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Eric Pincus
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Genaral Manager at Sports Business Classroom; NBA National Writer at Bleacher Report
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Latest @BleacherReport The Best Way to Get Anthony Davis to the Chicago Bulls (best being subjective!) - we can certainly argue the pros/cons of Dallas wanting to add White/Ayo, but I posit otherwise bleacherreport.com/articles/252...
The Best Way to Get Anthony Davis to the Chicago Bulls
The Dallas Mavericks are off to a terrible start to the 2025-26 campaign. With former top basketball executive Nico Harrison fired, Kyrie Irving (knee) out for several months, and an intriguing 2026 d...
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November 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Latest @BleacherReport A 3-Team Anthony Davis Trade Idea to Shock the NBA - is it too early to map out direction for the Mavs post Nico? Sure. Can I argue this anyway, of course: bleacherreport.com/articles/252...
A 3-Team Anthony Davis Trade Idea to Shock the NBA
The Dallas Mavericks let go of the man who traded Luka Dončić, relieving general manager and president of basketball operations Nico Harrison of his duties on Tuesday. Unsurprisingly, the fanbase coul...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Latest @BleacherReport Star NBA Players Who Might Need a Breakup (this came out earlier today, but was sorta overshadowed by the news out of Dallas, give it a look): bleacherreport.com/articles/252...
Star NBA Players Who Might Need a Breakup
Few NBA marriages last forever. Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal parted ways after their fourth NBA Finals appearance (with three championships) in five years. Whether it's finances, age, fit or perso...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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Latest @BleacherReport Ja Morant Trade Ideas and Potential Landing Spots if Memphis Grizzlies Need a Divorce bleacherreport.com/articles/252...
Ja Morant Trade Ideas and Potential Landing Spots if Memphis Grizzlies Need a Divorce
Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies aren't on the same page.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Latest @BleacherReport Ranking the Top 20 NBA Free Agents Available Right Now - plan is this will be updated somewhat regularly, expanded from 10 to 20

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Ranking the Top 20 NBA Free Agents Available Right Now
Although the 2025-26 NBA season is underway, several quality free agents are still looking for a home. Opportunities can be limited initially, as teams look to find their footing in the playoffs/lotte...
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November 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Latest @BleacherReport A Trade Idea That Could Realistically Save the Kevin Durant Era in Houston - I put together a theoretical to solve the FVV injury issue:
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A Trade Idea That Could Realistically Save the Kevin Durant Era in Houston
The Houston Rockets have championship aspirations, having acquired former NBA MVP Kevin Durant over the offseason. Unfortunately, veteran point guard Fred VanVleet was lost during the offseason to a k...
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November 3, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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Latest @BleacherReport Ranking Ben Simmons and the Top NBA Free Agents Available Right Now

