Rumors

The rumor mill is churning.  After an initial report that Gortat is unhappy in Phoenix and the Celtics have some interest… the story has progressed to the point where the Celtics are reportedly preparing to make an actual offer for him. But, according to Przeglad Sportowy, it looks like they’ll be looking to upgrade their lack [...]

Here’s the deal. Jeff Green tweeted this: FINALLY!!! — jeff (@unclejeffgreen) August 22, 2012 After Sam Amick wrote this The agent for forward Jeff Green, David Falk, told me last night that the four-year deal with Boston worth approximately $36 million should finally be formalized “in the next day or two…We just had some sort [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. “We’ve looked, and I wish we had the money to add him,” Rivers told the Argentinian website Olé. “We could really use him.” The Celtics were reportedly [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. He’s come to London to work in the studio for NBC Sports on Olympic basketball, but his trip’s been an excuse to grab a notebook and visit [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump.  Indeed, at 11:50 a.m. Saturday, a Mavs source advised us that the rights to Jet had been renounced. Meanwhile, Terry was in Boston conducting a press conference [...]

The Celtics are reportedly interested in one of the biggest draft busts in NBA history – Darko Milicic. The Wolves amnestied Milicic earlier this week. Here’s his salary situation, via ESPN’s Ric Bucher: Milicic has two years and $10 million remaining on his contract, but only $7 million is guaranteed. Once finalized, Milicic will go [...]

Sources: TWolves are the heretofore unnamed dark-horse team in the Ray Allen Sweepstakes. Dark, though, as in jet-black. — Ric Bucher (@RicBucher) July 6, 2012 I don’t know about this one.  I know Bucher significantly couches this, but even if Minnesota wasn’t tied up in restricted free agent offer sheets, what are the odds that [...]

Earlier today, I casually mentioned that a lot of the hypothetical numbers we’ve been throwing around hinge on assumed numbers.  We all assumed Jeff Green’s contract would be somewhere in the $9 million neighborhood.  Well, it’s sort of in that neighborhood. According to Jeff Green’s agent: One source with knowledge of the talks says it [...]

Source: Celtics willing to double (in terms of $) Heat offer to Ray Allen. Will give 2 years/$12 million. Heat can offer only $3 mill a yr — Chris Broussard (@Chris_Broussard) July 1, 2012 The Boston Celtics are clearly not as ready to move on from Ray Allen as we thought.  There was mention of [...]

According to the Memphis Commercial Appeal:  The Grizzlies have made veteran sharpshooter Ray Allen a prime offseason target and planned to contact him late Saturday night in the first step of what promises to be a strong pursuit of the NBA’s all-time leading three-point shooter. Memphis, according to sources familiar with the team’s plans, will [...]