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2025 NBA Offseason Preview: Atlanta Hawks

3 days ago | hoopsrumors.com | Luke Adams

The 2024 offseason was an eventful one for the Hawks, with its share of ups and downs. The team was forced to admit defeat on its backcourt pairing of Trae Young and Dejounte Murray, but got a pretty strong return when it shipped Murray to New Orleans. Atlanta also improbably won the draft lottery with the 10th-best odds, which is typically a huge boon for a franchise, but that lottery win occurred during a year without a consensus No. 1 prospect.
Latest On Kevin Durant

3 days ago | hoopsrumors.com | Luke Adams

After reporting before the end of the regular season that there was some mutual interest between the Spurs and Suns star Kevin Durant at the trade deadline, ESPN’s Shams Charania reiterated that point last week during an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show (Twitter video link). Charania’s reporting has since been confirmed by a plugged-in Phoenix-area insider.
Scotto's Latest: Porzingis, Celtics, Reid, NAW, Magic, Kings

3 days ago | hoopsrumors.com | Luke Adams

Executives around the NBA generally view Kristaps Porzingis as the Celtics‘ top trade candidate this offseason as the team looks to reduce its salary, says Michael Scotto of HoopsHype. Porzingis has played a limited role during Boston’s last two playoff runs due to health issues and will be on an expiring $30.7MM contract in 2025/26. However, the general consensus is that the Celtics won’t be looking to trade just one highly paid player.
Clippers Rumors: Harden, Powell, Offseason, Eubanks, Batum, More

3 days ago | hoopsrumors.com | Luke Adams

Clippers guard James Harden, who holds a $36.3MM player option for the 2025/26 season, is “trending toward” declining that option, league sources tell Michael Scotto of HoopsHype. As Scotto explains, both the Clippers and Harden have interest in continuing their relationship, so if the 35-year-old opts out, the expectation is that the two sides would work out a new deal.
Tyus Jones Among Point Guards On Kings’ Radar

3 days ago | hoopsrumors.com | Luke Adams

The Kings are expected to explore both the trade market and free agency this offseason in search of help at the point guard position, league sources tell Michael Scotto of HoopsHype. According to Scotto, Tyus Jones is one of several veteran point guards who is on Sacramento’s radar heading into the summer. Jones will be an unrestricted free agent after spending the 2024/25 season on a minimum-salary contract with Phoenix.
2025 NBA Offseason Preview: Sacramento Kings

3 days ago | hoopsrumors.com | Luke Adams

It was just two years ago that the Kings posted their best regular season record (48-34) in nearly two decades. That year's team snapped a streak of 16 straight years out of the playoffs, earned Mike Brown Coach of the Year honors, and introduced the phrase "light the beam" into the NBA lexicon. The vibes were good in Sacramento entering the 2023/24 season, but a 46-win showing wasn't quite enough to make a second straight playoff appearance in a competitive Western Conference.
Jazz's Austin Ainge On Tanking: 'Won't See That' In 2025/26

4 days ago | hoopsrumors.com | Luke Adams

Asked during his introductory press conference on Monday about whether the Jazz intend to continue tanking and manipulating players’ minutes in 2025/26, new president of basketball operations Austin Ainge offered a succinct response, per Kevin Reynolds and Andy Larsen of The Salt Lake Tribune and Tony Jones of The Athletic. “You won’t see that this year,” Ainge said.
Wolves' Connelly Talks Second Apron, Core, Offseason

4 days ago | hoopsrumors.com | Luke Adams

Despite having an opt-out clause in his contract, Timberwolves president of basketball operations Tim Connelly spoke on Monday as if he’ll be with the organization for the foreseeable future. He also expressed optimism about the team’s ability to retain players like Julius Randle, Naz Reid, and Nickeil Alexander-Walker this offseason. Randle and Reid hold player options, while Alexander-Walker will be an unrestricted free agent.
Knicks stun NBA world by firing HC Tom Thibodeau

4 days ago | yardbarker.com | Luke Adams

The New York Knicks are parting ways with head coach Tom Thibodeau, reports Shams Charania of ESPN. “Our organization is singularly focused on winning a championship for our fans. This pursuit led us to the difficult decision to inform Tom Thibodeau that we’ve decided to move in another direction,” president of basketball operations Leon Rose said in a statement. “We can’t thank Tom enough for pouring his heart and soul into each and every day of being the New York Knicks head coach.
Knicks To Dismiss Tom Thibodeau

4 days ago | bvmsports.com | Luke Adams

June 3rd 2025 at 1:41pm CST by Luke Adams The Knicks are parting ways with head coach Tom Thibodeau, reports Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link). The timing of the move is surprising, given that New York just had its best season in a quarter-century, coming within two wins of appearing in the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999.