Hollinger on NBA free agency: The secondary market, with Nic Batum; Knicks worries
4 years, 1 month ago

Hollinger on NBA free agency: The secondary market, with Nic Batum; Knicks worries

New York Times  

It’s NBA free agency time! Baynes used $7 million of Toronto’s mid-level exception, leaving just $2.2 million left over if they wanted to sign a younger player to a multi-year deal with their last roster spot. The deal appears to use the chunk of the mid-level exception that wasn’t taken up by Moe Harkless’s deal, at $5.7 million this year and a team option of $6.0 million for next year. Mavs: Low-key, Dallas signed one of the best deals so far with Trey Burke’s three-year, $10 million deal that includes a third-year player option. Right now Minnesota has $11 million left under the luxury tax line and 13 players under contract, plus the non-guaranteed deal of Jarred Vanderbilt, meaning the T’wolves don’t have enough remaining to both re-sign restricted free agent Juancho Hernangomez and use their full mid-level exception.

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Inside the Knicks’ strategy and maneuvering to bring Karl-Anthony Towns to New York
2 months, 1 week ago

Inside the Knicks’ strategy and maneuvering to bring Karl-Anthony Towns to New York

New York Times  

Months before the New York Knicks traded for one of the planet’s greatest scorers, an ambitious teenager changed their future. The construction of the Bridges trade, which was completed in July, hard-capped New York’s 2024-25 payroll at $188.9 million, a threshold called the second apron. Had Dadiet taken $2.7 million instead of $1.8 million — which the Knicks made up …

NBA free agency 2024: Isaiah Hartenstein tops a not-so-strong group of centers
5 months, 3 weeks ago

NBA free agency 2024: Isaiah Hartenstein tops a not-so-strong group of centers

New York Times  

NBA free-agency breakdown: Overall Top 25 | Point Guards | Shooting Guards | Small Forwards | Power Forwards We’ve saved the worst for last. Note the word plausible — I excluded Richaun Holmes, who isn’t declining his $12.9 million player option after barely playing last year, and the Warriors aren’t going to waive Kevon Looney’s team-friendly partially guaranteed deal. Hartenstein …

NBA free agency 2024: LeBron James stands alone atop list of power forwards
5 months, 3 weeks ago

NBA free agency 2024: LeBron James stands alone atop list of power forwards

New York Times  

NBA free-agency breakdown: Overall Top 25 | Point Guards | Shooting Guards | Small Forwards | Centers As we continue our survey of the free-agent market, the power forward group offers one generational name who probably isn’t truly available, one player who is already off the market and then a lot of shrugging. Vlatko Čančar, Denver Čančar is listed here …

NBA free agency 2024: Paul George, OG Anunoby top strong group of small forwards
5 months, 4 weeks ago

NBA free agency 2024: Paul George, OG Anunoby top strong group of small forwards

New York Times  

NBA free-agency breakdown: Overall Top 25 | Point Guards | Shooting Guards | Power Forwards | Centers The small forward position might offer the most inviting possibilities for cap space teams, with two legitimate difference-makers likely in unrestricted free agency in Paul George and OG Anunoby. That’s perhaps understandable given that George is 34 and has been increasingly hampered by …

NBA free agency 2024: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope leads top available shooting guards
5 months, 4 weeks ago

NBA free agency 2024: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope leads top available shooting guards

New York Times  

NBA free-agency breakdown: Overall Top 25 | Point Guards | Small Forwards | Power Forwards | Centers The shooting guard market for this summer isn’t exactly mind-blowing at the top, but it’s heavy on the type of shooting specialists and 3-and-D role players whom contending teams crave to fill out their rosters. Luke Kennard, Memphis : $8,933,728 Kennard’s team option …

NBA free agency 2024: James Harden, Tyrese Maxey and the top available point guards
6 months ago

NBA free agency 2024: James Harden, Tyrese Maxey and the top available point guards

New York Times  

NBA free-agency breakdown: Overall Top 25 | Shooting Guards | Small Forwards | Power Forwards | Centers Following my ranking of the top 25 overall players likely available in free agency, it’s time to break down the positions. Jose Alvarado, New Orleans : $12,128,673 Alvarado is signed for next season at just $1.95 million, but the possibility exists that the …

NBA free agency starts … right now? A few deals we could see sooner rather than later
6 months, 1 week ago

NBA free agency starts … right now? A few deals we could see sooner rather than later

New York Times  

Are you ready for the NBA offseason? Here are five I’d expect to happen sooner rather than later: Tyrese Maxey, 76ers After making the All-Star team at age 23, Maxey is surely getting a max contract from the Sixers, a five-year deal worth a projected $205 million. DeRozan can technically agree to an extension before June 30 rather than a …

A Tom Thibodeau contract extension is a no-brainer for Knicks, but what will it cost?
6 months, 2 weeks ago

A Tom Thibodeau contract extension is a no-brainer for Knicks, but what will it cost?

