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08-02-2021, 02:41 PM
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2021 NBA Free Agency Information
 NBA Free Agency Info Sites SI https://www.si.com/nba NBA https://www.nba.com/freeagents ESPN https://www.espn.com/nba/nba-free-agency/ Yahoo https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/ RealGM https://basketball.realgm.com/ SB Nation https://www.sbnation.com/nba HoopsHype https://hoopshype.com/ HoopsRumors https://www.hoopsrumors.com/ Bleacher Report https://bleacherreport.com/nba NBA Free Agency Tracker NBA https://www.nba.com/freeagents/2020/tracker Yahoo https://sports.yahoo.com/2021-nba-fr...150212569.html RealGM https://basketball.realgm.com/nba/pl...ker/free_agent HoopsHype https://hoopshype.com/lists/nba-free...ayer-movement/ CBS Sports https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/n...p-guard-class/ Free Agent Signings |
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08-02-2021, 02:51 PM
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NBA Free Agency In-Depth Particulars
 HoopsRumors https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2021/08/...cy-primer.html The NBA’s 2021 free agency period officially begins on Monday at 5:00 pm central time. At that point, we can expect news of contract agreements to start pouring in, continuing well into the night. By our count, 34 free agents agreed to deals on day one of free agency in 2020- we’ll see if that number is matched or exceeded later today. Here are a few links to prepare for you one of the most exciting days on the NBA calendar: Top 50 Free Agents Of 2021 https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2021/08/...s-of-2021.html Kawhi Leonard, John Collins, and Chris Paul lead the way on our list of the best available players. 2021 Free Agents By Position/Type https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2019/08/...ee-agents.html 2021 Free Agents By Team https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2021/01/...s-by-team.html Want the full breakdown of players available this summer? Take your pick from these two lists. Key Offseason Dates/Deadlines https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2021/05/...deadlines.html A breakdown of the important dates to watch beyond today. Maximum Salary Projections For 2021/22 https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2020/12/...or-202122.html Mid-Level, Bi-Annual Exception Projections For 2021/22 https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2021/05/...or-202122.html Our projections are based on a 3% salary cap increase. We should find out within a matter of hours what the exact cap for 2021/22 will look like. Player Option Decisions For 2021/22 https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2021/05/...or-202122.html Team Option Decisions For 2021/22 https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2021/05/...or-202122.html The deadline for these decisions was on Sunday, so they’re all in now. 2021 Qualifying Offer Recap https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2021/08/...fer-recap.html We have the full list of which players are becoming restricted free agents. 2021 Offseason Trades https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2021/07/...on-trades.html Eleven trades have been officially completed so far this offseason, with nine more agreed upon and many more to come. Outstanding Trade Exceptions https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2012/02/...xceptions.html A number of teams have traded player exceptions available to take on salary without sending any back. 2021 Offseason Preview Series https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2021/07/...ew-series.html We took a closer look at all 30 teams’ cap situations and key offseason decisions. Hoops Rumors Glossary https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2012/05/...lossary-2.html Need a refresher on how sign-and-trades work, what it means to have “Early Bird rights” on a player, or how a team becomes hard-capped? We explain all in our glossary. |
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08-03-2021, 02:58 AM
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NBA Free Agency: Day 1 Recap
 HoopsRumors https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2021/08/...y-1-recap.html 2021 NBA Free Agency Tracker
Here are today’s contract extension agreements: 1. Trae Young, Hawks agree to five-year, maximum-salary extension. 2. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Thunder agree to five-year, maximum-salary extension. 3. Jimmy Butler, Heat agree to four-year, maximum-salary veteran extension. Here are today’s tentative trade agreements: 1. The Heat are expected to acquire Kyle Lowry in a sign-and-trade deal with the Raptors that will involve Goran Dragic and Precious Achiuwa, but the full terms aren’t yet known. 2. The Bulls are expected to acquire Lonzo Ball in a sign-and-trade deal with the Pelicans in exchange for Tomas Satoransky, Garrett Temple (sign-and-trade), and a future second-round pick. 3.The Pelicans are expected to acquire Devonte’ Graham in a sign-and-trade deal with the Hornets in exchange for New Orleans’ own 2022 first-round pick (top-14 protected). 4. The Rockets are expected to acquire Daniel Theis in a sign-and-trade deal with the Bulls in exchange for cash. |
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NBA Free Agency: Day 2 Recap
HoopsRumors https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2021/08/...y-2-recap.html 2021 NBA Free Agency Tracker
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NBA Free Agency: Day 3 Recap
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Remaining Free Agents
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Free Agency Winners & Losers (Aug 5)
