They couldn't nab another expiring and a couple seconds for him? Bojan is a good damn player. That is a steal for DET
Good move for CJ. Doubtful he gets that if he waits for FA.View: https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1573713701919678465
New Orleans Pelicans guard CJ McCollum has agreed on a two-year, $64 million extension that’ll take him through 2025-2026, his agent Sam Goldfeder of @Excelbasketball tells ESPN. New deal ties McCollum to Pels for four years and $133M.
Contracts in the NBA are crazy. At the deadline there were multiple talking heads that reported the Blazers couldn’t get value for CJ because of his contract, and now his new team extended him for more money.View: https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1573713701919678465
New Orleans Pelicans guard CJ McCollum has agreed on a two-year, $64 million extension that’ll take him through 2025-2026, his agent Sam Goldfeder of @Excelbasketball tells ESPN. New deal ties McCollum to Pels for four years and $133M.
Combined with the news on Lonzo’s knee, Danny’s decision to draft Tatum continues to look better and better.Poor Fultz, made of glass.
Perfect Gallo replacement.Jae Crowder will not be in training camp, wants a trade
View: https://twitter.com/shamscharania/status/1574140140091572224?s=46&t=0TOUKR5GdCLh-fj9LkrpsA
He's not a free agent. 10.2 mil this year, I suspect they will find a trade partner and not have to go the buyout route.If he wants to take 3’s off the bench and is ok with the minimum, I’m ok with him.
The only path I see would be to trade Gallo and filler for him once Gallo becomes tradeable in mid-October. I’m not really sure why Phoenix does that unless they are stuck actually considering a buyout, but such a trade wouldn’t really limit flexibility going forward (other than the pick cost) since Jae is going to be much more tradeable than Gallo and has a salary that can match a much broader set of potential acquisitions.Don’t see a path to Celts getting him, and while I like him I’m not sure about the fit with Grant here. At least, while I’d certainly take Jae I don’t know that this is where you spend the very few asset and cap-space bullets in a trade
if he’e bought out…sure, I just doubt that’s how it goes. But not impossible as that salary slot is tough for a lot of contenders
I know it's a bottom-line business, but trading a free agent—one who had other options when he chose Boston—before he even played a game for the C's, due to an injury, would not be a great look, IMO.The only path I see would be to trade Gallo and filler for him once Gallo becomes tradeable in mid-October. I’m not really sure why Phoenix does that unless they are stuck actually considering a buyout, but such a trade wouldn’t really limit flexibility going forward (other than the pick cost) since Jae is going to be much more tradeable than Gallo and has a salary that can match a much broader set of potential acquisitions.
I don't see the Celtics doing this either. Gallo could have chosen to go elsewhere and he chose the C's. It's just not a great look to trade him when the first opportunity presents itself, especially when there's a chance he could come back. Everything I read said he's set on rehabbing and trying his hardest to get back for the playoffs. I expect that the C's will honor his commitment to the team and dedication to getting back on the court.The only path I see would be to trade Gallo and filler for him once Gallo becomes tradeable in mid-October. I’m not really sure why Phoenix does that unless they are stuck actually considering a buyout, but such a trade wouldn’t really limit flexibility going forward (other than the pick cost) since Jae is going to be much more tradeable than Gallo and has a salary that can match a much broader set of potential acquisitions.
I don’t think it’s likely, but I don’t think the relationship issue here carries a ton of weight. We’d be trading a player with an option for next year and who will miss most, if not all, of this year so I think the idea this would be looked at as unfair seems a bit strained under these circumstances. Like, if Phoenix would do this trade for a second (and us throwing in like Kornet or Ryan or whoever to make the money work), I assume we’d do it in a heartbeat. If Gallo were healthy, had committed for multiple years, or had a 2-month injury, I would agree this would be a completely unreasonable idea. But none of those are the case.I don't see the Celtics doing this either. Gallo could have chosen to go elsewhere and he chose the C's. It's just not a great look to trade him when the first opportunity presents itself, especially when there's a chance he could come back. Everything I read said he's set on rehabbing and trying his hardest to get back for the playoffs. I expect that the C's will honor his commitment to the team and dedication to getting back on the court.
We have a couple TPE’s left also.The only path I see would be to trade Gallo and filler for him once Gallo becomes tradeable in mid-October. I’m not really sure why Phoenix does that unless they are stuck actually considering a buyout, but such a trade wouldn’t really limit flexibility going forward (other than the pick cost) since Jae is going to be much more tradeable than Gallo and has a salary that can match a much broader set of potential acquisitions.
None are big enough for Crowders 10 million dollar contractWe have a couple TPE’s left also.
Yeah unfortunately, there's no great way to bring in Crowder without a larger trade. I'd love him back though.None are big enough for Crowders 10 million dollar contract
Pheonix better hope Ayton doesn’t take the oh so familiar path that many NBA players take after getting paid, and put in minimal effort until the last year of his contract.
In a heart beat I'd do that. Cam Johnson would be a great addition, Crowder and Payne are good depth.How's this for a Crowder trade...
Celtics get...
Jae Crowder
Cam Johnson
Cam Payne
Suns get...
Derrick White
Grant Williams
Sam Hauser
I was thinking about kicking in a Celtics 1st or higher upside 3rd guy from the Celtics (Begarin? Future 2nds?) but figured I'd just start there.In a heart beat I'd do that. Cam Johnson would be a great addition, Crowder and Payne are good depth.
It's very early and the NBA media loves to stir up drama, but the Suns seem to have a lot going on at the moment (that whole Twitter thread is worth a read).
I think me and @scottyno have a bet on this very thing.Hot Take Alert!
Ben Simmons will make the East All-Star team this year.
I'm gonna heart that embedded tweet, but I want you to know it's for you and not tmz.
I never bought that from Chriss. That team in Golden St was a train wreck and Chriss was a large part of the reason. He’s never been an NBA-level player and has possibly one of the lowest BBIQ’s I’ve seen on an NBA floor. If not for his physicals that give GM’s the hope he can grow his game into his athleticism he’d never be given so many opportunities.I thought Chriss had turned a career corner with the 2019-20 Warriors, but he got hurt and wound up on Dallas last year after missing the prior year with an injury. If Houston traded for him to cut him, I hope the Celts consider giving him a look.
I'd take Smart over Herro any day of the week.Wow. Not a bad payday. Smart's speed-dialing his agent ...
I didn't know he wanted to be traded, I thought that was just some posters here. He'd never get that here, they wouldn't trade a player to pay him, and they aren't going to want anything to do with that tax billWow. Not a bad payday. Smart's speed-dialing his agent ...