2019 Official NBA Free Agent thread

Let’s get it started!

Philadelphia 76ers swingman James Ennis (@JamesDa_Truth) will decline his $1.8M player option for next season and become a free agent, league sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) May 20, 2019

Mavs might be interested in Randle

https://thesmokingcuban.com/2019/05/...s-randle-adds/

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Originally Posted by 13 - 3

Mavs might be interested in Randle

https://thesmokingcuban.com/2019/05/...s-randle-adds/

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I think he would actually be a great fit there. If Dallas can land 2 good FAs with one being Randle then that is a playoff team that can do some damage. Would love to see him back here but I just don’t think he compliments Zion as well as he did AD. If he would accept a 6th man bench role and play the 5 with Zion at the 4 in small ball lineups then I pay the man. The West is going to be wide open next year. If the Pels do it right I can see us legitly making it to the WC Finals.

Kevin Durant is “100 percent undecided” on where he’s playing next, his manager @RichKleiman says at The #WSJFuture Of Everything Festival. “He really doesn’t know, and I really don’t know.” pic.twitter.com/1fEw2kYZqm

— WSJ Sports (@WSJSports) May 21, 2019

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Mavs might be interested in Randle

https://thesmokingcuban.com/2019/05/...s-randle-adds/

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I'm high key upset we're probably gonna lose Julius. He seemed to really like it here. At the same time I get why we should probably part with him, because Zion is a better version of him with higher upside.

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Originally Posted by kinglio21093

I'm high key upset we're probably gonna lose Julius. He seemed to really like it here. At the same time I get why we should probably part with him, because Zion is a better version of him with higher upside.

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Julius was pretty much Tyree Evans at PF. So much offensive game, but needed the ball in his hands to be a positive on the court and just didn't have defense as a priority. I'm not trying to be rude but he doesn't play winning basketball. I'm happy to here he is having other dope opportunities for him.

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Originally Posted by Silverfoxx

Julius was pretty much Tyree Evans at PF. So much offensive game, but needed the ball in his hands to be a positive on the court and just didn't have defense as a priority. I'm not trying to be rude but he doesn't play winning basketball. I'm happy to here he is having other dope opportunities for him.

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Your not being rude.
Why anyone would want Randle on this team after getting Zion is just head scratching to me.
With or without Davis.

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Originally Posted by AUSSIE_PELICAN

Your not being rude.
Why anyone would want Randle on this team after getting Zion is just head scratching to me.
With or without Davis.

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Move Randle to different position. I believe it was done was Davis and Cousins.

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Originally Posted by GuardianAngel25

I think he would actually be a great fit there. If Dallas can land 2 good FAs with one being Randle then that is a playoff team that can do some damage. Would love to see him back here but I just don’t think he compliments Zion as well as he did AD. If he would accept a 6th man bench role and play the 5 with Zion at the 4 in small ball lineups then I pay the man. The West is going to be wide open next year. If the Pels do it right I can see us legitly making it to the WC Finals.

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He played with Jrue Holiday and Anthony Davis, and didn’t sniff the playoffs. Don’t get ahead of yourself.

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Originally Posted by Spaniard

He played with Jrue Holiday and Anthony Davis, and didn’t sniff the playoffs. Don’t get ahead of yourself.

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Correct!

Holiday got injured, Davis quit in December.

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He played with Jrue Holiday and Anthony Davis, and didn’t sniff the playoffs. Don’t get ahead of yourself.

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Not to mention that Griffin has said many time times that they are after high character guys, two way players and intelligent players.
Randle only fits one of those criteria.

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Originally Posted by AUSSIE_PELICAN

Not to mention that Griffin has said many time times that they are after high character guys, two way players and intelligent players.
Randle only fits one of those criteria.

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You could say the same for Stephen Curry too

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Originally Posted by AUSSIE_PELICAN

Not to mention that Griffin has said many time times that they are after high character guys, two way players and intelligent players.
Randle only fits one of those criteria.

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High character and intelligent? Like JR Smith?

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Originally Posted by 13 - 3

High character and intelligent? Like JR Smith?