New York Times  

Blame the Detroit Pistons — or maybe credit them. The new contract reportedly earned Popovich $80 million over five years, a new record, albeit in a different category than Williams’ since Popovich also was team president. No one said he would not extend Thibodeau, whose current salary is around $7 million a year, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. He’s …

Hollinger: NBA trade deadline is near. Keep an eye on these potential moves
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Hollinger: NBA trade deadline is near. Keep an eye on these potential moves

New York Times  

The Athletic has live coverage of the 2024 NBA trade deadline. Markelle Fultz, Orlando: If Orlando is going to do anything at the trade deadline, Fultz’s expiring $17 million deal would seem to factor in prominently. We’ve already seen one trade like this, when the Pelicans dropped Kira Lewis Jr. into the Pascal Siakam deal to get themselves out of …

Evaluating your Knicks fake trade proposals: Who says no?
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Evaluating your Knicks fake trade proposals: Who says no?

New York Times  

The NBA trade season is upon us, and front offices aren’t the only ones negotiating deals. Let’s take a look at some of the most interesting fake trades: Knicks receive: Bruce Brown Raptors receive: Evan Fournier, Brooklyn 2025 second-round pick, 2027 second-round pick Who says no? Knicks receive: Malcolm Brogdon Trail Blazers receive: Quentin Grimes, Evan Fournier, Dallas 2024 first-round …

Hollinger’s All NBA Stocking Stuffer Team: Goga Bitadze, Keon Ellis and more
1 year ago

Hollinger’s All NBA Stocking Stuffer Team: Goga Bitadze, Keon Ellis and more

New York Times  

ORLANDO, Fla. — The old saw for any non-star in the NBA is that finding the right situation is half the battle. When injuries to Portland’s other perimeter players unexpectedly opened minutes for Camara early in the season, he grabbed the opportunity with both hands by not caring one single fig about his opponents’ offensive reputations. GO DEEPER 'He stayed …

Hollinger: Celtics, 76ers, Bucks and more — predicting the top of the NBA’s East
1 year, 2 months ago

Hollinger: Celtics, 76ers, Bucks and more — predicting the top of the NBA’s East

New York Times  

Hollinger’s 2023-24 projections: West’s Bottom 8 | East’s Bottom 8 | West’s Top 7 The top of the Eastern Conference also doubles as the top of the NBA, at least until further notice. If a 44-win projection feels unfair, consider that last year’s Miami team also won 44 games, lost Gabe Vincent and Max Strus with no compensation and also …

NBA’s top free-agent centers in 2023: Kristaps Porziņģis, Brook Lopez and more
1 year, 6 months ago

NBA’s top free-agent centers in 2023: Kristaps Porziņģis, Brook Lopez and more

New York Times  

The Athletic has around-the-clock coverage of 2023 NBA Free Agency. Vooch is still a talented offensive player, but his 40 percent 3-point season in 2020-21 now looks like a major outlier, and defensively, he’s a popular target for opposing schemes. The Thunder will bring back Chet Holmgren next year but still need a backup five, so I wouldn’t be shocked …

Hollinger: NBA buyout market tiers, led by John Wall, Gary Harris, Eric Bledsoe and Goran Dragić
2 years, 9 months ago

Hollinger: NBA buyout market tiers, led by John Wall, Gary Harris, Eric Bledsoe and Goran Dragić

New York Times  

Editor’s note: This story will be updated as the players listed agree to buyouts with their respective teams or sign with new ones. With trade deadline drama behind us, there is still one act left in the NBA’s transaction season before we settle in for a charge to the playoffs: the buyout market. Sure, sometimes a team is better off …

Hollinger: With NBA free agency party ending quickly, the trading game begins
3 years, 4 months ago

Hollinger: With NBA free agency party ending quickly, the trading game begins

New York Times  

And now, we wait. Amazingly, every one of my top 20 free agents is already accounted for next season; while the Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard technically hasn’t announced what he’s doing yet, his return seems a foregone conclusion. Beyond that crew, we’ll see some other players get minimum deals and biannual exception money, but the free-agent spending frenzy essentially ended once …

2021 NBA free agency tracker and rankings: John Hollinger’s Top 20 and best available by BORD$ projections
3 years, 4 months ago

2021 NBA free agency tracker and rankings: John Hollinger’s Top 20 and best available by BORD$ projections

New York Times  

Hollinger’s Free Agent rankings and projections: • Top point guards by BORD$ projections • Top shooting guards by BORD$ projections • Top small forwards by BORD$ projections • Top power forwards by BORD$ projections • Top centers by BORD$ projections If you’re looking for earth-shattering free-agent moves, this might not be your year. A max contract for John Collins would …

Joe Harris was the Nets’ No. 1 priority in free agency. The team kept its word
4 years, 1 month ago

Joe Harris was the Nets’ No. 1 priority in free agency. The team kept its word

New York Times  

Joe Harris isn’t going anywhere. It appears Harris made out the way some executives expected him to, as league sources previously told The Athletic that Harris’ market would likely go over $15 million a season. General manager Sean Marks had said months ago that re-signing Harris was his top priority in free agency and doubled-down on that comment Friday morning …

Lakers have no intention of becoming complacent
4 years, 1 month ago

Lakers have no intention of becoming complacent

LA Times  

Lakers’ Anthony Davis is covered by Miami Heat’s Andre Iguodala as he rolls to the hoop during the Game 1 of the NBA Finals. The goal is to repeat as champions and have sustained success, which is why Lakers vice president of basketball operations Rob Pelinka acquired point guard Dennis Schroder from Oklahoma City and it is why he will …

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