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| Derrick Rose, Carmelo Anthony & Joakim Noah are in full recruiting mode to try & get Durant to the Knicks. Even though they know it's a longshot per Woj. Joakim Noah and the Knicks are close on a 3 year deal worth 52.5 million. The third year is only partially guaranteed. Kevin Durant has a 90% chance of going back to the Thunder. He will make his decision by July 4th. The Wizards are close to a 5 year 133 million dollar deal with Bradley Beal. Once that gets done they will try to sign Nic Batum. Hassan Whiteside is leaning towards the Mavericks over the Heat. We should know where he is going shortly after midnight. Chandler Parsons is trying to get a max contract from the Lakers, Blazers, Magic or Grizzlies. Mike Conley will most likely choose between the Grizzlies & Mavericks with the Grizzlies as the front runners. Harrison Barnes will get close to a max offer from the Sixers. Possibly in a sign & trade. Al Horford will have a meeting with the Celtics & Rockets according to Woj. Most likely leaving Atlanta. Pau Gasol is drawing a lot of interest from the Warriors. Who are probably the favorites if they miss out on Durant. Dwyane Wade & Miami aren't close on money. It's a real possibility that he leaves Miami this year. Dwight Howard is looking for at least 24 million a year. The Hawks, Celtics & Heat are interested if they lose Whiteside. Kent Bazemore is projected to get somewhere between 18-20 million a year. Dion Waiters was given a qualifying offer from the Thunder. The Kings are supposed to go hard after him. Possibly offering him 18 million a year. Ryan Anderson is getting heavy interest from the Lakers. Could be their first free agent signing |
Jesus Bradley, parsons. Fucking waiters?!?
Knicks are expected to talk with Austin Rivers today. The Blazers are also a possibility.
The Lakers are making a serious run at Cleveland free agent center Timofey Mozgov, league sources tell @TheVertical.
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Spurs meeting with Kevin Durant in the Hamptons will include Gregg Popovich, RC Buford and LaMarcus Aldridge, sources tell @TheVertical.
I don't like either one of them. The guy has practically done nothing for 2 years. There's evidence he might've been irreparably run into the ground by Thibs. Treating him like he's an answer as opposed to a question is lunacy.
TWolves have a call lined up with Luol Deng tonight.
.@WojVerticalNBA: Bradley Beal, Wizards nearing five-year, $128 million maximum deal
.@WojVerticalNBA: Bradley Beal, Wizards nearing five-year, $128 million maximum deal
I guess it's no shock he was gonna get the max whether the Wizards gave it to him or another team gave the offer sheet for it. It just looks a lot worse seeing the actual numbers.
Bradley beal is going to earn $128 million.
I guess all you can really say is good for him
.@WojVerticalNBA: Lakers, Timofey Mozgov in serious negotiations on four-year deal.
$65M
That Noah deal looks awesome right about now. Better yet that Lopez deal looks like a damn bargain for the Bulls.
Dwight already setting his price at $24 million per year.
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I guess we're getting a bargain with Noah then? ;-)
That Noah deal looks awesome right about now. Better yet that Lopez deal looks like a damn bargain for the Bulls.
Dwight already setting his price at $24 million per year.
Just because there was another shitty deal doesn't make our shitty deal any less shitty. Never mind the fact that Mozgov has been a more productive player over the last few years...........
Foxsports but it was just pulled. They could have gotten it from that fake account.
B/R is unreliable. They got fooled twice tonight.
.@WojVerticalNBA: Lakers, Timofey Mozgov have agreed to four-year, $64 million deal.
.@WojVerticalNBA: Lakers, Timofey Mozgov have agreed to four-year, $64 million deal.
Phew. Because if it was $65M that would've just been pain old crazy.
Brooklyn, Utah and Phoenix (again), sources say, are among the teams after vet swingman Jared Dudley, with Washington also still in the mix
@billbarnwell Bill Barnwell Retweeted The Vertical
Lakers: Well give you $65 million over four years.
Mozgovs agent: Wait, seriously?Bill Barnwell added,
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Rajon Rondo remains a possibility for the Brooklyn Nets. Hearing there's some mutual interest there. Nothing imminent though.
