Hoops Rumors

The Heat have signed 2025 first-round pick Kasparas Jakucionis to his rookie scale deal, per Ira Winderman of The South Florida Sun Sentinel. The former Illinois guard, selected with the No. 20 pick, will earn $3.66MM in 2025/26, and $17.7MM over the course of his first four pro seasons in the league. The 19-year-old out of Lithuania began his career playing for his native … [Read more...] about Heat Sign Kasparas Jakucionis To Rookie Contract

Exploring the Trail Blazers‘ decision to buy out Deandre Ayton so early in the offseason, Jason Quick of The Athletic cites sources who say that Ayton’s attitude was a factor in Portland’s willingness to move on. As Quick details, the former No. 1 overall pick was reportedly late to team flights and practices, skipped injury rehab appointments, and threw “tantrums” in the … [Read more...] about Free Agent Rumors: Ayton, Westbrook, Horford, Heat, Beasley

After Dorian Finney-Smith turned down his $15.4MM player option for the 2025/26 season, the Lakers offered him a new contract, but it only covered two seasons, according to Dan Woike of The Athletic. The veteran forward instead agreed to a four-year, $53MM deal with Houston. As Woike explains, the Lakers want to maintain as much future cap flexibility as they can in order to be … [Read more...] about Lakers Rumors: DFS, Ayton, LeBron, Wiggins, LaRavia

Although there have been a few conversations between the two sides, the Warriors and restricted free agent forward Jonathan Kuminga ahead of the official start of free agency on Monday evening, there’s no real traction toward an agreement, according to Anthony Slater of The Athletic. Jake Fischer and Marc Stein of The Stein Line (Substack link) have published a similar report, … [Read more...] about Warriors Rumors: Kuminga, Horford, Free Agency

Despite the fact that Rich Paul‘s statement accompanying LeBron James‘ opt-in on Sunday raised eyebrows around the NBA, that doesn’t mean that there are any active trade talks involving the Lakers star, NBA insider Chris Haynes said during an appearance on NBA TV (Twitter video link). “(Paul) told me there have been no trade discussions, there have been no trade talks with the … [Read more...] about Pre-FA Rumors: LeBron, Ayton, Knicks, Kennard, Rozier