Parliament10 wrote:What is Stevens waiting for, with Bassey?
At the very least, give him an Exhibit 10.
Why is it on Stevens? Bassey is a FA, he's there for the taking for all 30 NBA teams.
FA started signing with teams 31 days ago. He's been sitting there for any one of the 30 NBA teams to sign for over a month now. This isn't a Brad thing.
Bassey could sign with any of the 30 teams..but all 30 teams are passing on him.
Maybe because NBA teams are smart and know that summer league means very little with regards to how these guys project as NBA players. And NBA teams know to not be moved by a 24 yr old big with 4 years of NBA experience under his belt playing well against a weak summer league competition.
Also, we don't usually see many exhibit 10 signings this early in the offseason. This time of year, teams are typically more focused on moves like trades, signing FA to standard contracts, making any coaching hires, signing their draft picks, maybe signing some 2-way guys.
The exhibit 10 signings don't usually happen until right before training camp starts. This year, training camp starts October 1, so we'll probably see exhibit 10 deals picking up in September..maybe a little bit towards the end of August.
This early in the offseason, teams have bigger fish to fry..they know that exhibit 10 guys are usually a long shot to make the team and if they do, they are probably just gonna be garbage time players..exhibit 10's are like the least important moves teams make each offseason so those types of moves usually come at the end of the offseason, right before camp starts - after the more important roster moves have been made.