I don't think John Collins has to go to San Antonio. He could be dealt in a three-team trade where it brings back more assets to the Spurs.
Then they can shut it down and go for Wemby.
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I’m curious to see which direction we go. Hypothetically we have the perfect mix of young talent and veteran leadership. And our young talent happens to be defensively savvy (and for those coming from this draft the potential is obviously there and could come soon). I can see us going for maybe another backup big, but I wouldn’t be surprised if all we did was go after a deadeye shooter and roll with what we got barring maybe a couple small moves.
Feels like this off-season going to be interesting. Kyrie to Clippers pls
Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving is opting into his $37 million player option for the 2022-23 season, @TheAthletic @Stadium has learned. Irving is bypassing on multiple opt-in and trade scenarios to fulfill his four-year commitment to the Nets and Kevin Durant.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 27, 2022
Thank you Kyrie for holding the NBA hostage for an entire weekend for no reason. Now somebody do a trade
— Brian (@BrianJDraft) June 27, 2022
I’m always saying those who don’t pass up the $37 million available to them are daring to be different https://t.co/aVKYBuhCpA
— Jackson Frank (@jackfrank_jjf) June 27, 2022
I am sure they will be just as happy with Malik Monk as Kyrie, lololololol
It makes me laugh because about 50% of the time, Kyrie is doing cool and good things. He donated tons of food to the hungry in Brooklyn, he donated a ton of money to the WNBA for players who weren't getting paid during the pandemic, he's donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to food banks, etc. All of that is great and very cool of him.
But when it comes to his own NBA career, he can't seem to go more than about 25 minutes without being a melodramatic pain in the rear.
The issue with so many of these guys is their circle and the fact they never hear no. I know many think the issue with Kanye is bipolar combined with his mom dying. But when I watched the doc, I couldn’t get over how many people are around him just nodding their head yes as he is saying insane things
We all are just creatures of habit and keep doing whatever behaviors are reinforced. He has probably been told he was a genius by all the people around him for so long that he sees any criticism as cynical haters because there is no way he can be wrong. He has been told for years by everyone around him that he is always right
I think a market inefficiency this year will be to pray on teams looking to get Wemby and the other studs in the upcoming draft. By that, I mean that at different points this year between 6-8 teams will be looking to actively get worse. The goal should be to help them do so and get a current player at a reduced price in the process. Hawks are calling all over the league trying to do that and might have found a taker in SA. Dont think there will be a ton of sellers now, but in season, once teams see they arent legit playoff threats, the goal will be to tank like they used to 5-10 years ago. Quality players will be given away because the true return will be from the pick rising. Need to be in position to pounce on that, and it might not just come from the teams we suspect will be bad. A team most think will be good might have some injuries early and be in the unique position to get a pick to pair with their star when they return the following year (a la Robinson and Duncan).
Gotta be ready and have contracts to move when that situation presents itself.
Maybe if I were the GM, but I am not. I don’t think they are going to do that, just saying it would be my path, reading the tea leaves
Source: Rockets and John Wall have reached a buyout agreement, shaving $6.5 million off of his $47.4 million salary.
— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) June 28, 2022
John Wall is planning to sign with the Los Angeles Clippers once he clears waivers, sources tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 28, 2022
On paper, it makes complete sense. Clippers need someone who can be a legitimate distributor and lead ball handler and have suffered with having to rely on Reggie Jackson to do it. Wall can't be the number 1 - or even the number 2 - at this stage of his career so going somewhere where he can be the number 3 at best is a really good spot for him.
The thing that clashes with it is this: John Wall has played a total of 72 games in the last four years and has been pretty dreadful in almost all of them. Among the problems are a reduction in his speed - when that was his primary method of advantage creation - and some of the worst shot selection in the entire NBA. Is he capable, at this point, of pulling back on those issues?
If so, big get for the Clippers. If not, he could legitimately create a whole new set of problems.