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Yep he has learn't from his mistakes.

Randle was not that bad stats wise. Both Lakers and Magic acknowledge it was a mistake kicking Randle to the curb. It did come up on First Take the other day.

Eric Bledsoe made 1st team defense. Yeah let that sink in.

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Originally Posted by 13 - 3

Eric Bledsoe made 1st team defense. Yeah let that sink in.

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Incredibly disrespectful to Jrue.

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Originally Posted by AUSSIE_PELICAN

Your not being rude.
Why anyone would want Randle on this team after getting Zion is just head scratching to me.
With or without Davis.

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Him on the bench and in certain rotations with zion and Davis would be pretty good actually. We just would need our one and two to play defense and be able to catch and shoot in the starting lineup. He would be dominant off the bench. We’ll just see what kind of money he commands. If he doesn’t go for a pay day, he could be a solid signing. He has great passing ability but never got to show it last year because he was forced to become the main scorer. Check out some highlights of him. He has the vision and ability to be a playmaker.


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Such horrible highlights! How rude! :)

Playing Devil's advocate, Jrue only played 67 games and we stank. Hell Kawhi couldn't even make first team. 2nd team isn't the worst result in the world

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Playing Devil's advocate, Jrue only played 67 games and we stank. Hell Kawhi couldn't even make first team. 2nd team isn't the worst result in the world

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Anthony Davis in 2016-17 and Jrue Holiday this year are the only two players to make an all-defensive team without also making the playoffs in the last 10 years.

So we understand that. But it still rankles to see Holiday get ranked behind Bledsoe, who is clearly inferior to him on D.

Earning All-NBA for a second consecutive season now has Giannis Antetokounmpo eligible in the summer of 2020 to sign the largest contract in NBA history. The five-year extension starting in 2021-22 would be worth $247.3M and carry a $42.6, $46.0, $49.5, $52.9 and $56.3M cap hit.

— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) May 23, 2019

I know it's not quite a free agent, but I may as well post contract extension news in here rather than just starting a new thread for a relatively minor thing.

Giannis gonna get paid FIFTY. SIX. MILLION. DOLLARS. For a single year.

Edit: I don't really know what's the case in the US, but $56m is £44.2m. UK minimum wage is £8.21 per hour. Average minimum wage worker would have to work 5.383 million hours to earn that wage. Assuming a 50 hour work week, no days or weeks off, 107673 weeks. Or 2070 years. NBA money is truly absurd sometimes. Makes it even more absurd when you remember how rich the owners are.

Also, if Rudy Gobert wins DPOY this year, he'll be eligible for a supermax contract.

If Utah give him that, that will instantly be one of the worst contracts in the league.

Full announcement from the league on New Free Agency ... which includes permission for teams to set up free agent meetings starting at 6 PM ET on June 29 pic.twitter.com/mYc8Lh2AtC

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) May 24, 2019

This isn't news, there have been open talks about this for a week or two, but it's confirmed. FA deadline moves forward a few hours, which for me puts it in the middle of the night rather than early morning.

Have heard that Free Agent Power Forward Julius Randle has interest in the Phoenix Suns. And I fully expect the Suns to consider him as well.

— John Gambadoro (@Gambo987) May 31, 2019

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Also, if Rudy Gobert wins DPOY this year, he'll be eligible for a supermax contract.

If Utah give him that, that will instantly be one of the worst contracts in the league.

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They wouldn’t do it snywayS they can only hand out one and that will be saved for Mitchell when the time comes.

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They wouldn’t do it snywayS they can only hand out one and that will be saved for Mitchell when the time comes.

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Is it true they can only hand out one? I thought Beal was eligible for the supermax for Washington and if so he'd be the 2nd because Wall already signed his. I could be wrong on this I'm going off memory.

Doc Rivers hit with tampering fine?

https://deadspin.com/nba-fines-doc-r...d-i-1835157843

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Doc Rivers hit with tampering fine?

https://deadspin.com/nba-fines-doc-r...d-i-1835157843

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Yeah it's absurd. I watched that segment, what he said was nothing even close to tampering. It's tampering now to just say someone is a fantastic player? Come on.

