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The NBA is a fun league. Tune in any night and you can see All-Stars or young prospects racing up and down the court for both teams. If you look at the stands, you’ll see movie stars, singers, and former players all cheering for their teams. With some teams, you’ll even see owners sitting court-side, […]

Kawhi Leonard Watch continues post-July 4, as the superstar free agent still hasn’t made his decision. FS1’s Cris Carter had hinted Thursday there would be no decision on the 4th of July and that it would instead be coming the next day, and he again reiterated that Friday morning: "For Kawhi, this is about which […]

A Los Angeles Lakers fan decided to call the LA Clippers the ‘JV team’ (junior varsity) of the city. Sure enough, it didn’t sit well with Patrick Beverley. On Twitter, Beverley — who recently agreed to a three-year, $40 million deal with the Clippers — had a savage response to the said Laker supporter and […]

Ex-NBA player Metta World Peace dreams of one day seeing the Indiana Pacers or the New York Knicks winning the title. However, he sees that the Los Angeles Lakers will win this year. Via Twitter, World Peace — who spent five seasons in Indiana — said that he ‘would love’ to see the Pacers snag […]

Danny Green is very interested in joining the Los Angeles Lakers because of LeBron James and Anthony Davis. Green said on his Inside The Green Room podcast that signing with the Lakers makes a lot sense because of the appeal of their new duo of James and Davis. The two-time NBA champion is also intrigued […]

Free agent shooting guard Danny Green admits he hasn’t spoken directly to superstar small forward Kawhi Leonard about free agency this summer. Green says he doesn’t want to blow up Leonard’s phone because he knows the two-time Finals MVP has a lot of people in his ear at the moment. Danny Green hasn’t spoken directly […]

If the Toronto Raptors have Drake as one of the people who are helping them convince Kawhi Leonard to stay, the Los Angeles Lakers also have a rapper of their own who’s trying to persuade the two-time Finals MVP to come home to Southern California and join the Purple and Gold. .@SnoopDogg trying to convince […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are in the mix to sign point guard Trey Burke, according to Marc Berman of the New York Post. Burke is an unrestricted free agent. He split time this past season with the New York Knicks and Dallas Mavericks: Trey Burke, who has a place in SoCal, has long hinted about […]

On Wednesday, ESPN NBA analyst Jalen Rose reported he’s hearing there’s a 99 percent chance Kawhi Leonard will re-sign with the Toronto Raptors. Rose was the first person last season to report Leonard would never play for the San Antonio Spurs again, so he has a track record of being right when it comes to […]

All-Star forward Kawhi Leonard still hasn’t made his free-agent decision yet, and according to a report by FS1’s Cris Carter, the reigning Finals MVP does not plan to make his announcement on the 4th of July: Breaking news:After very impressive meetings with the Toronto Raptors and others yesterday, reigning NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard and […]

Kawhi Leonard’s meeting with the Toronto Raptors earlier is the last of multiple appointments he set up with the teams who are aiming to acquire him. Now that he’s already heard the pitches of the Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Lakers, his decision might come any moment now. According to Chris Broussard, Leonard […]

While everyone is still patiently waiting on the decision of one Kawhi Leonard, Los Angeles Lakers youngster Kyle Kuzma had an interesting post on Twitter. .@kevinlove has had the best summer I’ve ever seen anyone have 🤣 — kuz (@kylekuzma) July 4, 2019 What could be interesting in Kevin Love’s summer? Aside from the rumors […]

The latest episode of #KawhiWatch has NFL Hall of Famer Cris Carter predicting Kawhi Leonard will wait until Friday to announce his much-awaited free agency decision. Leonard will either pick the Toronto Raptors, Los Angeles Lakers or Los Angeles Clippers . Via RealGM: “I think he’s going to make an announcement on Friday,” said Cris Carter […]

Elfrid Payton’s one-year stint with his hometown New Orleans Pelicans was surely a shock to the system upon witnessing former teammate Anthony Davis force a trade through his representation and seeing the shockwaves of the consequences. While the 6-foot-4 guard said some of the saga was overhyped in the media, he admitted to being shocked […]

The latest rumors reveal that Danny Green might end up not following Kawhi Leonard if the latter signs with the Los Angeles Lakers. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Green has been waiting on what will happen with the Lakers. Per Mavericks reporter Blake Weir, if Leonard joins LeBron James and Anthony Davis, then Green will […]

The Los Angeles Lakers, L.A. Clippers, and Toronto Raptors are waiting on 2019 NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard to make his free agency decision. According to Jabari Young of The Athletic, Leonard is still mulling his decision and will not make it on Wednesday night. In fact, Young says it could take a few days. […]

ESPN insider Adrian Wojnarowski trolled Los Angeles Lakers fans during one of his latest podcasts, with Jared Dudley as part of the story. Wojnarowski had a podcast on Tuesday in which he sounded serious in his introductory statement. The popular NBA insider said that the Lakers fans have wanted a 6-foot-7 forward from San Diego […]

Kawhi Leonard is basically the final shoe waiting to drop in free agency, and his decision is expected to come soon. As for who will break Leonard’s free-agent decision? Odds Shark has ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski as the favorite, surprise, surprise: Odds to be the first to officially report the Kawhi Leonard signing (Bovada):@Wojespn +125@ShamsCharania +200@TheSteinLine […]

Could Kawhi Leonard end up staying in Toronto after all? ESPN’s Brian Windhorst seems to think so. Windhorst noted that Leonard had talked to Kevin Durant about teaming up this offseason, and the only place that could have happened was on the Los Angeles Clippers. He then added that things seem to be lining up […]

