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How Teams Are Using 2026/27 Bi-Annual Exceptions

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The bi-annual exception is one of the tools available to NBA teams who are over the cap, giving those clubs the flexibility to offer free agents more than the minimum salary. In 2026/27, the bi-annual exception is worth $5,477,000 and can be used to offer a deal worth up to $11,227,850 over two years. It […]

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Hawks align with Gray Media and its statewide reach for 2026-27 season

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The franchise becomes the fourth ex-Main Street Sports Group team to choose free linear broadcasts, following the Pistons, Heat and Bucks. Like the other three, the Hawks will have an out clause to join the NBA’s aggregated streaming hub when it launches likely for the 2027-28 season. But the team’s President of Business Enterprise & Chief Commercial Officer Andrew Saltzman said they are signing a multiyear contract either way because “we feel really, really good about where we sit and about ...

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Lakers viral Summer League star is an old dude who celebrating by rubbing his bald head

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The Los Angeles Lakers might be on the verge of losing LeBron James, but it’s okay, because they might have found another old man hooper in Summer League and it’s breaking everyone’s brain. Don’t worry, because I can tell you exactly who this is. The mystery old man suiting up for the Lakers is 30-year-old […]

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The Rockets can’t be afraid of a “strategic step back”

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Updated Jul 17, 5:08 PM ET

It’s rumor season. The dog days of summer. Always liked that expression. Life is probably pretty good as a dog. The word takes a different meaning when it comes to the Houston Rockets. You’re not in the rotation if you don’t “have that dog in you”. Dogs are anthropomorphized as both lazy and hardworking. English is funny? Dogs are funny? Basketball. It’s rumor season. Yet, Houston Rockets rumors are few and far between. At this juncture, it seems clear that we’re “running it back”. Marcus Sma...

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