The Atlanta Hawks had interest in moving Jeff Teague to the Milwaukee Bucks for Khris Middleton.
Middleton is in the first season of a five-year, $70 million deal with the Bucks.
The Bucks turned down that offer from the Hawks.
Teague is signed through the 16-17 season. Milwaukee actually...
The Detroit Pistons' acquisition of forward Donatas Motiejunas and guard Marcus Thornton will reportedly be voided after Motiejunas failed a post-trade physical.
Shams Charania of The Vertical reported the news Monday. Motiejunas, 25, has been limited to 14 games this season due to ongoing...
A month to go before the 2016 season starts.
Teams have revealed the designs and changes of their new cars.
I'm excited to see Mclaren-Honda's improvement.
Same with Ferrari's because I think they did everything to improve.
And of course, the new American team, Haas.
Would be nice to see if...
K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune reported Butler is "still" two to three weeks away from returning to the court.
The Bulls announced on Feb. 9 that Butler would miss three to four weeks.
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Green will continue to innovate while Golden State lacks size up front. As he makes light of his status as the NBA's best 5 and as Kerr makes light of his stature, Green will probably keep bamboozling the larger men of this league.
A 6-foot-5¾ fellow as the NBA's best center? Like so much...
The Los Angeles Dodgers and Cuban pitcher Yaisel Sierra have finalized a $30 million, six-year contract.
The 24-year-old right-hander will get a $6 million signing bonus in the deal announced Sunday.
Sierra pitched five seasons in Cuba's Serie Nacional with Holguin (2010-14) and Sancti...
For the first time in his major league career, Don Mattingly's team has a policy of no facial hair.
And as the Miami Marlins' new manager, he's the one enforcing the rule.
The Marlins allowed players to have beards the past two years, but that changed under an organizational policy adopted...
Shams Charania of The Vertical reported Lee is expected to sign a $2.1 million deal with the Mavericks when he clears waivers.
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Source: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2618084-david-lee-latest-news-rumors-speculation-surrounding-free-agent-pf
Don't think this will help the Mavs in any way...
Sandoval tweeted: "I didn't weigh-in all winter. I just tried to get better, do my work." Insisted twice that Red Sox didn't ask him to lose weight.
Pete Abraham: Sandoval claimed he was not asked to lose weight. Dombrowski, Farrell, Lovello all on the record over time saying he was.
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Ryan Anderson is a specialist.
He's a quantity-plus-quality shooter, averaging better than two triples per game on 38-plus percent shooting in five of the last six seasons. To appreciate the significance of that combination, only Stephen Curry has matched that production (though the reigning...
The Milwaukee Bucks and Minnesota Timberwolves tried to initiate a trade that would send Ricky Rubio to the Bucks, but were unable to reach an agreement, according to Marc Stein of ESPN.
Rubio has reportedly been dangled as possible trade bait as Thursday's deadline approaches, but no team has...
The team plays better when he's taking less shots.
They play less Iso and better team basketball.
The past 2 games when Wade and Bosh were out, they won.
Averages in the past 2 games:
Luol Deng 28.5ppg 10.5rpg
Goran Dragic 20.5ppg 6rpg 9apg
I believe Dwyane Wade should take a 6th man role...
Starting pitcher Yovani Gallardo has found a new home for next season after inking a three-year, $35 million deal with the Baltimore Orioles, per Jon Heyman of MLB Network. Heyman also noted the deal includes an option for a fourth year.
Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports confirmed Heyman's report...
Gary Payton tweeted: "I could never play basketball in this soft era. All of my contract money would go toward fines. Lol"
It is not surprising to see former players call this era "soft"
Do you think this era really is soft?
According to ESPN.com's Marc Stein, the Milwaukee Bucks are expected to sign Novak once he clears waivers. Brian Windhorst of ESPN reported the Bucks are most likely to cut Chris Copeland to make room for Novak...
Sad to see a former #1 pick get waived.
I see teams going for him though.
Particularly the 76ers and Bucks and Celtics (especially since Olynyk is injured)
SLAM: You came back this season a noticeably better player. You can see it through the numbers, and simply watching you play. Do you have a plan each offseason of what to work on? Do you see yourself having any weaknesses?
SC: Oh, yeah! Three years ago, I was never able to drive right or do...
"The problem below market at a certain point is that if you buy a ticket in a very premium location and pay a substantial amount of money. It's not that we don't want that fan to sell it, but that fan is sitting there having paid a substantial amount of money for a ticket and [another] fan picks...
According to NBC Sports' Kurt Helin, Sixers general manager Sam Hinkie said Embiid won't return for 2016 summer league, but he "expects" the big man to be ready for the start of next season as he rehabilitates his injury in Qatar, according to Tom Moore of the Intelligencer.
Are you guys...