2019 Free Agency

[Folster]

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Sacramento is paying over 12 million per year to a back-up pg. And some people are upset about 17 million to Rubio.

 

[Town Drunk]

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3 years, $30 million. Traded for a 2nd round pick and the right to swap firsts.

 

[Carolinacacti]

Worst case, they trade him for depth. To match his salary will be expensive and they can probably add 2 solid rotation players at the least for him.

Worst case is if he does not live up to that contract.

 

[Ronin]

Favors to the pelicans
https://sports.yahoo.com/ap-source-pelicans-acquiring-derrick-favors-jazz-132047471--nba.html

 

[Folster]

Favors to the pelicans

What an off-season for Griffin and the Pels.

 

[ArizonaSportsFan]

My question is, When did D'Angelo Russell become a good player? We regularly panned him just a few years ago. He was a chucker who didn't make anyone better. Now he is a star (PG? SG?) for GS? Really? $30M-per good!?

 

[Ronin]

Wizards signing Ish smith

 

[Ronin]

What an off-season for Griffin and the Pels.

David Griffin has been doing work. I am impressed.

 

[ArizonaSportsFan]

The Jazz are really going to miss Favors. I would have loved to sign him, but he is too pricey for the present Suns. Sure, the Jazz got the shooter they need (Bogdonovic) but they owe a lot of their playoff wins (especially over OKC last year) to Favors. Unlike Gobert, he can't be moved out of the lane on rebounds.

 

[elindholm]

My question is, When did D'Angelo Russell become a good player? We regularly panned him just a few years ago.

That's because he was on the Lakers, so the board had to tear him down regardless of his talents.

 

[Folster]

That's because he was on the Lakers, so the board had to tear him down regardless of his talents.

The Lakers preferred Ball to Russell and used him to dump Mozgov's contract.

 

[elindholm]

The Lakers preferred Ball to Russel and used him to dump Mozgov's contract.

Yes, one of Magic Johnson's bigger blunders, which is saying something. Just imagine if they had kept Russell (and Mozgov) and drafted Tatum.

 

[Mainstreet]

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3 years, $30 million. Traded for a 2nd round pick and the right to swap firsts.

That's a bargain for the Bulls getting Santoransky for a second round pick and he is on a reasonable contract to as well.

 

[Mainstreet]

Holy crap!!! GS is going to be right there again.


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The Warriors will be a scoring machine for sure.

 

[Chris_Sanders]

I honestly don’t see the fit DLO in GS but good lord give the front office credit they swing for the fences over there.

They are basically paying a max contract for a sixth man. It's really a weird fit.

 

[Proximo]

My question is, When did D'Angelo Russell become a good player? We regularly panned him just a few years ago. He was a chucker who didn't make anyone better. Now he is a star (PG? SG?) for GS? Really? $30M-per good!?

Really it was in February of last year

 

[Proximo]

They are basically paying a max contract for a sixth man. It's really a weird fit.

Even if he doesn't fit - he is a very good asset to trade in the future.

 

[Proximo]

That's a bargain for the Bulls getting Santoransky for a second round pick and he is on a reasonable contract to as well.

Yes, I wish the suns had done that.

 

[Chris_Sanders]

Even if he doesn't fit - he is a very good asset to trade in the future.

Yeah something has got to give next year.

I mean right now it looks like this:

PG Curry
SG Russell
SF Thompson
PF Green


Their first round pick is a 2 guard so that doesn't help either.

 

[Folster]

Ellington to the Knicks. Another shooter the Lakers don't get.

 

[Ronin]

Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn)
7/1/19, 8:38 AM
Free agent Wayne Ellington has agreed to a two-year, $16M deal with the New York Knicks, agent Mark Bartelstein of ⁦‪@PrioritySports‬⁩ tells ESPN.

 

[Proximo]

Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn)
7/1/19, 8:38 AM
Free agent Wayne Ellington has agreed to a two-year, $16M deal with the New York Knicks, agent Mark Bartelstein of ⁦‪@PrioritySports‬⁩ tells ESPN.

Ok, that might get them out of the Oubre market

 

[Ronin]

Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn)
6/30/19, 6:54 PM
Taj Gibson has agreed to a two-year, $20M deal with the Knicks, agent Mark Bartelstein tells ESPN.

 

[Hoop Head]

That's because he was on the Lakers, so the board had to tear him down regardless of his talents.

No, he hasn't been a Laker for 2 years and he was only a 15 & 5 player on the Lakers in his last season, which is also what he was in his first year for Brooklyn. He made a jump last year to 21 & 7 though and became an All-Star in the depleted East. He shot 40% from the field before last year also, when he was able to get up to 43%. Statistically he's not a max player, even with a good year last year.

Russell on a max deal would have crippled the Suns for the future but some still seemed in favor of it. It's unlikely he makes another All-Star team in the West during his next contract.


Here's a link to his stats, they aren't anything that screams "Max Player".

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/russeda01.html

 

[Superbone]

I honestly don’t see the fit DLO in GS but good lord give the front office credit they swing for the fences over there.

It wasn't a matter of fit. It was what they could get for their Durant cap space. They can always move him for a position of need later.