Daver wrote:Dame really wants trent here(good friends) hope it works out needs to suck it up on the money though hope he can.Ive read somewhere where he was top 10 in defense deflections that by itself is better than what beas did
Random shower thought, but it would be pretty wild if players could reallocate their salaries to help sign free agents for team over the apron. It's kind of annoying when max players complain about not getting enough help when they now make $60m and take up 35% of the cap. Like Dame and Giannis, you want to add (insert FA that costs $20m a year) you can each reallocate $10m to the FA. Team is prevented from adding new salary. Would need to make it an automatic NTC for length of allocation. Sorry, random thought experiment.
Side note:
3) PF Miles Bridges
Bridges has recently developed into a very strong outside shooter and is still a fantastic player in transition. Obviously, the Hornets would be interested in bringing him back, and they have told him as much. However, there are several teams that could make a run at Bridges.
The most obvious would be the Detroit Pistons. Bridges is from Michigan and might be more inclined to play for his hometown team. That said, other teams with young cores looking to add another piece like the Memphis Grizzlies or Utah Jazz could also be in the running.
At this point, there have been very few rumors surrounding Bridges, but he has been connected to the Jazz and Pistons in the past. In May, NBA insider Michael Scotto claimed that the Jazz would certainly be one of the teams interested alongside the Hornets.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2024/07/01/nba-free-agents-best-available/74271928007/Any reporter who writes about Bridges free agency and doesnt mention domestic violence should be barred from covering the NBA.
