nba off season 2024 bud 2 suns etc

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the CBA is like the most complicated board game ever invented, where it takes you months to learn the rules before you can get down to playing it

hopefully he can remember how to shoot

ESPN Sources: Orlando Magic forward Franz Wagner has agreed on a five-year, $224 million maximum rookie contract extension – a deal that could become worth as much as $269 million. pic.twitter.com/uWrTFV6hrm

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 5, 2024

good lord

i kiiiiinda get it if u think franz is an all-star at some point in the length of that contract and the fact that with cap numbers going up it wont be THAT much of a share of your cap space by the end and it's orlando so you're not likely going to be able to attract big free agents i the future anyway BUUUUUUT sheesh

i can see why they like him he a huge lead ball handler, but is he actually that good, its unclear, plus he forgot how to shoot threes last year when you really wouldve like to see him improve from there

his stats last year were better than i thought except for the three point shooting (57% on twos!) but this one just doesn't feel right

The San Antonio Spurs are trading guard Devonte Graham and a second-round pick to the Charlotte Hornets, sources tell ESPN. The Hornets will waive Graham, allowing him to become a free agent. pic.twitter.com/khvOdlyrDy

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 6, 2024

clearing cap space to bring in either huerter or barnes from the kings who are trying to sign and trade derozan

not sure why sacramento wants demar considering sabonis and fox are notoriously not huge floor-spreaders, but hey, its not my money

The Charlotte Hornets are waiving Davis Bertans, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Bertans, an eight-year NBA veteran, shot 38 percent from 3-point land last season. He had a partial guarantee on his Hornets deal.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 6, 2024

got a huge payday after one great season in washington and then became cap filler trade fodder, health got away from him. hope he lands someplace on a vet min.

signing pure shooters to big deals is fraught its so hard to shoot really good from three every year on high volume when you dont have any off the bounce counters teams can just play up on you and you end up taking all really difficult movement shots youre super vulnerable to variance etc like look at duncan robinson hes at 44% one year then down to 37 a couple years later did he get worse at shooting no its just a tough way to make a living

and to your point he was essentially dropped out of the rotation for an entire season until he remade his game to include far more ability to score on his own at the rim, break down the defense and pass the ball etc

Free agent F Miles Bridges has agreed on a three-year, $75 million deal to return to the Charlotte Hornets, sources tell ESPN. pic.twitter.com/8uQ2fLaDDC

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 6, 2024

nba's informal dv policy is to wait a year and then act like nothing happened

yeah

and to your point he was essentially dropped out of the rotation for an entire season until he remade his game to include far more ability to score on his own at the rim, break down the defense and pass the ball etc

― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Saturday, July 6, 2024 2:38 PM (thirty-one minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

def nice work work by him, i think hes still vulnerable but not as much, could be some bad playoff matchups for him where the original vision is more we get this guy and just let him bomb away but its never that simple, then by the time that you get a guy who can totally hold up well that guys a star

his skillset is an inherently flawed one and over the span of 3 seasons teams were able to eventually get him to the point where the flaws were being really highlighted at the expense of the good stuff. the heat’s response was to bench him, and then his response was to add enough back into his game to get back into the starting line up. these days the margins when your skillset is overwhelmingly dominated by one attribute be it athleticism, shooting, passing, rebounding, post scoring etc are just really thin

and if you zoom out on duncan’s whole life story from D3 to michigan to g league to rotation player to starting line up to huge contract to benchwarmer to rotation player to starting line up … i think he posses some ability to continually refine/improve his game that exceeds that of even a lot of other nba players. his arc as a player is not normal

wonder if with the transfer protocol well see more guys go from obscure schools to big schools to the league now, like the guy the celtics took with the 30th pick this year baylor scheierman started at south dakota state who have produced 3 nba players ever then transferred to creighton and got drafted in the first round

the guy from washington state who got drafted had the same story

sonoma state to washington state to the league

an OG version of this is jimmy butler going from some random junior college in texas to marquette to the league

dalton knecht, derrick white both similar

idk what the deal is maybe it was always ok to transfer from d2 or jr college to d1 but from d1 to d1 you used to have to sit out a year which obvs a lot of guys didnt want to do

Sixers signed Caleb Martin, 4 years, $32M.

thats pretty nice for them

that’s a great signing for them i’m shocked he couldn’t get more (the heat immediately leaked that he turned down 4/48 from them before FA [which was a bit rude])

gotta get ahead of people saying they let him walk

nba's informal dv policy is to wait a year and then act like nothing happened

― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Saturday, July 6, 2024 3:02 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

at the very least he’s relegated to an irrelevant team

for $25m a year

idk what the deal is maybe it was always ok to transfer from d2 or jr college to d1 but from d1 to d1 you used to have to sit out a year which obvs a lot of guys didnt want to do

― lag∞n, Saturday, July 6, 2024 2:49 PM (forty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

robinson actually did sit out a year before playing at michigan!

also it’s a world of difference between d3 and a solid d1 mid-major like south dakota st.

going from williams to nba is crazy whats next middlebury

Free agent F Dario Saric has agreed on a two-year, $10.6 million deal with the Denver Nuggets, sources tell ESPN. Deal includes player option on second-year. pic.twitter.com/kHfy7KAv45

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 6, 2024

quality pickup for denver imo, i coveted him for my team

the sixers didn't just *sign* martin, they (according to woj) 'landed an impactful commitment in' him

congrats to bronny james on his summer league debut, 21 minutes, 4 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 2/9 fg, 0/3 3pt, 0/2 ft

i know we should never take anything meaningful from summer league but WOOF

in line with his college stats

congrats to "sacramento kings 2" for defeating bronny and the lakers

they got two of those now huh well i never

dalton knecht 3-12 (shooters shoot)

i think we can all see the future is bright for the plucky young gunners in hollyweird, ca

kings 2 have a guy named adonis arms who played for four different colleges

adonis arms! love it.

adonis legs, adonis feet

the Sacramento Kings of Earth 2

pretty happy with saric, who from what I’d been hearing the past week or so had been booth’s target from day 1. now leaves the nuggets in an interesting situation where they have a glut of bigs (especially if they sign vlatko cancar as they’re expected to), much different identity from the past couple of years where they were really thin there

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GR2IfJiW8AAnlIv?format=jpg&name=medium

ok!

ESPN Sources with @TimBontemps: The Sacramento Kings are agreed on a sign-and-trade that will land DeMar DeRozan on a three-year deal, send Harrison Barnes to the San Antonio Spurs and Chris Duarte, two second-round picks and cash to the Chicago Bulls. pic.twitter.com/eopPkSPBvc

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 7, 2024

that's just an objective upgrade for the kings at no cost, nice work

ahem, they traded an unprotected 1rp swap in 2031 (to the spurs)

im very excited to see the spurs put up a functioning nba lineup next year, its been a while!

as a chris paul stan I am looking forward to the spurs season