The Celtics seem well-positioned to repeat as NBA champions in 2024/25. After posting a league-best 64-18 regular season record, Boston blitzed the competition in the playoffs, going 16-3 en route to the franchise’s record 18th championship. The reigning champs have retained all of their top rotation pieces, extending Jayson Tatum, Derrick White, and Sam Hauser this summer. In … [Read more...] about Community Shootaround: Who Can Take Down Boston In The East?
Cavaliers Stretched Rubio’s 2024/25 Cap Hit
The Cavaliers used the stretch provision to spread Ricky Rubio‘s $1,274,015 dead-money cap hit for 2024/25 across three seasons, according to ESPN’s Bobby Marks (Twitter link). Rubio will now count against Cleveland’s books for $424,672 annually through ’26/27. Rubio was bought out by the Cavaliers last January with two years left on his contract, announcing at that time that … [Read more...] about Cavaliers Stretched Rubio’s 2024/25 Cap Hit
G League Notes: Simpson, Boeheim, McGowens, More
The Hornets‘, Pistons‘, Spurs‘ and Thunder‘s G League affiliates completed a four-team trade, according to a release (Twitter link) and the G League transactions log. In the trade, the Greensboro Swarm (Hornets) obtained the returning player rights to both Zavier Simpson and Caleb McConnell. The Motor City Cruise (Pistons) acquired RaiQuan Gray‘s rights and a 2025 second round … [Read more...] about G League Notes: Simpson, Boeheim, McGowens, More
Training Camp To Be Held In Florida
The Cavaliers will hold their first week of training camp at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., according to a team press release. Cleveland will become the first NBA team to hold training camp at IMG Academy. It will also be the Cavaliers’ first remote training camp since preparing for the 2004/05 season at Capital University in Columbus, OH. … [Read more...] about Training Camp To Be Held In Florida
And-Ones: Rookie Scale Extensions, $500MM Players, Beverley, Muhammad, T. Robinson
Three of the first four players selected in the 2021 draft have already received rookie scale extensions, but Rockets guard Jalen Green may have to wait until next summer, writes Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report. Despite a strong finish to last season, there are still questions about Green after three years in the NBA. Houston may want to maximize its cap space for 2025, and … [Read more...] about And-Ones: Rookie Scale Extensions, $500MM Players, Beverley, Muhammad, T. Robinson