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Following Specific Players On Hoops Rumors

January 21st, 2013 at 10:01am CST by Luke Adams

As we've outlined before, there are a number of different ways to follow Hoops Rumors via Facebook, Twitter, and RSS. If you don't want to follow all the site's updates, you can follow team-specific or transaction-only Facebook, Twitter, and RSS feeds. Although we don't have Facebook pages or Twitter feeds for specific players, you can also easily follow all our updates on your favorite player.

If, for instance, you want to keep track of all the latest news and rumors on Rudy Gay as trade winds swirl around him and the Grizzlies, you can visit this page. If you're interested in whether the Suns may consider dealing Marcin Gortat to your favorite team, all Gortat-related updates are located here.

Every player we've written about has his own rumors page. You can find your player of choice by using our search box (located in the right sidebar); by clicking his tag at the bottom of a post where he's discussed; or, by simply typing his name in your address bar after hoopsrumors.com, substituting dashes for spaces. For example, Gay's page is located at hoopsrumors.com/rudy-gay.

In addition to players and teams, there are a number of other subjects you can track by clicking on the tags we use at the bottom of posts. Early updates on the 2013 NBA draft, for instance, can be found on its rumors page. If you want to check out the latest updates on the possible sale of the Kings to Chris Hansen's Seattle investment group, those are all available here.

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NBA Coaches With Expiring Contracts In 2012/13

January 18th, 2013 at 2:18pm CST by Luke Adams

As Marc Stein of ESPN.com pointed out on Twitter today after the Suns announced that they've parted ways with Alvin Gentry, the Phoenix coach was one of eight NBA head coaches that entered the 2012/13 season on the final years of their respective contracts. With the help of Stein's Twitter feed, here's a look at how those eight coaches have fared this season:

  • Tyrone Corbin (Jazz): Just as the regular season got underway, the Jazz officially exercised their 2013/14 option on Corbin, extending his contract by one year.
  • Vinny Del Negro (Clippers): Off to a fantastic 31-9 start to the season with the Clippers, Del Negro is making a strong case for a contract extension, as Sam Amick of USA Today wrote last month.
  • Larry Drew (Hawks): While Danny Ferry publicly threw his support behind Drew earlier this season, it wouldn't be a surprise to see the Hawks' new GM bring in his own guy for the job next season, particularly if Atlanta is one-and-done in the playoffs.
  • Alvin Gentry (Suns): The Suns parted ways with Gentry earlier today.
  • Lionel Hollins (Grizzlies): Like Drew in Atlanta, Hollins may become the victim of a changing of the guard in Memphis. New ownership and new front-office members are in place, and Hollins' recent criticisms of advanced metrics suggests he may not be on exactly the same page as the new group, which includes former ESPN.com scribe John Hollinger.
  • Avery Johnson (Nets): The Nets fired Johnson last month, despite the team's 14-14 record. Although Brooklyn has been thriving under P.J. Carlesimo since the change, it still seemed a little premature at the time — in a Hoops Rumors poll, nearly 80% of respondents said the Nets shouldn't have let go of Johnson.
  • Scott Skiles (Bucks): Skiles and the Bucks agreed to part ways earlier this month.
  • Frank Vogel (Pacers): The Pacers, who are leading the Central Division despite having been without Danny Granger all season, extended Vogel's contract last Monday.
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Free $300 Fantasy Basketball Contest From DraftStreet

January 18th, 2013 at 12:00am CST by Luke Adams

Put together a squad of eight NBA players, and you'll have a chance to win part of a $300 prize pool in DraftStreet's latest freeroll for Hoops Rumors readers! You've got nothing to lose by signing up and making your picks, as there's no entry free. Here's how it works:

The NBA freeroll begins Friday at 7:00pm eastern time, so you have until then to create your team.  You're given a $100K salary cap, and each player is assigned a price by DraftStreet. You'll select eight players — two guards, two forwards, two centers, and two utility players. Then you'll accumulate fantasy points based on how your squad performs in categories like points, rebounds, assists, blocks, and more in Friday night's games. The teams that rack up the most fantasy points on Friday will split the $300 prize pool.

I've put together a squad led by Kevin Durant, Al Horford, and Zach Randolph. Here's a screenshot of my roster:

Draftstreet

If you're interested in trying to top my team and others, sign up and create a roster prior to Friday's games (7:00pm eastern time). It's quick, easy, fun, and the Hoops Rumors league gives you a free chance to win some of the $300 prize pool. If you enjoy the competition, you can try other leagues for free and earn credits, or deposit real money.

Please note that this post is a paid advertisement by DraftStreet.

