News from around the NBA 2026-2027

[Adrian]

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Bleacher Report
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Pistons have removed the weight clause from their five-year, $200M offer to Jalen Duren, per
@sam_amick and @HunterPatterson


The clause would have required Duren to weigh in monthly throughout the year as part of incentives in the deal

 

[Chaplin]

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Bleacher Report
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Pistons have removed the weight clause from their five-year, $200M offer to Jalen Duren, per
@sam_amick and @HunterPatterson


The clause would have required Duren to weigh in monthly throughout the year as part of incentives in the deal

This guy is getting superstar treatment, like Lebron in his prime level.

 

[95pro]

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Bleacher Report
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Josh Hart says he'll have to keep his right ring finger taped for the rest of his NBA career after injuring it during the 2024 playoffs

The only surgery that can fix Hart's finger is a joint replacement, which would force him to retire

Tell him to talk to Gerald Green.

 

[Mainstreet]

Some of these trade propositions are laughable.

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[Hoop Head]

Some of these trade propositions are laughable.

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I bet Detroit leaked this into trying to scare Duran into accepting their latest offer. I'd be terrified of ending up in Washington with Trae Young for the next 5 years, even if they're offering a few more dollars.

Wizards and Kings are the worst franchises in the league. Hornets aren't far behind them but they're due to shine for a minute once a decade before tripping over their own two feet.

 

[Adrian]

NBACentral
@TheDunkCentral
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JaVale McGee is joining D’Angelo Russell on the Shanghai Sharks, per
@BasketNews_com

 

[Adrian]

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Polymarket Hoops

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JUST IN: The Miami Heat and Houston Rockets are viewed as early trade suitors for Kyrie Irving, and executives believe he won’t be on the Mavs past the deadline.

(via
@JakeLFischer
)

 

[Mainstreet]

Jalen Duren agrees to a 5 year, $200 million fully guaranteed contract to play for the Pistons.

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[Cheesebeef]

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JUST IN: The Miami Heat and Houston Rockets are viewed as early trade suitors for Kyrie Irving, and executives believe he won’t be on the Mavs past the deadline.

(via
@JakeLFischer
)

A healthy Kyrie would make either team pretty nasty.

 

[Russ Smith]

This is an interesting story getting lots of buzz now. The blazers hired Braiden Bell, who apparently worked in arizona for the WNBA team and a G league team doing play by play before. Portland hired Bell and then fired him like 4 hours later citing disturbing posts he'd made online that had come to light. Turns out when he was 15, he made a series of offensive posts on X, posts about Asians, misogynistic posts, sexual comments etc. Not clear how the Blazers found them from 2012 and 13 but it sounds like someone who knew who he was had reported it to them and I guess there's some innuendo it's connnected to his time with the WNBA team apparently they think one or more of the players had issues with him and found this stuff on his X page.

Tough situation he was literally 15, but apparently this wasn't 1 or 2 posts there were several so the pattern was clear. I do wonder if more is going to come out, if the claim is true we may see people that played for the Mercury or worked for them now come forward with issues he had when working for them but so far it appears to be just the tweets from 2012 and 13 that got him fired.

I get it, Portland has a LONG history of off court issue with drugs and stuff the last thing they want when they appear to be on the upswing is to hire someone who might then embarass the franchise.

 

[95pro]

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JUST IN: The Miami Heat and Houston Rockets are viewed as early trade suitors for Kyrie Irving, and executives believe he won’t be on the Mavs past the deadline.

(via
@JakeLFischer
)

Although no prior history exists with Kyrie and KD, i can see them clashing there with their distinct personalities. The Heat with Kyrie though would be dangerous.

 

[Adrian]

Legion Hoops
@LegionHoops
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Trae Young:

"I'm probably going to be the weak link defensively, but I can still give a lot of effort.”

(via @HenryJNBA, h/t @WizardsMuse1)

 

[Phrazbit]

This is an interesting story getting lots of buzz now. The blazers hired Braiden Bell, who apparently worked in arizona for the WNBA team and a G league team doing play by play before. Portland hired Bell and then fired him like 4 hours later citing disturbing posts he'd made online that had come to light. Turns out when he was 15, he made a series of offensive posts on X, posts about Asians, misogynistic posts, sexual comments etc. Not clear how the Blazers found them from 2012 and 13 but it sounds like someone who knew who he was had reported it to them and I guess there's some innuendo it's connnected to his time with the WNBA team apparently they think one or more of the players had issues with him and found this stuff on his X page.

Tough situation he was literally 15, but apparently this wasn't 1 or 2 posts there were several so the pattern was clear. I do wonder if more is going to come out, if the claim is true we may see people that played for the Mercury or worked for them now come forward with issues he had when working for them but so far it appears to be just the tweets from 2012 and 13 that got him fired.

I get it, Portland has a LONG history of off court issue with drugs and stuff the last thing they want when they appear to be on the upswing is to hire someone who might then embarass the franchise.

Judging a 30 year old for something they merely "said" when they were 15 is insane to me. Minors are minors, they make bad choices, a 15 year is legally, strictly restricted from lots of liberties and treated different in court... because 15 year olds make awful choices.

The early teens are weird, people change. This should be a non-story, or at worst, he has to make a public apology... for something I am sure he barely remembers.