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Ranking Ben Simmons and the Top NBA Free Agents Available Right Now
Although the 2025-26 NBA season is underway, several quality free agents are still looking for a home. Opportunities can be limited initially, as teams look to find their footing in the playoffs/lotte...
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October 27, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Latest Substack (free): 2025-26 Season Tips Off! (Subscribe for updates): ericpincus.substack.com/p/2025-26-se...
2025-26 Season Tips Off!
Opening night was a blast, at least for Game 1, with the Houston Rockets falling to the Oklahoma City Thunder in double overtime (OKC overcoming the typical ring-night letdown).
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October 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Updated the @SportsBizClass NBA 2025-26 Apron Tracker - Knicks clock in just $148,358 under their second-apron restriction sportsbusinessclassroom.com/nba-2025-26-...
NBA 2025-26 Apron Tracker - Sports Business Classroom
List of each NBA team in the 2025-26 season, their apron payroll, their apron status and the tools used to trigger a hard cap, if applicable.
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October 22, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Updated the @SportsBizClass NBA 2025-26 Luxury Tax Tracker - 14 teams over, 16 projected to get $13.7M kickback. The three teams that are very close to the line are (somewhat) likely to dip under before the end of the year sportsbusinessclassroom.com/nba-2025-26-...
NBA 2025-26 Luxury Tax Tracker - Sports Business Classroom
The following Luxury Tax tracker shows how close each team is to the luxury tax line for the 2025-26 NBA Season.
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October 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Updated the @SportsBizClass list of Current NBA Two-Way Contracts after the flurry of NBA transactions sportsbusinessclassroom.com/current-nba-...
Current NBA Two-Way Contracts - Sports Business Classroom
As of the 2023 Collective Bargaining Agreement, the NBA added a third two-way roster spot. The goal is to provide teams with the means to develop players with fewer than four years of experience, who ...
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October 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Latest @BleacherReport Do New York Knicks Already Have a Head Coaching Problem? - Should much be made of Towns' comments? What has history shown us?
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October 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Latest @BleacherReport Los Angeles Lakers' Biggest Roster Questions Entering 2025 NBA Preseason bleacherreport.com/articles/252...
Los Angeles Lakers' Biggest Roster Questions Entering 2025 NBA Preseason
The Los Angeles Lakers open the preseason on Friday in Palm Desert, hosting the Phoenix Suns in their first exhibition game of 2025-26.
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October 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Latest @BleacherReport Why These 5 NBA Free Agents Don't Have a Team Entering Training Camp
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Why These 5 NBA Free Agents Don't Have a Team Entering Training Camp
With NBA training camps kicking off for the 2025-26 season, several high-level free agents remain unsigned.
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September 27, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Latest @BleacherReport The Best Realistic Trade to Save Houston Rockets' Season After Major Injury (best is relative to the pre-December 15 window)
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The Best Realistic Trade to Save Houston Rockets' Season After Major Injury
The Houston Rockets suffered a devastating blow Monday, with ESPN's Shams Charania reporting that veteran point guard Fred VanVleet suffered an offseason knee injury that may sideline him for all of 2...
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September 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Latest @BleacherReport Bargain NBA Free Agents Who Can Still Help Any Team bleacherreport.com/articles/252...
Bargain NBA Free Agents Who Can Still Help Any Team
NBA training camps convene in less than two weeks. Most rosters are overstuffed with prospects hoping to make the franchise, many of whom will end up playing in the G League.
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September 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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I wrote up my pick-by-pick decision-making for the @BleacherReport all-time draft - why Team Kobe in the MJ role? (Free Substack) ericpincus.substack.com/p/br-draft-k...
B/R Draft: Kobe in the MJ Role
Earlier in the offseason, the Bleacher Report staff ran an NBA all-time snake draft, selecting 11 teams of six.
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September 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Latest Substack (free): Finding Equity in the WNBA, including a video link of my CNN spot with @Boris_Sanchez - I also recently wrote on the topic at B/R, details within: ericpincus.substack.com/p/finding-eq...
Finding Equity in the WNBA
On Saturday (9/20/25), I had the opportunity to join Boris Sanchez on CNN to discuss the WNBA as it nears the end of its collective bargaining agreement:
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September 21, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Latest @BleacherReport Snake-Drafting NBA Superteams from All-Time Greats featuring me out-selecting my fellow B/R staff to build a monster Kobe/Dirk squad
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Snake-Drafting NBA Superteams from All-Time Greats
This offseason, the Bleacher Report staff agonized over the best of the NBA's best and ranked the top 100 players of all time. It was an exhilarating, gut-wrenching and nostalgic exercise.
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September 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Latest @BleacherReport Two Last-Minute Jonathan Kuminga Trade Ideas and One Warriors Compromise - why the qualifying offer is a Kuminga weapon, it's still the last resort
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Two Last-Minute Jonathan Kuminga Trade Ideas and One Warriors Compromise
Training camp is looming, but Jonathan Kuminga's stalemate with the Golden State Warriors continues to linger. The almost-23-year-old forward is entering his fifth season yet remains a restricted free agent with no clear pathway to a contract that doesn't involve cooperation from the Warriors.
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September 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Latest @BleacherReport How Much Money Can WNBA Players Realistically Expect in Next CBA Deal? - my external POV from digging into the issues, finances, etc., how I could see it going...
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How Much Money Can WNBA Players Realistically Expect in Next CBA Deal?
The WNBA is booming. Viewership, attendance and franchise values are hitting record highs. TV deals are surging, and teams like the Connecticut Sun could sell for over $300 million.
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September 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Latest @BleacherReport From Wednesday: NBA Trade Idea to Land Andrew Wiggins with Los Angeles Lakers - a theoretical built around Rui, etc., ropes in the Nets' under-floor situation

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NBA Trade Idea to Land Andrew Wiggins with Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers recently extended Luka Dončić, while hesitating to give LeBron James a similar commitment.
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September 11, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Latest @SportsBizClass 3 Realistic Outcomes for NBA's Clippers-Kawhi Leonard Cap Scandal - while we don't have all the information yet, this could go a few ways, from good to bad to ugly for LAC bleacherreport.com/articles/252...
3 Realistic Outcomes for NBA's Clippers-Kawhi Leonard Cap Scandal
No matter which way you lean in the Kawhi Leonard-Los Angeles Clippers salary-cap circumvention scandal, the Clippers either look like cheaters or, at best, suspect.
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September 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Latest @BleacherReport Predictions for NBA's Top 10 Free Agents Still Available
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Predictions for NBA's Top 10 Free Agents Still Available
NBA training camps will begin in about a month, and while most rosters are nearing completion, several high-level free agents remain unsigned.
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September 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Latest @BleacherReport Ranking the NBA's 8 Worst Salary-Cap Situations
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Ranking the NBA's 8 Worst Salary-Cap Situations
The NBA has a complex salary-cap system that can quickly reach punitive levels when teams invest heavily in their rosters. Knowing when to go all-in and when to bail out may be the most challenging de...
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September 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM