2021 Free Agency Mega Thread

[Tetsujin]

Free agent guard Cory Joseph and the Detroit Pistons have reached an agreement on a two-year, $10 million deal, CEO of @KlutchSports’ @RichPaul4 tells @YahooSports.

— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) August 3, 2021

Get paid, COJO!

 

[Tetsujin]

best signing of the night tbh. championship runner up's biggest liability (big man depth) has been resolved for the cost of 0.25 Fourniers. https://t.co/i1XCghm9fz

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) August 3, 2021

 

[jiimbob]

Help me out here in regard to Holmes. My understanding is we can current only offer him far less then he wants due to the cap.
If so, are we not likely to hear any news on his resigning until after we trade players to free up cash. I get the idea Monte’s hands are tied a bit here and no other team is offering much of anything worthwhile for Buddy or Bagley to free up that cash.

 

[chief bromden]

best signing of the night tbh. championship runner up's biggest liability (big man depth) has been resolved for the cost of 0.25 Fourniers. https://t.co/i1XCghm9fz

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) August 3, 2021

lol, they aren't coming close to the finals again.

 

[SacTownKid]

Free agent guard Cory Joseph and the Detroit Pistons have reached an agreement on a two-year, $10 million deal, CEO of @KlutchSports’ @RichPaul4 tells @YahooSports.

— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) August 3, 2021

Get paid, COJO!

He did OK for them. We'll see where they head but Detroits FO is so far ahead of the Kings it's not even funny.

 

[chief bromden]

Help me out here in regard to Holmes. My understanding is we can current only offer him far less then he wants due to the cap.
If so, are we not likely to hear any news on his resigning until after we trade players to free up cash. I get the idea Monte’s hands are tied a bit here and no other team is offering much of anything worthwhile for Buddy or Bagley to free up that cash.

he really isn't worth more than what they can pay him with early bird rights, so either the Kings are waiting to use up all their cap space and then sign Holmes, or Holmes is trying to get more money and will resign with the Kings if he cant.

 

[SacTownKid]

Help me out here in regard to Holmes. My understanding is we can current only offer him far less then he wants due to the cap.
If so, are we not likely to hear any news on his resigning until after we trade players to free up cash. I get the idea Monte’s hands are tied a bit here and no other team is offering much of anything worthwhile for Buddy or Bagley to free up that cash.

The Kings can offer more than MLE though. So unless he has a team with cap space then he can get the most money out of Sac. It's not a lot more by any stretch, but more. Then it comes down to years. If the Kings are only offering 2 years he might want a full 4 year MLE deal.

 

[Tetsujin]

Help me out here in regard to Holmes. My understanding is we can current only offer him far less then he wants due to the cap.
If so, are we not likely to hear any news on his resigning until after we trade players to free up cash. I get the idea Monte’s hands are tied a bit here and no other team is offering much of anything worthwhile for Buddy or Bagley to free up that cash.

I don't any team has enough money left to offer him what he wants.

 

[Section 101]

Help me out here in regard to Holmes. My understanding is we can current only offer him far less then he wants due to the cap.
If so, are we not likely to hear any news on his resigning until after we trade players to free up cash. I get the idea Monte’s hands are tied a bit here and no other team is offering much of anything worthwhile for Buddy or Bagley to free up that cash.

There is a limit if not already gone number of teams that have the cap space to offer him more than the Kings

 

[Tetsujin]

Would guess the hold up on Lowry sign-and-trade details has something to do with the Raptors looking for a 3rd team or subsequent deal to unload at least some of Dragic's $. Doubt they like Achiuwa enough, or wanted to help Lowry enough, to sacrifice ~$20M in cap space. We'll see

— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) August 2, 2021

 

[Telemachus]

Help me out here in regard to Holmes. My understanding is we can current only offer him far less then he wants due to the cap.
If so, are we not likely to hear any news on his resigning until after we trade players to free up cash. I get the idea Monte’s hands are tied a bit here and no other team is offering much of anything worthwhile for Buddy or Bagley to free up that cash.

