A cloud of uncertainty surrounds the upcoming NBA season, however, new drops are beginning to rain. While he waits to find out if James Harden is in Brooklyn, news of the draft, industry, and loose agents temporarily begin to surface.
Among them, Fred VanVleet and Jerami Grant are two of this year’s most intriguing loose agents. Both are essential for their organizations and are sometimes expected to re-sign, but neither of them are sure they will. Veteran shipowners Goran Dragic and Rajon Rondo have reached the market unrestricted and generated suitors.
If Dragic feels like a comfortable bet to stay in Miami, you may very well replace groups without converting your address. Here, we look at how 3 of the most attractive loose agent decisions can take place.
While many expect the Toronto Raptors to retain Fred VanVleet, there are a few other groups that want guards and cash to keep him away, with a championship to his credit and coming out of a contract that earned him an average annual salary of $9 million. , FVV is in a position to prioritize your bank account and that may not be painted in favor of Toronto.
It has become transparent that, above all, coins are the decisive thing about VanVleet this off-season, as he put it in JJ Redick’s podcast: “I’m looking to get paid, man. . . I’m not shy about it . . . I won a championship and now it’s time for coins. “
Since, like some other teams, the Raptors are determined to secure us and offer an offer wide enough to pique giannis Antetokounmpo’s interest in 2021, they may not have the money to remain VanVleet. The New York Knicks can also be the winners.
While the Atlanta Hawks and Charlotte Hornets can make competitive donations for the 26-year-old guard, neither is wielding the guaranteed point of media exposure in the New York market. The Knicks, who desperately need to film and act, can sell FVV a starring role, a renewed team culture and, most importantly, a greater possibility of endorsement opportunities at the top of their salary.
Prediction: Fred VanVleet with New York Knicks
Some NBA players are universal cups. Jerami Grant is one of the players. Like the coveted Jrue Holiday and Robert Covington, Grant is talented on both sides of the field, disinterested in doing the little things and, in today’s NBA, designed for any team’s system.
Away from his relegation in 2014 to highlight kills and blocks as a rookie in Philadelphia, Grant developed a sense of play and a ball 3, evolving into one of the Denver Nuggets’ most critical participants in a Wester Conference final. It fired 31. 4% on 2. 4 attempts out of 3 consistent with play and 59. 1% of the line. Last season it reached 38. 9% in 3. 5 attempts of 3 and 75% of the line.
Given this progression in the consummate fashion eaves, no one was surprised when Yahoo’s Chris Haynes announced that Grant would decline his $9. 3 million player option by 2020-21. Since the Nuggets have Grant’s bird rights, they can pay more than most.
By combining this money with good recent memories of an increase in the playoffs, Denver is the maximum of the team likely renting to Grant. But the Hawks are an intriguing black horse. Atlanta must be a competitive team in the playoffs and the organization is confident that John Collins values cash as a cornerstone, hence the hypothesis that Onyeka Okongwu is at stake for a draft selection.
The Hawks may be offering Grant’s money in that $15 million diversity and a role that is not saturated by dominant players like Michael Porter Jr. or Paul Millsap. While the 26-year-old can return seamlessly with Denver, Atlanta provides an opportunity to ride.
Prediction: Jerami Grant with Atlanta Hawks
This would be one of Rajon Rondo’s all-time highest moves: rejecting a bigger payday to play less and register for his team’s biggest rival. After Rondo’s expected decline in his $2. 6 million player option, the Los Angeles Lakers replaced him with Dennis Schroder, now he can ruin that new satisfied appointment by enrolling in the Los Angeles Clippers.
ESPN’s Frank Isola reports that Rondo can get an offer of approximately $15 million over two years from the Hawks, however, the 34-year-old is still interested in the Clippers. While that would mean a pay cut, Rondo has already earned his money, won his championships and, unsurprisingly, may be asked to face the Lakers in the playoffs and make a point.
The Clips collapsed in this year’s playoffs, despite roster skill, and their lack of leadership was as much as their lack of play. Rondo fills the two gaps and, having fired an unexpected 40% of 3 in this year’s playoffs, can simply show the clips that can really improve your game when more tracks.
To see Rondo Kawhi Leonard and Paul George be smarter than a Lakers team affected by the bad looks of Schroder’s streak would be the poetic justice of Los Angelino in 2021.
Prediction: Rajon Rondo with Los Angeles Clippers