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When Victor Wembanyama went out last season with a blood clot in his shoulder, the San Antonio Spurs turned to Bismack Biyombo. They signed the veteran big man and he played in 28 games for them, starting 26, giving them 5.1 points and 5.6 rebounds a game. That was enough for the Spurs to bring […]

Deadlines have a tendency to spark activity, and with the start of NBA training camps now just two weeks away — and with the October 1 deadline for restricted free agents to accept their teams’ qualifying offers just one week beyond that — we’re starting to get rumblings of some movement in the long-stagnant stalemate

Fred VanVleet. Amen Thompson. Kevin Durant. Alperen Sengun. Four of the starting five for the Houston Rockets are locked in, but coach Ime Udoka has a deep roster and can go a lot of other directions with that fifth spot — and it’s something he could change game-to-game depending upon matchups. Udoka told Ben DuBose

File photo Former Aspiration CEO Andrei Cherny is pushing back on the idea that Clippers star Kawhi Leonard had a so-called “no-show” endorsement agreement with the now-bankrupt “green bank” company. In comments relayed by Mike Vorkunov of The Athletic and in a statement posted to social media, Cherny argued that Leonard’s $28 million contract with

File Knicks It looks like Cameron Payne’s time in New York has already come and gone. With the Knicks preparing for a three-man camp battle between Malcolm Brogdon, Landry Shamet and Garrison Mathews, veteran guard Payne is no longer in the mix, per Stefan Bondy of the New York Post. Payne, 31, signed with the

File The Rockets know four-fifths of their starting lineup. Kevin Durant, Alperen Sengun, Amen Thompson and Fred VanVleet are locked in. It’s that fifth spot that will be up for grabs when camp tips off later this month. Coach Ime Udoka isn’t tipping his hand. “It’s to be determined,” Udoka told Ben DuBose of RocketsWire

Andrei Cherny, who resigned from his role in 2022, wrote on X that the “claim that the contract with Kawhi Leonard as a ‘no show’ contract is false.”

Getty It doesn’t look like the Bulls will be riding into the Jonathan Kuminga sweepstakes anytime soon. After locking up Josh Giddey on a new deal, Chicago is unlikely to pursue a sign-and-trade for the Warriors restricted free agent, per Jake Fischer of The Stein Line. That doesn’t mean the Bulls are out of the

File The Knicks kicked the tires on free agent center Thomas Bryant, but ultimately decided to move in another direction, according to The Stein Line’s Jake Fischer. Instead of adding frontcourt size, New York opted to shore up its perimeter depth, signing guards Malcolm Brogdon and Landry Shamet, along with wing Garrison Mathews, all to

The entire salary cap circumvention case against Steve Ballmer and the Los Angeles Clippers rests on this premise: Kawhi Leonard had a “no-show” endorsement contract with Clippers’ sponsor Aspiration. That endorsement paid him $48 million ($28 million in payments, $20 million in now worthless stock options) but there is no evidence he did any promotional