2025 NBA Offseason Trade and Free Agency Discussion Thread

JimmyPlopper · Post #61 » by **JimmyPlopper** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 5:45 am

Chuck Everett wrote:So Danny Ainge/Justin Zanik extend Jordan Clarkson in hopes of flipping him for more assets. He proceeds to decline significantly and becomes a toxic asset. Kind of flies in the face of just re-sign our guys to maintain their value and we can still flip 'em. Sometimes, you're stuck and now if you don't play Clarkson, he becomes a malcontent in the locker room. Probably gonna have to just waive the guy (if he won't give me back some bread in a buyout).

Ainge has stunk for quite some time. He did have a couple of good trades, but overall he was not a repeatably good GM.

itrsteve · Post #62 » by **itrsteve** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 3:15 pm

XTC wrote:Who can we realistically target this offseason? I wonder if Luke Kornet is a realistic option.

Unfortunately (for Boston), I think he is. We'll have to see what happens in the coming days but everything Boston has been doing is shedding salary and I think Luke can command much more than his previous contract.

AleksandarN · Post #63 » by **AleksandarN** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 3:48 pm

I have a feeling Bruce Brown is coming back to Denver

Chuck Everett · Post #64 » by **Chuck Everett** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 6:59 pm

JimmyPlopper wrote:
Chuck Everett wrote:So Danny Ainge/Justin Zanik extend Jordan Clarkson in hopes of flipping him for more assets. He proceeds to decline significantly and becomes a toxic asset. Kind of flies in the face of just re-sign our guys to maintain their value and we can still flip 'em. Sometimes, you're stuck and now if you don't play Clarkson, he becomes a malcontent in the locker room. Probably gonna have to just waive the guy (if he won't give me back some bread in a buyout).

Ainge has stunk for quite some time. He did have a couple of good trades, but overall he was not a repeatably good GM.

And Clarkson agreed to a buyout. Yup, had to get him out of there because he would have never accepted not playing to act as a vet mentor.

Special_Puppy · Post #65 » by **Special_Puppy** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 7:01 pm

AleksandarN wrote:I have a feeling Bruce Brown is coming back to Denver

Hes enormously declined since leaving Denver. Would not want him on anything more than the minimum

ArksNetsSince99 · Post #66 » by **ArksNetsSince99** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 7:17 pm

AleksandarN wrote:I have a feeling Bruce Brown is coming back to Denver

I would like BB to comeback to Denver , he knows the system, and his best years was on the Nets year prior to Denver and on the Nuggets Championship season

Post #67 » by **bisme37** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 9:28 pm

NBATV has been showing reruns of playoff games all month while transactions were popping off and now they're live on TV all day today and absolutely nothing has happened haha. Basically been talking about Lebron and Kuminga for 3 straight hours. Should get some news soon though.

Post #68 » by **bisme37** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 9:38 pm

NBA Sets 2025-26 Salary Cap At $154.647M, Luxury Tax At $187.895M

The NBA has set the Salary Cap for the 2025-26 season at $154.647 million with the Luxury Tax set at $187.897 million.

• The Minimum Team Salary is $139.182 million for the 2025-26 season.
• The First Apron Level is $195.945 million for the 2025-26 season.
• The Second Apron Level is $207.824 million for the 2025-26 season.

The Collective Bargaining Agreement provides for three different Mid-Level Exceptions depending on a team's salary level. The Non-Taxpayer Mid-Level for the 2025-26 season is $14.104 million, the Taxpayer Mid-Level is $5.685 million, and the Mid-Level for a team with room under the Salary Cap is $8.781 million.

The Salary Cap and Tax Level go into effect at 12:01 a.m. ET on Tuesday, July 1. The moratorium period ends at noon ET on Sunday, July 6.

The NBA's salary cap was set at $140.588 million last season, which represents a 10 percent increase this season. The 2027-28 salary cap is projected to reach $170.1 million.

https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/281135/NBA-Sets-2025-26-Salary-Cap-At-$154647M-Luxury-Tax-At-$187895M

MagicMamba88 · Post #69 » by **MagicMamba88** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 9:41 pm

Read on Twitter

JujitsuFlip · Post #70 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 9:56 pm

Chatsports on the tv and forum on the phone. Let's gooooooo

Bornstellar · Post #71 » by **Bornstellar** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 10:00 pm

And here we go...

cpower · Post #72 » by **cpower** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 10:02 pm

it happens!

Post #73 » by **bisme37** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 10:07 pm

It's been 6 minutes and nothing happened!

NBA must have sent a memo telling teams to wait a while and pretend they didn't tamper.

DaGawd · Post #74 » by **DaGawd** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 10:08 pm

this bores me… anyone up for a game of basketball?

PushDaRock · Post #75 » by **PushDaRock** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 10:13 pm

bisme37 wrote:It's been 6 minutes and nothing happened!

NBA must have sent a memo telling teams to wait a while and pretend they didn't tamper.

Nah, now that official tampering is allowed everything just gets leaked earlier now. Kind of sucks because it was way more fun having Woj Bombs dropped left and right like before.

Sixers in 4 · Post #76 » by **Sixers in 4** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 10:13 pm

Ben Simmons is a free agent for the first time in his career when free agency begins

JujitsuFlip · Post #77 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 10:21 pm

Aldama getting paid by the Grizz to stay there.

Mamba81p · Post #78 » by **Mamba81p** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 10:23 pm

bisme37 wrote:NBA Sets 2025-26 Salary Cap At $154.647M, Luxury Tax At $187.895M

The NBA has set the Salary Cap for the 2025-26 season at $154.647 million with the Luxury Tax set at $187.897 million.

• The Minimum Team Salary is $139.182 million for the 2025-26 season.
• The First Apron Level is $195.945 million for the 2025-26 season.
• The Second Apron Level is $207.824 million for the 2025-26 season.

The Collective Bargaining Agreement provides for three different Mid-Level Exceptions depending on a team's salary level. The Non-Taxpayer Mid-Level for the 2025-26 season is $14.104 million, the Taxpayer Mid-Level is $5.685 million, and the Mid-Level for a team with room under the Salary Cap is $8.781 million.

The Salary Cap and Tax Level go into effect at 12:01 a.m. ET on Tuesday, July 1. The moratorium period ends at noon ET on Sunday, July 6.

The NBA's salary cap was set at $140.588 million last season, which represents a 10 percent increase this season. The 2027-28 salary cap is projected to reach $170.1 million.

https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/281135/NBA-Sets-2025-26-Salary-Cap-At-$154647M-Luxury-Tax-At-$187895M

So in 2026-2027 we are going to have only 7% salary cap increase. With the increase capped at 10% and with the massive spike in the national TV deal, I expected a 10% increase for the foreseeable future, but there is a decline in the RSN which are slowly going away, and there is no way for the league to get that money back locally. The 2027-28 projection at 170 mil was supposed to be for 2026-27, Some of the deals that have 8% increase are going to look worse.

eyeatoma · Post #79 » by **eyeatoma** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 10:23 pm

Crickets lmao

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JujitsuFlip · Post #80 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 10:32 pm

Paul Reed back to the Pistons 2 years $11 million.