If more stuff comes out when he got older, that's one thing, but destroying a guys life based on stuff they said at 15 is laughable.

Portland's new owner is a pile of garbage. I don't doubt he fired the people who screen potential new hires and either disqualify them or nudge them into looking into some stuff they posted on line while their voice was still squeaking.

 

[Russ Smith]

Judging a 30 year old for something they merely "said" when they were 15 is insane to me. Minors are minors, they make bad choices, a 15 year is legally, strictly restricted from lots of liberties and treated different in court... because 15 year olds make awful choices.

The early teens are weird, people change. This should be a non-story, or at worst, he has to make a public apology... for something I am sure he barely remembers.

If more stuff comes out when he got older, that's one thing, but destroying a guys life based on stuff they said at 15 is laughable.

Portland's new owner is a pile of garbage. I don't doubt he fired the people who screen potential new hires and either disqualify them or nudge them into looking into some stuff they posted on line while their voice was still squeaking.

That's what makes it interesting to me. He did apologize or has now. I don't know if we'll ever know but my guess it's HIGHLY unlikely Portland just randomly found these posts hours after hiring him so clearly someone tipped them off. So who and why? What's rumored is people he worked with in the WNBA did it so that suggests they had a reason for doing it.

But if that's the issue I wish they'd just said look when he was doing play by play here he was not well liked because he did X, Y and Z, not hey here's stuff he posted in 2012 when he was 15.

I guess weird is probably better than saying it's interesting. There HAS to be more to the story. People assuming Portland just randomly found this I don't buy, they would have found it before hiring if they were doing that. Someone tipped them off about it so again who and why. I do think he has a right to know that because it's obviously going to impact him in the future too

So I hope that comes out.

 

[Hoop Head]

That's what makes it interesting to me. He did apologize or has now. I don't know if we'll ever know but my guess it's HIGHLY unlikely Portland just randomly found these posts hours after hiring him so clearly someone tipped them off. So who and why? What's rumored is people he worked with in the WNBA did it so that suggests they had a reason for doing it.

But if that's the issue I wish they'd just said look when he was doing play by play here he was not well liked because he did X, Y and Z, not hey here's stuff he posted in 2012 when he was 15.

I guess weird is probably better than saying it's interesting. There HAS to be more to the story. People assuming Portland just randomly found this I don't buy, they would have found it before hiring if they were doing that. Someone tipped them off about it so again who and why. I do think he has a right to know that because it's obviously going to impact him in the future too

So I hope that comes out.

https://www.kgw.com/article/sports/nba/blazers/trail-blazers-fire-new-broadcaster-after-misogynistic-racist-comments-surface/283-8c6b0cd9-3db0-4aba-89ec-545f5cdc0b86

KGW is a local station in Portland that covers the Blazers and looked into the tweets.

The tweets were from 2012 and 2013 and were first spotted by KGW reporter Devon Haskins.

 

[GatorAZ]

https://www.kgw.com/article/sports/nba/blazers/trail-blazers-fire-new-broadcaster-after-misogynistic-racist-comments-surface/283-8c6b0cd9-3db0-4aba-89ec-545f5cdc0b86

KGW is a local station in Portland that covers the Blazers and looked into the tweets.

Big win for the cancel climaxers. It’s all performative.

 

[Hoop Head]

Big win for the cancel climaxers. It’s all performative.

After reading some of the tweets it seems to be a huge nothing burger also. Not only was he 15 and it happening roughly 15 years ago but the tweets are typical edgy teenager stuff.

I already disliked the owner of the Blazers but now I'm actively rooting against him if this was his call.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Although no prior history exists with Kyrie and KD, i can see them clashing there with their distinct personalities. The Heat with Kyrie though would be dangerous.

Why? They played fine, actually great, when they were healthy and playing together on the Nets.

 

[Hoop Head]

Why? They played fine, actually great, when they were healthy and playing together on the Nets.

47-27 over 3 years is great? That's not even enough for home court in the West and they're both older and more banged up. It's basically the same winning percentage as the Rockets last season, 63.4%.

 

[elindholm]

Although no prior history exists with Kyrie and KD, i can see them clashing there with their distinct personalities.

Huh? They were together in Brooklyn, but you're right, they did not enhance each other's games.

 

[leclerc]

If only we would have a chance. OKC and Spurs are out of reach but I think we could beat the rest of the west.

 

[Adrian]

Marc Stein
@TheSteinLine
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1h
NEWS: ESPN is in advanced talks to hire former Mavericks coach Jason Kidd to add him to their NBA studio coverage,
@TheSteinLine
has learned.

Kidd was fired by the Mavericks in May after five seasons and two weeks after Masai Ujiri’s hiring as president of basketball operations.

 

[Adrian]

Marc Stein
@TheSteinLine
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1h
The Hornets say Coby White suffered a left calf strain during training camp and will miss the team’s preseason games.

 

[Adrian]

Shams Charania
@ShamsCharania
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11m
Former No. 14 pick Jordan Hawkins is signing a two-way NBA deal with the Chicago Bulls, sources tell ESPN.

 

[Adrian]

Shams Charania
@ShamsCharania
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LA Clippers guard Max Strus suffered a partial tear of the plantar fascia in his right foot during Sunday's preseason game and will be reevaluated in four weeks, sources tell ESPN.