Hoops Rumors

Confirming a Michael Scotto report from earlier in the week, Jake Fischer of The Stein Line (Substack link) says Brandon Ingram spent the offseason seeking a maximum-salary contract extension (which could’ve been worth as much as $208MM over four seasons), while the Pelicans would have been comfortable with a deal more in the vicinity of $40MM per year. Fischer also provides … [Read more...] about Pelicans Rumors: Ingram, Tax, Green, Missi, Health

Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell (shoulder) and Darius Garland (head) appear to have avoided major injuries after suffering scares in Tuesday’s win over Washington, writes Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com (subscription required). While Garland, who took a hit to the back of his head in the third quarter and sat out the rest of the game, may have to clear the NBA’s concussion … [Read more...] about Injury Notes: Cavs, Durant, Mann, George, Embiid, Reaves

Discussing the Rockets on the latest episode of the Hoop Collective podcast (YouTube link), ESPN’s Brian Windhorst reiterated a point he made last month, stating that rival teams believe Houston is poised to make a big trade, while the Rockets themselves are letting it be known that they’re in no hurry to pull the trigger on that sort of deal. “You look at (their young … [Read more...] about Rockets Notes: Eason, Thompson, Green, Sengun, VanVleet

The Rockets’ Ime Udoka and Cavaliers’ Kenny Atkinson have been named the league’s Coaches of the Month for games played in October and November, NBA Communications tweets. Udoka took Western Conference honors as Houston finished the month with a 14-6 record. Mark Daigneault (Thunder), Taylor Jenkins (Grizzlies), Tyronn Lue (Clippers) and JJ Redick (Lakers) were the other … [Read more...] about Udoka, Atkinson Earn Coaches Of The Month Honors

7:00pm: The Sixers are waiving Lester Quinones to make room for Nance, Michael Scotto of Hoops Hype tweets. Quinones has appeared in four games with the Sixers this season. Quinones, who signed a two-way contract in September, played for Golden State last season. 6:22pm: The Sixers have agreed to a two-way contract with Pete Nance, ESPN’s Tim Bontemps tweets. Nance is the … [Read more...] about Sixers To Sign Pete Nance To Two-Way Deal, Waive Quinones