Sam Amico
Sam Amico has covered the NBA for 20 years, previously for SI.com, FOX Sports, CBS Sports, Amico Hoops and the Boston Herald.
Ben Simmons returning to NBA with Kings on one-year deal
Ben Simmons is officially headed back to the NBA.
The former No. 1 overall pick has agreed to a one-year, $3.5 million contract with the...
Pablo Torre says Clippers may have fed ESPN misleading story about NBA investigation
The questions surrounding ESPN's reporting on the Clippers investigation aren't going away.
Now Pablo Torre is offering a theory about how the network ended up...
Clippers may have been boxed out of arbitration after Steve Ballmer chose to fight NBA
The Clippers say they intend to fight the NBA's massive punishment in the Kawhi Leonard case. Pablo Torre has offered an interesting explanation for...
Nets bringing back Grant Nelson on two-way deal
Grant Nelson is headed back to the Nets, as the 7-foot forward has agreed to a two-way contract, agent Max Wiepking told Michael Scotto...
Kawhi Leonard trade to Raptors still expected to happen, extension could follow
Apparently, the Kawhi Leonard trade is still on, and his second stay in Toronto may last considerably longer than his first.
The Clippers and Raptors...
Bob Iger reportedly won’t be controlling owner of Lakers after all
Bob Iger may become one of the faces of the Lakers' new ownership group. But apparently he won't be the guy ultimately calling the...
NBA Notes: Rockets, Amen Thompson, Heat, Gabe Vincent, Hornets
Rockets
The Rockets are betting very big on Amen Thompson.
Houston officially signed Thompson to a five-year, $208 million rookie-scale extension, according to the NBA transaction...
Steve Ballmer can’t attend Clippers games or even enter team offices during suspension
Steve Ballmer owns the Clippers. For the next year, he'll have to do so from a considerable distance.
Ballmer's one-year suspension stemming from the NBA's...
Kawhi Leonard denied knowledge of cap circumvention, but investigators found him involved in endorsement talks
Kawhi Leonard says he didn't know anyone was trying to circumvent the NBA's salary cap.
That doesn't mean he was entirely removed from the endorsement...
NBA essentially gave Clippers maximum punishment allowed under CBA
If it seemed like the NBA threw everything it had at the Clippers, that's because it pretty much did.
John Hollinger of The Athletic notes...
Kawhi Leonard landed $18 million in endorsements after Clippers made introductions
The NBA's case against the Clippers becomes a little easier to understand when you follow the money.
According to the 36-page report from Wachtell, Lipton,...
Clippers may have ways to soften historic NBA punishment
The Clippers just lost five first-round draft picks. That doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll ultimately be without all five.
There may even be a way to...
ESPN has some explaining to do after NBA drops hammer on Clippers
Remember when the NBA had supposedly found no evidence that Steve Ballmer funneled money through Clippers sponsors to Kawhi Leonard to circumvent the salary...
A lot of people owe Pablo Torre an apology
Pablo Torre was accused of trying to ruin people's lives. Might be time for some apologies.
For nearly a year, Torre kept reporting on Kawhi...
