Articles tagged with "Free Agency":
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With All the Big-Name Dealing, This NBA Offseason’s Got a Baseball Feeling
Basketball is a coach’s sport, and baseball is a manager’s sport. It’s not an absolute, of course, as coaches and managers play a significant role in both sports. But the coach gets the credit for winning in basketball, whereas in baseball the manager may be more deserving. On a much greater level than in the [...]
Cleveland Cavaliers Nab Anthony Parker: Really, It’s a Big Deal
The Cleveland Cavaliers finally did the one thing they needed to do in free agency this year. They got Anthony Parker. The Cavaliers and Parker have agreed to terms, though a contract hasn’t yet been signed. Parker will receive a portion of Cleveland’s mid-level exception for likely two or three years. He wasn’t necessarily the [...]
If NBA Teams Aren’t Getting Better This Offseason, They’re Getting Worse
There’s never been a “holding steady” in sports. If you’re not busy getting better, you’re busy getting worse—because everyone else is getting better. Never has that been more true than in this NBA offseason. The teams that have gotten better come quickly to mind—Cleveland, San Antonio, Orlando—and the teams getting decidedly worse come just as [...]
LeBron James: "I'm Happy in Cleveland"
It’s the same story we’ve heard before. Guarded, carefully rehearsed with a publicist. “I think I’m happy in Cleveland,” LeBron James said on the Dan Patrick Show on Thursday. “I have no plans on going anywhere and playing the game of basketball.” It’s exactly what Cleveland fans want to hear, and exactly what New York [...]
