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According to a recent report, Charlotte Hornets All-Star point guard Kemba Walker has already agreed to terms on a summer move to the Boston Celtics once he officially hits free agency within the next couple of days. He is set to take the place of Kyrie Irving, who himself appears to be on his way […]

The future of Golden State Warriors superstar Kevin Durant is one of the hottest topics in basketball today. One narrative that has now come up pertains to how Durant is putting importance on how his decision this summer makes him look. According to Ian Begley of SNY, Durant does not want to seem like someone […]

Free agency hasn’t even begun, and it’s already seen a fair share of league-changing surprises. Once free agency is officially ongoing on Sunday evening, though, none of the NBA’s 30 teams will be surprised at their spending capabilities leading up to 2019-20. According to Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium, the salary cap for […]

Kyrie Irving will begin free agency by meeting with the Brookyn Nets on Sunday night, at which time both sides are optimistic they will agree on a four-year, $141 million contract, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Free agent Kyrie Irving is meeting with the Brooklyn Nets in New York on Sunday and both sides are […]

The Los Angeles Lakers reportedly believe Kyrie Irving will sign with the Brooklyn Nets once free agency starts on Sunday, according to Joe Vardon of The Athletic. After clearing up a third max slot on Thursday by agreeing to a trade with the Washington Wizards, reports surfaced the Lakers want to add Irving or Kawhi […]

The Brooklyn Nets’ goals reportedly center upon forming a trio of Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant and DeAndre Jordan, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. Irving is fully focused on a potential deal with the Nets and has reportedly been trying to get Durant to sign in Brooklyn. Jordan becomes an unrestricted free agent on […]

The Brooklyn Nets have extended their qualifying offer to All-Star guard D’Angelo Russell, per The Athletic’s Shams Charania, making Russell a restricted free agent ahead of Sunday’s start to free agency. Brooklyn will have a wide variety of options with Russell. First, because the former second-overall pick of the 2015 draft is a restricted free […]

Kyrie Irving was reportedly upset some players on the Boston Celtics went out partying in Miami in January after the team got to their hotel after 2 a.m. in the middle of back-to-back games, according to Jackie MacMullan of ESPN. The Celtics defeated the Indiana Pacers on Jan. 9. They played the Miami Heat the […]

On Thursday, the Los Angeles Lakers opened up a max salary slot by trading some pieces to the Washington Wizards and by Anthony Davis waiving his $4 million trade kicker. With that max salary slot, the Lakers are going big or going home, at least according to Brian Windhorst of ESPN. Windhorst is reporting that […]

With the Los Angeles Lakers emerging as one of the hottest free agent destinations following their recent acquisition of Anthony Davis from the New Orleans Pelicans, the biggest names such as Kawhi Leonard and Kyrie Irving have been linked to a move to Hollywood this summer. However, despite their recent success in the trade market, […]

At this point, it’s all but certain that Kyrie Irving is on his way out of the Boston Celtics once he officially hits free agency within the next few days. There appears to be no hard feelings for head coach Brad Stevens, who stated that he hopes his star point guard finds success wherever his […]

Kyrie Irving’s two-year tenure with the Boston Celtics has been filled with a lot of intrigue, especially his second season, which brought many of his issues afloat. Among them was an anecdote of how the organization catered to Irving, yet the star point guard would have his moments. Per ESPN’s Jackie MacMullan: “Could the Celtics […]

Now that the Los Angeles Lakers can accommodate a max-level player, they’re reportedly gunning for Kyrie Irving despite all the rumors saying that the star guard will head to the Brooklyn Nets. Per Marc Stein of the New York Times, the Lakers are hoping to take a chance at luring Irving. Kyrie Irving remains as […]

What easily could have been a disaster for the Los Angeles Lakers became a nonfactor on Thursday, as general Rob Pelinka managed to send Moritz Wagner, Isaac Bonga and Jemerrio Jones to the Washington Wizards in a salary dump that essentially guarantees that the Lakers will have maximum salary cap space heading into free agency. […]

The Los Angeles Lakers, it’s finally clear, will have enough cap space this summer to add a third max-level free agent next to LeBron James and Anthony Davis. Nearly two weeks of confusion and speculation ended on Thursday when ESPN reported that the Washington Wizards, with the carrot of a 2022 second-round pick from Los […]

With NBA free agency just a few short days away, the rumor mill is beginning to heat up. There are a slew of marquee players that could be on the move, from Kevin Durant and Kawhi Leonard to Kyrie Irving and Jimmy Butler. Earlier last week, it appeared that one All-Star who might be staying […]

The Boston Celtics are unlikely to see Kyrie Irving suit up in that legendary green jersey again. While he has yet to give the team the official word that he will not be returning next season, the Celtics may not even want him back at this point if he has a change of heart and […]

Enes Kanter isn’t buying the initial noise from the New York Knicks potentially snatching Kevin Durant this offseason. The former Knickerbocker, who is also a former teammate of Durant as members of the Oklahoma City Thunder, told Colin Cowherd in The Herd that he envisions him going to the inter-borough rival Brooklyn Nets. Via SNY’s […]

Now that the dust has settled on the Anthony Davis trade, the Los Angeles Lakers embark on quite possibly the most consequential free agency in recent franchise history. The Lakers acquired one of the best players in the NBA, but they had to give up Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Josh Hart and a slew of […]

Kyrie Irving is leaning towards the Brooklyn Nets, and for a good reason. Apart from the fact that they can accommodate the star guard, Irving is also attracted with the Nets’ roster infrastructure. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, Irving likes the Nets core roster which is comprised of Spencer Dinwiddie, Caris LeVert, Joe Harris […]

