Новости за 26.06.2023

Phoenix, Milwaukee and Chicago have all quickly been cited as teams expected to have a level of interest in former MVP Derrick Rose after the Knicks declined to pick up their $15.6 million team option on Rose for next season.
Source: Marc Stein @ marcstein.substack.com

Naz Reid was expected to generate no shortage of interest in free agency from teams possessing the full non-taxpayer midlevel exception of $12.4 million — I’m told Dallas was among them — and possibly more from teams with salary cap space. The Spurs, league sources say, are another Texas team that would have had interest in Reid had he made it to free agency
Source: Marc Stein @ marcstein.substack.com

Chris Haynes: Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard and his agent Aaron Goodwin are meeting with the team today to discuss the franchise’s direction, league sources tell @NBAonTNT, @BleacherReport.
Source: Twitter @ChrisBHaynes

Here's how NBA Twitter reacted to the Hawks trading John Collins.

Adrian Wojnarowski: ESPN Sources: The Hawks are finalizing a trade to send F/C John Collins to the Jazz for Rudy Gay and a future second-round pick. Atlanta’s largely unloading Collins’ three years, $78M for some roster building flexibility and alignment with looming changes to salary cap.
Source: Twitter @wojespn

Over the years, Larry Bird detractors have argued that he wouldn’t be athletic enough to enjoy the same success in today’s NBA. Nikola Jokic, a 7-foot center, who has his own set of questions about his athleticism is a two-time MVP who led Denver to its first NBA title earlier this month. “He’s slow as hell, but that guy has a game,” Rodman said. “He’s better than Larry Bird … compare him to Larry Bird, I think people would pick him.”
Source: Khari Thompson @ Boston Globe

. @windhorstespn shares the Pistons and the Kings may be contenders to sign Draymond if he doesn’t re-sign with the Warriors 👀
Source: Twitter @GetUpESPN

Italian Basketball Federation president Gianni Petrucci didn’t take lightly Paolo Banchero’s decision to play for Team USA in the upcoming FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023. In an interview with La Gazzetta dello Sport, Petrucci was disappointed with the lack of communication from Banchero. “It was a legitimate decision, but he could have made a call to communicate that to us. Instead, we learned about his decision from the newspapers,” Petrucci told La Gazzetta dello Sport. “In the past few days... Читать дальше...

As free agency approaches, potential free agents are preparing for their future. Teams and players can begin negotiations on June 30, the final day of the 2022-23 salary cap year. Some players, still extension-eligible till that date, can bypass free agency by signing a new deal now. Naz Reid and the Minnesota Timberwolves have initiated proceedings three-year, $42 million deal that he was eligible to sign all season long.

As we did last season, we are recapping every move in the league, big or small. Every official signing, trade, release, or contract change in 2023-24 is available here – along with the salary information of the players involved.

Victor Wembanyama won’t feature in the upcoming FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023, according to L’Equipe. According to the report, the 19-year-old said he made his decision himself after consulting his closest entourage, the medical staff, and several executives of the French national team. “The Spurs would have supported me whatever my choice had been,” Wembanyama told L’Equipe, eliminating any possible assumptions about potential pressure from his new team.
Source: BasketNews

I was gonna say, with the Melo-Jeremy Lin thing, I remember the national narrative was like, you know, “How’s Melo gonna play with Jeremy Lin when he comes back from being healthy?” Was there ever any sort of tension in the locker room with that whole situation? Baron Davis: It was some weird **** going on because obviously, we were riding a wave, a super wave. And the Linsanity wave just ate Melo up. Remember, he was injured when Jeremy Lin went on that run. Yeah, because we went like five, six in a row. Читать дальше...

According to a person with knowledge of their thinking, they have interest in the Bucks’ Khris Middleton and Brook Lopez, the Nuggets’ Bruce Brown, the Jazz’s Jordan Clarkson, the Lakers’ Rui Hachimura and Austin Reeves, the Nets’ Cam Johnson, the Warriors’ Donte DiVincenzo, the Grizzlies’ Dillon Brooks, the Raptors’ Jakob Poeltl and the Mavericks’ Dwight Powell.
Source: Houston Chronicle