Cris Carter says Kawhi Leonard has yet to make his decision and that the two-time Finals MVP is still considering the Toronto Raptors, Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers. Carter has been consistently plugged into Leonard’s camp. During his playing days in the NFL, Carter was represented by Mitch Frankel, who represents Leonard at […]

An anonymous NBA agent says Kawhi Leonard is re-signing with the Toronto Raptors, according to Mark Jones of ESPN. This comes right after ESPN’s Jalen Rose said he’s 99 percent sure Leonard is going back to Toronto. The prevailing thought is that Leonard will sign a short-term deal with the Raptors if he decides to […]

NBA analyst and former player Jalen Rose says he’s 99 percent sure Kawhi Leonard is signing a short-term deal with the Toronto Raptors. Rose was the first person to report last season that Leonard would never play for the San Antonio Spurs again. Not a lot of people believed Rose, but it turned out he […]

The Los Angeles Lakers, Milwaukee Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers are the front-runners to land sharpshooter Kyle Korver once he reaches a buyout agreement with the Phoenix Suns, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Korver began his NBA career with the Sixers and played with Lakers superstar LeBron James on the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Bucks, meanwhile, […]

DeMarcus Cousins and JaVale McGee have generated little to no noise on the free-agent market, but it might not be because teams aren’t interested in them. According to Vincent Ellis of The Detroit Free Press, the feeling around the league is that both Cousins and McGee are waiting on the Los Angeles Lakers before making […]

Kawhi Leonard is supposedly deciding either late Wednesday or on Thursday where he will be playing basketball next season, and no matter what decision he makes, it will set the NBA world ablaze. Either NBA fans will rejoice, or everyone outside of Jack Nicholson and the rest of Lakers nation will hate him for the […]

Kawhi Leonard may or may not be meeting with a contingent from the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday. Connecting the dots with the time-honored free agency tradition of flight-tracking, though, it certainly seems likely the reigning Finals MVP, at the very least, is in Toronto. As noted by Stephanie Smyth of Toronto’s CP24 News, the private […]

The NBA world is visibly in major suspense, now at a stalemate after doling out $3 billion in the first few hours of free agency. The remaining free agents are awaiting the domino effect that will come with Kawhi Leonard’s decision, one ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski was told will come later on Wednesday or on 4th […]

After recently being announced as the latest addition of the Los Angeles Lakers, veteran guard/forward Jared Dudley has confirmed to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that he had to convince LeBron James to give the team the go signal to sign him. On paper, LeBron has no actual authority to green-light or to veto any deal the […]

New Los Angeles Lakers forward Jared Dudley said he helped bring center DeAndre Jordan to the Brooklyn Nets, his former team, telling The Big Apple newbie that there was not much to lose with a move across town. Dudley went on The Woj Pod, telling ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that his input surely counted on Jordan’s […]

Jared Dudley made a bold comparison when asked of the potential effect of Kawhi Leonard choosing to join the Los Angeles Lakers as his next destination. Dudley, who just agreed to a one-year, $2.6 million deal to join LeBron James, Anthony Davis and the rest of the gang, told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on The Woj […]

Jared Dudley may have given his followers a hint before he decided to join the Los Angeles Lakers next season. Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN revealed on Tuesday night that Dudley agreed to a one-year deal worth $2.6 million with the Lakers. But before the news about his decision came out, the veteran forward reacted to […]

Veteran forward Jared Dudley has agreed to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers for ‘a chance to compete for a championship.’ Dudley will sign for the veteran minimum of one-year, $2.5 million. The 33-year-old had offers from the Detroit Pistons and the Brooklyn Nets but chose to go to the Lakers to team up with […]

LeBron James’ pitch to Kawhi Leonard is the Los Angeles Lakers will be Leonard’s team in two years, according to Ryan Russillo of ESPN. James signed a four-year deal with the Lakers last offseason. Russillo says it isn’t a guarantee LeBron will be on the team once his contract ends in 2022. James has a […]

Eyes emojis indeed. Brooklyn Nets forward and unrestricted free agent Jared Dudley is reportedly heading to the City of Angels to hook up with LeBron James and Anthony Davis. Dudley reacted to the news of his imminent Lakers arrival thusly. 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀 — Jared Dudley (@JaredDudley619) July 2, 2019 Dudley, turning 34 years old on July […]

Veteran stretch forward Jared Dudley has agreed to a deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Dudley spent this past season with the Brooklyn Nets. Free agent Jared Dudley has agreed to a one-year, $2.6M deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, agent Mark Bartelstein of @PrioritySports tells ESPN. — Adrian […]

It looks like Danny Green’s free agency is going to come down to the Toronto Raptors, Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks. Green is an unrestricted free agent. If Kawhi Leonard re-signs with the Raptors, Green will likely head back to Toronto. If Leonard leaves, though, Green will probably follow suit. After day three of […]

Steve Aoki is making free agent forward Kawhi Leonard an offer he can’t refuse. That is if he’s not lactose intolerant. Los Angeles Lakers super fan, and famous producer and DJ, Steve Aoki is offering free “Pizzaoki”—a pie from his pizza restaurant—to Leonard if the two-time Finals MVP and much-coveted unrestricted free agent should sign […]

Kawhi Leonard has reportedly completed his free agency meetings with the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers, according to Jordan Schultz of ESPN. Leonard is now expected to meet with the Toronto Raptors later today. Kawhi Leonard has completed both his meetings with the #Lakers and #Clippers, a league source tells ESPN. He is […]

NBA free agency has pretty much come and gone, except in the case of Kawhi Leonard, who remains without a decision on July 2, and the reason for the wait may be intentional on the part of Leonard. According to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports, Leonard may purposely be keeping the Los Angeles Lakers, Los […]