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Report: Rockets declining Avery Bradley’s team option — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports

Avery Bradley – acquired as matching salary in the Victor Oladipo trade – played terribly for the Rockets last season.

Report: Rockets declining Avery Bradley’s team option — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports

Report: Wizards likely to acquire Spencer Dinwiddie in sign-and-trade with Nets — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports

The Wizards are opening a big hole at point guard by trading Russell Westbrook to the Lakers.

Report: Wizards likely to acquire Spencer Dinwiddie in sign-and-trade with Nets — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports

DeMar DeRozan says he hung up on Masai Ujiri when Raptors president called about trade — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports

DeMar DeRozan believes Raptors president Masai Ujiri lied to him before trading him to the Spurs for Kawhi Leonard in 2018.

DeMar DeRozan says he hung up on Masai Ujiri when Raptors president called about trade — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports

Kevin Durant breaks Olympic scoring record for Team USA, which advances to knockout stage with win over Czech Republic — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports

Kevin Durant had been eying Carmelo Anthony’s Team USA career Olympic scoring record for years.

Kevin Durant breaks Olympic scoring record for Team USA, which advances to knockout stage with win over Czech Republic — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports

Analysis: Lakers face a tricky, expensive path to build around their Big Three — Daily Bulletin

If he’s said it once, he’s said it a dozen times: Lakers coach Frank Vogel loves talking about getting players to “star in their roles.” Back when the discourse was whether the Lakers would ever find a third star, or if one of their other players would ascend to become a foundational piece like LeBron…

Analysis: Lakers face a tricky, expensive path to build around their Big Three — Daily Bulletin

Reports: Mike Conley likely to re-sign with Jazz, who are offering $75M over three years — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports

Jazz guard Mike Conley’s tone changed over the last several months, as he approaches unrestricted free agency.

Reports: Mike Conley likely to re-sign with Jazz, who are offering $75M over three years — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports

What the Starling Marte trade means for the future of this Oakland A’s core — East Bay Times

The Oakland A’s swapped a cost-controlled, high-ceiling pitcher for a 32-year-old rental, an uncharacteristic that tells us the organization may see their 2021 run as its last hurrah for this core. At its surface, the trade for former All-Star Starling Marte that sent Jesús Luzardo — the 23-year-old pitcher once seen as the future of…

What the Starling Marte trade means for the future of this Oakland A’s core — East Bay Times

Reports: Lakers near deal for Russell Westbrook, who requested trade from Wizards — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports

The Lakers have been seeking a third star ever since pairing LeBron James and Anthony Davis.

Reports: Lakers near deal for Russell Westbrook, who requested trade from Wizards — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports

76ers buy No. 53 pick from Pelicans, reportedly for $2M — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports

The Pelicans – in the midst of trying to prove their worthiness to Zion Williamson – sold a second-round pick to the 76ers.

76ers buy No. 53 pick from Pelicans, reportedly for $2M — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports

St. Paul’s Jalen Suggs on eve of NBA draft: ‘I couldn’t be more excited’ — Twin Cities

Jalen Suggs and his father, Larry, had Thursday night in mind when they discussed Jalen’s future a couple of years ago. Suggs starred in both basketball and football for years growing up, and he often was the best player on the court or the field — usually even when playing up multiple age levels. It […]

St. Paul’s Jalen Suggs on eve of NBA draft: ‘I couldn’t be more excited’ — Twin Cities