Around the League News and Rumors (Non-Hawks) Part 2

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Jru Holiday extension

As Charania reported, the extension is worth $160 million in total, but that includes roughly $25 million in bonuses. According to a league source, $4.1 million of those bonuses are deemed likely, while $20.9 million of the bonuses are deemed unlikely. As covered in a breakdown of Holiday’s previous contract in our Bucks trade deadline primer, “unlikely bonuses” are negotiated incentives for hitting team goals or individual benchmarks the player did not achieve the previous season. When taking the non-guaranteed money off the total, the guaranteed salary in the contract counts for roughly $135 million through the 2024-25 season (with a player option in the fourth and final season).

 

– via Eric Nehm @ The Athletic



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Dane Moore: Anthony Edwards says it’s on the players, not the coach, for the Timberwolves to start playing defense: “Coach can’t come on the floor. He can’t do **** but tell us what to do… ****, he just saying words. We gotta go out there and do the ****. Defense is effort.”

 

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Even if it's just 1%- to 5% these guys are fulfilling a dream. Kevin Garnett was close until Alex Rodriguez put a good business team together.

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RJ Barrett was my top pick coming out of that 2019 Draft class. While he is no Zion, RJ looks like the future All Star I was expecting. Lots of players from that draft class have had big improvements in year 2.

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Randle will receive the max, right?

New York seems to be a good fit for him do I doubt he leaves.

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Vanessa Bryant, Kobe Bryant estate elect not to renew partnership with Nike

With Kobe Bryant's five-year, post-retirement endorsement extension with Nike having expired this month, Vanessa Bryant and the Kobe Bryant estate elected not to renew the partnership, she confirmed to ESPN in a statement Monday night.

"Kobe's Nike contract expired on 4/13/21," Vanessa Bryant, widow of the Lakers legend, told ESPN. "Kobe and Nike have made some of the most beautiful basketball shoes of all time, worn and adored by fans and athletes in all sports across the globe. It seems fitting that more NBA players wear my husband's product than any other signature shoe."

According to a source, Bryant and the estate had grown frustrated with Nike limiting the availability of Kobe product during his retirement and after his January 2020 death in a helicopter crash. There was also frustration with the lack of availability of Kobe footwear in kids sizes, according to sources.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/31293033/vanessa-bryant-kobe-bryant-estate-elect-not-renew-partnership-nike%3fplatform=amp

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Randle will receive the max, right?

New York seems to be a good fit for him do I doubt he leaves.

Whooooo

I'd have a hard time paying Randle anywhere near max-money. He deserves a pay raise, undoubtedly. But I have a hard time paying huge sums of cash on players that:

a) can't lead you to contention alone
b) don't have a long history of elite production
c) can be easily replaced via trade/free agency.

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MVP
Nikola Jokic 2/7

Joel Embiid 7/2

Giannis Antetokounmpo 16/1

Stephen Curry 18/1

James Harden 25/1

Damian Lillard 30/1

LeBron James 42/1

Luka Doncic 42/1

Chris Paul 140/1

Kawhi Leonard 160/1

Donovan Mitchell 160/1

ROY

LaMelo Ball 1/2

Anthony Edwards 2/1

Tyrese Haliburton 6/1

Immanuel Quickley 55/1

Deni Avdija 130/1

Saddiq Bey 130/1

Patrick Williams 130/1

Desmond Bane 130/1

Payton Pritchard 130/1

DPOY

Rudy Gobert 1/3

Ben Simmons 3/2

Myles Turner 6/1

Giannis Antetokounmpo 36/1

Joel Embiid 65/1

Bam Adebayo 100/1

Kawhi Leonard 100/1

Draymond Green 120/1

Jimmy Butler 120/1

Most Improved Player

Julius Randle 1/5

Jerami Grant 4/1

Michael Porter Jr. 16/1

Christian Wood 20/1

Zion Williamson 20/1

Jaylen Brown 42/1

Nikola Jokic 65/1

Zach LaVine 100/1

Chris Boucher 100/1

Colin Sexton 100/1



https://www.google.com/amp/s/bustedcoverage.com/2021/04/20/nba-mvp-betting-odds-2021-steph-curry-making-late-season-surge/amp/

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Kevin Love...lol
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NBA star Kevin Durant invested in Coinbase in 2017 — his stake is now worth 53 times what it was worth then


It’s unclear how much Durant invested in Coinbase back in 2017, but he has made million-dollar investments in the past, including a $1 million investment in Postmates before its sale to Uber UBER, +2.20% in 2020. A $1 million investment in Coinbase in 2017 would be worth over $53 million today.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/nba-star-kevin-durant-invested-in-coinbase-in-2017-so-his-investment-is-now-worth-53x-more-11618510510?mod=fbpdcmpn&kwp_0=1904098&kwp_4=5525794&kwp_1=2376776&fbclid=IwAR2GoaRXhdwrI8vNumGFjJGczyKnlZxCG0P7W67pjKt48Bk1YuBeU90aLxk

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High praise for Trae! He's finally receiving it after not receiving much last season.

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UTA with a L last night, without Conley and Mitchell, but all the sarting five was in positive while Clarkson took 33 shots and finished with a -17 PlusMinus... he just scored alone, 0 AST...

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