#NBA free agency officially begins a month from today �� pic.twitter.com/Jo4tKQ51nx

— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) June 1, 2019

I wonder what his market will be this summer. He would probably kill in Alvin Gentry's system. https://t.co/Iw8cl1zKH1

— Shamit Dua (@FearTheBrown) June 2, 2019

I feel awful but I totally agree and think we should sign him.

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I wonder what his market will be this summer. He would probably kill in Alvin Gentry's system. https://t.co/Iw8cl1zKH1

— Shamit Dua (@FearTheBrown) June 2, 2019

I feel awful but I totally agree and think we should sign him.

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Thought you didn’t want Rubio because he can’t shoot?

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Thought you didn’t want Rubio because he can’t shoot?

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I don't. He can't shoot. I've argued against him before. That's why I feel awful about it.

The Houston Rockets have claimed third-year center Deyonta Davis off free agency waivers, league sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 12, 2019

Butler on market

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...nuine-interest

Jimmy Butler has told confidants that if Miami wants to talk on or after June 30 he would certainly - and happily - listen, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.

(Of course, the “how would Miami have the $$$” portion of this equation remains most unclear.)

— Tim Reynolds (@ByTimReynolds) June 14, 2019

Yeaaaah.... Miami has precisely no cap space at all.

If Dragic and Whiteside both opted out of their player options, they'd free up about $40m, but they're so far over the cap right now that that would only actually give them like $26m. That's not enough for a max like Butler would want. They'd need to get creative.

Plus, I don't see Whiteside or Dragic opting out.

Dragic already opted in.

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Dragic already opted in.

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Welp, there ya go haha

To be clear, If Miami wanted to clear cap space, I'd take Dragic. Now HE would be a good fit next to Jrue and knows Gentry's system. Especially for 1 year. Would probably be able to sign him back to a team friendly deal afterwards too given his age.

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To be clear, If Miami wanted to clear cap space, I'd take Dragic. Now HE would be a good fit next to Jrue and knows Gentry's system. Especially for 1 year. Would probably be able to sign him back to a team friendly deal afterwards too given his age.

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Take him for what?

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

Take him for what?

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You mean what would we give up? I assume Miami would either give us an asset or we'd give them a fake 2nd round pick for clearing the space for him.

I'd assume after the AD trade that we will end up with an alright amount of cap space and be able to absorb his contract.

The black woj https://t.co/VZAXrcqfNI

— elfrid payton (@elfrid) June 16, 2019

Anyone up for the return of Demarcus Cousins?

The Pelicans will want to pair a center with Zion. Cousins has to be one of the best free agent centers. He has the physical presence down low and also has range, the Pelicans need spacing to come from the 5 if Ball and Ingram are in the starting rotation. Cousins next contract will be good value for whatever team he goes to. The team won’t have to overpay and he will already have a year of rehab complete.

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The black woj https://t.co/VZAXrcqfNI

— elfrid payton (@elfrid) June 16, 2019

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This true?

Can we sign and trade Randle?


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Originally Posted by Sleeper

Can we sign and trade Randle?


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I would assume so

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Originally Posted by HornetGuru

This true?

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I mean, not that I'm aware of. Kyrie to Brooklyn seems like a pretty easy guess at this point, but the others I don't know. Just thought it was funny.

I say we use our cap space to Sign Mirotic, Payton, and another backup shooter wing.

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Originally Posted by hornetsrebirth

Anyone up for the return of Demarcus Cousins?

The Pelicans will want to pair a center with Zion. Cousins has to be one of the best free agent centers. He has the physical presence down low and also has range, the Pelicans need spacing to come from the 5 if Ball and Ingram are in the starting rotation. Cousins next contract will be good value for whatever team he goes to. The team won’t have to overpay and he will already have a year of rehab complete.

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Yes it would be a good fit for the time being, but I seriously doubt he would want to go to a rebuilding franchise full of 21 year olds.

But he looked pretty bad in the finals so whoever he signs with should be able to aign him at a good value on a short contract.

Dewayne Dedmon would be a good fit at center for the short term