According to ESPN news, the league's salary cap for the 2022-23 season will increase by US$11.6 million compared with the just past 2021-22 season, reaching US$123.6 million. This is undoubtedly a huge increase for all teams that need to pay the luxury tax. Huge good news. The defending champion Warriors are close to reaching contract extension agreements with Looney and Payton Jr. Otto Porter's contract is still under negotiation. As for Toscano Anderson and Chiosa, neither of them has signed a contract extension. Will receive a qualifying offer from the Warriors and will soon become a free agent.
As the free market is about to open, Nuggets and Wizards completed a 2-for-2 deal. The Nuggets sent Will Barton and Monte Morris , and obtained Pop and Ian from the Wizards. Mel Smith, after Murray is confirmed to return next season, Monte Morris can only serve as a backup point guard. This is undoubtedly a huge waste of talent. More than 20 teams in the league have previously chased Monte Morris. , which also reflects from the side how low Will Barton's transaction value is. After Bill refused to execute the US$36.4 million contract next season, he will sign a five-year US$251 million super-maximum contract with the Wizards and send away Barton, who has played for the team for eight years. Jokic became Currently the longest-serving player in the Nuggets, Ismael Smith surpassed Ariza and became the player with the most teams in NBA history after coming to the 13th team of his career.
The Hawks used Gallinari, plus 3 first-round picks and 1 future draft swap right, to acquire guard Detaijang Murray from Spurs . The three first-round picks sent by the Hawks are: previously acquired from Hornets The 2023 first-round pick, the Hawks' own 2025 and 2027 first-round picks, and the Spurs' 2026 first-round pick have swap rights. After acquiring Murray, the Hawks are still looking for the possibility of trading away general Collins. The team's core Trae Young posted a All-Star photo on his personal social media to welcome the arrival of Detai Zhang Murray. , the Spurs have only made qualifying offers for Lonnie Walker and Wieskamp, and are very likely to waive Gallinari, fully preparing to completely mess up the French genius Wenban Yama. Popovich is quite excited about coaching a group of young people. After Jazz selected young Will Hardy as the team's head coach, there are currently 8 head coaches in the league who were all under Popovich's command. disciple.
In addition to Bucks insider Portis , Nets guard Mills chose to opt out of next season's contract and become a free agent, Thunder refused to exercise Dort 's team option, and the Kings refused In addition to DiVincenzo and the Magic refusing to provide qualifying offers for Bamba , Harden will also choose not to exercise the $47.4 million player option for next season and will re-sign a new contract with the 76ers with a starting salary of $37 million. A three-year contract, in this way, the 76ers may be able to meet the three-year, $30.9 million contract required by P.J. Tucker and strengthen the team's perimeter defense. Portis is expected to sign a large contract with the Bucks worth more than 10 million U.S. dollars. Mills is being sought after by many teams. The Kings can even send away Haliburton without leaving DiVincenzo. That is also expected. The Magic have already become the frontrunner in the competition for Clippers center Isaiah Hartenstein, so they have no intention of keeping Bamba.
The Mavericks originally planned to sign a five-year, US$106 million contract extension with Brunson, but the four-year US$110 million offered by the Knicks was too much, although Brunson will be in On the first day of the free market, he met with many teams, including the Mavericks and the Knicks. However, after the Knicks sent away Noel and Burks cleared salary space for him, Brunson defected to New York. It is already a certainty that the Mavericks are expected to sign Dragic, a good friend of Doncic's national team, to fill the vacancy left by Brunson.
The Clippers reached a three-year, $33 million contract extension with Zubac. Suns center Ayton did not have such good luck. After Jenna announced his return from the free agent market, he chose to execute the players next season. After the option, the Suns made a qualifying offer of US$16.4 million for Ayton, and were willing to listen to any team's trade offer for Crowder. According to the famous reporter Wenhorst, no matter what other teams said about Ayton, No matter what contract is offered, the Suns will choose to match it and are ready to sign and replace it. The Suns management always believes that they can find a perfect replacement for Ayton in the free market, and Bamba is one of the important candidates. .
After Irving chose to execute the last year of the 37 million US dollar contract, the Lakers only wanted 6 million US dollars to sign Irving from the mini-middle class, which became a laughing stock in the league. The reason why Irving failed to reach an early extension with the Nets In addition to not being vaccinated, most people in the Nets are disgusted by the way he treats his teammates and coaches. Although he is a cancer in the eyes of others, the Lakers treat him as a piece of cake. It is a pity that Irving is not willing to pay for money. Sacrifice every penny, and the Lakers' dream of reorganizing the Big Three will be shattered.
Within the Lakers, some people are optimistic that as the season progresses, trading Westbrook will become easier. However, if the Lakers always insist on not adding a first-round pick to the transaction, then Westbrook will always Remaining with the Lakers until the end of the season, the Lakers chose to exercise the team options of Reeves, Stanley Johnson and Gabriel. The total contract of the three was only 5.9 million US dollars, and all of them were better than Williams on the defensive end. Less goes a long way, and the Lakers would be fools if they didn't execute. With Monk expressing his willingness to take a salary cut to stay with the team, the only mid-level contract in the Lakers' hands is likely to be left to Monk. This means that Lakers general manager Pelinka hopes to find someone with both offense and defense in the free market. The wing players who adapt to James and thick eyebrows are just stuck in unrealistic fantasies.
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