A cloud of uncertainty surrounds the upcoming NBA season, but new drops are starting to rain. While waiting to see if James Harden eventually leaves Houston, draft news, industry and loose agents begin to temporarily emerge.
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 will surely. After them, elegance includes the sharp veteran guards Goran Dragic and Rajon Rondo, who have suitors if they enter the open market.
Although Dragic turns out to be an easy bet to stay in Miami, Rondo can simply replace groups without converting his direction. Here, we look at how 3 of the most attractive decisions of loose agents 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 escort, none are brandishing the guaranteed media exposure point through the New York market. The Knicks, who desperately want to film and play, can sell FVV in a prominence, a culture of renewed equipment and, more importantly, a greater chance of sponsorship opportunities in addition to 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, willing to do the little things in a selfless way 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 to one of the Denver Nuggets’ top 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 needs to 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. 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 help Kawhi Leonard and Paul George outperform a Lakers team in trouble for the appearance of Schroder’s series would be the poetic justice of Los Angelino in 2021.
Prediction: Rajon Rondo with Los Angeles Clippers