Free agency mega thread 2025 edition!

Los Angeles Lakers forward Dorian Finney-Smith is declining his $15.4 million player option for the 2025-26 season and will enter free agency, sources tell ESPN. Multiple contending teams are expected to pursue Finney-Smith beginning Monday night and a Lakers return is possible.

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This is the guy unintelligent people think is the goat having the third best player in the league isn’t enough for him

I think that might be that tweeters interpretation of a report and not an actual quote. Unless I missed it, Shams never a said that.

If anything this is probably just Paul putting pressure on the Lakers to improve the roster.
 
I don’t understand why someone who has made 70 million in his career needs a side hustle.

gambling is never about the money, it's about the rush and excitement of the potential of winning. yes, even millionaires seek thrills in their lives especially if it's lacking. that's not to say gambling is the proper approach here but it can be a potentially addicting activity for individuals.
 
This is such a bad look

I supported De'Aaron Fox forcing his way out of a franchise that had already wasted the first half of his career and just reset the "days since revealing themselves to be completely incompetent" clock back to zero... but this is a bridge too far even for me. If this is the direction the league is going, it's no wonder McNair couldn't get any deals done. The NBA appears to be headed in the same direction as MLB in completely selling out the integrity of the game to chase higher profits.
 
I supported De'Aaron Fox forcing his way out of a franchise that had already wasted the first half of his career and just reset the "days since revealing themselves to be completely incompetent" clock back to zero... but this is a bridge too far even for me. If this is the direction the league is going, it's no wonder McNair couldn't get any deals done. The NBA appears to be headed in the same direction as MLB in completely selling out the integrity of the game to chase higher profits.

and because of these higher profits, the NBA asserts themselves with a pointless in-season tournament and play-in tournament instead of allowing hand check rules to return and more leeway from the defense players to play defense. Another great option would be to limit the Playoff rounds instead of having 7 games for every series but that's been discussed time and time again on here.
 
That’s interesting. What would he get in a new deal I wonder? Cant imagine he gets anywhere close to 20.

We saw it a bit with fvv, where he took a paycut to stay, but got more longterm security. I think guys are looking around the league about how broke every team is and are probably willing to sacrifice some yearly cash just to make sure they have more longterm security
 
Hornets starting lineup is currently

Lamelo
Sexton
Kon
Brandon Miller
Miles Brides because their only other option is Kalkbrenner?
 
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