LeBron James by returning to one of his old stomping yards […]

The NBA offseason has certainly lived up to the hype of being an entirely crazy time of the year for the league. It has even surpassed expectations because a theory usually heard inside barbershops has now become a reality that is currently causing people to lose their wits, and to some degree, their trust in […]

Duke and Kentucky hate each other, but former Blue Devil Quinn Cook does not seem to have any resentment to the idea of playing alongside a former Wildcat in the form of soon-to-be-official Golden State Warriors center DeMarcus Cousins. In fact, Cook greeted Cousins via FaceTime, welcoming the big man, at least virtually, to the […]

Don’t pretend like you did not expect Stephen A. Smith of ESPN to have a reaction in the wake of DeMarcus Cousins dropping a bomb on the NBA by simply agreeing to play with the Golden State Warriors on a one-year deal. Out of all the sports journalism personalities out there, Smith is perhaps the […]

Whatever ambitions the other 29 teams in the NBA have of unseating the Golden State Warriors as the reigning champions have been reduced greatly Monday night when it was announced that DeMarcus Cousins has agreed to a one-year deal worth $9 million. The rich just got richer exponentially it seems. According to Marc J. Spears […]

All it took for the fabric of the NBA universe to rip apart was for the news of DeMarcus Cousins agreeing to a one-year deal worth just $5.3 million with the Golden State Warriors to come out. The NBA free agency period has been won by the Warriors, the last team that’s supposed to win […]

With LeBron James already committing to the Los Angeles Lakers, Clint Capela’s star as a free agent just got a little shinier with apparently plenty of teams having contact with the center’s agent, per Brian Windhorst of ESPN (h/t Ben DuBose of Locked On Rockets). .@WindhorstESPN on Clint Capela: "Last night, after his meeting with […]

DeMarcus Cousins is the newest reason why Twitter engineers are busy right now trying to keep the popular social media platform from exploding into smithereens of shock-filled tweets. With Cousins reportedly agreeing to a one-year deal with the Golden State Warriors, the defending champions just took a big step towards looking like a carbon copy […]

Los Angeles Lakers point guard Lonzo Ball did not catch Kobe Bryant’s last flight, as he came into the NBA a year later than the Black Mamba’s last season in the league. Assuming he’s not going to be traded this offseason, Ball will have his chance of playing alongside another surefire future first-ballot Hall of […]

There’s a new sheriff in LA county now following LeBron James’ decision to join the Los Angeles Lakers take his talents to La La Land beginning next season. Apparently, there’s also going to be a new point guard for the Purple and Gold with Rajon Rondo also agreeing to a deal with the team. According […]

The Portland Trail Blazers have decided not to extend a qualifying offer to point guard Shabazz Napier, thus effectively making him an unrestricted free agent, according to Shams Charania of Yahoo Sports. Sources: Portland will not extend a qualifying offer to guard Shabazz Napier, allowing him to enter July 1 as an unrestricted free agent. […]

The Milwaukee Bucks have made their preference for Jabari Parker to stay known after the team extended a qualifying offer to the swingman, thus converting him into a restricted free agent, according to Matt Velasquez of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Per source, the Bucks have extended a qualifying offer to Jabari Parker, making him a […]

One of the biggest fishes in the free agent market this year is DeMarcus Cousins. Although he is still recovering from a devastating Achilles injury, the interest in the center from other teams has not waned that much. The New Orleans Pelicans have also shown fondness in bringing Cousins back, though, the structure of the […]

It’s been an unofficial tradition in the NBA to link any free agent superstar to the Los Angeles Lakers. This year is no different. LeBron James and Paul George, the top two players to hit the market are both heavily rumored to be donning Purple and Gold colors next season. Let’s also not forget about […]

Remember when the Cleveland Cavaliers gave the impression that they selected Collin Sexton in last week’s draft irrespective of the decision that LeBron James is to make? Well, it appears that Chris Paul and the Houston Rockets are singing the same tune. According to Alykhan Bijani of ESPN, Paul is expected to ink a new […]

Before DeAndre Jordan decided to decline his option to play one more year for the L.A. Clippers, one of the ways explored by the Dallas Mavericks in order to acquire the big man was via a trade. Had it succeeded, it’s unlikely to have included any of the Mavs’ future top picks, according to Brad […]

