The NBA has officially announced the six groups of five teams apiece for the 2025 Emirates NBA Cup, also known as the in-season tournament (Twitter link). In order to set the groups, the league splits the Western and Eastern Conferences into five three-team tiers based on last season’s regular season standings, with one club from each tier randomly drawn into each of the … [Read more...] about Groups Set For 2025 NBA Cup
Contract Details: Capela, VanVleet, Lopez, Ayton, LaRavia, Kalkbrenner
The Rockets‘ new three-year deal with Clint Capela includes a 5% trade kicker, reports Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (Twitter link). The fully guaranteed deal is worth $21,105,000 over three years, Hoops Rumors has confirmed, coming in slightly below the initially reported price of $21.5MM. It includes a first-year salary of $6.7MM, with an ascending structure that sees it … [Read more...] about Contract Details: Capela, VanVleet, Lopez, Ayton, LaRavia, Kalkbrenner
Summer League Notes: Bulls, Kawamura, Kings, Brink, Jent
The Bulls officially announced their 2025 summer league roster on Thursday afternoon (via Twitter). The group is headlined by recent lottery picks Matas Buzelis and Noa Essengue, plus two-way players Jahmir Young and Emanuel Miller and No. 55 overall pick Lachlan Olbrich, who is expected to sign a two-way deal with Chicago. The Bulls’ summer league squad also features a handful … [Read more...] about Summer League Notes: Bulls, Kawamura, Kings, Brink, Jent
Hornets Sign Kon Knueppel, Three Other Draft Picks
The Hornets have signed all four of the prospects they selected in the 2025 NBA draft, the team announced today in a press release. That group is headlined by Kon Knueppel, the No. 4 overall pick out of Duke, who was one of the best outside shooters in college basketball in 2024/25, knocking down 2.2 three-pointers per game at an elite rate of 40.6% as a freshman. He was a … [Read more...] about Hornets Sign Kon Knueppel, Three Other Draft Picks
Community Shootaround: Early Offseason Winners, Losers
We’re in a quiet transactional period as we wait for the July moratorium to lift tomorrow. There are still a handful of top restricted free agents who have yet to sign new contracts, but with a dearth of cap space around the league, the players don’t have a ton of negotiating leverage, so it could take a while for those situations to play out. John Hollinger of The Athletic … [Read more...] about Community Shootaround: Early Offseason Winners, Losers