Grizzlies to waive Avery Bradley, making him free agent

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Grizzlies to waive Avery Bradley, making him free agent




NBC Sports
July 6, 2019, 4:40 AM GMT+2



This was expected, and it puts another quality rotation player out on the market (one likely who will have to wait for the Kawhi Leonard decision to come down, after which there will be a run of those players).

The Memphis Grizzlies are going to waive Avery Bradley, saving more than $10 million in cap space, something first reported by David Aldridge of The Athletic.



David Aldridge

@davidaldridgedc
Grizz aren’t finished. Per source, they have waived veteran SG Avery Bradley. His 2019-20 salary ($12.9M) would have been guaranteed last Thursday. Memphis will have to pay Bradley his $2M guaranteed for next year. Grizz continue to get further below the cap line for more moves.

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3:01 AM - Jul 6, 2019



Chris Herrington
@HerringtonNBA
Can confirm David Aldridge report of Grizzlies waiving Avery Bradley, which had become all but a formality. Today is supposed to be the guarantee date on Dillon Brooks. The assumption is he'll be guaranteed but that hasn't been confirmed.

3:08 AM - Jul 6, 2019

Bradley will become a free agent and teams with cap space — such as either (or both) of the Los Angeles teams, plus Dallas — will likely be calling with offers. Bradley averaged 9.9 points per game and shot 35 percent from three between time with the Clippers and Grizzlies last season.

This puts the Grizzlies at $123 million, which may be a lot for what will be a bad roster, but they took on other teams’ bad contracts to pick up assets. They do not want to pay the tax at $132 million, but that gives them Memphis a little room to play with.

It also means if someone comes in big with a Delon Wright offer sheet they can match it. The Grizzlies have wanted to keep the young combo guard.

Give Memphis’ ownership credit here. Robert Pera has a reputation for not spending, but he is doing the rebuild right — take on contracts and salary to get young players and picks — and it could work in the long run. With Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr. Memphis has two of the building blocks for whatever comes next.






bob
MY NOTE:  Our biggest glaring need right now, in my opinion, is at 4.  Furthermore, we have little-to-no money left.  Otherwise DAMN!  It would make my heart glow to see AB back in green, ESPECIALLY replacing Rozier as our on-the-ball point guard defender.

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He would fit in well with Smart and Brown also covering the other guard spot. He can definitely help any team covering 1’s. He used to give Curry a lot of trouble.

Injured all the time still.

not worth anything over the $5M MLE to be honest.

he just can't be counted on to play a full season.

besides we have a small shooting guard on the roster now......Carsen.

I think a team like Toronto could use him.

Bradley was one of my favorite Cs players during his time in Boston. I was sad to see him leave, but he had to move on before he became too expensive.

Now that he is older, his injury issues are large concerns. And, also, with the Cs budgetary problems I would doubt that he would even consider returning for the vet minimum which may be the only way the Cs could consider signing him. Perhaps later in the season if he gets bought out?

It killed Danny to trade Avery, but he had no choice. Avery was one of Danny's favorite players, a hard, hard worker who never caused a bit of headache. It was tough to watch him go, we watched him grow up here and watched him get better and better. He never got the accolades he deserved as a defensive player, and once he left here, he was lost in the shuffle. We really have no room for him here, but here is hoping that he catches on with someone for a few more years.

Somebody will sign him

They Celtics traded Bradley along with a 2nd round pick for Morris. The Celtics were clearing out CAP space to sign GH.