Wesley Matthews has long been rumored to be among the primary chips the Dallas Mavericks could give away in a trade with the L.A. Clippers for big man DeAndre Jordan. According to Tim Cato of The Athletic, however, the Mavs informed the swingman prior to Jordan’s decision to opt out of the final year of […]

The Toronto Raptors are entertaining the idea of splitting up their frontcourt tandem of Serge Ibaka and Jonas Valanciunas, according to Josh Lewenberg of TSN Sports. Even after a season and a half, the Raptors are not sold on the Ibaka-Valanciunas pairing, according to team sources, believing both are better suited playing centre at this […]

San Antonio Spurs point guard Tony Parker appears to be among the biggest culprits of Kawhi Leonard’s chagrin, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN (h/t Rob Lopez of Def Pen Sports). Woj: The 'last straw' for Kawhi Leonard were Tony Parker's comments about Leonard's injury. Lowe confirms he also heard the same thing. pic.twitter.com/G7qBYQT6ZJ — […]

The L.A. Clippers are currently in the midst of a rebuild, manifested further by the report that DeAndre Jordan is opting out of the last year of his contract with the team. Although the Clippers are not necessarily among the most talked about free agency destinations this summer, they have the financial capability to be […]

If the Dallas Mavericks managed to sign DeAndre Jordan this summer, expect Dirk Nowitzki to welcome the big man with open arms – even if Jordan is the main reason why the future Hall of Famer has taken a pay cut, according to Eddie Sefko of Dallasnews.com. “Sources have said Dirk Nowitzki is on board […]

The Dallas Mavericks are not picking up their 2018-19 option on Dirk Nowitzki, though, the move is a decision made by both parties in order to carve out extra room on the team’s salary cap, according to a report by Marc Stein of The New York Times. “The Mavericks, in a mutual decision with Dirk […]

Three years after a late-minute change of heart left the Dallas Mavericks in shambles, DeAndre Jordan is reportedly on the verge of putting ink on paper as the Mavs’ biggest free agent acquisition in recent memory. Citing sources, Marc Stein of The New York Times said that the Mavericks now have a target on Jordan’s […]

The Golden State Warriors will continue to have Steve Kerr calling shots for the team. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, the Warriors are merely ironing out the final details of Kerr’s extension deal with the team. Three-time NBA championship coach Steve Kerr is finalizing a contract extension that will make him one of the […]

There seems to be virtually no chance that the San Antonio Spurs and superstar forward Kawhi Leonard will be able to settle their differences. Leonard has made it known that he wants to get traded and the Spurs have also expressed their disinterest in continuing their professional relationship with the disgruntled former San Diego Aztec. […]

Obviously done with dunking on regular joes in parks and on Deandre Ayton on Twitter, Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid took on another rookie, and as usual, emerged out of the challenge with his crown still on his head. In a recent pickup game in Los Angeles, Embiid took Orlando Magic rookie Mo Bamba to school, […]

Enes Kanter has a day left to decide whether to pick up his player option with the New York Knicks and stay in the Big Apple for at least one more season. But if there’s one thing that can be gleaned from this now-deleted tweet from Kanter, it’s that he could be headed to the […]

Earlier this month, there have been rumors that swirled around the prospect of Kyrie Irving leaving the Boston Celtics next year, when the point guard can opt out of his current contract. However, the Celtics do not seem to be that much bothered about it, according to Zach Lowe of ESPN. Boston, for what it’s […]

After getting Trae Young in last week’s NBA Draft, the Atlanta Hawks appear to have deemed Dennis Schroder as an expendable trade commodity. However, interest in Schroder hasn’t been high. In fact, it’s been anemic according to a previous report. The Phoenix Suns seem to be an ideal destination for Schroder, especially following reports of […]

The San Antonio Spurs are not used to NOT winning. They are a franchise that has made the playoffs in each season since 1997-98 and won at least 50 games in all but one campaign during that two-decade stretch. Unlike most other teams, a full-blown rebuild process is an alien concept to the Spurs. At […]

Kevin Durant is expected to opt out of his commitment with the Golden State Warriors, but it’s only to work out with a new deal with the defending champions. We say that to point out that plenty of front offices are under the same presumption that Paul George and the Oklahoma City Thunder are merely […]