I dont know how a 7th or 8th man can create legitimate problems. If he is bad, he just gets DNPs
The good from this is that it takes another possible Westbrook trade partner off the table for the Lakers. I dont know who else is even possible outside of Charlotte and maybe a Hayward and Plumlee for Westbrook swap. Outside of that, the Lakers only real path is to run it back and that is just glorious to me
One other thing to keep in mind is the Clips figure to be another huge tax team.
FO's are thinking that 4 or 5 teams could be massively over the cap this season, leading to a collective tax pool of 400-500 million dollars. That could mean somewhere between 15-25 million dollar checks cut to every team not in the tax this season. I know, I know....who cares, its not our money. But that check collected this year goes towards paying future tax bills that Gayle will be willing to pay.
i know im one or two posters who is down for the owner to make money as much as she can to make the team better, so if she can get checks from over the cap teams then here is to her getting paid....
Stars have ego and pull. Remember how KD and Kyrie essentially forced DeAndre Jordan into the starting lineup at the expense of Jarrett Allen a few seasons ago basically just because he's their friend? I have no idea what the relationship situation is with the Clippers - though PG13 is friends with Wall, iirc? - but if Kawhi and/or PG13 want John Wall getting minutes, John Wall is getting minutes.
ESPN Sources: Los Angeles Lakers star Russell Westbrook is planning to exercise his $47.1 million option to return to the franchise for the 2022-2023 season.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 28, 2022
To nobody's surprise
For some reason I thought he had already
With basically everyone and their mother reporting that Brunson is expected to go to the Knicks on a 4yr/$100m deal, that seems like a legit problem for the Mavs.
They were already a team that struggled heavily to create any effective offense whenever Luka wasn't on the court, and they look to be losing a guy who put up 16/4/5 for them on 50/37/84 splits. 58%TS last year, 61%TS the year before; 24%AST to 10%TOV, which is good, and the team has been consistently better with him on the court than with him off. Top 75 player last year according to EPM; the 3rd highest player on the Mavs and the only other guard for the Mavs (aside from Luka) who was in the top 130 in the NBA for EPM.
Unless they can fill that void - a pretty significant one - Dinwiddie will have to level up or else the Mavs might be in a little bit of trouble.
Brunson is a good player, but why are the knicks all in on this type of a player? It would be something if he was that missing piece. That would be a big blow to the mavs though, good thing luka seems to be in good shape this offseason cause he would be carrying the mavs even more now.
I actually think it's a good thing for the Knicks.
They're not all in. They're not offering a max or anything like that. He's getting offered - reportedly - about $20m a year, which is a slight overpay but then, they're the Knicks: they suck. Its about time they stopped taking wild, uncalculated, ridiculous swings are megastar FAs that do not want to go there and just tried to improve. There's value in actually being a respectable franchise that fans can actually support, and this is doubly true if you've spent the lion's share of the last decade being the league's laughing stock.
Sign good players. If you have to overpay a little, who cares. Put good supporting players around your young drafted 'stars' like Barrett and go and win some games. Kyrie Irving is not going to walk through that door, so stop waiting and start improving.
Chris Haynes was reporting that the knicks will be offering around 110mil for 4yrs.... let's say 27 mil a year, damn....
The knicks have to get rid of Dolan first then maybe they will have a good future in some multiverse
Yeah, that's fine for me. I had misremembered the deal, but I still don't mind it for them. Allstars get max contracts. Brunson isn't an all-star but he's in that group just below it of very solid starter calibre players, and so him getting paid in that tier just below a max makes sense. It's a bit of an overpay but again, Knicks.
They're apparently also in on the Dejounte Murray sweepstakes. I actually think Dejounte Murray + Jalen Brunson + RJ Barrett is a damned solid young trio of ball handlers and scorers to use as the central core. Sure, it will be expensive, but at least they'd win some games.
I think you have to remember that salaries are getting progressively crazier as well. Let's say Brunson gets $27m a year from the Knicks.
