Monday, July 17, 2017

2017-18 NBA Free Agency (Day 6)

Clippers: Milos Teodosic (2yr/$12.3m)
Hey, man, Teodosic can play. I've watched him in the EuroBasket and World Cup and dude can ball out (in the national team game anyway). I suspect the Clippers are the absolutely worst place for him to go: Doc will be prejudiced against the unorthodox foreigner, the fans will heap the blame (and there may well be plenty to go around with the Clipeprs) on him, his game may not mesh and he looks like a big nothing. Too bad, Pelicans would've been a good place for him.

Kings: Bogdan Bogdanovic (3yr/$27m), Vince Carter (1yr/$8m)
Vince says he ain't ring-hunting and signing in Sacramento proves that! Not a bad pick up, the Kings need everything, Coach Joerge picks up another old Grizzly soldier. I like the signing. This is the other Bogdanovic, don't know much about this one (except that he's not the other one). They kinda stole him from the Suns, if they get anything of him, they'll look brilliant. What is up with the Kings doing everything right?

Heat: Kelly Olynyk (4yr/$50m), James Johnson (4yr/$60m)
I like Olynyk and Johnson as much as the next guy but $110m for the next years seems kinda steep to me. Oh well, they're both fun players when they're rolling and the Heat is probably a good spot for them.

Spurs: Rudy Gay (2yr/$17m)
If they re-sign Pau, they'll have a lot of long lean veteran savvy around the rim. The Spurs are still good, if this team grinds they win. Gay is probably a pretty good pickup for them.

Mavs: Dirk Nowitzki (2yr/$10m)
I think Dirk has two more years left in him. Sure, he's only getting slower and his D will just be brutal at times; but he still has one of the sweetest most un-guardable jumpers in the history of the game. He can still do that for two more years.

Knicks: Tim Hardaway Jr (4yr/$71m).
Yup, this is easily the most head-scratching-est deal of the summer. Why is New York a place that no one wants to go? A place that has to overpay to lure people in? When did NYC become SLC? Hardaway's a nice player and he's been with the Knicks before but, man, who else was gonna give him $15m a year? What are the Knicks doing? They're trying to suck, right?

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