Bleacher Report https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...-agency-so-far Biggest Winners And Losers From 2021 NBA Free Agency So Far Remember back in the days of yore, around 2018 or so, when NBA free agency would take more than a few seconds to unfold? When we'd be waiting on marquee players to make decisions for days, all the while tracking their every move and tweet? Things sure have changed. Free agency now unfurls, er, pretty much before it ever starts. Rumors of contracts and trades trickle out days in advance. And official agreements hit the breaking-news wire immediately after the clock strikes 6 p.m. ET. It can be underwhelming and, frankly, steal some of the fun from the entire process. Yours truly only has the brain bandwidth to fire off so many bad jokes when 60-something players are striking deals within six hours. On the bright side, this frenetic, potentially illegal pace allows us to dive into the nuts and bolts of free agency sooner. In this case, that means identifying the biggest winners and losers. Please note this process will take into account bigger moves made around the draft that won't become officially official until the league's moratorium is lifted on Aug. 6. Please also note these interpretations of players and teams can change. There's a lot of offseason left to traverse. These are just my initial impressions based off everything that's happened so far. The To-Be-Determined Crew Chicago Bulls The Bulls were on track to have a universally lovable offseason. Alex Caruso fills a defensive void on the perimeter, and Lonzo Ball is a divine offensive fit next to Zach LaVine. Then they signed-and-traded for DeMar DeRozan. And not only did they sign-and-trade for DeRozan, but they gave him a fully guaranteed three-year, $85 million deal while forking over a 2025 first-rounder, two seconds (2022 and 2025) and Thaddeus Young in the process. I mean: My. God. DeRozan's fit on the Bulls is wonky. He is an operable iso scorer and has turned into one of the league's more dangerous pick-and-roll maestros. But he's a non-factor when displaced from the ball and compromises an already-shaky defensive dynamic. His teams have allowed more points per 100 possessions with him on the floor in each of the past six seasons. Taking chances is perfectly fine. But where was DeRozan's leverage that Chicago needed to guarantee him an average of $28.3 million per year? And where was the San Antonio Spurs' leverage that they were able to extract a protected distant first-rounder, two seconds and the Bulls' most valuable defensive player last season? Perhaps this all works out. Sliding DeRozan up to the 4 in lineups that feature Nikola Vucevic can help alleviate some of the spacing concerns, and he gives Chicago a genuine offensive lifeline when when LaVine's on the bench. But after already mortgaging part of the future at last year's trade deadline, and with LaVine set to hit unrestricted free agency next summer, the Bulls as they stand profile as uncomfortably combustible. New York Knicks Certain Knicks fans will inevitably take this as an insult. It's not. Their offseason is eminently defensible. But landing Kemba Walker for sub-mid-level money is the only indisputable victory of the offseason. Re-signing Alec Burks, Nerlens Noel and Derrick Rose without including a third guaranteed season changes the context of those deals. Ditto for the four-year, $78 million contract given to Evan Fournier, which includes a team option on the final installment. And locking down Julius Randle on a max extension well south of what a max deal would've run for him next summer—up to five years and $207 million—could be a flash-bulb moment the Knicks brag about down the line. At the same time, New York has significantly reinvested in last season's explosion while losing its best perimeter defender (Reggie Bullock). None of the commitments are inherently damaging. The Knicks remain flexible over the long term, and it wasn't like any superstars were available to scoop up in free agency. But interpreting last year as a new normal when next season's Eastern Conference hierarchy will be tougher to navigate is still a risk—a justifiable one, sure, yet a risk all the same. Toronto Raptors Holding onto Kyle Lowry through last season made some sense if the Raptors planned to bring him back or could net a nifty return in a sign-and-trade. They did neither. Accepting Precious Achiuwa and Goran Dragic for Lowry is akin to selling low knowing there was at least one package returning higher value available to them in March. This deal could be viewed differently if the Raptors were trying to give the GROAT a proper sendoff, but they spent the season playing in Tampa rather than Toronto and wound up shutting him down to close the year. Declaring them outright losers still goes a touch too far, mostly because they negotiated a new deal with NBA team architect extraordinaire Masai Ujiri. His return is monumental for the franchise, and he more than any other executive deserves the benefit of the doubt—though, Toronto's signing of the actually terrible Sam Dekker does, in fact, test the limits of that leeway. Winner: Los Angeles Lakers Trading for Russell Westbrook has defined the Los Angeles Lakers' offseason, but that's not the entirety of it. They made other moves on the margins during actual free agency, and their roster makes more sense because of it. Bagging Carmelo Anthony, Trevor Ariza, Kent Bazemore, Wayne Ellington and Malik Monk on minimum deals will beef up the spacing of a half-court offense that desperately needs breathing room. They are snipers of varying effectiveness and function—i.e. Ellington prefers to work in motion—but the Lakers jettisoned their two leading three-point makers from last season (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Kyle Kuzma) to nab Westbrook, one of the league's worst jump shooters ever. Adding even league-average marksmen goes a long way under the circumstances. Kendrick Nunn is a more awkward fit as someone who prefers to operate on-ball, but he provides more north-south jet fuel and converted 42.1 percent of his catch-and-fire triples last season. Snagging him for the taxpayer's mid-level exception is a worthwhile talent-in-a-vacuum play. Dwight Howard does nothing for the Lakers' floor balance, but he comes cheap, has experience playing beside Anthony Davis and is a muuuch better rim-runner than Andre Drummond. Talen Horton-Tucker's return also doesn't help Los Angeles' shooting, but a 20-year-old who can defend a bunch of different positions has