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Pacific Notes: Nash, Barnes, Howard

January 12th, 2013 at 8:18pm CST by Michael Pina

Lakers guard Steve Nash believes his two new teammates, Pau Gasol and Dwight Howard, can get on the right track sooner than later by playing hard and not necessarily worrying about game plans, writes ESPNLA.com's Dave McMenamin. 

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10-Day Contract Tracker

January 9th, 2013 at 3:47pm CST by Luke Adams

The 10-day contract signing period began earlier this week, and a number of teams have already taken advantage of their newfound ability to hand out 10-day deals. Some clubs have used them to bring back a player that had previously been cut, while others have use them to add a little depth at a thin position.

Teams figure to hand out 10-day contracts fairly frequently over the rest of the season, and we'll be tracking all of them. Hoops Rumors has created a database to keep track the 10-day deals signed this year and in previous seasons (dating back to 2007). A number of search filters make it easy to find 10-day information sorted by team, player, year, or contract type.

For instance, if you want to find out which players signed rest-of-season deals in 2011/12 after playing out two 10-day contracts with their teams, you can find that info here. If you want to see the 10-day deals signed only by the Hornets over the past few years, you can view those here.

A link to our 10-day contract tracker can be found at any time in the Tools menu at the top of the page, or in the right sidebar. We'll be keeping it up to date for the rest of the season, so be sure to check back to keep tabs on the latest signings.

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Players Whose Contracts Became Guaranteed

January 8th, 2013 at 4:59pm CST by Luke Adams

For players on non-guaranteed contracts, yesterday represented one of the most important dates on the NBA calendar. Since contracts become guaranteed for the season on Thursday, teams were required to waive non-guaranteed players on Monday, allowing them to clear waivers on Wednesday, to avoid committing to rest-of-season salaries.

While many players were released, those players who survived the cut will now receive full-season salaries for 2012/13. Their teams can, of course, still choose to waive them, but the clubs would be on the hook for the players' full salaries.

Here are the players whose contracts will officially become guaranteed on Thursday, along with their respective teams and their '12/13 salaries:

Kyle Korver (Hawks, $5,000,000)
Daniel Gibson (Cavaliers, $4,792,332)
Jamaal Tinsley (Jazz, $1,352,181)
Rasheed Wallace (Knicks, $1,352,181)
Andray Blatche (Nets, $1,146,337)
Shaun Livingston (Cavaliers, $1,038,447)
Daniel Orton (Thunder, $854,389)
DeAndre Liggins (Thunder, $762,195)
Greg Smith (Rockets, $762,195)
Lance Thomas (Hornets, $762,195)
Jeff Adrien (Bobcats, $653,356)
Garrett Temple (Wizards, $572,943)
Kent Bazemore (Warriors, $473,604)
Chris Copeland (Knicks, $473,604)
Diante Garrett (Suns, $473,604)
Ben Hansbrough (Pacers, $473,604)
DeQuan Jones (Magic, $473,604)
Kevin Murphy (Jazz, $473,604)
Brian Roberts (Hornets, $473,604)
Robert Sacre (Lakers, $473,604)
Luke Zeller (Suns, $473,604)
Kevin Jones (Cavaliers, $390,027)

Storytellers Contracts, ShamSports, and HoopsWorld were used in the creation of this post.

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Hoops Rumors On Facebook/Twitter/RSS

January 3rd, 2013 at 12:44pm CST by Luke Adams

With the 2013 trade deadline just seven weeks away, there are a number of different ways you can follow Hoops Rumors to keep tabs on the latest NBA news and rumors throughout the year.

You can Like us on Facebook, and receive headlines and links for all our posts via your Facebook account. You can also follow us on Twitter to have all our posts and updates sent directly to your Twitter feed. And our RSS feed is located here, if you'd like to follow us using your RSS reader of choice.

If you prefer to receive updates only on roster moves such as signings, cuts, and trades, you can follow our transactions-only feeds via RSS and Twitter.

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Players On Non-Guaranteed Contracts

January 2nd, 2013 at 12:33pm CST by Luke Adams

Nate Robinson had his contract guaranteed today, as we outlined this morning, but Robinson represents the last non-guaranteed player with an early guarantee date. The rest of the NBA's players on non-guaranteed deals will need to remain on their respective team's roster through January 10th.

To avoid being on the hook for a full-season salary for players on non-guaranteed deals, a team must waive the player on or before January 7th, in order to ensure the players clears waivers before the 10th. As such, we're less than a week away from a number of new names hitting the free agent market, and a handful of clubs opening up roster spots.

