I think the idea of getting Westbrook was to save Lebron's legs for the postseason. But yes for all of the depth they gave up (and I suggested getting in on that by trading DDR there) there were going to have issues.
I don’t think a team like CHA, who is already a fringe playoff team, losing Rozier and Bridges, and replacing them with a rookie (even a talented one) makes them any better next 2 years. But maybe I’m wrong
I think the idea of getting Westbrook was to save Lebron's legs for the postseason. But yes for all of the depth they gave up (and I suggested getting in on that by trading DDR there) there were going to have issues.
Lakers should burn for that Westbrook trade and not be rewarded out. I'm not sure how often it's been when a star wants to go to your team and you just don't have close to the assets to make it happen and match salaries.
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Jeremy Sochan & Malaki Branham both officially sign their first contracts with the Spurs. Blake Wesley signed his deal Tuesday.
iirc this means the Spurs can't trade any of Sochan/Branham/Wesley until August 15. Not that they plan to anyway.
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24mAdding on his partial guarantee for 2022-2023 prior to the Spurs waiving him, Gallinari will make $17M-plus this season and now joins the championship chase with the Celtics.
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After clearing waivers, free agent F Danilo Gallinari has agreed on a two-year, $13.3M deal with the Boston Celtics, his agent Michael Tellem of @excelbasketball tells ESPN. Deal is fully guaranteed and includes a player option.
So what was the deal with including Landale? It seems like they were in a big rush to get the trade completed right away. Did they think Atlanta might have second thoughts? Did we lose a serviceable player for nothing?
I think the spurs we’re just desperate to bring back Gorgui Dieng jk idk definitely think the KD stuff made something fall through but who knows
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After clearing waivers, free agent C Taj Gibson has agreed to a one-year deal with the Washington Wizards, his agent Mark Bartelstein of @PrioritySports tells ESPN.
Does anyone get info or injury raport for Jaren Jackson Jr? How is his rehab?
Marcus Morris.
When you have the framework done, pull the trigger, especially when you’re robbing someone. Only bad things can happen if you wait. None of the Kyrie/KD drama had started. That could have adversely affected the deal.
Most likely a favor to him. Jock’s contract calls for 1.5M next season but none of it is guaranteed yet. He has to be on a roster on Oct 1 to get that money. But he’s not in the Spurs plans for next season. Obviously. If they simply cut him he’d lose that. By including him in the trade he’s still got a chance at it. Also, he got $46,000 just by being in the trade. Not a fortune but enough to buy a lot of pizza.
Spurs were like 50k short in players going out to match the salaries as per rules. Spurs choices were like wisekamp, cacok, Jones, diop and Landale.
Hopefully this is enough to knock Indy out of the top-10 of next year’s projected lottery.
Will also knock PHX out of the KD sweepstakes, though I think he ends up staying in BKN anyways.
I'm not sure it knocks them out but it does shorten the timeline to get it done with Brooklyn. They'd need to expand the Ayton deal as a S&T and rope in a couple more teams to get it done asap...
My guess is Nets don't want Ayton. If they did, I think that deal would likely have been done over the weekend after it became clear that Indiana was a threat to get him. Are the Suns content with Bismack and Jock?
they've been saying this since last week
if they are getting assets back in a sign and trade they can figure that out later.
If the Pacers can and are willing to sign Ayton to an offer sheet, those assets are unlikely to be significant. To get KD Phoenix will still likely need to both gut their roster & mortgage their future.
Could this make Myles Turner the odd man out?
Brooklyn has no reason to trade him for scraps when he's under contract four more years. Let that ring chaser retire if he doesn't want to honor his contract.
KD is in a bad spot. unlike previous players like harden and nephew, he has way too many years left on his deal. the nets have all the leverage here. KD.
The holdup reportedly has been that Indiana still hasn’t officially traded Malcolm Brogdon to Boston because he has yet to complete his physical. Brogdon is reportedly undergoing that physical today, so the deal will be finalized tomorrow. Once that cap space opens, then Indy can sign-and-trade Myles Turner for Ayton.
Yea KD is ed. He’s gonna have to suck it up and play for Brooklyn for at least another season, cause their asking price is way too high for any of these teams. No one is gutting their roster + multiple draft picks for 34 year old KD at this point, and they shouldn’t.
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