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I write and talk about the NBA, especially the salary cap, CBA and roster construction stuff. I do these things for Spotrac, NBA Front Office Show and The Basketball Bulletin. Any nonsense you see here is from me, not my employers.
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The KD trade is done! I broke it down for @spotrac.com: 🏀Fascinating trade mechanics! 🏀Houston gets the offensive star they need 🏀Rockets still have flexibility to round their roster 🏀Suns got some talent and draft capital 🏀Phoenix still has work to do Read more: www.spotrac.com/news/_/id/28...

submitted 17 hours ago • 1 comment

Thanks to all for following, reading, listening, watching and engaging with my work this NBA season! Now, we’re on to the offseason, which is really my time to shine! A few more offseason previews to come, then the Draft and free agency. I hope you’ll all come along for the ride!

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Oh man...Isaiah Hartenstein's son just zonked out while up on the podium hit me right in the feels as a dad. So awesome!

submitted 11 hours ago • 0 comments

Lisa Salters: "Sam, what's the first thing you think about when you look at the Larry O'Brien Trophy?" Sam Presti's internal monologue (probably): "Draft picks. How can I get more draft picks?"

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Congrats to the Oklahoma City Thunder and their fans! The best team in the NBA from Opening Night through Game 7 of the NBA Finals. A very well-earned championship!

submitted 12 hours ago • 1 comment

Gutted for Tyrese Haliburton, the Pacers and their fans. Not just for tonight, but what this means for them next year and moving forward. It's so hard to get here. To have it go like this is brutal and it sucks.

submitted 12 hours ago • 8 comments

Pascal Siakam came back in with about two minutes to play. If he plays the whole fourth quarter, he'll finish with 38 minutes. How do you not play him 40+ minutes tonight?

submitted 13 hours ago • 8 comments

I'm not sure Bryant fresh off the bench letting a three rip is the shot you want. It's probably time to just push as many minutes as you can for Siakam and Turner. There's no Game 8.

submitted 13 hours ago • 2 comments

I'm not going to count the Pacers out for the umpteenth time in these playoffs, but they seem like they are about out of energy. Emotion and adrenaline can only carry you so far.

submitted 13 hours ago • 5 comments

Now everyone is going to start making shots?

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Lisa Salters just reported on the broadcast that Tyrese Haliburton's dad confirmed it is an Achilles' injury for the Pacers guard.

submitted 13 hours ago • 2 comments

This has been a disaster of a series for Chet Holmgren on offense. Really struggling to get anything to fall.

submitted 13 hours ago • 2 comments

Oh no. Not like this. Damn it.

submitted 14 hours ago • 3 comments

That on-ball defense from Andrew Nembhard! 😍😍😍

submitted 14 hours ago • 0 comments

That’s a lot of money invested in shooting guards and small forwards:

submitted 16 hours ago • 4 comments

For cap enthusiasts, lots of good little details about how bonuses and other subtle factors made the difficult salary matching possible.

submitted 17 hours ago • 1 comment

The KD trade is done! I broke it down for @spotrac.com: 🏀Fascinating trade mechanics! 🏀Houston gets the offensive star they need 🏀Rockets still have flexibility to round their roster 🏀Suns got some talent and draft capital 🏀Phoenix still has work to do Read more: www.spotrac.com/news/_/id/28...

submitted 17 hours ago • 1 comment

With the Suns now having a glut of guards on the roster, I've seen a lot of people suggesting that Phoenix should waive and stretch Bradley Beal's contract. They aren't allowed. I explained the options Phoenix has with Beal for @spotrac.com a couple of months ago: www.spotrac.com/news/_/id/27...

submitted 17 hours ago • 2 comments

LIVE @frontofficeshow.bsky.social breaking down the Kevin Durant trade starts NOW! Join @trevorlanenba.bsky.social and I as we get into everything from the trade for the Rockets, Suns and more! See you there! www.youtube.com/live/rcJbsdd...

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

With the trade as reported, I've got the Rockets at: 🏀$33.6M under the tax 🏀$41.6M under the first apron 🏀$53.5M under the second apron That's without Fred VanVleet or Aaron Holiday on the books. Houston can create more wiggle room by waiving Jock Landale and/or Nate Williams.

submitted 20 hours ago • 6 comments

Because the PHX-HOU trade will be a July 6 deal (has to be bc of Green's poison pill in his extension), I have a feeling this trade will be expanded. It will work as a two-team trade in July, but that's without Green collecting his trade bonus. Plus, Suns have 87 guards now. Makes sense to expand.

submitted 21 hours ago • 3 comments

Quick thoughts: 🏀Suns have a LOT of guards/wings now. Something more has to come for balance. 🏀Rockets are going for it. What happens with FVV now? They need him back. Lots more to come on @spotrac.com and on a LIVE @frontofficeshow.bsky.social in about an hour!

submitted 21 hours ago • 2 comments

Here's where you can find my 2025 NBA Free Agent rankings for @spotrac.com: 🏀Overall Top 50 FAs: www.spotrac.com/news/_/id/28... 🏀FA Centers: www.spotrac.com/news/_/id/28... 🏀FA Power Forwards: www.spotrac.com/news/_/id/28... 1/2

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

NEW for The Basketball Bulletin: My Final 2025 NBA Big Board! 🏀100 players ranked within tiers 🏀Not a mock draft, but how I see the tiers going into the draft 🏀My 2025 "My Guys" called out (separate My Guys article coming tomorrow!) basketballbulletin.substack.com/p/final-2025...