value to a team that's nearly barren of every other future asset. None of these moves turn the Westbrook acquisition into a no-risk proposition. Nor does it excuse the Lakers decision to let Alex Caruso walk, despite his chemistry playing beside LeBron James and having the ability to keep him. But Los Angeles entered free agency with supremely limited flexibility following the Westbrook blockbuster and managed to flesh out its rotation in a way that promises actual depth and spacing. Additionally, as of now, the list of Lakers moves doesn't include overpaying Dennis Schroder. That's a huge win. Loser: Dennis Schroder Speaking of Dennis Schroder...yikes. Plenty of free agents have ostensibly seen their markets implode. Lauri Markkanen and Kelly Oubre Jr. remain unsigned at this writing and will be lucky to net salaries noticeably above the non-taxpayer's mid-level exception. Victor Oladiop is headed back to the Miami Heat on a minimum deal. Etc., etc. etc. Schroder's market regression amounts to a massive L even by those standards. He turned down an $84 million extension from the Lakers earlier this year and now finds himself unsigned, without a shred of leverage to his name. Sure, Oladipo is kind of in the same boat. He passed on a two-year, $45.2 million extension from the Houston Rockets during the middle of the season. But his lack of appeal is at least somewhat tied to his health. He's working his way back from another right quad injury. He also re-signed with the team that owns his Bird Rights, giving him the opportunity to reboot his value and secure a larger payday in 2022 independent of other teams' cap space. Schroder's case is less explicable. He missed time toward the end of the season while in the league's health and safety protocols and needed to quickly ramp up for the playoffs, but his value was waffling long before then. The Lakers forked over Danny Green and a first-rounder in hopes Schroder would inject some much-needed shot-making both beside LeBron James and without him. He didn't. His shooting percentages at the rim and from deep fell off their career-high marks from 2019-20, and Los Angeles' half-court offense rated inside the 25th percentile of efficiency when he ran the show sans LeBron. How Schroder's foray into free agency ends is anyone's guess. Will he take a make-good deal at a cut rate to join a different team? Might the Lakers re-sign him on a short-term pact just to have another salary-matching anchor they can flip at the deadline? Will he get a loftier-but-still-modest payday via a sign-and-trade scenario yet to materialize? Everything is seemingly on the table—you know, except the opportunity for Schroder to meet, exceed or even remotely sniff the $84 million windfall he rejected months ago. Winner: Miami Heat Playing against the Heat is going to suck something awful next season. They have assembled an All "Get Under Your Skin" Team by partnering Bam Adebayo and Jimmy Butler with Kyle Lowry, P.J. Tucker and Markieff Morris. They might lead the league in both technical fouls committed and drawn. Sticklers will point out Miami hasn't vaulted itself onto the same plane as a healthy Brooklyn Nets squad or even the reigning-champion Milwaukee Bucks. Whoop-de-friggin'-do. Nobody was positioned to bridge that gap relative to gettable free agents and, for now, the offseason trade market. The Heat have at least given themselves a chance. "A healthy Brooklyn Nets" squad is a fairly humongous qualifier at this point, and Milwaukee remains top-heavy. Enough things can feasibly break right for Miami to emerge from the Eastern Conference. Addressing the point guard and power forward situations is a big deal for the Heat. Lowry dropped off a tick last season, but he's a viable off-the-dribble hub who will set physical screens and defend his butt off. Both Tucker and Morris are better options at the 4 than anyone Miami tried to supplant Jae Crowder with last season—minus the occasional standout performance from Trevor Ariza. Outside shooting remains a potential offensive wart. Neither Adebayo nor Butler reliably stretches defenses beyond the three-point line, and Tucker, while an upgrade at the 4, splashed in just 31.4 percent of his corner triples during the playoffs. Still, the Heat will be fine. They brought back Duncan Robinson on a five-year, $90 million contract that seems steep at first glance but isn't so huge when weighed against the five-year, $100 million pact the Cleveland Cavaliers handed Jarrett Allen. Head coach Erik Spoelstra is a whiz at manufacturing quality looks amid clumpiness, as well. Miami also boasts a bunch of swing potential. Maybe Tyler Herro re-breaks out. A healthy Victor Oladipo would only add to the defense's F-U factor and can boost the offense's off-the-dribble shooting. Entering a free-agency period in which authoring material leaps seemed impossible for almost every team, the Heat have reinserted themselves into the take-them-seriously clique. They win. Loser: New Orleans Pelicans It became pretty clear early on that the New Orleans Pelicans' offseason would need to be viewed in totality before rendering a verdict. Zooming out on their moves, though, doesn't help:
This is at once a lot to take in and incredibly underwhelming. Isolating the Pelicans' moves doesn't reveal any one truly bad decision. The cost of shedding Adams (two years, $35 million) and Bledsoe (two years, $22 million guaranteed) wasn't astronomical. They traded down seven spots in the first round (No. 10 for No. 17), 11 spots in the second round (No. 40 for No. 51, the latter of which they traded to the Clippers) and a protected first-rounder from a championship contender. Punting on Ball isn't terrible on its own, either. It feels like the Pelicans could have grabbed more for him ahead of the trade deadline, but if they didn't want to pay $20-plus million per year for a point guard who cannot initiate the half-court offense, then so be it. Picking up Graham is solid business. He's coming off a down year, but he can stroke threes off the catch and has shown in the past he can knock down off-the-bounce jumpers. Combine everything together, and it starts to look dicey. The Pelicans essentially turned Ball, two pick swaps (a first and second) and two first-rounders into...Graham, Satoransky, Temple, Valanciunas and two seconds. That verges on ugly. Commend the Pelicans for clearing cap space to chase Kyle Lowry if you so please. The same goes for their apparent $100 million overture to Chris Paul. Big swings are admirable. They missed. And their contingencies were unspectacular while lacking discernible aim. They should be flexible again next summer, but they just saw what significant spending power might get them. Unless they have a left-field trade up their sleeve, this offseason's body of work is flat-out bad. Winner: Star Point Guards Age 33-and-Older Standing Under 6'2 Are you concerned about the performance curves for aging point guards who stand shorter than 6'2"? NBA teams can't relate. Ultra-veteran floor generals made absolute bank in this year's free-agency market. Have a looksy:
