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I love how the NBA felt like they had to step in with the Sixers, but this is ok. Yes, replace Kemba with Ish Smith. that is fun.
just seems way out of nowhere. and if any truth to it, poor Kyrie (who was the player slated to KD for the past 5-6 months).
Woj is saying he’s a UFA, Charlotte declined to give him the QO.Frank Kaminsky officially an RFA
do you really think it helps? well, i am sure it helps, but what is better:
this one is funny. Was Jimmy a free agent before? i know he was traded a few times, and i think Chicago re-signed him. My guess is he wants to live it up and get wine'd and dine'd. Weirdest thing about these reports is no news of Butler visiting the Lakers or Nets or anybody who actually has cap space
Just turned 29 last month. I love this add but would love it even more if the Celtics are this mystery team to get Capela.
would you be happy with just Kyrie? how much of a bump does that give the Nets with just an exhange of Russell and Kyrie? my guess is they do better, not quite at the top 3 of Mil, Phi, and Tor,. not sure about Indiana
Celtics do like their PGs with injury histories/knee issues.
Hard to say how much they improve because health is such a wild card with Kyrie. They’ll definitely be a better team when he’s healthy and on top of his game, but maybe not *that* much better. Probably 4th or 5th seed in the East if everything goes smoothly.
I'm pretty much a basketball dummy. Can someone explain the Bird rights? Bucks Twitter is all about the $18.5 million if they want to keep him?
In essence, the Larry Bird exception allows teams to exceed the salary cap to re-sign their own free agents, at an amount up to the maximum salary. To qualify as a Bird free agent, a player must have played three seasons without being waived or changing teams as a free agent.
Bird rights enable a team to go over the cap to re-sign a player that has been with the team for 3+ seasons. [REDACTED, I GOT THIS WRONG] Larry and Juxt are right, Milwaukee does have Mirotic’s bird rights.
It's all posturing by Jimmy to get Philly to give up that 5th year. Which if you're Philly, don't #### around. Give him the 5th year. That's the only thing you can offer him that's better than the competition.
After his 3 point shooting display and shot blocking last season, I expect Lopez to be a bit expensive.
I don’t know the exact reasons , but the bucks did inherit mirotic’s bird rights. They can transfer during a trade, though I am not sure of all of the conditions.
Just Max because of the NBA dumb rule that a player that's not on the All NBA roster can't have a super max.
Right. They have full Bird rights. They don’t have Bird rights on Lopez because (IIRC) they signed him to a one year deal.
Expensive? Fine. Multi-year? Never on a Lopez.
Yeah, letting him walk was never an option. He's still pretty young as well, so a 5-year deal for him may not have the downside of, say, a 5-year deal for Jimmy Butler.
So does that $18.5 million or whatever count against the cap? Sorry, like I said I'm pretty dumb (do we still have sigs?)
Word around MKE is that they have a number and if someone goes over it, they'll let Brogden walk. They feel like he's a perfect fit for their system but if someone wants to pay more for him to be a 2nd option instead of a 3rd or 4th option then so be it. And of course the homers are thinking they could grab Frank the Tank on the cheap and not lose any production from Lopez but whatevs
Yes, but they can go over the cap. Let's say a team has a $100 million payroll and the cap is $115. They can sign Lawrence Moten for $12 million as a free agent, and then sign MIddleton for that $18.5 for a total payroll of $130.5 and that's fine. They can't do it the opposite way, signing Middleton and then Moten because that takes them over the cap by signing a free agent instead of their own guy with Bird rights. So expect them to announce the MIddleton signing but not actually have him sign until they've used all their cap space (if they have any).
Thanks much, that kinda makes sense. Ya know, you're kinda nice when you're not being a wiener. Don't worry I won't tell anyoneYes, but they can go over the cap. Let's say a team has a $100 million payroll and the cap is $115. They can sign Lawrence Moten for $12 million as a free agent, and then sign MIddleton for that $18.5 for a total payroll of $130.5 and that's fine. They can't do it the opposite way, signing Middleton and then Moten because that takes them over the cap by signing a free agent instead of their own guy with Bird rights. So expect them to announce the MIddleton signing but not actually have him sign until they've used all their cap space (if they have any).
But he gets to live in Barcelona. Granted it’s not Milwaukee or Phoenix, but there are worse places to live and make 5 million a year.
thats what I meant