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Next up in my Offseason Preview series for @spotrac.com are the Minnesota Timberwolves! 🏀Right there as contenders 🏀Need to figure out Randle, Reid and NAW 🏀BPA is the best draft approach 🏀Second Apron looms over everything Read more: www.spotrac.com/news/_/id/28...

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NEW for The Basketball Bulletin: My Final 2025 NBA Big Board! 🏀100 players ranked within tiers 🏀Not a mock draft, but how I see the tiers going into the draft 🏀My 2025 "My Guys" called out (separate My Guys article coming tomorrow!) basketballbulletin.substack.com/p/final-2025...

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Here's where you can find my 2025 NBA Free Agent rankings for @spotrac.com: 🏀Overall Top 50 FAs: www.spotrac.com/news/_/id/28... 🏀FA Centers: www.spotrac.com/news/_/id/28... 🏀FA Power Forwards: www.spotrac.com/news/_/id/28... 1/2

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Next up in my Offseason Preview series for @spotrac.com are the Minnesota Timberwolves! 🏀Right there as contenders 🏀Need to figure out Randle, Reid and NAW 🏀BPA is the best draft approach 🏀Second Apron looms over everything Read more: www.spotrac.com/news/_/id/28...

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

I think if Philadelphia sticks at three, they will and should draft VJ Edgecombe. It's close enough that I'm fine with fit being the tiebreaker. Edgecombe makes more sense. I try to keep my big board separate from what I think the teams will do.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

I've still got Ace Bailey #3 on my board. The talent is there. Can score, good rebounder, good defender when engaged. I toggle between him and V.J. Edgecombe at #3, but sticking with Bailey. I don't love his pre-draft process either, but trying not to overthink things too much!

submitted 2 days ago • 6 comments

An indispensable resource that I still reference regularly in moments of self doubt. But even better? Larry as a person. So kind and helpful! Just wanted to make things easier for all of us to understand.

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LIVE @frontofficeshow.bsky.social Friday will start in about an hour at 3 PM ET! Join @trevorlanenba.bsky.social and I to talk NBA Finals, trade rumors, NBA Draft and whatever else you want to wrap up the week. See you there! www.youtube.com/live/JPDzTgI...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Upcoming important NBA dates in the next week: 🏀June 22: NBA Finals Game 7 🏀June 24: Player Option deadline for Kyrie Irving, Matisse Thybulle, Pat Connaughton, Dwight Powell 🏀June 25: 2025 NBA Draft First Round 🏀June 26: 2025 NBA Draft Second Round 🏀June 26: Player Option Deadline for John Collins

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

NEW: There are 51 outstanding player and team options to be decided before June 29 (some even earlier). I made a projection on what happens with each one of them for @spotrac.com. Read more about each, from the no-brainers to the 50-50 decisions, here: www.spotrac.com/news/_/id/28...

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New @frontofficeshow.bsky.social is up! @trevorlanenba.bsky.social & I were joined by special guest Jake LaRavia on the show today! We talked with Jake about his NBA Draft night, what it was like to be traded, being a free agent and a lot more! Watch, like & subscribe: youtu.be/cUMN9q5x9dw?...

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

Next up in my Offseason Preview series on @spotrac.com are the Boston Celtics! 🏀Second Apron rules all 🏀Why getting under the second apron matters 🏀Time to trade Holiday, Porzingis, Hauser 🏀Challenges of re-signing Horford & Kornet 🏀No to trading JB & DW Read More: www.spotrac.com/news/_/id/28...

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The latest in my Offseason Preview series on @spotrac.com features the Denver Nuggets! 🏀Probably not a blockbuster summer 🏀Can use the Taxpayer MLE again (no Year 2 PO this time!) 🏀Most improvement will probably come internally Read more: www.spotrac.com/news/_/id/28...

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NEW for @spotrac.com: I ranked the Top 50 2025 NBA Free Agents! 🏀A few All-Stars but will any of them change teams? 🏀Lots of starter-quality free agents 🏀Good rotational depth available this summer Read more: www.spotrac.com/news/_/id/28...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

So psyched we got a Game 7 in the NBA Finals. Fun series and it’s been a while since a Finals went the distance. Can’t wait until Sunday!

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I'm getting close to pulling out the Zaza meme already!

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

OK PASCAL! Damn!

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

Nembhard made that last jumper, but the OKC recoveries on those possessions were unreal. They chased Indiana off at least six shots before Nembhard made a contested one.

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