We're not 100% sure which of the players currently on NBA rosters are on non-guaranteed deals, since that hasn't been reported for many of the contracts signed since the season began. However, based on contract databases at sites such as Storytellers Contracts, ShamSports, and HoopsWorld, we have a pretty good idea about which players may be on the bubble.

Listed below are all the players assumed to be on non-guaranteed deals. Within the next week, they'll either be released or will have their deals guaranteed for the remainder of the season. If they're cut, they'll receive a pro-rated salary based on their service to date. All contracts are worth the minimum salary unless otherwise indicated:

76ers: Maalik Wayns
Bobcats: Jeff Adrien
Bucks: None
Bulls: None
Cavaliers: Daniel Gibson ($4.79MM salary; $2.79MM guaranteed), Kevin Jones, Samardo Samuels, Shaun Livingston
Celtics: Kris Joseph, Jarvis Varnado
Clippers: None
Grizzlies: None
Hawks: Kyle Korver ($5MM salary; $500K guaranteed)
Heat: Josh Harrellson, Terrel Harris
Hornets: Dominic McGuire, Brian Roberts, Lance Thomas
Jazz: Kevin Murphy, Jamaal Tinsley
Kings: None
Knicks: Chris Copeland, Rasheed Wallace
Lakers: Robert Sacre, Darius Johnson-Odom
Magic: DeQuan Jones
Mavericks: Chris Douglas-Roberts
Nets: Andray Blatche
Nuggets: None
Pacers: Ben Hansbrough, Sam Young
Pistons: None
Raptors: Mickael Pietrus
Rockets: Greg Smith ($381K guaranteed), Scott Machado ($237K guaranteed)
Spurs: Gary Neal
Suns: Diante Garrett, Luke Zeller
Thunder: DeAndre Liggins, Daniel Orton
Timberwolves: Lazar Hayward
Trail Blazers: None
Warriors: Kent Bazemore
Wizards: Shelvin Mack, Garrett Temple

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Most Disappointing Long-Term Deals Of 2012

January 1st, 2013 at 9:43pm CST by Chuck Myron

There's a long way to go before we'll have the final verdict on whether the teams who signed players to contracts of three years or longer this offseason made mistakes. Nonetheless, with the 2012 part of the 2012/13 season behind us, we have a clear picture of who might have some early pangs of buyer's remorse. Deron Williams has taken plenty of flak of late for his less-than-stellar play after having re-signed with the Nets to a maximum deal in the summer, but there are a few others whose long-term contracts look like even more burdensome albatrosses for their clubs. Here they are, listed in descending order based on the value of their deals.

  • Roy Hibbert, Pacers (four years, $58.366MM): He's had his moments this season, but Saturday's scoreless effort against the Hawks seems about as low as it can go for someone who just signed a max contract. Hibbert's production in other categories has been fine, but he's averaging single digits in points, something he hasn't done since his rookie year.
  • Ersan Ilyasova, Bucks (five years, $40MM): The 6'9" power forward set career highs in rebounding (8.8) and three-point percentage (45.5%) last season, but this year's numbers are more in line with his career marks of 5.5 RPG and 37.9% from behind the arc. Milwaukee may have gotten caught up in a natural regression to the mean for Ilyasova. 
  • Jeff Green, Celtics (four years, $36MM): His return from heart surgery was a feel-good story as the season began, and his numbers this season are eerily similar to those from his half-season with the Celtics in 2011. Still, $9MM a year to someone producing 9.8 PPG and 3.2 RPG in 23.7 MPG, particularly for a sub-.500 team, does not sound appealing.
  • Courtney Lee, Celtics (four years, $21.35MM): He was supposed to have made up for the absence of Ray Allen's long-distance shooting after knocking in better than 40% of his treys in three of his first four seasons in the league. He's shooting a career-low 30.6% from behind the arc this season as he's been in and out of the starting lineup.
  • Landry Fields, Raptors (three years, $18.725MM): It may be a bit premature to include him on this list, since he's only played seven games so far since returning from injury, but he's been ghastly in his limited playing time, averaging just 2.9 points on 31% shooting in 21 minutes per contest. He's registered a 4.3 PER this season. His deal didn't look too promising for the Raptors when he signed it, and it doesn't look any better now.
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Team Facebook/Twitter/RSS

December 31st, 2012 at 5:02pm CST by Luke Adams

If you want to keep tabs on all of Hoops Rumors' stories and updates, you can follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook, or subscribe to our feed through your RSS reader of choice. However, if you prefer to only receive news about your favorite NBA team, we have you covered. Below are links to our Facebook, Twitter, and RSS pages and feeds for all 30 teams.

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