Right now, I don't think there is a team with the cap space to offer him the money he wanted.

 

[Tetsujin]

Free agent C Daniel Theis has agreed to a four-year, $36M deal to join the Houston Rockets, his agents Michael Tellem and Aaron Mintz of @CAA_Basketball tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 3, 2021

Uhhhhhhh Houston has like ten big men now

 

[Tetsujin]

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— Richaun Holmes (@Rich_Holmes22) August 3, 2021

 

[Section 101]

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— Richaun Holmes (@Rich_Holmes22) August 3, 2021

 

[Tetsujin]

Free agent C Cody Zeller has agreed to a one-year deal with the Portland Trail Blazers, his agent Sam Goldfeder of @excelbasketball tells ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 3, 2021

 

[The_Jamal]

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— Richaun Holmes (@Rich_Holmes22) August 3, 2021

Hurry up raptors or I'm resigning?

 

[SacTownKid]

I think you could take draw a random fans name out of a hat and they'd be better GM candidates than what is in the NBA at this point.

 

[Tetsujin]

Free agent forward Trey Lyles has reached an agreement with the Detroit Pistons on a two-year, $5 million deal, CEO @RichPaul4 of @KlutchSports tells @YahooSports.

— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) August 3, 2021

 

[SacTownKid]

Hurry up raptors or I'm resigning?

Time is ticking away in some facet.

 

[Tetsujin]

Houston still has a $8.28M trade exception from the Victor Oladipo trade. Might be smart to take Theis in a s/t and preserve the $9.5M ML. This would give Chicago a big trade exception. https://t.co/oTvQtMZxH5

— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) August 3, 2021

 

[SacTownKid]

Free agent forward Trey Lyles has reached an agreement with the Detroit Pistons on a two-year, $5 million deal, CEO @RichPaul4 of @KlutchSports tells @YahooSports.

— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) August 3, 2021

Nice upside signing. I love what they are doing.

 

[EIM86]

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— Richaun Holmes (@Rich_Holmes22) August 3, 2021

he’s gonna have to concede. Oh well good for us

 

[Tetsujin]

I think you could take draw a random fans name out of a hat and they'd be better GM candidates than what is in the NBA at this point.

It does feel like so many GMs are former cap expert guys at this point that they're more focused on gaming the system than actually signing someone good

 

[Tetsujin]

Pistons drafted Cade Cunningham and gave him a welcome basket of Kelly Olynyk, Cory Joseph, and Trey Lyles.

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) August 3, 2021

 

[SacTownKid]

It does feel like so many GMs are former cap expert guys at this point that it's more about gaming the system than actually signing someone good

Pattern recognition/IQ >>>>>> Data analysis.

 

[Tetsujin]

Per sources, the Rockets will use the Oladipo trade exception and work a sign-and-trade with the Bulls to get Daniel Theis. https://t.co/PVXE6BqVlM

— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) August 3, 2021

 

[Tetsujin]

All the biggest Kings news comes after cryptic emojis. https://t.co/QB4u1varM2

— Tony 𝕏ypteras (@TonyXypteras) August 3, 2021

 

[sactowndog]

Would guess the hold up on Lowry sign-and-trade details has something to do with the Raptors looking for a 3rd team or subsequent deal to unload at least some of Dragic's $. Doubt they like Achiuwa enough, or wanted to help Lowry enough, to sacrifice ~$20M in cap space. We'll see

— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) August 2, 2021

OKC stepping up soon.

 

[Tetsujin]

Free agent swingman Reggie Bullock has agreed to a three-year, $30.5 million deal with the Dallas Mavericks, his agent David Bauman of @ISEBasketball tells @TheAthletic @Stadium.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 3, 2021

Bullock getting money!

 

[Tetsujin]

I really wonder what's going in Houston's frontcourt...

Wood
Theis
Sengun

None are really power forwards, but all can kinda play there. I guess they can just roll them out there and figure it out later.

— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) August 3, 2021