Yes, this is a very specific subset of free agent. And the market wasn't teeming with younger alternatives. More and more, though, contenders and fringe contenders appear to be prioritizing their immediate timelines regardless of how the talent-retention cost will play out in the longer term. Maybe Lowry will be worth nearly $30 million in his age-37 season. He didn't sniff stardom before his late-20s, and we just watched age-35-season CP3 make the All-NBA second team. But years and career arcs like that are the exception rather than the rule. This isn't even solely an instance of Miami, Phoenix and Utah saddling themselves with longer-term risk. Conley, Lowry and Paul are all old enough that they could fall off, suddenly and starkly. Immediate gambles are being made, too. No one's criticizing those dice rolls, by the way. The Jazz dumped salary to make Conley's contract more palatable on their tax bill and were generally applauded for it. The Heat need to maximize the partnership of Bam Adebayo and Jimmy Butler, the latter of whom they just signed to a four-year max extension that'll take him through his age-36 season. Lowry does just that. The Suns absolutely should have paid CP3 after a season of excellence that ended in a trip to the Finals. And his deal is actually more team-friendly than most projected. Imagine that: A contract that guarantees a 36-year-old six-footer $75 million, at minimum, being considered a steal. Good for CP3. Good for all these guys. Loser: Boston Celtics Relative inaction or general lacklusterness is not typically grounds to declare any team a loser. The Suns could otherwise be here. So, too, could the Bucks after they apparently entered penny-pinching mode in negotiations with P.J. Tucker. And yet, there is something thoroughly uninspiring about the Boston Celtics' offseason that warrants overarching skepticism beyond to-be-determined status. Ducking the tax and remaining flexible in advance of the 2022 offseason is clearly a priority. They gave up the No. 16 pick to exchange Kemba Walker for the cheaper Al Horford and Moses Brown, and turned Tristan Thompson into Kris Dunn. They then sent Brown to the Dallas Mavericks and took Josh Richardson into the remainder of their Gordon Hayward trade exception—a move that added payroll on its face but also ensured the Celtics wouldn't be ponying up for Evan Fournier. Few are criticizing Boston for any of its moves. The status of Kemba's left knee remains in question, and the buyout he brokered with the Oklahoma City Thunder was never a plausible option for the Celtics. They don't have the timeline required to ferry two seasons' worth of star-sized dead money. Guaranteeing Fournier three seasons at nearly $20 million a pop is hardly a no-brainer. Acquiring Richardson's expiring contract is a nifty flier on a player who, prior to leaving Miami, could hit threes, make the occasional off-the-bounce jumper and defend four positions. The Celtics have the makings of a defensive terror with him, Dunn, Horford, Jaylen Brown, Marcus Smart and Jayson Tatum. To what end, though? The Celtics are currently at a severe offensive-creation deficit. They effectively condensed their big-man rotation by shipping out Brown and Thompson, but their best passer is now Horford or Smart. They were already reliant on banging in difficult jumpers to get by on offense. That dependence has only increased. And for what? In the name of ducking the tax (for now)? Cleaner books in advance of 2022 free agency? Maybe the Celtics have an unforeseen move in them or a devout belief in some of their youngsters finally hitting. For the time being, their offseason is meh at best—and "meh" just isn't good enough for a team that just finished seventh in an Eastern Conference scheduled to be even deeper next year. |
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08-06-2021, 04:45 AM
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NBA Free Agency: Day 4 Recap
HoopsRumors https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2021/08/...y-4-recap.html With cap space drying up around the NBA and guaranteed roster spots increasingly harder to come by, the rate of free agent agreements has slowed significantly since Monday night. We’re still waiting for a handful of notable free agents to find homes, including Dennis Schröder, Lauri Markkanen, and Reggie Jackson. The exact details of the Kyle Lowry sign-and-trade deal between the Heat and Raptors remain a mystery. And technically, Kawhi Leonard is still on the board, though we’re mostly wondering what his new contract with the Clippers will look like, not whether he’ll actually change teams. In the meantime, there were a few stories worth highlighting from Thursday, including new deals for this year’s Most Improved Player and a former Executive of the Year. Let’s round up the highlights from Day 4 of NBA free agency…
We can still expect new deals to be reported on a daily basis for a little while, but since they’re not coming in at the same fast and furious pace they were earlier in the week, this will likely be our last daily roundup of 2021’s free agent action unless Friday is especially busy. Be sure to check our tracker to keep up with the latest deals. |
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Andre Iguodala: Golden State, Brooklyn Or LA Lakers?
