There has been no meaningful movement in any direction on the Jonathan Kuminga front in the past couple weeks, per Anthony Slater of ESPN. Having returned to his offseason base of Miami after a recent trip to his home country – the Democratic Republic of the Congo – the restricted free agent forward remains underwhelmed by the Warriors‘ two-year, $45MM offer that includes a … [Read more...] about Free Agent Rumors: Kuminga, Horford, Westbrook, Grimes
Atlantic Notes: Russell, Murray-Boyles, Nets Assets, Grimes
D’Angelo Russell signed with the Mavericks as a free agent but he’s heaping high praise on the Nets organization. He feels his career has been extended by what he learned early in his career with Brooklyn, he told Dwayne Wade in a podcast (hat tip to Joseph Staszewski of the New York Post). Coincidentally, he took a shot at the Lakers organization. “The organization of Brooklyn … [Read more...] about Atlantic Notes: Russell, Murray-Boyles, Nets Assets, Grimes
Atlantic Notes: Quickley, Clarkson, Pagliuca, Maxey
A signing completed by the Raptors in July 2024 is looming over large over the current offseason, according to ESPN’s Bobby Marks (YouTube link), who points to the five-year deal Immanuel Quickley signed as a restricted free agent last offseason as a major outlier. That contract had a base value of $162.5MM, with an additional $12.5MM in bonuses. It’s worth $32.5MM per year, … [Read more...] about Atlantic Notes: Quickley, Clarkson, Pagliuca, Maxey
Atlantic Notes: Nets, Thomas, Edgecombe, Bridges
The Nets still have significant cap space this summer, observes Yossi Gozlan of The Third Apron (Substack link). The club is also still in a bit of a contract stalemate with restricted free agent guard Cam Thomas. For now, including cap holds, Brooklyn has $28.1MM in available cap room, per Gozlan. Although Brooklyn has agreed to new deals with its own free agents, wing Ziaire … [Read more...] about Atlantic Notes: Nets, Thomas, Edgecombe, Bridges
And-Ones: Hollis-Jefferson, LeBron, Sophomores, G. Arenas
After recently going viral on NBA Twitter for a tweet in which he made his case for an NBA roster spot, veteran forward Rondae Hollis-Jefferson spoke to Cyro Asseo of HoopsHype about his quest to get back into the league. “I feel like, given the time I was in the NBA, I think it was very important for me to self-reflect and think about all the things that I could have done … [Read more...] about And-Ones: Hollis-Jefferson, LeBron, Sophomores, G. Arenas