Free Agency Begins!

[AussieWolf3]

Atlanta is sending a 2027 second-round pick via Cleveland and cash to Minnesota to acquire Nickeil Alexander-Walker via sign-and-trade for four years and $62 million, sources said.

It's just so cool to see this happen for such a deserving player and person

[Q-is-here]

Free agent guard Tyus Jones has agreed to a one-year, $7 million deal with the Orlando Magic, sources tell ESPN. Magic officials negotiated the deal with Jones' agent Kevin Bradbury of LIFT Sports Management, which gives Jones a key role for the East contenders.

Sigh.

[Lipoli390]

NAW is getting his bag! 4-year deal with the Hawks. It has to be a sign-and-trade.

We're getting a 2027 second rounder originally owned by Cleveland + cash. I'll take it for sure. Good for NAW

Happy for NAW and it's nice we got something for him. 2027 was the year we didn't have a draft pick right? It probably will be a bad one but it's still something and you never know.

Yes, Monster. At least we now have a pick in 2027, albeit likely a low 2nd round pick.

[Lipoli390]

Free agent guard Tyus Jones has agreed to a one-year, $7 million deal with the Orlando Magic, sources tell ESPN. Magic officials negotiated the deal with Jones' agent Kevin Bradbury of LIFT Sports Management, which gives Jones a key role for the East contenders.

Sigh.

Well, even if Tyus didn’t mind being squeezed between Conley and Dilly, we didn’t have the money to sign him anyway. We’re getting a good sense now of who we’ll be able to sign with the roughly $5.5M we can pay a player without hitting the 2nd apron.

[Monster]

We're getting a 2027 second rounder originally owned by Cleveland + cash. I'll take it for sure. Good for NAW

Happy for NAW and it's nice we got something for him. 2027 was the year we didn't have a draft pick right? It probably will be a bad one but it's still something and you never know.

Yes, Monster. At least we now have a pick in 2027, albeit likely a low 2nd round pick.

I'll add that while it's not a huge difference in salary I don't think I would have wanted to trade Donte to keep NAW at that price. Donte is simply a higher end player for less money. Only issue with him is his injury history.

[Monster]

Free agent guard Tyus Jones has agreed to a one-year, $7 million deal with the Orlando Magic, sources tell ESPN. Magic officials negotiated the deal with Jones' agent Kevin Bradbury of LIFT Sports Management, which gives Jones a key role for the East contenders.

Sigh.

Well, even if Tyus didn’t mind being squeezed between Conley and Dilly, we didn’t have the money to sign him anyway. We’re getting a good sense now of who we’ll be able to sign with the roughly $5.5M we can pay a player without hitting the 2nd apron.

Being a backup PG and playing with Bane might have been a factor. Magic could be pretty good this year.

[BloopOracle]

Rob has to be loving how everything is playing out

[Q-is-here]

Happy for NAW and it's nice we got something for him. 2027 was the year we didn't have a draft pick right? It probably will be a bad one but it's still something and you never know.

Yes, Monster. At least we now have a pick in 2027, albeit likely a low 2nd round pick.

I'll add that while it's not a huge difference in salary I don't think I would have wanted to trade Donte to keep NAW at that price. Donte is simply a higher end player for less money. Only issue with him is his injury history.

Better regular season player, worse playoff player. I'm not really a fan of Donte anymore because of that, but frankly, this team isn't making a WCF run this year as currently constructed. It's a transition year where the old vets raise the floor, but also lower the ceiling, while at the same time we start getting the "second window" guys up to speed.

[Monster]

Yes, Monster. At least we now have a pick in 2027, albeit likely a low 2nd round pick.

I'll add that while it's not a huge difference in salary I don't think I would have wanted to trade Donte to keep NAW at that price. Donte is simply a higher end player for less money. Only issue with him is his injury history.

Better regular season player, worse playoff player. I'm not really a fan of Donte anymore because of that, but frankly, this team isn't making a WCF run this year as currently constructed. It's a transition year where the old vets raise the floor, but also lower the ceiling, while at the same time we start getting the "second window" guys up to speed.

Has someone removed the 2024 playoffs from your mind? Blink twice if you need help!

[Q-is-here]

I'll add that while it's not a huge difference in salary I don't think I would have wanted to trade Donte to keep NAW at that price. Donte is simply a higher end player for less money. Only issue with him is his injury history.

Better regular season player, worse playoff player. I'm not really a fan of Donte anymore because of that, but frankly, this team isn't making a WCF run this year as currently constructed. It's a transition year where the old vets raise the floor, but also lower the ceiling, while at the same time we start getting the "second window" guys up to speed.

Has someone removed the 2024 playoffs from your mind? Blink twice if you need help!

I've posted these stats before, but they are eye-opening and deserve an encore since I'm not sure I've ever seen anything like this before.

Donte's On Court Net Rating in the Playoffs = -6.1
Donte's teams' Net Rating when he's off the court = +10.3

That's 54 playoff games and 1,313 minutes across four different teams (Milwaukee, Golden State, Knicks, and Minnesota) so the sample size is big.

Oh, and here is how he did with New York:
On Court Net Rating = -6.8
Off Court Net Rating = +12.9