SB Nation https://www.goldenstateofmind.com/20...la-lakers-nets
 Andre Iguodala choosing between Warriors, Nets, and Lakers Andre Iguodala has not yet decided where he’ll play this season, but he’s not ruling out a return to the Golden State Warriors. According to a report from Shams Charania, Iguodala has narrowed his free agency decision to three teams: the Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers, and Brooklyn Nets. These finalists aren’t exactly surprising. Iguodala is clearly at the stage in his career where he wants to join a contending team, and all three fit that bill. The Nets will be favorites in the East if healthy thanks to an absurdly talented triumvirate of James Harden, Kyrie Irving, and Iguodala’s former teammate, Kevin Durant. The Lakers may be favorites out West with their own talented trio of LeBron James, Anthony Davis, and Russell Westbrook. And of course the Warriors have a three-headed monster of their own in Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green. The Warriors trio may not be held in as high of regard as Brooklyn’s or LA’s (anymore, at least), but it comes with familiarity for Iguodala, who spent six seasons with the Dubs, sharing the court with Curry, Thompson, and Green in all six years, and playing in Steve Kerr’s system for five of those years. There’s clearly a lot of comfort there, both on and off the court. Iguodala excelled in the Warriors system on both ends of the court, but also still lives in the Bay Area in the offseason, and considers Curry one of his closest friends. That said, Iguodala is coming off of a rough season with the Miami Heat, in which he averaged just 4.4 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game, while shooting 38.3% from the field. He’ll need to turn back the clock a little to be an x-factor for the Dubs. Still, a starting lineup of Curry, Thompson, Andrew Wiggins, Green, and Kevon Looney, with a bench of Iguodala, Jordan Poole, Otto Porter Jr., Nemanja Bjelica, Juan Toscano-Anderson, and a free agent center or point guard still looks pretty nice, with James Wiseman, Nico Mannion, Jonathan Kuminga, and Moses Moody developing in garbage time. |
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NBA Free Agency: Day 5 Recap
HoopsRumors https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2021/08/...y-5-recap.html When we published our recap of Day 4 of the NBA’s 2021 free agent period on Thursday, I noted that the pace seemed to be slowing and that it would likely be our last daily roundup unless Friday was especially busy. As it turns out, Friday was a pretty active news day, so we’re back at least once more tonight with our recap of all the day’s biggest NBA headlines. Let’s dive in… Here are Friday’s most noteworthy free agent deals and contract extension agreements:
The NBA’s 2021 free agency moratorium ended at 11:00am CT on Friday, allowing teams to complete the free agent deals and trades they’d tentatively agreed upon earlier in the offseason. Plenty of teams took advantage of the ability to officially make moves — the Lakers and Heat were among the teams that announced several signings. A number of big-money contract extensions were formally completed today, including maximum-salary deals for Warriors guard Stephen Curry (story), Hawks guard Trae Young (story), and Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (story). Some of the summer’s biggest free agent signings also became official, including John Collins‘ five-year deal with the Hawks, Jarrett Allen‘s five-year deal with the Cavaliers, Norman Powell‘s five-year deal with the Trail Blazers, Duncan Robinson‘s five-year deal with the Heat, Chris Paul‘s four-year deal with the Suns, and Mike Conley‘s three-year deal with the Jazz, among others. Finally, the league started processing trade calls, including the Suns‘ acquisition of Landry Shamet, the Hornets‘ acquisition of Mason Plumlee, the Heat‘s sign-and-trade for Kyle Lowry, and the massive five-team deal that sent Russell Westbrook to the Lakers and Spencer Dinwiddie to the Wizards. Here are several more of the day’s notable headlines:
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NBA Investigating Miami (Kyle Lowry) & Chicago (Lonzo Ball) For Free Agency Tampering
HoopsRumors https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2021/08/...tampering.html
 The NBA has launched investigations into two of the sign-and-trade deals that were agreed upon early in free agency, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Ramona Shelburne. Those two deals are the one that sent Kyle Lowry from the Raptors to the Heat – which was officially announced on Friday – and the one sending Lonzo Ball from the Pelicans to the Bulls, which hasn’t been officially completed yet. The NBA is set to investigate possible violations of its tampering policy. According to Wojnarowski and Shelburne, the league is expected to look into any contact that may have occurred prior to the opening of the free agency negotiating period on Monday at 5:00pm CT. Both agreements were reported within minutes after the negotiating period began. It’s an open secret that teams and agents begin free agent discussions before the negotiating period officially starts, but the NBA generally frowns on any deals that blatantly violate those rules. Sign-and-trades receive even more scrutiny since they’re more complex and typically require more time to complete than a typical free agent negotiation, Wojnarowski and Shelburne note. Last year, for instance, an alleged sign-and-trade agreement involving the