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2016 Free Agency Day
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2016 3:50 pm
by yosemiteben
The 2016 Free Agency Period commences in T-minus 36 hours.
Cho's presser when we lose all our FAs and all our trades fall through:
Re: 2016 Free Agency Day
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2016 3:56 pm
by fatlever
top 50 free agents according to Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/sports/wp/2016/06/27/top-50-nba-free-agents-kevin-durant-then-everybody-else/Hornets Free Agents
Nic Batum - UFA, Bird Rights
Al Jefferson - UFA, Bird Rights
Courtney Lee - UFA, Bird Rights
Marvin Williams - UFA, Early Bird Rights
Jeremy Lin - UFA, Non-Bird Rights
Tyler Hansbrough - UFA - Non-Bird Rights
Troy Daniels - RFA, Bird Rights
Re: 2016 Free Agency Day
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2016 4:13 pm
by fatlever
Alex Kennedy @AlexKennedyNBA 1h1 hour ago
Many teams will pursue UFA Marvin Williams: Vet who's in his prime, great '3-and-D' guy, rebounder and just shot career-high 40.2% from 3.
Re: 2016 Free Agency Day
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2016 4:18 pm
by fatlever
lets keep this thread for news, rumors, signings etc... and use the offseason thread for our wishful thinking ideas.
Re: 2016 Free Agency Day
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2016 4:24 pm
by fatlever
Re: 2016 Free Agency Day
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2016 4:30 pm
by fatlever
Woj Podcast about free agency
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/vertical-pod-with-chris-mannix--adrian-wojnarowski---frank-vogel-144313211.htmlMentions Batum coming back to Charlotte starting around 14:30
Bradford Coombs @bradford_NBA 36m36 minutes ago
Woj also says Batum is focused on re-signing. Think we all know that. Also says he's not positive Batum will get the full max.
Bradford Coombs @bradford_NBA 55m55 minutes ago
Woj says Marvin Williams is looking at $14M annually.
^now obviously that would be very difficult for the Hornets, since we can't go over 12(ish) w/out using cap space.
Bradford Coombs @bradford_NBA 55m55 minutes ago
Also says Hornet's priorities are:
1) Batum
2) Marvin Williams
He mentions Charlotte alot in the 3-5 min range. Lin, Marvin etc...
Re: 2016 Free Agency Day
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2016 8:39 pm
by fatlever
NBA Cap Strategist @colezwicker 38m38 minutes ago Seattle, WA
Estimate 11 max contracts (LeBron, Durant, Horford, Conley, Drummond, DeRozan, Barnes, Batum, Parsons, Beal, Whiteside)
NBA Cap Strategist @colezwicker 35m35 minutes ago Seattle, WA
Fournier/Dwight/Bazemore/Anderson/Williams/Biyombo are on that next tier of FAs likely to get $15-20M. Maybe Dwight gets 1 or 2 yr max
NBA Cap Strategist @colezwicker 33m33 minutes ago Seattle, WA
Reasonable chance 5 teams operate over the cap: CLE, GSW, LAC, OKC and TOR. Will obviously depend on moratorium discussions
NBA Cap Strategist @colezwicker 28m28 minutes ago Seattle, WA
Should also mention Wade could get maxed, especially if MIA strikes out elsewhere. Such a high variance for him $ wise
Re: 2016 Free Agency Day
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2016 8:40 pm
by fatlever
76ers appears to be targeting Barnes in free agency.
Re: 2016 Free Agency Day
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2016 8:48 pm
by BlackOutBuzz
Haywood killing it on FNZ. I love Kroeger, but he's trying to make the case that Lee and Al should be the second and third priorities in FA. Haywood says Marvin should be second priority without question. Talked about his role and how beloved he is by coaches, executives, and especially teammates. Mentioned that basically the whole team (and Brian Roberts) came back to town for Marvin's birthday last week.
Then he held back at first, but basically went in on "max player" Harrison Barnes.
Said the strategy in the Finals last year when he was with the Cavs was to make Barnes beat them.
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Re: 2016 Free Agency Day
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2016 9:49 pm
by fatlever
ESPN Charlotte @ESPNCharlotte 3m3 minutes ago Charlotte, NC
"I think he's a coach killer & locker room killer, I don't see the value added at this point in his career" - Gminski on Dwight Howard
Re: 2016 Free Agency Day
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2016 10:41 pm
by fatlever
NBA Cap Strategist
@colezwicker
That MKG extension is looking PRETTY GOOD right now
Re: 2016 Free Agency Day
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2016 11:33 pm
by BlackOutBuzz
[tweet]https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/747935502360322049[/tweet]
Potential cap-clearing move for us? Jack is gonna be this year's Ridnour.
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Re: 2016 Free Agency Day
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2016 11:43 pm
by euphorbus
Re: 2016 Free Agency Day
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2016 11:51 pm
by yosemiteben
BlackOutBuzz wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/747935502360322049[/tweet]
Potential cap-clearing move for us? Jack is gonna be this year's Ridnour.
Jack is turning 33 in October and coming back from a torn ACL. I would hope we could do better even in a cap clearing trade - Jack isn't close to worth the $6M he's owed.
Re: Re: 2016 Free Agency Day
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2016 11:54 pm
by BlackOutBuzz
yosemiteben wrote:BlackOutBuzz wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/747935502360322049[/tweet]
Potential cap-clearing move for us? Jack is gonna be this year's Ridnour.
Jack is turning 33 in October and coming back from a torn ACL. I would hope we could do better even in a cap clearing trade - Jack isn't close to worth the $6M he's owed.
Oh I don't care about that. Just cut him for pure cap space.
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Re: Re: 2016 Free Agency Day
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2016 11:59 pm
by yosemiteben
Ah, ok. How much is $6M cap space worth to us? A future contingent 2nd?
Re: Re: Re: 2016 Free Agency Day
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2016 12:10 am
by BlackOutBuzz
yosemiteben wrote:Ah, ok. How much is $6M cap space worth to us? A future contingent 2nd?
I'd say roughly 1 Belinelli.
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Re: Re: Re: 2016 Free Agency Day
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2016 12:18 am
by yosemiteben
BlackOutBuzz wrote:yosemiteben wrote:Ah, ok. How much is $6M cap space worth to us? A future contingent 2nd?
I'd say roughly 1 Belinelli.
So basically we traded the 22 for $6M in cap space that will still cost $6M from our bank account via the buyout? Why not just sell it outright, probably wouldn't have been too hard.
If we send Belinelli we need something in return.
Re: 2016 Free Agency Day
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2016 12:18 am
by euphorbus
Re: 2016 Free Agency Day
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2016 12:24 am
by euphorbus