2019 - 2021 Free-Agents

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[Quake Griffin]

Welp.

That door is closed.

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I'd love to have Tobias back if he's willing to take less than what Gallo will be paid for 2019-20 to be a 3rd or 4th option. Dude is just not worth a max contract on any level. Sorry, guys. This is straight up drivel.

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Aren't we looking to turn into a tough, hard nose, grinding defensive team?
We can't do that with him and Gallo on the roster. It looks like the team is trying to build and draft a culture of toughness.


Random Thought: We are really on the verge of going a decade without having a legitimate starting defensive SF in the era where you need a legitimate defensive SF.

We need like 3 swingmen and don't even have one.

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[mttwlsn16]

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Kawhi, Jimmy Buckets and DMC.

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Miami. Notice NOBODY seems to be linked to Toronto.

[esqtvd]

this I did not know

The downside of short deals is that teams don't get full Bird rights on players coming off one- and two-year contracts. (Bird rights allow teams to go over the cap in re-signing their own players.) They get a more limited version, allowing only for small raises. With good players coming off low salaries, that raise is not enough and those limited Bird rights are useless; teams lose such players for nothing, or need cap room to re-sign them. (This is why Milwaukee is opening room now for Lopez.)

But if the player's previous salary is high enough, the limited version of Bird rights works.

Great article, BTW, on everything under the NBA sun.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27076686/seven-big-questions-heading-nba-crazy-free-agency

What is Plan B for the Clippers?

It is really hard to cycle through short-term deals to maintain cap space and build a team good enough that your cap space draws superstars. Stars want to see something sustainable. That is the main source of Brooklyn's appeal right now.

You need your young players to be good. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander checks that box. Landry Shamet looks solid. Montrezl Harrell is just 25. I'm not as high on Ivica Zubac (a restricted free agent) as some, but he should be helpful. Jerome Robinson and the guys L.A. drafted last week are unknowns.

That core is ... interesting? The Clippers have some valuable future first-round picks, but superstars don't really care about those things. If this summer's cap space doesn't net Leonard, it would be helpful to turn it into someone else who might matter to free agents in 2020 and 2021. Is there another Lou Williams or Joe Harris out there?

(That 2021 class could include Leonard again. Leonard at that point will have completed his 10th season, meaning that if he pops back into free agency in 2021, he would be eligible for the largest possible maximum contract. A one-plus-one or two-plus-one deal this summer in Toronto -- or elsewhere -- would put that timing in play, though a two-plus-one deal with the Raptors would keep Leonard in Toronto one season beyond the current contracts for Kyle Lowry, Marc Gasol, and Serge Ibaka.)

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[Ranma]

Man, Jordan is killing the Hornets franchise. He should have known that he couldn't afford Kemba, so why didn't he just deal him at the trade deadline to acquire assets? Now he's letting Kaminsky and Lamb go for nothing. Part of the problem is that he's overpaid guys like Nicolas Batum, Marvin Williams, Bismack Biyombo, and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. His draft record speaks for itself, but Miles Bridges now looks like their best player to build around.

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Miami. Notice NOBODY seems to be linked to Toronto.

Do you know how the NBA's salary cap works? Why would anyone be linked to Toronto, we cant sign anyone..

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Miami. Notice NOBODY seems to be linked to Toronto.

Do you know how the NBA's salary cap works? Why would anyone be linked to Toronto, we cant sign anyone..

You play for the team?