All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving is reportedly leaning toward signing a four-year, $141 million deal with the Brooklyn Nets once free agency starts on June 30, according to Brian Lewis of The New York Post. Irving grew up in New Jersey and was a Nets fan. Multiple sources throughout the NBA believe Irving is leaning […]

It initially appeared as though current Boston Celtics point guard and soon-to-be free agent Kyrie Irving was slated to become a member of the New York Knicks. However, it has become more and more likely that Irving will ultimately join the crosstown rival Brooklyn Nets upon officially hitting the open market, which currently has ESPN […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are reportedly rooting for Kyrie Irving to sign with the Brooklyn Nets so they can get D’Angelo Russell back, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Irving is widely expected to sign with the Nets once free agency starts on June 30. Russell becomes a restricted free agent this summer. The Nets […]

A verbal agreement may already be in place between Kyrie Irving and the Brooklyn Nets, according to Anthony Puccio of NetsDaily. Irving is widely expected to sign with the Nets once free agency starts on June 30. The six-time All-Star grew up in New Jersey and was a Nets fan as a kid. Several sources […]

It appears the Boston Celtics have made jersey No. 11 available for this upcoming 2019-20 season, a number which has belonged to point guard Kyrie Irving for the last two seasons. Former NBA player Cedric Maxwell said he had a chance to meet first-round pick Grant Williams on a commercial flight from Charlotte to Boston, […]

It has been clear to anyone familiar with the NBA that the Brooklyn Nets are big-game hunting this summer. They’ve made the necessary moves to create cap space and sit in prime position to sign two star free agents. Per Steve Bulpett of the Boston Herald, Kyrie Irving to Brooklyn is almost a done deal. […]

It’s no secret that the Boston Celtics had major chemistry issues during their most recent season. With Kyrie Irving and multiple other players reportedly never seeing eye-to-eye, the Celtics never seemed to click, and now Celtics general manager Danny Ainge has appeared to take some shots at the current free agent. Ainge: "I think it […]

Kyrie Irving is reportedly already making moves to trace his next destination in free agency. According to a report by Ric Bucher of Bleacher Report, the top point man in the market is trying to recruit DeAndre Jordan to join him alongside Kevin Durant with the Brooklyn Nets next season: Irving, meanwhile, also recently purchased […]

There has been endless discussion all year about Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving wanting to team up in free agency, so it should come as no surprise that Durant and Irving have had some recent conversations about it. According to Ric Bucher of Bleacher Report, Durant and Irving have met twice in recent weeks to […]

Free agency is just one week away, and many are talking about the potential destinations of top-tier free agents, particularly All-Star guard Kyrie Irving. Irving has recently told the Boston Celtics that he has no plans of returning to the team, which means he will be donning a new jersey next season. Up to this […]

The Boston Celtics’ masterplan to build a super team didn’t happen, as they failed to acquire Anthony Davis from the New Orleans Pelicans. They are also about to lose All-Star guard Kyrie Irving for nothing. Now, the Green Gang is left with no choice but to rebuild. Still, a lot of people, including those who […]

An anonymous NBA executive says while Kyrie Irving and D’Angelo Russell are both “divas,” Irving “takes it to another level,” according to Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report. Irving becomes an unrestricted free agent this summer and is widely expected to sign with the Brooklyn Nets, the team Russell plays for. Russell becomes a restricted free […]

It’s no secret the Brooklyn Nets have dreams of adding a pair of superstar free agents this summer. If Kyrie Irving ultimately proves the only max-level player willing to sign in Brooklyn, though, general manager Sean Marks and company would apparently still be happy to accommodate him. According to Brian Lewis of the New York […]

The Brooklyn Nets are reportedly gaining confidence they’ll sign Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant in free agency this summer, according to Brian Windhorst of ESPN. The Nets have cap space to sign both All-Stars. Durant’s former teammate with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Kendrick Perkins, says the Nets are the front runners to land KD. On […]

Kyrie Irving is widely expected to leave the Boston Celtics this summer in free agency and we’re starting to understand why. According to ESPN’s Jackie MacMullan, Irving reportedly didn’t like living in the city of Boston and had issues with head coach Brad Stevens and general manager Danny Ainge by the end of the 2018-19 […]

While the Brooklyn Nets may not have acquired a potentially franchise-altering prospect in the recently-concluded draft, what they have done successfully is to further improve their cap space in preparation for the rumored arrival of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. A couple of NBA insiders in Zach Lowe and Brian Lewis pointed out this fact, […]

New Orleans Pelicans forward Julius Randle is set to enter unrestricted free agency after declining his $9 million player option for the 2019-20 season. Pelicans‘ Julius Randle is not picking up his $9M player option for next season and will enter unrestricted free agency, league sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. Randle is coming off his best […]

The Boston Celtics are in for an interesting offseason. After years of planning by Celtics executive Danny Ainge, the C’s will likely lose Kyrie Irving this offseason as well as the chance to sign Anthony Davis, after the Pels shook up the NBA by trading the big man to the Lakers – spurning Boston, who […]

Brooklyn Nets veteran big man Ed Davis doesn’t think a potential Kyrie Irving, D’Angelo Russell pairing can work in Brooklyn. By all accounts, Irving is going to sign with the Nets once free agency starts on June 30. Russell becomes a restricted free agent this summer. The Nets could re-sign Russell even if they land […]