2021 Free Agency Mega Thread

[Tetsujin]

What is San Antonio sending though?

 

[Tetsujin]

Gotta be more. Can't wait to see how all of this comes together. https://t.co/W3e7MiShJ4

— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) August 4, 2021

 

[Tetsujin]

pic.twitter.com/SZXPUY5AIL

— Spencer Dinwiddie (@SDinwiddie_25) August 4, 2021

 

[Tetsujin]

Washington-Brooklyn-San Antonio has been expanded to five teams, including the folding in of the Indiana-Lakers draft night trades with Wizards, sources tell ESPN. https://t.co/lSGZMjNS7L

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 4, 2021

Okay here comes the good stuff

 

[Tetsujin]

Not mentioned: Kings. https://t.co/6wPI1EYUpk

— Anthony F. Irwin (@AnthonyIrwinLA) August 4, 2021

Lakers fans salty that this doesn’t involve them getting Buddy somehow

 

[Tetsujin]

In other breaking news

Emoni Bates, the No. 1 player in the class, told @Stadium he will reclassify and either head to college and the G-League this season. He said he will choose between Oregon, Memphis, Michigan State if he goes the college route.

— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) August 4, 2021

 

[Tetsujin]

The Hutchison part of the trade is to get Washington out of the luxury tax.

The Wizards are right at a projected $600K below the tax after this trade.

14 players under contract (3 non-guarantees) https://t.co/4cb1LKqODs

— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) August 4, 2021

 

[Tetsujin]

for simplification purposes, guessing there's something very minor going from/to SAS<-->BRK

— Eric Pincus (@EricPincus) August 4, 2021

 

[Tetsujin]

Here is what the 5 teamer looks like

To WASH
Kuzma
KCP
Harrell
Dinwiddie
A. Holiday
Rights to I. Todd (#31)

To LAL
Westbook

To BKN
2024 2nd
2025 2nd (right to swap with GSW or WAS)
$11.5M Trade Exception

To IND
Rights to I. Jackson (#22)

To SAS
C. Hutchison
2022 2nd (WAS)

— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) August 4, 2021

 

[Tetsujin]

That trade exception is almost Tristan Thompson sized

 

[pdxKingsFan]

all those pieces and just one malcontent misfit to LAL

 

[SLAB]

I’m still laughing at the Warriors giving away Paschall. My Warriors fans friends loved telling me why a beast he is and will continue to be.

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Of course those same friends also told me guys like Jordan Bell and James Micheal McAdoo were the next big things at their positions. So maybe they aren’t all that bright.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

I’m still laughing at the Warriors giving away Paschall. My Warriors fans friends loved telling me why a beast he is and will continue to be.

My Jazz fan friend is very excited.

 

[The_Jamal]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1423046618757189636

Little bummed we couldn't get involved for Hutch. Wing with good size, really good positional versatility. Been really bad so far in the league, but free wing is free.

 

[SLAB]

My Jazz fan friend is very excited.

I wish we had jumped in for the low low price of basically free.

 

[sactowndog]

Little bummed we couldn't get involved for Hutch. Wing with good size, really good positional versatility. Been really bad so far in the league, but free wing is free.

no space. Too bad we didn’t have that Bogi trade exception everyone said was worthless.

 

[Iced Espresso]

So essentially Monte investing 12 mil/year over the next 2 seasons for Davis/Len/Harkless. SUCH a nice change over a certain someone paying CoJo 12mil/year, Dedmon 12mil/year, Ariza 12 mil/year, ZBO 12 mil/year, Vince Carter 8 mil, George Hill 20 mil.

It's an amazing improvement of cap space. Even if something on the Buddy Bagley front takes time, he hasn't made a bad trade in haste yet. I do question the TT trade however.

 

[The_Jamal]

It's an amazing improvement of cap space. Even if something on the Buddy Bagley front takes time, he hasn't made a bad trade in haste yet. I do question the TT trade however.

We'll see. I'd be surprised if it goes through as initially reported with how little we've heard about it the last 3 days. If it does, especially with our FA moves so far, it'd be the first misstep from McNair

 

[Iced Espresso]

Golden State has traded F Eric Paschall to the Utah Jazz for a protected future second round pick, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 4, 2021

Golden State shedding as much salary as it can.

I heard they were paying an estimated 180 million in tax before this move.

 

[Tetsujin]

The Nets were unwilling to trade DeAndre Jordan in the Spencer Dinwiddie 5 team deal, per @Krisplashed

"His bond with the Brooklyn Big 3 is too strong for a deal to consummate, per source." pic.twitter.com/FtSfJ0WH68

— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) August 4, 2021

 

[sactowndog]

Toronto released Baynes. Perhaps their is a Tristan Thompson & Buddy Hield for Siakim deal in the works.

 

[Tetsujin]

Restricted free agent guard Saben Lee is returning to the Detroit Pistons on a three-year deal, source tells ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 4, 2021

 

[SacTownKid]

Mike D'Antoni will become a coaching consultant to Willie Green's new staff in New Orleans, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 4, 2021

Sneaky, if no team will hire him straight away then D'Antoni will move to a staff with an unknown at the coaching spot and wait for Zion to be his when they hand him the keys to take over the wheel, haha.

 

[The_Jamal]

The Nets were unwilling to trade DeAndre Jordan in the Spencer Dinwiddie 5 team deal, per @Krisplashed

"His bond with the Brooklyn Big 3 is too strong for a deal to consummate, per source." pic.twitter.com/FtSfJ0WH68

— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) August 4, 2021

I think TT would be a good candidate to get rerouted into that TPE. Exact kind of "name" value the star teams look for and they still need big help since Jordan is unplayable now.

I wouldn't mind a reset on the Delon Wright deal if we just got 2 2nd's back. Delon was a great addition, but team just went another direction with Mitchell in the draft and keeping the younger Davis. No harm, no foul.

 

[EIM86]

I’m still laughing at the Warriors giving away Paschall. My Warriors fans friends loved telling me why a beast he is and will continue to be.

—

Of course those same friends also told me guys like Jordan Bell and James Micheal McAdoo were the next big things at their positions. So maybe they aren’t all that bright.

my friends that are dubs fans said the same chit as well lol. I was like man if you were a Kimgs fan you wouldn’t think any draft pick would be a hit

 

[206Fan]

I didn't realize Dinwiddie was a FA. I think the Nets should've made an effort to resign him though.

 

[Section 101]

I heard they were paying an estimated 180 million in tax before this move.

They reduced it by $12 mil trading him.

 

[Tetsujin]

Free agent guard Raul Neto has agreed to a deal to return to the Washington Wizards, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 5, 2021

 

[NewArena]

my friends that are dubs fans said the same chit as well lol. I was like man if you were a Kimgs fan you wouldn’t think any draft pick would be a hit

More proof that being under the age of 25 doesn’t automatically equate to having more upside or potential to get better lol

 

[Spike]

I was thinking to myself this morning just about how I was relying on Tets like he's Woj

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