Новости за 19.10.2021

Sean Highkin: Damian Lillard on speculation picking up if the team starts slow: “I’ll answer that the same way I answered it on media day. I’m not leaving Portland. … It’s an easy thing and a popular thing to say but it’s not gonna happen.” pic.twitter.com/zJJbSVuX8j
Source: Twitter @highkin

There’s one element here which hasn’t been discussed publicly, but that Jones highlighted as part of the Suns’ thinking: If they had given Ayton the designated rookie max extension like they did Devin Booker in the summer of 2018, that move would have limited their ability to pursue stars on other teams who have already been given designated rookie max deals. Per the rules of the league’s collective bargaining agreement, teams can’t have more than two players on designated rookie max extensions. Читать дальше...

Adrian Wojnarowski: Sixers’ approach on a trade has remained steadfast: They won’t move Simmons for role players — only a player who’ll help keep them a championship contender. That hasn’t changed. For now, no one should expect a speedy resolution on Simmons’ future in Philadelphia.
Source: Twitter @wojespn

Kevin Negandhi: Joel Embiid: “Our job is not to babysit somebody.”
Source: Twitter

Shams Charania: 76ers have suspended Ben Simmons for one game due to conduct detrimental to the team.
Source: Twitter @ShamsCharania

Headlined by James Harden, Bradley Beal and Zach LaVine, the top of the 2022 NBA free-agent class is loaded with elite shooting guards, the types of players who can elevate a team’s offense just with their presence.

Shams Charania: Washington Wizards center Daniel Gafford has agreed to a three-year, $40.2 million contract extension, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.
Source: Twitter @ShamsCharania

The South East Melbourne Phoenix have opened the door for part-owner Dante Exum to join the roster, after the Australian Boomers star was waived by the Houston Rockets. “If and when Dante decides that the NBL is the right move for him, we of course will do whatever we can do to make that as easy for him as possible,” Phoenix GM Tommy Greer said via Newscorp.
Source: NBL.com.au

The rookie-scale extension deadline has passed with a flurry of contracts for the 2018 draft class. Eleven players were extended, including four players signing maximum deals. These extensions combine for a total of $1.146 billion in guaranteed money.

Phoenix now faces an uncertain future with Deandre Ayton. The franchise center is unhappy with the franchise’s consistent stance to his representatives that the organization simply didn’t foresee him as a max player — regardless of which of his peers in the 2018 NBA Draft class earned max deals this offseason, sources said.
Source: Adrian Wojnarowski, Brian Windhorst @ ESPN

Chris Haynes: Charlotte Hornets and swingman Miles Bridges will not reach agreement on a rookie-scale extension before the deadline and he’ll become a restricted free-agent at the end of the 2021-22 season, league sources tell @YahooSports.
Source: Twitter @ChrisBHaynes

Adrian Wojnarowski: Atlanta Hawks guard Kevin Huerter has agreed on a four-year, $65 million rookie contract extension, @Priority Sports agents Mark Bartelstein and Andy Shiffman tell ESPN.
Source: Twitter @wojespn

Adrian Wojnarowski: Phoenix Suns guard Landry Shamet has agreed to a four-year, $43 million rookie contract extension, his agent @George Langberg tells ESPN.
Source: Twitter @wojespn

Adrian Wojnarowski: Milwaukee Bucks guard Grayson Allen has agreed on a two-year, $20 million rookie extension, his agent Mitch Nathan of @CAA_Basketball tells ESPN. Allen arrived with the defending champions in a trade this summer. He was the 21st pick in the 2018 NBA Draft.
Source: Twitter @wojespn

Shams Charania: The Los Angeles Lakers have claimed Avery Bradley off waivers, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium .
Source: Twitter @ShamsCharania