Bucks, Kings, and Bogdan Bogdanovic was reported several days before free agency officially began. The league ended up taking away Milwaukee’s 2022 second-round pick after investigating that situation, while Bogdanovic – who claimed he never agreed to terms with the Bucks – landed in Atlanta instead. We’ll see what the investigation into the Lowry and Ball sign-and-trades turns up this year. It’s unlikely that the league would nix either deal, but fines and/or draft-pick penalties don’t seem out of the question, given the manner in which the deals were publicly reported. One Monday report outlined the specifics of the Lowry sign-and-trade to the Heat nearly three hours before free agency began, though there was some uncertainty for much of the week about whether the deal would involve more pieces than just Goran Dragic and Precious Achiuwa. Lowry’s agency had already confirmed his destination during the first hour of free agency. Ball’s deal with the Bulls was reportedly literally the minute the negotiating window opened, with the full terms of the trade agreement – including another sign-and-trade involving Garrett Temple – surfacing just seven minutes later. As Wojnarowski notes (via Twitter), the NBA adopted new anti-tampering measures two years ago, giving the league the power to fine teams for up to $10MM, suspend executives, take away draft picks, or even void deals altogether if proof of tampering is found. The Bucks’ second-round pick forfeiture is the most significant penalty we’ve seen since then. However, as Wojnarowski and Shelburne point out, the league’s decision in that case took into consideration that Bogdanovic didn’t end up signing with Milwaukee. |
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Lauri Markkanen (RFA) Wants To Leave Bulls Hoping For Sign & Trade Deal
RealGM (New Orleans Interested) https://basketball.realgm.com/wireta...-First-Rounder
Da Windy City (Minnesota, Oklahoma City, Dallas Potential Sign & Trade Partners) https://dawindycity.com/2021/08/04/c...uri-markkanen/ Bleacher Report https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...-several-teams  Lauri Markkanen is hoping to close the book on his career with the Chicago Bulls. Speaking to Finnish journalist Antti-Jussi Sipila (h/t Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports), Markkanen said his camp has "offers from several different teams." "I want a fresh start to my NBA career somewhere else," he added. The Finland native is currently a restricted free agent, meaning the Bulls would have the ability to match a potential offer sheet he receives. Friday is the first day that restricted free agents are eligible to sign offer sheets. Per Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium, the Charlotte Hornets "have emerged with strong interest in a potential offer sheet" for Markkanen. ESPN's Brian Windhorst (h/t RealGM) reported on his Brian Windhorst and the Hoop Collective podcast that the San Antonio Spurs did have interest in the 2017 No. 7 overall draft pick before his asking price was more than they were willing to spend. There is still a chance the Bulls work out a sign-and-trade deal involving the Arizona product, though it's unclear if that's being considered right now. They could also pull his qualifying offer, which would get rid of the $20.2 million hold on their salary cap. Chicago was one of the more active teams at the start of free agency on Monday. It has reportedly agreed to deals with five players, including sign-and-trade agreements for Lonzo Ball and DeMar DeRozan. Markkanen seemed to fall out of favor with the Bulls coaching staff last season. He did miss 20 games in the first half because of injuries, but the 24-year-old set career lows in minutes per game (25.8), scoring average (13.6) and rebounds (5.3). The Bulls used the 7-footer off their bench for 24 games from April 2 to May 15 before putting him back in the starting lineup for the regular-season finale on May 16. He did shoot a career-high 40.2 percent from three-point range on a career-low 5.8 attempts per contest. Given his age and shooting ability, Markkanen has the ability to be a difference-maker on a team with playoff aspirations. |
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08-09-2021, 01:43 AM
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Top Remaining Free Agents (Aug 9)
HoopsRumors (All Remaining Free Agents) https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2019/08/...ee-agents.html SB Nation (Top Remaining Free Agents) https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2021/8/...remaining-2021 NBA free agency got off to a furious start from the moment the moratorium window opened on Tuesday at 6 p.m. ET. Within minutes, Lonzo Ball was going to the Chicago Bulls, Kyle Lowry was going to the Miami Heat, Mike Conley Jr. was back in Utah, and Chris Paul had up to $120 million more in his bank account. The second day of free agency didn’t provide nearly as many fireworks, but it did give us Carmelo Anthony to the Los Angeles Lakers and the Bulls’ polarizing sign-and-trade for DeMar DeRozan. The highlights of day three included John Collins’ $125 million extension with the Atlanta Hawks, and the completion of Spencer Dinwiddie’s sign-and-trade to the Washington Wizards. We’re tracking every signing here. It looks like the top free agent, Kawhi Leonard, is re-signing with the Clippers and continues to negotiate a deal, per Chris Haynes. Who is still available on the free agent market? Glad you asked. Here are the nine best players available in free agency right now. We will update this list as players come off the board. All free agents are unrestricted free agents unless otherwise noted. 