We’ve already looked at Detroit’s probable new roster after their early verbal agreements.  We’ve had 5 more major verbal agreements in the days since then: Hedo Turkoglu to the Trailblazers.  Turkoglu changing his mind and switching to the Raptors.  Ron Artest to the Lakers.  Trevor Ariza to the Rockets.  Marcin Gortat to [...]

ESPN reports the Clippers have shipped Zach Randolph to the Memphis Grizzlies for the expiring contract of swingman Quentin Richardson.  This is an interesting trade that might actually benefit both teams, but for slightly different reasons.
The Clippers desperately needed to free up minutes for their first over-all pick and potential superstar, [...]

ESPN is reporting that Ben Gordon and Charlie Villenueva have come to terms with the Detroit Pistions and will theoretically be signing on or after July 8th.  Gordon is said to be signed to a 5 year, $55 million contract, which is consistent with the $11 million/year rumors being floated by [...]

Prior to the 2009 NBA Draft, the Orlando Magic traded Rafer Alston, Tony Battie and Courney Lee to the New Jersey Nets for Vince Carter and Ryan Anderson.  For Orlando, it’s pretty obvious they wanted to upgrade the backcourt scoring and hedge their bets against Hedo Turkoglu.  With the Nets, [...]

UPDATED: Adding the Amir Johnson Trade
ESPN has reported the San Antonio Spurs have traded the expiring contracts of Bruce Bowen and Kurt Thomas for Richard Jefferson.  In a move reminiscent of the Lakers trading spare parts for Pau Gasol, the Bucks have gotten some cap relief to attempt to sign two [...]

While the elite free agent star power of the 2010 free agent class is the one that gets all the hype, the 2009 free agent class has its fair share of starters and quality role players.  I’ve broken the class down into three categories and given the categories a rough pecking [...]

Everybody talks about the free agent class of 2010, but what NBA general managers are thinking about is the pre-emptive trade class of 2009.  Yes, that’s right.  You’re a GM.  You have a max-contract superstar who’s playing coy with you about signing an extension.  You have two choices: wait a [...]

After falling to the Celtics, there’s been plenty of idle chatter about whether Chicago Bulls coach Vinny Del Negro should be fired.  And it’s all silly chatter from ignorant corners.  (Really, have you listened to some of these talk radio hosts?  Have they ever watched a basketball game in their life?)
Could [...]

The play-offs are over and now it’s time to look at the off-season puzzle for the Chicago Bulls.  A puzzle with moving parts:
1) Do they sign Ben Gordon/how much?
2) What do they do with the Deng/Salmons situation?
3) What do they do with Tyrus Thomas/ where’s the low-post scoring?
4) Do they keep Hinrich [...]

As Stephon Marbury’s tenure with the New York Knicks turn into a post-modern retelling of “The Last Days of Pompeii,” it might be time to look back at what Starbury used to be before his ego and mouth got in the way and how he’s cleverly dodged the hall of fame.
Did you know that Marbury [...]