Nicolas Batum

Welcome to Crashing the Glass With Curtis, a weekly series that will express views of what is happening in the world of basketball. This series will give a unique perspective on everything from hot button topics, everything we love about hoops and some overlooked nuggets that many do not know about. So grab your coffee, your beer, or glass of…

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…