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68 wins and a le isn't great?
Thought he was gone because Philly doesn't have the money to pay both he and Grimes and 100% has to bring back the latter.
68 wins and a le isn't great?
Michael Scotto MikeAScotto
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New Orleans Pelicans will decline the $3.15 million team option on Elfrid Payton, sources told Hoopshype
. Payton led the NBA in assists per minute this season (.33) per STATmuse
ahead of Trae Young (.32) and Nikola Jokic (.28). Payton is expected to have interest in free agency
https://x.com/MikeAScotto/status/1939400854869835821
Shams Charania ShamsCharania
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Just in: The Utah Jazz are trading Collin Sexton and a 2031 second-round pick to the Charlotte Hornets for Jusuf Nurkic, sources tell ESPN.
https://x.com/ShamsCharania/status/1939401566940987494
Ainge got...fleeced?
If that's Sexton's value, then we better get Collins for a couple of seconds.
This one is a little bit of a head scratcher to me from utah's perspective.
Wow. Spurs fans probably would have been super happy the get Sexton a year and a half go for a similar deal.
Ainge overplayed his hand. But their pick is also protected to eight next year so just giving up.
Hornets have no centers.
That is a lot of white 7 footers.
All of these players re-signing on good value deals is a stark contrast compared to previous years. Teams are getting smarter and more cautious. Except for Bulls of course, and maybe a few others.
Guess they have to hope JDub takes a paycut to a 25% max instead of a 30% supermax and that Holmgren doesn't make the allstar team next year; then they'd be at 84% of the cap for those three in 2027-28 (the 1% savings comes from the difference between the cap going up 10% and their raises being 8% for the deals Jdub and Holmgren sign in 2026-27). Joe is at 6% and is a team option. Wiggins is 4.4% (it's a declining contract). I'm guessing Jaylin Williams is a declining contract too since they're nowhere near the luxury tax for next season, so they probably frontloaded as much as they could in the first two years. Probably breaks down like 8.7/8/7.3 so that's 3.9%. Caruso at 11.1% so you're looking at
SGA + JDub + Holmgren + Williams + Wiggins = 92.3
plus Joe = 98.3
plus Caruso = 109.4
Guessing they have to salary dump Caruso in 26-27 to make room for signing Dort in 27-28. Can't imagine they'd take Caruso over him. With first apron at 126.7% of cap I'm guessing they cut Caruso and sign Dort for 15% of the cap to get them to 113.3%. Topic is 4.0% so that gets them to 117.3%. Sorber 2.7% so now they're right at 120%. Bye bye Cason Wallace, bye bye Hartenstein as no way they can afford either without going into the aprons. So these 9 roster spots should get them to 120% if JDub signs for 25% max:
SGA, JDub, Holmgren, Dort, Sorber, Joe, Topic, Williams, Wiggins
And then 6.7% of the cap (a little more than $12.5 million) to fill out the rest of the roster. Definitely gonna be tough. Maybe they let Dort walk and keep Caruso instead.
Michael Scotto MikeAScotto
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Just In: The Indiana Pacers have exercised their team option on Tony Bradley, which is worth $2.94 million non-guaranteed, league sources told Hoopshype
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https://x.com/MikeAScotto/status/1939404316223177060
A year and a half ago, the price would have been a lot higher.
The new CBA in action. We'll see what impact it has on Fox.
Im going to be very disappointed if Spurs just sign a mediocre old back up center and call it quits. Team has not only a very real need at back up Center, but they didnt address shooting at all which is a big hole too.
They cannot rest on laurels here and just add Harper + CB (who wont play much) + an old back up center. They need to get creative, they need to trade/consolidate and they need to add some shooting on top of a back up center.
Now is not the time to coast even if they also dont need to push all their chips in just to make a big splash.
I was really hoping for something like Keldon for Duncan Robison + 2nd. Spurs add shooting, get a 2nd and get off 2nd year of Keldons deal. Spurs need to be looking at things like that or even Cam Johnson type deals.
Im fine adding Capela or Brook or Kornet, but that cant be it.
Spurs spend MLE on some shooting or a back up big and then try to trade Keldon + Branham + Blake or even Barnes for a more legit back up Center/or shooting
It is way too early to consolidate picks in any massive way. I agree they need to trade for a big but this team needs to play together for a minute or two. Fox and Wemby haven’t even shared time on the court in any significant way.
They need to evaluate up to the trade deadline.
Not to say they can’t do deals. It’s just not the right time to unload the boat.
If UTA is actually open for business and this was price for Sexton, Keldon + Branham + 2nd (to replace one they sent for Nurk) for Collins should work
Michael Scotto MikeAScotto
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Just In: The Philadelphia 76ers will decline the $2.94 million team option on Lonnie Walker for the 2025-26 season, league sources told Hoopshype
. The 26-year-old averaged 12.4 points in 23.9 minutes over 20 games played for the Sixers. He’s expected to draw free agency interest
https://x.com/MikeAScotto/status/1939408715750273505
Michael Scotto MikeAScotto
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Just In: The Golden State Warriors will exercise the $1.96 million team option on Quinten Post, league sources told Hoopshype
. Post averaged 8.1 points, including shooting 40.8 percent from 3-point range, and 3.5 rebounds in 16.3 minutes per game for the Warriors.
https://x.com/MikeAScotto/status/1939407074989052001
I’d be happy with a Jake Laravia signing, and kick the tires and see if the Grizzlies would be interested in trading Brandon Clarke to us
Trading them was part of the process of tanking (and they were several years removed from their playoff appearances when they were traded). That is the different context.
This sounds right to me. No time to play it safe. MLE for "shooting or back up big, and then make a trade to better improve the team. It's time in Wemby's timeline to get moving....especially while we have Fox to play with him.
One of those rare trades that I can't understand for either team
Kelly Iko KellyIko
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The Houston Rockets are waiving forward Jack McVeigh, source tells
@TheAthletic
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https://x.com/KellyIko/status/1939412679094886422
Ainge is going for another season of top3 lottery odds.One of those rare trades that I can't understand for either team
We should give him a hand, we have the perfect man for the job who guarantees traffic cone defense and inefficent offense.
Keldon could reach the status of tank general in Utah.
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