Hoops Rumors

Marcus Smart is a player to watch in advance of next Thursday’s trade deadline, according to Tim Bontemps of ESPN (Insider link), who hears from league sources that there has been “plenty of discussion” as of late about the Grizzlies guard. Memphis paid a significant price to acquire Smart from Boston during the 2023 offseason, but the former Defensive Player of the Year has … [Read more...] about Bontemps/Windhorst’s Latest: Smart, Thunder, Rockets, Fox

Victor Wembanyama caught the Spurs‘ attention five years ago, when CEO R.C. Buford saw him play at 15 years old, Mike Vorkunov of The Athletic writes. The Spurs were able to target a strategy at that point that culminated in the French big man ending up in San Antonio. “It was the way we structured our rebuild,” Buford said. “It was a step-by-step process. We traded DeMar … [Read more...] about Southwest Notes: Wembanyama, Mavs, Thompson, Grizzlies

There weren’t enough backcourt spots to go around on this year’s All-Star teams, in the view of Marc J. Spears of Andscape, whose annual eight-man “All-Snub” team is made up of seven guards and one center. Outside of big man Domantas Sabonis, the most glaring omissions from this year’s All-Star rosters were all guards, Spears writes, identifying Trae Young, LaMelo Ball, Zach … [Read more...] about And-Ones: All-Star Snubs, WNBA, Clark, Europe, Canales