2021 Free Agency Mega Thread

[SacTownKid]

If they took a flier on Papa G I'd be all the way down for that though. Dude is looking slim, mean, and athletic in pick and roll these days.

 

[dude12]

Best available FAs:

PGs
S. Dinwiddie
R. Jackson
D. Schroder
L. Williams
D. Graham (R)
P. Mills

Wings
K. Leonard
D. DeRozan
N. Powell
K. Oubre Jr.
D. Green
B. Brown (R)
J. Hart (R)
V. Oladipo
A. Bradley

Bigs
J. Collins (R)
R. Holmes
P. Millsap
L. Markkanen (R)
A. Drummond

— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) August 3, 2021

So who has money left? Someone should be able to take advantage of really good value with a few of these names.

Sign and trade with Atlanta and Boston where we get Collins and we are shipping out Hield, Wright, Bagley in some combination……and even Holmes if need be.

 

[jiimbob]

And the name is Ioannis Papapetrou.
San Antonio Spurs and Sacramento Kings in the NBA express interest on him. They like a lot the player and start talking about the NBA opportunity with his agency.#EuroLeague #Panathinaikos #paobc #transfers #Παναθηναϊκός #athens #nba #basket https://t.co/lYqkUZxZD2

— Matteo Andreani (@matty_vanpersie) August 2, 2021

I don’t know anything about him other than he’s 6’7.5 233 lbs plays SF and looks like a stud.

 

[The_Jamal]

Sources: Restricted free agent Devonte' Graham is signing with the Pelicans via sign-and-trade, with New Orleans sending first-round pick to Charlotte.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 3, 2021

Excellent. Was getting worried the Raptors were trying to send Dragic into their cap space so they could give a big offer to Holmes.

ok NOW that has to be it. Right? Right?

 

[Tetsujin]

I think I’d rather have Lonzo at 4/85 plus a first round pick than Devonte at 4/47.

— Sam Vecenie (@Sam_Vecenie) August 3, 2021

 

[SacTownKid]

Sign and trade with Atlanta and Boston where we get Collins and we are shipping out Hield, Wright, Bagley in some combination……and even Holmes if need be.

I can't see how a deal for Tristan Thompson while giving Delon Wright turns into John Collins, but hey, anything can happen.

 

[Entity]

Sign and trade with Atlanta and Boston where we get Collins and we are shipping out Hield, Wright, Bagley in some combination……and even Holmes if need be.

I was thinking the same thing earlier even typed it out and deleted it lol.

 

[Double-K]

I don’t know anything about him other than he’s 6’7.5 233 lbs plays SF and looks like a stud.

Here's a quick vid if you care enough about him...

 

[dude12]

I don’t know anything about him other than he’s 6’7.5 233 lbs plays SF and looks like a stud.

Video looks good

 

[kb02]

Here's a quick vid if you care enough about him...

Solid size, solid fundamentals. Shot looks a little slow, speed of game may be a hurdle. Why not? About the same tier as Kispert for me.

 

[dude12]

Maybe Monte is trying to maneuver so he can land both Holmes and new Papa or maybe Holmes isn’t part of the equation going forward

 

[Tetsujin]

New Orleans was sitting right at $9M in room, including the $10.5M hold of restricted free agent Josh Hart.

New Orleans can certainly create additional room at the expense of Wenyen Gabriel who is on a $1.8M non-guaranteed contract.

— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) August 3, 2021

 

[kb02]

Maybe Monte is trying to maneuver so he can land both Holmes and new Papa or maybe Holmes isn’t part of the equation going forward

Mcnair basically saying size at the 5 spot was a huge issue last year with his moves this off-season.

 

[The_Jamal]

New Orleans was sitting right at $9M in room, including the $10.5M hold of restricted free agent Josh Hart.

New Orleans can certainly create additional room at the expense of Wenyen Gabriel who is on a $1.8M non-guaranteed contract.

— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) August 3, 2021

K, so they're basically done, even if they waive Gabriel and renounce Hart.

 

[SacTownKid]

Solid size, solid fundamentals. Shot looks a little slow, speed of game may be a hurdle. Why not? About the same tier as Kispert for me.

Kispert is more athletic than him for sure though.

 

[The_Jamal]

Charlotte projects to have $13M in room once the $4.7M hold of Graham is released. https://t.co/IwzqnxI7cP

— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) August 3, 2021

Don't love this, but would they really want to use that on another big? After Plumlee and Kai Jones?

 

[Tetsujin]

Charlotte projects to have $13M in room once the $4.7M hold of Graham is released. https://t.co/IwzqnxI7cP

— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) August 3, 2021

 

[kb02]

Kispert is more athletic than him for sure though.

Tiers above athletically? I don’t see that. Both are physical. Both may need to slim down a bit to be quicker.

 

[SacTownKid]

Mcnair basically saying size at the 5 spot was a huge issue last year with his moves this off-season.

Yeah, and the problem is that it was actually size on the wing that was the issue. The 2 teams at the end ran no more than 2 bigs, and 1 true C (although Lopez is a 3 points shooter) between them. What game is Monte watching???

 

[Tetsujin]

Oddly enough, the Hornets create some room in the S&T of Graham to NOP. They were at about $8.8M or so in space. Now they'll be at about $13.5M.

— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) August 3, 2021

 

[SacTownKid]

Tiers above athletically? I don’t see that. Both are physical. Both may need to slim down a bit to be quicker.

Nah, but a little goes a long way when you're at a deficit.

 

[Volblorx8634]

With Charlotte creating room with the Graham S&T and Toronto trying to do the same with Dragic....plus no announcement of resigning with Sacramento, it just feels like Holmes will go to one of those two

 

[kb02]

Yeah, and the problem is that it was actually size on the wing that was the issue. The 2 teams at the end ran no more than 2 bigs, and 1 true C (although Lopez is a 3 points shooter) between them. What game is Monte watching???

As I said the other day, I think they’re copying what the Lakers and Mavs have done. Compensate for size on the perimeter by jamming the paint with size. Allows our guards to pressure.

 

[Iced Espresso]

Source: Cory Joseph has a player option. https://t.co/npGr8UkZi7

— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) August 3, 2021

The Pistons gave CoJo a player option for some reason

 

[dude12]

If we go with Len and D Jones and other TT? At center to get a wing, then I’m good with that

 

[joemama]

Chris Haynes @ChrisBHaynes
Free agent guard Austin Rivers has agreed to re-sign with the Denver Nuggets on a one-year deal, his agents Aaron Mintz and Dave Spahn of @CAA_Basketball tells @YahooSports.

 

[SacTownKid]

As I said the other day, I think they’re copying what the Lakers and Mavs have done. Compensate for size on the perimeter by jamming the paint with size. Allows our guards to pressure.

Yeesh. One team has LeBron and the other got booted by a team that took them out by using their size against them. I mean literally, Carlisle tried running Boban and KP out there together. And it might have cost him his job.

 

[joemama]

Harrison Wind @HarrisonWind
Will Barton always wanted to be back in Denver as long as the money was right. The Nuggets knew they had to bring him back with how their salary cap was shaping up. Two years, $32 million is a great deal for both sides. pic.twitter.com/yl5SlIJ0nJ

Bartons offer is 2/$32.

 

[Tetsujin]

Denver seems to have lost its fastball.

 

[jiimbob]

If we go with Len and D Jones and other TT? At center to get a wing, then I’m good with that

Don’t forget our new man Neemias.