1. Dennis Schröder Schröder is probably not having a great time right now after reportedly turning down an $80 million contract extension from the Lakers (he was reportedly seeking $100-$120 million). We know he won’t be back in LA after the Lakers traded for Russell Westbrook and added some more depth to their backcourt headlined by Malik Monk and Wayne Ellington. The rest of the big name point guards are off the board, so Schröder should be next to go. It will be fascinating to see if he takes the most money possible, or a short deal to rehab his value next offseason. The Celtics are reportedly eyeing him. 2. Josh Hart (RFA) Hart is another wing in the 3-and-D mold who came over to the Pelicans in the Anthony Davis trade with the Lakers. He was a nice piece next to Zion Williamson in New Orleans, but his shooting fell off a bit with a 32.6 percent mark from deep. Hart tore a ligament in his thumb in April and missed the rest of the season. He is a restricted free agent, so New Orleans could match any deal. 3. Lauri Markkanen (RFA) Markkanen initially looked like a cornerstone of the Bulls’ rebuild, but he failed to make meaningful improvements through his first four years in the league. The 7-foot big man finally lived up to his reputation as a shooter last season, making 40.2 percent of his triples from behind the arc on 5.8 attempts per game. He struggles defensively and can’t create his own shot, but a team with a high-level facilitator (Markkanen never played with one in Chicago) might be able to unlock some of the upside once seen in the former No. 7 overall draft pick. He’s also a restricted free agent, meaning the Bulls have the right to match any deal. 4. Paul Millsap Millsap turns 37 years old in Feb., but he’s coming off another solid season with the Denver Nuggets. Millsap started 36 games this past year and provided tough interior defense, rebounding, and some floor spacing in his 20 minutes per night. His recent turn into a dependable three-point shooter — he hit 34.3 percent last year, and 43.4 percent the year before — has helped extend his career. He can still a nice bench piece for an aspiring contender or a veteran presence for a young team looking to level up. 5. DeMarcus Cousins Injuries robbed Cousins of his superstar status in the prime of his career, but he can still play a role as a reserve big man off the bench. Cousins scored in double-figures three times during the Clippers’ trip to the conference finals this past season, and had a few big games with the Houston Rockets earlier this year. He feels like a likely fit on another contender. 6. James Ennis Ennis has clawed his way to a nice career since being a second round pick in the 2013 NBA Draft, but he’s yet to find a stable home, already playing for seven NBA teams. Now 31 years old, Ennis is a 6’6 3-and-D wing who hit 43.3 percent of his triples on 104 tries last year for the Magic. He’s one of the few rotational wing options left on the market. 7. Isaiah Hartenstein Hartenstein is a 7-foot, 250-pound big man who has bounced around the league since being a second round pick by the Rockets in the 2017 draft. He had a run of double-figures scoring performances for the Cavs in April while also providing a bit of rim protection. Still only 23 years old, Hartenstein feels like he has more upside left than most of the other available bigs on the market. 8. Svi Mykhailiuk Mykhailiuk was a second round pick out of Kansas in the 2018 draft who provides value as a 6’7 wing shooter. While his shooting numbers were down last year — hit had 33.4 percent of his threes on 4.8 attempts per game — he did hit 40.4 percent on 5.1 attempts per game in 2019-2020 with Dtroit in 56 games with 27 starts. He’s still only 24 years old. 9. Garrison Mathews Mathews went undrafted out of Lipscomb, but turned into a reliable three-point gunner in his second season with the Wizards last year, shooting 38.4 percent on more than three attempts per game from deep. Still only 24 years old, the 6’7 forward can slot into a bench shooter role next season. |
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Goran Dragic Apologizes To Raptors Fans For Trade Comments
HoopsRumors https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2021/08/...o-raptors.html
 Veteran point guard Goran Dragic, who was traded from the Heat to the Raptors in the Kyle Lowry sign-and-trade deal last week, apologized on Monday for comments he made in his home country of Slovenia about the trade, writes Michael Grange of Sportsnet.ca. A clip that surfaced on Twitter on Monday of Dragic speaking to Slovenian reporters was accompanied by the English caption, “Toronto is not my preferred destination. I have higher ambitions.” While there was some uncertainty about whether something may have been lost in translation, Dragic didn’t claim he was misquoted. He did tell Grange, however, that the context of the quote was missing. “I was in the center of the city and the journalists were there and I was asked about Toronto and it was basically taken out of context,” Dragic said. “I told them that I had spent seven years in Miami and that would be the preferred destination for me because my family is there and everything, not Toronto.” Dragic, who is on an expiring $19.5MM contract, was always expected to be part of the Raptors’ return for Lowry after the Heat picked up his team option, but there was speculation for much of last week that he might be flipped to a third