Nets exercise team options on Noah Clowney and Dariq Whitehead

Photo: Los Angeles Lakers/Twitter Patrick Beverley appeared to be extra motivated when he guarded Pacers young star Tyrese Haliburton. In turns that indeed there was something that made the 34-year-old point guard work even harder in defense. According to Beverley, it was a comment from Haliburton in which he mentioned…

Photo: Carlos Osorio/Associated Press The Brooklyn Nets and Toronto Raptors have discussed a Pascal Siakam trade, per Michael Scotto. The Raptors are interested in big man Nic Claxton. Brooklyn star guard Ben Simmons and several first-round draft picks have also been discussed in trade conversations. The Nets and Raptors have…

Photo: Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY Sports The Atlanta Hawks plan on keeping John Collins past the trade deadline. The Hawks had discussions about power forward with at least the Phoenix Suns, Detroit Pistons, and Brooklyn Nets. Check out our Latest News and Follow us at Facebook Original Source

Former NBA forward Rudy Gay once signed a three-year, $40 million contract extension with the Sacramento Kings thinking that head coach Michael Malone would stick around. However, Malone was fired not even a month later (Gay signed the extension on November 19th, 2014/Malone got fired by December 15th, 2014).  (via…

Photo: Boston Celtics /Twitter The Boston Celtics had the perfect opportunity to put the nail in the coffin of their first-round series against the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday, but went stumbling on their late errors and fell to a 119-117 Game 5 horrendous defeat. The C’s were already in position…

For three decades we’ve covered many amazing basketball characters, but some stand above the rest—not only because of their on-court skills (though those are always relevant), but because of how they influenced and continue to influence basketball culture, and thus influenced SLAM. Meanwhile, SLAM has also changed those players’ lives…