DJ Augustin signed with the Magic.
Batum resigned with the Hornets 5 years 120 million.
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.@WojVerticalNBA: Lakers, Timofey Mozgov have agreed to four-year, $64 million deal.
Phew. Because if it was $65M that would've just been pain old crazy.
Wow. Crazy coin. Good for him.
Noel?
Covington?
I think Covington could be a nice little player for them. Defends and shoots the 3.
First bargain of FA
Noel?
Covington?
I think Covington could be a nice little player for them. Defends and shoots the 3.
Doubt they trade Noel. He's their 2nd best asset after Simmons. Don't think Barnes will ever be close to the player Noel will be.
Huh, really? I guess Okafor has more potential but Noel is easier to build around. He can protect the rim and switch onto perimeter players, 2 things almost required of modern NBA bigs. It's easier to build around Noel.
Okafor you need to pair with a rim protector and floor spacer. Simmons is neither of those things.
.@WojVerticalNBA: Lakers, Timofey Mozgov have agreed to four-year, $64 million deal.
LOL
Noel?
Covington?
I think Covington could be a nice little player for them. Defends and shoots the 3.
I suspect it is closer to a #2 pick. Philly holds the cards. They can sign him and unless GS can convince them that they'd match, he's theirs. So all GS would be doing in denying a S&T is cosint Philly a few days and denying Barnes his 5th year and higher raises.
No way they're getting Noel back. Noel is a good player. Not a star but a good defensive and rebounding 5. Very, very useful. He's just not a 4 and that's where he'd have to play in Philly.
Most Sixers fans are willing to sit out the big ticket free agents this summer but resigned to the fact that Colangelo will probably go all-in for Barnes, which is the lesser of other evils, being that he's at least a solid player that fits as opposed to some other free agents that were available.
Free agent guard Jeremy Lin is nearing a multi-year deal with the Brooklyn Nets, league sources tell @TheVertical.
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I'd like to see them sign Brandon Jennings too. It's a ball handlers offense and the two of them would be able to play together.
Not a bad start for a Net team that has a long way to go.
Great points per usual, Deej.
The consensus in Philly seems to be that Noel is clearly the better and more versatile fit within the context of the modern NBA. That being said, Okafor offers more "star" potential to build around, in a vacuum. I think Noel is by far the better piece to retain if Embiid is healthy whereas I view Okafor as sort of a hedge on Embiid getting hurt and needing some sort of cornerstone offensive player beyond Simmons....or (wishful thinking) he loses weight and becomes an average rim protecter that doesn't require every other piece to be built around him.
I'm still pissed that Ainge turned out to be so stubborn. A lot of chatter out of both Chicago and Philly that Ainge was leaking false trade offers (Noel, Covington, 24th, 26th..Butler deals, etc) to the media to pressure other front-offices. I can't imagine that Okafor wouldn't be more valuable to that team than Jaylen Brown. Ainge has developed this reputation that unless he clearly fleeces the opposing GM he's unwilling to deal (ironically, Hinkie was building that rep too) which turns a lot of other executives off.
That move was one of the easiest to predict this FA period. Good move for both sides.
So Okafor is a better player than Brown and nothing is likely to change that. But it gets back to the organizational commitment issue. Does Boston want to become the Okafor show? Might not be a bad move for them. But Brown for Okafor isnt just a talent/need decision. Getting Okafor commits you to a certain brand of basketball and effects what you do at the other spots defensively.
I mean, you can get Okafor and not commit to him being your offense, but to me that's dumb. He's a guy who is built to efficiently dominate against today's skinny, stretchy centers. You commit to running the offense around him, or you dont bother having him IMO.
Noel I trade for a guard if the deal is right. He's a good player and I can easily see him playing 25 minutes a night on a contender in his prime. But my guy says you'll never "regret" trading him because he blossoms into something way better. He's never getting Bosh's jumper.
Noel I trade for a guard if the deal is right. He's a good player and I can easily see him playing 25 minutes a night on a contender in his prime. But my guy says you'll never "regret" trading him because he blossoms into something way better. He's never getting Bosh's jumper.
Rubio for Noel should have been done weeks ago.