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LA Clippers owner Steve Ballmer says he is complying with the NBA's punishments of the franchise and will not pursue any legal action.

Free agent forward Igor Milicic Jr. has agreed to an Exhibit 10 contract with the Knicks, according to Karol Wasiek of the Polish outlet Inertia Sport (hat tip to Sportando). A member of the Polish national team, Milicic went undrafted in 2025 after a well-traveled college career, having spent one year with Virginia, two at […]

The NBA reportedly informed teams of updated salary cap projections for the 2027-28 season on Saturday.

The Pelicans have officially signed Christian Shumate to a training camp contract, tweets Paul Garcia of The Spot Up Shot. Shumate went undrafted in 2025 after spending his final four college seasons at McNeese State. While the 6’6″ forward made just 26.9% of his three-pointers and 51.2% on free throws over the course of his […]

Legendary European coach Ettore Messina will return to the NBA as a consultant with the Hawks, according to Aris Barkas of Eurohoops.net, relaying a report from Walter Fuochi of La Republicca. Messina will be reuniting with Hawks head coach Quin Snyder, who was an assistant under Messina with CSKA Moscow before he started his NBA […]

New Brooklyn Nets forward Julius Randle isn't interested in hearing about how his team is rebuilding. Randle is confident the Nets will be better than anyone thinks this season. "Whatever your expectations are, whatever expectations that are put upon us, we're gonna exceed them and we're gonna do things at a very high level," Randle said. "We're gonna build, come in with the right habits every single day, and we're gonna do exactly that." Randle expressed excitement to be back in New York, af...

Chicago Bulls guard Norman Powell isn't buying into the hype around the Los Angeles Lakers after their flurry of offseason moves to overhaul their roster.

The Lakers may not be finished retooling their roster. Last month, the entire Lakers roster traveled to Slovenia for a four-day minicamp hosted by Luka Doncic. It appears that two players in attendance for the bonding experience may be on the trade block. Jarred Vanderbilt has been a trade candidate prior to this offseason. The...

Tyler Kolek isn’t making any predictions or declarations about cracking a crowded championship backcourt. As he said Saturday, the goal is just “every day be consistent.”

The Clippers have dominated NBA headlines — and not in a good way. The league ruled that the Clippers and owner Steve Ballmer violated salary cap circumvention rules, which cost the organization five first-round picks and a $30 million fine. The NBA suspended Clippers owner Steve Ballmer for one year from all league and team...

The NBA discourse needs a break from cap-circumvention scandals and its various prediction-market entanglements, which means it's time to talk buckets.

Ballmer, in a statement Sunday night, reversed course after originally vowing to fight the NBA's salary cap circumvention penalties