Yeah, def possible he wouldn’t fit great with Kyrie and KD since a lot of his value comes from his playmaking. But they may not be able to afford to let him go for nothing.
Finally, Baby Durant will be reunited with Kevin Durant.
KD, KD, KD!!
There is one big question. Will the Nets get Kevin Durant? There is optimism about the Nets chances. Kyrie Irving’s signing will help, of course. The two are more than close friends, we are told. They are like brothers. Another advantage: Durant wants to play in New York
But there is another asset whose value to Brooklyn isn’t that well known.
“KD really wants to play with Caris,” said one Nets insider. That’s Caris LeVert. It’s not just that the two have worked out together. A lot of players have worked out with KD, but Durant reportedly has a very high opinion of LeVert’s game. He may not be at Irving’s level, but the combination of LeVert and Irving will no doubt help.
When will we know? We would think Tuesday or Wednesday, after meetings in New York with the Nets, Knicks, Clippers and Warriors. We don’t know. Maybe he uses the July 4 weekend to mull, mull, mull. Again, we’re just guessing. Next Saturday, July 6, of course, is the day many of the trades consummated in the last two weeks become official, the first day free agents can sign, the start of the 48-hour clock on RFA offer sheets. That’s an obvious deadline.
The Nets are very close to the amount needed to sign Irving and Durant but not quite there. That could lead to a couple of scenarios being played out this week. One is not positive, as capologist Albert Nahmad tweeted Saturday…
Article from this morning…KD wants to play with CARIS
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I’m not sure about that, if Caris stays healthy he’s a star in the league. Only one player was off the trade board for the nets and that was Caris. He can play point and the two and can get to any spot on the floor. He’s long and cat quick, dude has game!
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If this happens, as a Jersey boy, I am going to start following the Nets. Haven’t really had a team to root for since the Spurs began to fade. . .
Caris strikes me as one of the rare players that isn’t going to just chase the money to chase the money
Everyone takes the biggest contract they can get especially for your second contract
Pistons are set up to have some money when Caris is a due for a contract…just saying.
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Caris hasn’t had a healthy season since he was a sophomore in college - he should take every cent he can get.
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Worth noting here - if the Heat can figure out the mechanics of this Jimmy Butler sign and trade, it seems extremely likely that Duncan Robinson will be moving somewhere as part of matching salary - at this moment it would appear Dallas.
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I imagine they will try to keep Trey - he’s a solid backup PG, and Carlisle has a proclivity to playing like three PG’s at once anyway. Brunson appears to be the heir apparent.
Hardaway…well certainly nobody is going to voluntarily take that contract, so I assume he’s in for awhile.
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As a Timberwolves fan I would certainly welcome a Hardaway Jr for Andrew Wiggins swap.
Lol - you found the one swap that would work! I guess John Wall would too.
what a roster
Hoping Trey sticks with Dallas, he gave them good minutes at the end of last year. I think the league minimum is around $2M for him.
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Robinson holds a partially guaranteed $1.4 million contract for 2019-20. The two-year deal includes $250,000 guaranteed for next season and that will increase to $1 million if he is not waived by July 15. The rest is guaranteed if Robinson remains on the Heat’s roster after several other dates during the offseason.
Read more here: https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nba/miami-heat/article232004197.html#storylink=cpy
I believe this is similar to the deal that Derrick Walton was on last year… he ended up being waved. Basically locks Duncan into Miami’s summer league squad but he will have to perform this July.
I think it’s similar, I don’t recall Walton with the guaranteed $250K because I think he would have stayed just to have a chance at a roster spot. I can’t imagine his euro league contract is more but maybe it is. In a league that covets the three I think Duncan has a chance to stick. We’ll see!
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he played all of summer league
Agreed but didn’t have the guarantee that I recall. He was the first two way player in league history and I think went on to the BULLS but was cut. Duncan is in a better position though I thought the same of DWALT at the time. He can run a team that’s for sure.