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.
GM Tommy Sheppard: Wizards Can Make Playoffs
Expectations aren't real high for the Wizards entering the season. Despite a roster featuring the likes of Bradley Beal, Kyle Kuzma and Kristaps Porzingis,...
Trainer: Pelicans’ Zion Williamson More Athletic Now Than Ever
Last season, Zion Williamson didn't play, suffering an ankle injury during the summer that kept him sidelined as the Pelicans tried to carry on...
NBA Wants Agents To Start Sharing Medicals With All 30 Teams Ahead Of Draft
The NBA and players' union are discussing a return of high schoolers being allowed to enter the draft, but for now, the league wants...
JB Bickerstaff: Cavs Trade For Donovan Mitchell A ‘No-Brainer’
Pretty soon, Cavaliers coach J.B. Bickerstaff will have to figure out how to best utilize all that promising talent.
He already had to do it,...
Cavs Signing Sharife Cooper To Training Camp Deal
The Cavaliers are signing point guard Sharife Cooper to an Exhibit 10 training camp contract, per Shams Charania of The Athletic.
Cooper, 21, is 6-foot-1 and...
Cavs To Sign Nate Hinton To Camp Deal
The Cavaliers are signing guard/forward Nate Hinton to an Exhibit 10 training camp contract, per JD Shaw of Hoops Rumors.
Hinton was recently acquired by the...
NBA Notes: Nets, Kyrie Irving, Suns, Jazz
Nets
Kyrie Irving said that the Nets haven't forgotten getting swept by the Celtics in the first round of the playoffs, and can use it...
West Rumors: Lakers, Russell Westbrook, Spurs, Warriors
Lakers
The Lakers view Patrick Beverley as a 3-and-D wing player, and not necessarily a "point guard," per Marc Stein of...
Dennis Schroder: LeBron James Told Me He’s Happy About Lakers Return
Now that Dennis Schroder's run with Germany in the FIBA EuroBasket is finished, it's time to focus on his new team.
That would be the...
NBA, Players’ Union Discussing Next Collective Bargaining Agreement
The NBA and NBA Players Association are in the midst of discussing the next Collective Bargaining Agreement, which is set to go into effect...
Bucks Signing Ibou Badji To Training Camp Deal
The Bucks are signing rookie free agent center Ibou Badji to an Exhibit 10 training camp contract, per JD Shaw of Hoops Rumors.
Badji, 19,...
Pistons Signing Kyler Edwards To Camp Contract
The Pistons are signing shooting guard Kyler Edwards to an Exhibit 10 training camp contract, agents Aman Dhesi and Maurice Johnson told JD Shaw...
Nets Sign And Waive Marcus Zegarowski
The Nets have signed and waived guard Marcus Zegarowski, as relayed by RealGM.
The move was presumably made to re-acquire his G League rights, sending...
Bucks Sign, Waive Alex Antetokounmpo
The Bucks have signed and subsequently waived forward Alex Antetokounmpo, according to the NBA official transactions log, via Hoops Rumors.
Antetokounmpo, was recently acquired by...
