Sports Flash Update

Landing to a championship calibre team is huge for Westbrook 👍

Wow this is big!

Breaking: The L.A. Clippers are sending Russell Westbrook, a second-round pick swap and cash to the Utah Jazz in a sign-and-trade agreement for Kris Dunn.

Westbrook is expected to agree on a contract buyout with the Jazz, clearing the way for him to eventually join the Denver Nuggets after clearing waivers, sources tell Adrian Wojnarowski.

Nice move

BREAKING: Paul George has agreed on a four-year, $212M maximum contract with the Philadelphia 76ers, per Adrian Wojnarowski

Probably because of that 0-10 FG during playoff season
🥹

Negotiations between Klay Thompson and the Golden State Warriors have stalled, with no current offer on the table from the team 🚨

“Even if the Warriors eventually approach Thompson with a competitive offer, matching or exceeding the money and years, it has become increasingly conceivable, according to league sources, that Thompson will decide to leave regardless, searching for a fresh start in a different environment, detached from some of the built-up friction of the previous couple seasons.”

(h/t Anthony Slater)

Lucky! Compose yourself, game 3 will be tougher 👍

Breaking: Jamal Murray has been fined $100K for throwing multiple objects in the direction of a game official during Game 2 of Timberwolves-Nuggets, the NBA announced.

Congratulations KD 🫡

Kevin Durant has surpassed Carmelo Anthony for 9th on the ALL-TIME SCORING list 🔥

Any guess???

It seems like the Celtics have turned to the Jazz for additional help ahead of the NBA trade deadline. 👀

Huge

BREAKING: The Philadelphia 76ers have traded Patrick Beverley to the Milwaukee Bucks for Cameron Payne and a 2nd round pick.

Monster

Joel Embiid ERUPTS for 51 PTS, 12 REB on 68% FG in the 76ers 127-113 WIN over the Timberwolves!

Sad news for Memphis but good luck in the future ☝️

Grizzlies say center Steven Adams will undergo season-ending surgery on his right posterior cruciate ligament, after “non-operative rehabilitation did not resolve ongoing knee instability.”

Adams is expected to make a full recovery ahead of next season.

Portland is trading Jrue Holiday to Boston, per Adrian Wojnarowski

Celtics are trading Robert Williams, Malcolm Brogdon, 2024 GSW 1st, 2029 unprotected BOS first to the Blazers.

Portland is trading Lillard to Milwaukee as part of a three-team trade. Deandre Ayton is headed to Portland and Jusuf Nurkic is head to Phoenix, per Chris B. Haynes

Always a huge fan big brother no matter where you go 👍

Dame with a message after the trade 👀

Fresh!

The Toronto Raptors are the frontrunners for Damian Lillard, according to multiple NBA execs 😲

Lillard will show up and play for Toronto if he's traded there.

(via Marc J. Spears)

I love to see Dame in other teams!

The Raptors have shown interest in Damian Lillard and are a dark-horse trade destination 👀

(per Action Network)

hustle man!

Free agent F Taj Gibson is returning to the Washington Wizards on a one-year, $3.2M contract. At 38, this will be Gibson’s 15th NBA season.

Load management

LeBron James will be EXEMPT from the NBA's new load management rules 🤯

The NBA will allow pre-approved designated back-to-back allowances for players who are 35 years old on opening night or have career workloads of 34,000 regular-season minutes or 1,000 regular-season and playoff games combined

via ESPN

Dont get injured then 👍

Paul George is ready for next season 😤

(via YGtrece/Twitch)

Jaylen Brown has agreed to a five-year, $304 million supermax with the Celtics, per Marc J. Spears


This is the biggest contract deal in NBA history

BREAKING: The NBA has approved two new rule changes for the 2023-24 season 👀

🔸Flops will result in a tech and the opposing team will get a free throw

🔸Coaches will be given a second challenge if the first is successful

(via Shams)

This move will a 💣

Damian Lillard has requested a trade out of Portland, per Chris Haynes.

Miami and Brooklyn are reportedly his preferred destinations.

Max Strus has agreed on a four-year, $63M sign-and-trade with the Cleveland Cavaliers, per Adrian Wojnarowski

Kyle Kuzma has agreed on a four-year, $102M deal to return to the Washington Wizards, per Adrian Wojnarowski