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Jimmy Butler has had a tumultuous last few weeks. He has gone from team pariah to team hero and back again. It started with calling out his teammates at practice and ended with him chartering a private jet for another so they could attend his brother's game at Duke. Now it appears this relationship is over for good as Butler has been dealt to…

Locking Up Your Own Free Agents These are the teams that benefited from re-signing their own free agents. Had they lost their own restricted or unrestricted free agents, these teams could potentially have ended up back in the Draft Lottery at the conclusion of the 2016-2017 season. Toronto Raptors DeMar DeRozan, 5 years, $139 million…

Once again, LeBron James took over the game. He finished the game with 38 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists. With those totals, he registered another 30 points, 5 rebound, 5 assist playoff game. This was his 51st game with the 30-5-5 tying him with Michael Jordan. That is an impressive feat but for this game, the most important stat could have…

With the NBA Finals now over (congrats to the Spurs!), all attention in professional basketball will shift to July 1, 2014. This, of course, is when Carmelo Anthony can be a free agent. Melo actually has leverage in determining where he might end up, mainly because he can opt out and be considered a free agent. So what are the most likely suitors…