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The Chicago Bulls have offered Josh Giddey a contract in the ballpark of $85 million to $90 million, according to NBA insider Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints. Giddey is a restricted free agent. "Although they held firm on their offer of around $20 million per season, the Bulls have recently increased...

Ben Simmons no longer has an NBA agent. According to veteran NBA insider Marc Stein of The Stein Line, Bernie Lee has dropped Simmons as a client. Lee is Golden State Warriors star Jimmy Butler's agent. https://twitter.com/TheSteinLine/status/1963657686739751085 Ben Simmons could retire from the NBA, according to Stefan Bondy of the...

Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard's endorsement deal with "Aspiration" was actually worth $48 million, according to NBA reporter John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal. Leonard allegedly received a no-work contract from "Aspiration" so that he could be paid more money without it counting against the NBA’s salary rules. The...

In the wake of Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers being investigated by the NBA for circumventing the salary cap, one league exec told Lakers Daily that the Los Angeles Lakers "dodged a massive bullet" by not landing the future Hall of Famer in 2019. Leonard, who left the...

Cam Thomas is signing a one-year, $6 million qualifying offer to return to the Brooklyn Nets, according to NBA insider Shams Charania of ESPN. Thomas will become an unrestricted free agent next offseason. "Cam Thomas' representatives, Ron Shade and Alex Saratsis of Octagon, discussed several frameworks of deals with the...

Ben Simmons could retire from the NBA, according to Stefan Bondy of the New York Post. The New York Knicks remain interested in Simmons, who played for the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Clippers last season. Simmons appeared in 33 games with the Nets in 2024-25 before getting bought out....

Toronto Raptors owner Larry Tanenbaum called three sponsors to meet Kawhi Leonard's demand of an extra $15 million in endorsement money in 2019, according to NBA insider John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports. Leonard left the Raptors for the Los Angeles Clippers in 2019 during free agency. The future Hall of...

When NBA legend Kawhi Leonard was an unrestricted free agent in 2019, his uncle and chief business partner, Dennis Robertson, asked teams for improper benefits, according to The Athletic. Leonard left the Toronto Raptors for the Los Angeles Clippers in 2019. "Sources at the time said Robertson asked team officials...

An NBA trade idea sending Zion Williamson from the New Orleans Pelicans to the Charlotte Hornets has been created. NBA writer Zach Buckley of Bleacher Report created the following trade idea between the Pelicans and Hornets: Charlotte Hornets receive: Zion Williamson New Orleans Pelicans receive: Miles Bridges, Tidjane Salaün, Liam McNeeley, a...

The one-year, $7.9 million qualifying offer remains the most attractive offer to Golden State Warriors restricted NBA free agent Jonathan Kuminga, according to Dalton Johnson of NBC Sports Bay Area. The Warriors offered Kuminga a two-year, $45 million contract. Kuminga declined the offer because the second year of the deal...