2021 Free Agency

The first day to sign free agents is Monday August 2nd @ 6PM EDT. A MUCH more reasonable time than 12 midnight. Never understood that.


Bob


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https://www.yahoo.com/sports/report-wizards-likely-acquire-spencer-190025785.html



Report: Wizards likely to acquire Spencer Dinwiddie in sign-and-trade with Nets


Dan Feldman
Sat, July 31, 2021, 12:00 PM


The Wizards are opening a big hole at point guard by trading Russell Westbrook to the Lakers. Reserves Ish Smith and Raul Neto are free agents, too.

Washington is landing a new backup in the Pacers’ Aaron Holiday.

As for a starter, how about the Nets’ Spencer Dinwiddie?

Jake Fischer of Bleacher Report:

With that, the next name off the point guard market appears likely to be Spencer Dinwiddie to Washington, sources said, in a sign-and-trade that could reroute the newly acquired Kyle Kuzma or Montrezl Harrell to Brooklyn

Fred Katz and Shams Charania of The Athletic:

The other pieces from the Westbrook trade, Harrell and Kuzma alone, would not be enough for Brooklyn to accept a Dinwiddie deal, according to a source.

Dinwiddie would be a nice addition to the Wizards as they try to win around Bradley Beal. Before getting hurt, Dinwiddie was playing at a high level.

In Kuzma and Harrell, the Nets could get frontcourt depth around their perimeter star trio of James Harden, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant. Washington has also has several other moderately paid players who could fit into the deal.

Though Kuzma’s and Harrell’s salaries couldn’t be re-aggregated after the Lakers trade, that deal won’t become official for at least another week. So, that trade could get expanded to include Dinwiddie with Kuzma and Harrell getting rerouted to Brooklyn.


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Rumor is that CP3 will NOT exercise his $44M option and will instead resign with Phoenix for, get this, 3 years $90M.


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Adam Himmelsbach @AdamHimmelsbach
2 hours ago
New: Per sources, the Celtics will have interest in veterans Jeff Green and Rudy Gay, among others, as free agency opens Monday.


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jrleftfoot wrote:At the risk of making cow's head explode, I saw Kelly Olynyk listed as a possible Celts target. Dun de dun dun...

Clean up in aisle 4.  LOL.


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NBA Free Agency begins TODAY @ 6PM EDT.

I'll bet Danny is out there somewhere thinking "Why couldn't they have started it at a reasonable hour like this when I was the one making the calls?"


Bob


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I would love it if Jared Sullinger got another shot here. THOSE HANDS, look at how skinny he is!!!

Also, stupid time should be starting pretty soon with all kinds of nutty trades and signings.

According to Celtics Blog

Rumor: Celtics interested in bringing back Isaiah Thomas


By Jeff Clark@celticsblog

He is in some league, Baron Davis asked him to join, scored 65 pts the other night, 38 (?) I think another game.

https://www.celticsblog.com/2021/8/2/22605913/chris-mannix-brad-stevens-frustration-with-marcus-smart-could-lead-trade-boston-celtics-free-agency


Mannix: Brad Stevens’ frustration with Marcus Smart could lead to trade


Boston’s longest tenured Celtic could be on the move before the start of next season.


By wjsy@deliberatepix Aug 2, 2021, 12:18pm EDT


With hours before the official start of free agency on the horizon later today, Sports Illustrated’s Chris Mannix has dropped a bit of a bombshell in Boston regarding newly minted President of Basketball Operations Brad Stevens and the Celtic who played the most years for him, Marcus Smart:

Boston’s acquisition of Josh Richardson could spell the end of Marcus Smart’s run in Boston. Smart has become a fan favorite over seven years in Boston, but Brad Stevens has been frustrated by Smart’s unpredictable play in recent years, per sources.

Mannix notes that the Celtics will look to trade Smart before the start of the 2021-2022 regular season. If you’ve followed trade deadlines and offseasons in the past, you know that Smart is no stranger to rumors. Sources tell Mannix that while Smart could have fetched multiple first round picks in the past, his inconsistent play of late might net just a first rounder and rotational player for Boston this summer.

Smart is in the final year of a 4-year, $52 million contract he signed in restricted free agency back in 2018. His nearly $14 million price tag next season is Boston’s best substantial trade chip now.

After a dust up with officials last season in a win in Charlotte, Smart was seen barking at referees and then at Stevens on the sidelines for not defending him:

“We need Marcus and I’ve told him a number of times how much we need him,” said Stevens. “But this is the part about Marcus that I love, right? His fire, his competitiveness. If there’s a moment when he’s upset with us, that’s all part of it. We move on pretty quickly. We’ve been together for a long time. I’ve been yelled at before and that’s OK. I love him and I trust him.

“Again, we’ve been through a lot together so I just think it’s one of those things where, he knows how important he is to our team and, listen, he’s going to be the guy that — he gives a lot to our team. He does a lot of things that are really hard but don’t always get the attention by some. I think we do a good job in Boston of recognizing all that he does and certainly, our team and our staff recognize all he does.”

Smart seemed to smooth things over with Stevens on the bench during the third quarter.

“Me and Brad, that’s our relationship. We’ve been in it six years, so we have those little moments, and it’s over,” said Smart. “It’s done with and we move on to the next one.”

If these reports are true, that love and trust seems to have eroded. And now with Stevens off the Celtics’ bench and in the front office and Smart in a contract year, there may be little margin to smooth things over.


Bob
MY NOTE: NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

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https://www.yahoo.com/sports/nba-rumors-steph-curry-warriors-171107840.html



NBA rumors: Steph Curry, Warriors soon will agree to $215M contract extension


Drew Shiller
Mon, August 2, 2021, 10:11 AM



This piece of news certainly will delight Warriors fans around the globe.

"Golden State’s Stephen Curry, I’m told, will soon be agreeing to a four-year, $215 million extension with the Warriors," Marc Stein wrote Monday morning.

The expectation for months has been that the two-time NBA MVP this summer would sign a new deal with the franchise that selected him No. 7 overall in the 2009 draft.

The extension would begin in 2022-23 and keep Curry with the Warriors through the 2025-26 season -- when he turns 38 years old.

The three-time NBA champion just completed arguably the best season of his career, finishing third in the MVP voting after scoring a league-high 32.0 points per game.

Curry averaged 37.1 points, 5.2 assists and 5.5 rebounds over his final 21 games, while shooting 49.2 percent overall and 44.3 percent from deep (on 15.1 attempts).

The only unanimous MVP in NBA history without question is on the short list of most beloved athletes in Bay Area history, and already is No. 1 in the eyes of many.


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I told you, this is crazy time. Mannix is still trying to prove he is not a green teamer, he comes up with more crazy stuff than almost anyone except Hollinger and Jeff Goodman. I put the headline from Jeff Clark that was on the Celtics Blog, I hardly ever read him either. It is just that whatever the league is that IT is in, he is shooting the lights out.

It's crazy time.....we have a few more days of this nutty stuff

Tim Hardaway Jr to resign with Dallas.

Collins and Hawks 'not close'
The Hawks are "not close to an agreement" with restricted free agent John Collins, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports as free agency begins in a few minutes.