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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...

The Pelicans signed and then subsequently waived former Santa Clara big man Johnny O’Neil, tweets Keith Smith of Spotrac. It’s a familiar series of transactions for the Pelicans, who also signed and waived O’Neil last September in order to gain his G League rights and ensure he’d receive a bonus worth $50K for spending at […]

The Boston Celtics have waived guard Caleb Grill. Boston had signed Grill to an Exhibit 10 contract. Grill is expected to join the Maine Celtics for the upcoming G League season.

The Indiana Pacers have waived Keion Brooks Jr., Cameron Hildreth, M.J. Iraldi and Wade Taylor IV. All four players were signed to Exhibit 10 contracts. Brooks, Hildreth, Iraldi and Taylor are all expected to join the Noblesville Boom for the upcoming G League season. The Pacers roster sits at 17 players. Indiana has 14 players signed to standard contracts and three players signed to two-way contracts.

Adam Mares of DNVR and the All-NBA pod joins to discuss a pivotal season in Denver. We look back on what went wrong for the Nuggets in their brutal loss to the Wolves after a promising season, and how the new version of the team addresses those issues. What do we expect from newcomer DeMar DeRozan and how will David Adelman deploy him? Plus, why Jokic didn't extend, and Adam invokes geopolitics as he discusses whether the Nuggets would ever consider trading Jokic. Finally, we discuss how the ...

After reaching contract agreements with John Konchar and Drew Eubanks on Tuesday, the Knicks may not be done bringing in free agents to compete for regular season roster spots. According to Ian Begley of SNY.tv, New York has also been in touch with veteran guard Gabe Vincent and big men Duop Reath and James Wiseman […]

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Appearing at an introductory press conference on Tuesday more than two months after being traded from Philadelphia to Boston, veteran forward Paul George acknowledged that he’s aware of how unpopular the Jaylen Brown trade was among Celtics fans. While he’s not promising to replace the production of a player who finished sixth in MVP voting […]

Pistons fans who responded to a survey conducted by The Athletic’s Hunter Patterson believe president of basketball operations Trajan Langdon didn’t do enough this offseason to make the team a title contender. Of the 1,279 responses made, 60.3% chose ‘No, they should have done more’ regarding offseason moves. Only 20.3% selected ‘Yes, they’ve improved enough’ […]

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The New York Knicks signed-and-waived Jaden Akins, Nick Jourdain, Mitch Mascari, Toby Okani, Igor Milicic, and Paul Zilinskas on Tuesday. All six players were signed to Exhibit 10 contracts and are set to join the G League's Westchester Knicks. The Knicks also signed Liam Robbins to an Exhibit 10 deal, with the center expected to join the team in training camp. The Knicks also signed John Konchar and are expected to sign Drew Eubanks. The team have two open roster spots.

Veteran coach Igor Kokoskov, who led Luka Doncic and the Slovenian national team to a 2017 EuroBasket title, got the opportunity to work with Doncic again as a Mavericks assistant during the 2021/22 season. However, Kokoskov admitted during a recent appearance on the X&O’s Chat podcast (YouTube link) that he didn’t have a great experience […]