team. The Mavericks were frequently mentioned as a potential destination, since Dallas had been on the lookout for a point guard in free agency and joining the Mavs would give Dragic the opportunity to team up with fellow Slovenian Luka Doncic. It’s still possible Dragic will be moved to the Mavs or another team at some point, but no deal appears imminent, and he told Grange he’s prepared to spend the 2021/22 season in Toronto. “My message basically, to all Toronto fans, is I would like to apologize,” Dragic said. “It didn’t come out the right way. I know they love their team, and they should be proud, it is one of the best organizations in the NBA. They’ve already won a championship and I didn’t, so what I said, it really was not appropriate. “… I’ve always been professional. You can ask a bunch of people. Everywhere I’ve played, wherever I’m going to play, I’m going to be professional and do my job,” he continued. “I love basketball, I love to play and I’m going to give 100% wherever I play. Right now I’m (with) Toronto and that’s my main thing to think about.” Asked during an appearance on 590 The Fan in Toronto about Dragic, Raptors general manager Bobby Webster cautioned that the 35-year-old’s comments were translated to English and he’d want to “get it directly” from the point guard to understand what he meant, Grange writes. Webster also stressed that the Raptors aren’t a rebuilding team looking to jettison veterans. “We feel like we’re gonna be competitive, we have a core — as we’ve talked about — that’s been around for a while and has won at the highest level as well,” Webster said. “So think that we’ll just give it some time here to see how (Dragic) would fit in and if he likes it here or not. I think he’s a pro and he’s been around a lot and he’s obviously entitled to wanting to make the most of his years as his career comes down here … so I don’t think it’s in any way a slight or anything like that.” The Lowry sign-and-trade was officially completed on Friday, so it can no longer be expanded to include a third team, but Dragic could be flipped to a third team immediately as long as his salary isn’t aggregated with another player’s in the deal. |
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08-10-2021, 07:54 AM
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Dennis Schröder Passed On 4 Yrs 84 Million From Lakers Now Looking For A 1 Year Deal
Lake Show Life https://lakeshowlife.com/2021/08/09/...ade-happening/
 Perhaps the biggest storyline still remaining in NBA free agency is Dennis Schroder. Schroder’s fall from grace has been a very interesting thing to follow as he reportedly rejected a four-year, $84 million contract from the Los Angeles Lakers during the season and now does not have a team for the 2021-22 season. Schroder will eventually find a team to play for as he is still a talented rotation player, he just is not going to get anywhere close to what he wants, let alone what the Lakers offered him a few months ago. One option that has still been floating around the rumor mill is a sign-and-trade. The Boston Celtics appear to be the most viable candidate, with some even predicting the two sides to pull off a sign-and-trade to get Schroder in Boston. While a Schroder sign-and-trade seemed inevitable four weeks ago, with the current status of the Los Angeles Lakers, it just is not a viable option. Why the Los Angeles Lakers won’t sign-and-trade Dennis Schroder Even though Schroder is not getting the deal he wanted he should be getting a deal in the tens of millions. Perhaps it is a one-year prove-it deal worth $10 million. He probably would have accepted the MLE from another team earlier in the offseason, so maybe it is something along the lines of two years, $25 million. Either way, a safe range to estimate Schroder’s salary next season is $10-13 million with an absolute ceiling of around $16 million. Thus, the Lakers would have to take on a similar contract. The proposed trade that is linked above has the Los Angeles Lakers taking on Josh Richardson, who fits the bill for the salary. Richardson is making $11.6 million, which fits right into our $10-13 million range. Boston just acquired Richardson and it can be argued whether or not the team would want to trade him. There is also a debate to be had about if the Lakers would even want Richardson. None of that is relevant as there is an overarching reason why this won’t happen. The luxury tax. The Los Angeles Lakers are not going to trade Dennis Schroder as they do not want to take on a larger tax bill, plain and simple. While Jeannie Buss has not outright said that they don’t want a bigger tax bill, they have already confirmed that with their actions. The Lakers let Alex Caruso walk on a four-year, $37 million deal despite Caruso’s camp reportedly going back to the Lakers and giving them one last chance to counter as he wanted to stay in LA. That should tell us all we need to hear. If the Lakers were to take on another $11.6 million in salary (that is a good in-between point of our range) then they would be just under $28 million ($27.95 million) over the cap. We will round up to $28 million for simplicity’s sake. Using last year’s luxury tax tiers, the Lakers would be paying $2.975 for every dollar they are over the luxury tax. Multiply that by $28 million and the Lakers would be paying $83.3 million in tax alone. Right now, according to Spotrac, the Lakers are projected to owe $33.1 million in tax. That is an additional $50 million for a mediocre rotation player. |
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