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Hoops Rumors is checking in on the 2026 offseason for all 30 NBA teams, recapping the summer’s free agent signings, trades, draft picks, departures, and more. We’ll take a look at each team’s offseason moves and consider what might still be coming before the regular season begins. Today, we’re focusing on the Denver Nuggets. Free […]

Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch came into last season touting the team’s continued growth together. After a flurry of roster changes this summer, Finch is looking forward to merging what continuity remains with a new approach that will hopefully pay off for everyone, according to Finch’s recent interview with Britt R0bson of the Minn Post. […]

The Nuggets’ 2026 playoff run ended disappointingly quickly, with the team losing in six games to the Timberwolves in the first round. One reason the team struggled to gain traction was the absence of their Swiss Army Knife forward, Aaron Gordon. Gordon played just three games in that series and only reached 30 minutes in […]

After previous statements indicated that Steve Ballmer and the Clippers were considering legal options to challenge the NBA’s findings in their cap circumvention investigation, the embattled owner has announced that he will comply with the ruling and not pursue legal action, ESPN’s Shams Charania reports (via Twitter). In his report, Charania published a statement from Ballmer […]

Steve Ballmer is abandoning the pursuit of a legal challenge to the NBA's punishment of the Los Angeles Clippers for salary cap circumvention involving Kawhi Leonard. The Clippers were forced to forfeit five first round picks while Steve Ballmer will be suspended for one year. Lawrence Frank is suspended for six months and Gillian Zucker is facing a one-year suspension. "This has been a very difficult time for everybody associated with the Clippers, and for that, I have sincere regrets. I wan...

Apart from their star-laden starting five, Dean Wade and Anfernee Simons are the Sixers’ only rotation locks, Adam Aaronson of The Philly Voice writes in an analysis of the roster. Both players were added in free agency before Philadelphia traded for Jaylen Brown or signed LeBron James, and new president of basketball operations Mike Gansey […]

Ettore Messina is set to join the Atlanta Hawks as a consultant starting this season. The Italian basketball coach spent the last six years with Olimpia Milano. The 66-year-old has previously worked as a consultant with the Lakers and an assistant coach for the Spurs. Hawks coach Quin Snyder was an assistant on Messina's staff at CSKA Moscow.

Appearing on the Tom Tolbert Show (YouTube link), Warriors head coach Steve Kerr confirmed to his former college teammate that he made up his mind near the end of 2025/26 that he wouldn’t return for a 13th season in ’26/27, citing the demanding travel schedule as one factor in his thinking. However, Kerr said three […]

Asked by Yossi Gozlan during an episode of The Third Apron podcast if the Lakers essentially chose Collin Sexton over Marcus Smart in free agency, Lakers insider Jovan Buha suggested that the former Defensive Player of the Year may not have been enthusiastic about re-signing in Los Angeles. “I don’t have great clarity on this, […]

Bennedict Mathurin’s two-year deal with the Pelicans was reported last month to be worth $16MM, but the official contract actually came in a little below that, Hoops Rumors has learned. Mathurin will earn a guaranteed salary worth $7,500,000 in 2026/27, with a second-year player option for ’27/28 worth $7,875,000. As a result, the guard’s new […]

Hoops Rumors is checking in on the 2026 offseason for all 30 NBA teams, recapping the summer’s free agent signings, trades, draft picks, departures, and more. We’ll take a look at each team’s offseason moves and consider what might still be coming before the regular season begins. Today, we’re focusing on the Sacramento Kings. Free […]

The Los Angeles Clippers are not expected to receive any of the five forfeited first round picks back from the NBA, Adam Silver confirmed during a press conference from the Board of Governors meeting on Tuesday. There had been some speculation that the Clippers could follow the precedent of the Minnesota Timberwolves, who were originally stripped of five first round picks for salary cap circumvention involving Joe Smith and then received two of them back. "The discipline is final, to your dir...