That won't even be a top 40 salary next year. He wouldn't even be the highest paid starter on their team, assuming they keep Randle.
I don't think the size of the contract is as noteworthy as the hoops the Knicks have jumped through to offer Brunson said contract. In any event, it's premature to rush to any conclusions about their expenditure of assets until we see the final product.
The Knicks are trading center Nerlens Noel and guard Alec Burks to the Pistons, sources tell ESPN. The Knicks will unload $19M more in salary, clearing the way for cap space to try and sign free agent guard Jalen Brunson.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 29, 2022
If they add in Dejounte as well then that can be a solid group. A 7-10 rank in the east. They wont be winning any series but gets them somewhere at least... such a shame though that a big market like ny has been this bad compared to what the lakers have done all throughout
The Nurkic contract is about to make the JV extension look really really nice
One Pelicans backup PG thorn might be headed to the Knicks. There is another thorn that's also a free agent I'm watching--Tyus Jones.
Memphis will probably throw a nice bag at him to stay but wouldn't be mad if he headed for greener pastures as well.
Especially since Memphis is thinner in their back court initiation than Dallas is should he leave.
NEW — The Orlando Magic aren’t expected to tender a qualifying offer to Mo Bamba by the end of Wednesday, which will make him an unrestricted free agent on Thursday, a person with knowledge of the situation @orlandosports: https://t.co/hTddFu3WNW
— Khobi Price (@khobi_price) June 29, 2022
I mean, I wouldn't be dis-interested, depending on price.
Orlando has emerged as a leading suitor for Clippers free agent big man Isaiah Hartenstein, league sources say.
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) June 29, 2022
More NBA from me: https://t.co/A6ycVmnrjq
Orlando really looking like they do not have any thoughts of Bamba on their mind
Zion took this this fan 1v1 at his camp and it went as you might expect
— Jake Hardee (@pelicansbyjake) June 29, 2022
(via mardigrasstemmer/IG, h/t @zionheadlines) pic.twitter.com/F1IpoPo3Cq
Zion's head casually at the rim on a no momentum jump off of two feet in the first clip. He's back
Harden didn't pick up his option to be a good guy to Morey and all of Philly
Yeah, I saw an idea somewhere of sending Hayes to Magic for Bamba and fitting Bamba into our TPE that expires 7/7. That would allow us to create another TPE for Hayes (about $6.8 million). I do not see Bamba settling for a contract that starts at our TPE ($6,382,000) as a backup here.
Mo Bamba for a reasonable price wouldn't be a bad gamble. He did shoot the best 3pt%, FT%, and TS% of his career last year, and that 7'10" wingspan ain't going anywhere! Not my first choice, but not a bad Plan B. He has shown slow steady growth as a pro, after an underwhelming start, and has improved in areas like TOs & Fouls. A 7' guy camped out at the three point line, giving Zion room to operate could be very nice for some minutes.
We need at least 1 rim protector. Nance Jr can block shots but he doesn’t scare anybody from going in there. Maybe Mo Bamba won’t either but he the potential to be an eraser on the back end. JV just lets guys score on him down there. Love his offense but man he’s not the best defender.
Lets see the price tag when he eventually signs and then we could debate if it would have been worth it. He aint coming to the Pels
I think I’d be more interested in Bagley if he could be had at a reasonable price. MM mentioned he’d prob want more money and time on the court but maybe he’s got the dog in him to go earn it. I’d love a sign and trade with the pistons maybe even slide in Hayes for a protected first.
Hayes really virtually is Bamba sorta lite
Read this break down from a Magic fan on RealGM
Now who does that sound like?Quote:
Doesn't fight hard for rebounds, gets lost on D often, does little on offense (bad at setting picks, bad at low post game).
He's a good lob threat and can shoot (kinda streaky though), can block shots well, but just gets overpowered and fails to play with the energy needed to be a winning player, at least that was the case for his first 4 years. Last year definitely showed improvement, but not as much as I'd have liked