Zack 🚀

25|#AllFire|#DallasCowboys|#WWE|J. Cole fan|James Harden and KD are the greatest scorers of all time|John Cena is the GOAT🐐|#OnePiece is peak fiction💯

[Zack 🚀 @SwishMamba_]

He’s coming for that starting spot🙏

[Houston Rockets @HoustonRockets]

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@Fedfitglobal

[NBACentral @TheDunkCentral]

Harden stealing the ball from the bench 😭

[Mark Phillips @SupremeDreams_1]

How playing GTA 6 gonna be 😂👀

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

Free agent center Nick Richards has agreed to a one-year deal with the Miami Heat, sources tell ESPN. After signing Klay Thompson, the Heat fill roster slot No. 14 with a reserve big man.

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

BREAKING: Jonathan Kuminga has agreed to a two-year, $13 million deal with the Minnesota Timberwolves, plus a player option, agent Aaron Turner tells ESPN. Kuminga will be a starter alongside Anthony Edwards, LaMelo Ball, Jaden McDaniels and Rudy Gobert on the West contender.

[Houston Rockets @HoustonRockets]

Are you obsessed? 👀

Something new is coming 9.15.26

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

Bennedict Mathurin has agreed to a two-year, $16 million deal with the New Orleans Pelicans, including a player option, sources tell ESPN.

Mathurin’s reps approached the Clippers about withdrawing his $8.8M qualifying offer, effectively turning the QO into a more favorable situation in New Orleans with added security. Mathurin prioritized flexibility and the earliest path to unrestricted free agency next summer versus longer term offers with larger total commitments but greater team control.

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

BREAKING: Six-time NBA All-Star DeMar DeRozan has agreed to sign with the Denver Nuggets on a one-year, $3.9 million deal, sources tell ESPN.

[Zack 🚀 @SwishMamba_]

You still my goat man. There’s always a home here in Houston for you, Uno.🫡🚀

[NBARetweet @RTNBA]

James Harden on leaving the Rockets and sacrificing to win a ring:

“Let me just try to sacrifice the money, the individual accolades, all that. Let me just try to sacrifice and switch it up a little bit, and hopefully that’ll work in my favor in the sense of trying to win a championship… So that’s when the Brooklyn situation happened, that was tricky. We had the opportunity. And then the Philly situation, where it’s like same thing: let me just be a playmaker, switch up my role… None of that worked. Like, you feel me?… I sacrificed money, I sacrificed being the top scorer that I am, that I still am and will be. Long story short: it was for nothing… I lost a lot of money and I lost a lot of swagger on the court, just from sacrificing, thinking that all that’s gonna get me to win a championship.”

via @EarnYourLeisure

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

BREAKING: Klay Thompson is expected to sign with the Miami Heat after he clears waivers upon a contract buyout with the Dallas Mavericks, sources tell ESPN.

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

BREAKING: James Harden has agreed to a new three-year, $97 million contract to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers, with a player option and a trade kicker, agents Mike Silverman, Troy Payne and Brandon Grier of Equity Sports told ESPN.

[Zack 🚀 @SwishMamba_]

Time to look up Pedulla highlights lol

[Michael Scotto @MikeAScotto]

The Houston Rockets and guard Sean Pedulla have agreed to a two-way deal, agent George S. Langberg of @GSLSportsGroup told @hoopshype. Pedulla was the NBA G League Rookie of the Year, averaging 23.6 points, 6.8 assists, and 5.1 rebounds per game in the G League last season.

[Michael Scotto @MikeAScotto]

The Houston Rockets and guard Sean Pedulla have agreed to a two-way deal, agent George S. Langberg of @GSLSportsGroup told @hoopshype. Pedulla was the NBA G League Rookie of the Year, averaging 23.6 points, 6.8 assists, and 5.1 rebounds per game in the G League last season.

[Underdog NBA @UnderdogNBA]

NBA has found no evidence showing Steve Ballmer funneled money through team sponsors to pay Kawhi Leonard to circumvent the salary cap, per @Baxter, @DVNJr, @ramonashelburne, @ShamsCharania.

[Houston Rockets @HoustonRockets]

Congrats to Hall of Fame Coach Mike D'Antoni! 👏

#26HoopClass | @Hoophall

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

Just in: The Cleveland Cavaliers are trading Dennis Schroder and cash to the Charlotte Hornets for Tre Mann, sources tell ESPN.

[Zack 🚀 @SwishMamba_]

Shoutout to @Klarna I just copped #Rockets home opener tix🫡🚀 I’m hyped RAHHHHH🔥🔥🔥

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

Free agent Bradley Beal has agreed to a two-year, $13.2 million deal to return to the Los Angeles Clippers, with a player option in the second season, Mark Bartelstein of @PrioritySports tells ESPN.

[Kevin Durant @KDTrey5]

I remember asking assistant coach Mo Cheeks, what’s harder to do? Workout after practice or before?? I only asked cuz by time I would get to the gym, Russ was already done in the morning and I usually got mine in after practice. Mo like, “coming in before practice is probably harder”…since then, it’s been my routine….a lot of people looked at the emotions on the court and thought Russ was loud, nah to me, he was quiet and methodical. He lead by example and once the lights were bright, he let everything out and experienced pure freedom. It was inspiring as his teammate and everywhere I went, I seen it inspire people from all walks of life, crazy thing is, he didn’t say much, he just showed up. For 18 years. This basketball life is sacred to us as professionals, what we put into that court means everything. Some of us wish we could go back and do things with a little more intent and some can just wipe their hands and be satisfied with the time spent. Who u gonna be? We know what zero was on…keep inspiring in the next phase of life champ. I don’t care what happens, can’t erase what it was…The first YNs, finals run in our early 20s, all star games, seeing each other get injured and bounce back, the bus rides, plane rides, card games, jokes and arguments, the whole thing, memorable!! …to the whole Westbrook family, Nina, the kids, mama Westbrook, big Russ, Ray, Donnell, everybody from luezinger high and ucla and many more that I’m forgettin, much love and Congratulations on a iconic career.

[NBACentral @TheDunkCentral]

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