Trade & FA 2024-25:

[DanSchwartzgan]

Harris at MLE level is a great signing

My brother….

$16.2?

[SleepingHero]

Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope intends to sign a three-year, $66 million deal with the Orlando Magic, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Massive pickup for the rising Magic, acquiring the starting shooting guard of two NBA title teams.

[omahen]

My brother….

$16.2?

Also fine. But they should keep Green and trade Maxi in this case (to keep DJJ)

[SleepingHero]

Yossi Gozlan (@YossiGozlan)
The Denver Nuggets have a pathway to replace Kentavious Caldwell-Pope with a starter-level guard.

If they unload Zeke Nnaji’s $8.9 million, and sign and trade Pope to Orlando, they could use his outgoing salary toward up to a $21 million player. Bogdan Bogdanovic and Norman Powell come to mind as players who could fit in this scenario.

They could make this all work while fielding a 14 man roster under the $188.9

[DanSchwartzgan]

Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope intends to sign a three-year, $66 million deal with the Orlando Magic, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Massive pickup for the rising Magic, acquiring the starting shooting guard of two NBA title teams.

Is the dam finally breaking?  Let the deals flow.

[SleepingHero]

Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope intends to sign a three-year, $66 million deal with the Orlando Magic, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Massive pickup for the rising Magic, acquiring the starting shooting guard of two NBA title teams.

This feels like a huge blow to the Nuggets.

[LukaMVP]

KPJ was good playing a Houston and he is still a good player. maybe we have made a bid for him but he would rather choose the chance to get more money (or future money), which he has already lost a lot. playing in LA he would have a bigger role to play since Russ and George are both possible gone and LA is a big market, that's definitely a better choice than being luka and kyrie's backup while also facing the competition with a bunch of young talents on the backcourt.

[SleepingHero]

KPJ was good playing a Houston and he is still a good player. maybe we have made a bid for him but he would rather choose the chance to get more money (or future money), which he has already lost a lot. playing in LA he would have a bigger role to play since Russ and George are both possible gone and LA is a big market, that's definitely a better choice than being luka and kyrie's backup while also facing the competition with a bunch of young talents on the backcourt.

He's also the dude that threw a tantrum in CLE, tried to fight an assistant coach, threw food at an assistant coach, and was waived for nothing because of such a locker room cancer. 

Maybe he grew up?

I still am glad the Mavs stayed away as far as possible.

[SleepingHero]

Yossi Gozlan (@YossiGozlan)
The Orlando Magic have about $28 million left in cap space after signing Kentavious Caldwell-Pope to three years, $66 million.

That's assuming Pope gets flat $22 million cap hits. The Magic typically structure deals like that or descending.

[RoyTarpleysGhost]

I'll be with you in the trenches. Signing a 6'8 forward with career 17ppg/8rpg averages who can hit a 3 pretty consistently isn't a bad thing at all.

Harrison Barnes also fits that description. Both chokers

[KillerLeft]

I’m preparing for the fallout of this happening.  I actually like Harris here and once again I’ll be practically the only one pumping sunshine after a trade or signing.

Jokes aside, I’ll be ok with it if it’s on the cheap to backup PJ and possibly steal some of this Kleber “no center” minutes. 

I think he’s even less suited as a 3 here than Thompson, defensively.

[SleepingHero]

Unfortunately I have to leave now to go help my church clean up for a couple of hours.

I'll be back soon!

[F Gump]

Mavs have at least until July 6th, when deals can become official, to figure out the difference. They can use the full TPE and then make another move to create space under the hard cap. Point is, they can offer 16 mil as it is, whithout sending a player to GSW, if that is their preference.

"Point is, they can offer 16 mil as it is" --- No they cannot. The size of the TPE is overridden by the Apron, that cannot be exceeded. With the TJH trade, if they don't want to leave any cushion, they are only $14,370,699 below the Apron. With a cushion left, they have about 13.4 to offer.

"They can use the full TPE and then make another move to create space under the hard cap." -- Nope, not in that order. They would have to open apron room first. 

They actually have a lot of flexibility as long as they stay under the Apron, which they have to do anyhow if they trade for Klay -- in any particular trade they can do a 200% match. It's just a matter of figuring out what to do, then doing it in the right order, and perhaps combining 2 or 3 trades into one deal to join the TPE's all into one.

[LukaMVP]

He's also the dude that threw a tantrum in CLE, tried to fight an assistant coach, threw food at an assistant coach, and was waived for nothing because of such a locker room cancer. 

Maybe he grew up?

I still am glad the Mavs stayed away as far as possible.

yes, he would make Russ look like an angel tbh.

[KillerLeft]

Unfortunately I have to leave now to go help my church clean up for a couple of hours.

I'll be back soon!

I’m not at home and on my phone, so I can’t really fill in for him. If someone else wants to organize all of this, we’d appreciate it!

[RGP1981]

Also the optics of signing a guy who beat his girlfriend under Kidd is just no bueno.

I know he was acquitted. Does not matter to the media.

I don't care about optics, because optics really only matters to losers... if you think about it. 

I like winning. Really, no one cares about anything else, in sports. History only remembers the winners. Ask GSW, ask Curry, ask KD, ask Lebron, etc. We celebrate them, despite them making some of the weakest moves in the history of basketball and in the history of optics.

[Razzmatazz_Hopskidillydoo]

KT's a better shooting THJ, which to me is closer to a specialist.
I'd rather have Tobias, and he would cost less.

[LukaMVP]

I don't care about optics, because optics really only matters to losers... if you think about it. 

I like winning. Really, no one cares about anything else, in sports. History only remembers the winners. Ask GSW, ask Lebron, etc.

dude is a good player and players of that talent level are simply beyond our reach most times. but the potential of him causing locker room disharmony is a risk that has to be considered. he may be a good signing on the right deal (partially guaranteed contract for example) though.

[RoyTarpleysGhost]

Nuggets pulling a Baghdad Bob

[Wind] Kentavious Caldwell-Pope was a great Nugget, but he's turning 32 next year with a ton of miles/minutes on him. He also got exposed defensively in the playoffs vs. Anthony Edwards. I think Denver would rather the flexibility and wonder if KCP also didn't mind a change of scenery.

[KillerLeft]

Nuggets pulling a Baghdad Bob

[Wind] Kentavious Caldwell-Pope was a great Nugget, but he's turning 32 next year with a ton of miles/minutes on him. He also got exposed defensively in the playoffs vs. Anthony Edwards. I think Denver would rather the flexibility and wonder if KCP also didn't mind a change of scenery.

I’m reading a lot of folks who claim Denver’s offer was 3-years at almost the same money. Seems like dude just wanted out, which raises all sorts of questions.

I think Calvin Booth might suck.