1. The Suns have matched the contract with the largest offer in history and may temporarily withdraw from the KD competition.
According to a report by "The Athletic" reporter Charania, the Phoenix Suns have decided to match the Indiana Pacers' offer of Ayton for 4 years and 1.33. 100 million dollar contract, and they decided to focus on the three cores to strengthen the championship.
Ayton had an unhappy relationship with the team because he was unwilling to offer the maximum salary to renew his contract. It was also rumored that this new generation center would move to another team. However, after Pacers made an offer for it, the current situation has changed, and the Suns have other plans.
Charania pointed out in the report that the Suns made it clear in the free market that the team intends to bring Ayton back and promised to reinforce the three core players Booker , Paul and Ayton to compete for the next spot. A season winner.
The Suns decided to match the contract with an amount of US$133 million, making it the largest contract offer in the history of the league. The previous holder was the 4-year $107 million offer provided by Brooklyn Nets to Porter Jr. In the end, the Washington Wizards matched this offer.
The Suns' decision is likely to announce that they have temporarily withdrawn from the battle for Durant , because according to league rules, Ayton will not be traded before January 16 next year after matching the contract. Before, he had been an important bargaining chip for the Suns and Nets to discuss multi-party transactions.
In the 2021-22 regular season, Ayton averaged 29.5 minutes per game, scoring 17.2 points, 10.2 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 0.7 blocks. If the Suns decide to cooperate with him for a long time, how to resolve the previous conflicts after the contract renewal will be a big issue.
2. Harden is confident that after this offseason adjustment, he can return to the top next season.
3. The Jazz hope that the Heat will pay to trade Mitchell . The bargaining chip is Herro instead of Butler
4 According to ESPN reporter Wojnarowski, the Minnesota Timberwolves continue to strengthen and will sign a one-year contract with senior guard Austin Rivers. Rivers will represent the Nuggets in the game. played 67 games, averaging 22.1 minutes per game, averaging 6 points, 1.7 rebounds, 1.3 assists, and 0.8 steals. He shot 41.7% from the field, 34.2% from the three-point range, and 72.7% from the free throw line. It was Jamal Murray who was injured. After becoming the team's main point guard, Rivers lost his position in the team as Jamal Murray returned from injury in the new season.
5. The NBA Summer League ended with 6 focus games: Bucks 100: 89 defeated Mavericks , Knicks 102: 89 defeated Magic, Bulls 89: 73 defeated Hornets , Cavaliers 82: 79 defeated The Pistons , Celtics 108:91 defeated the Grizzlies, and the Hawks defeated Spurs 87:86. The Spurs have suffered 4 consecutive losses.
6. Insinuating that James and don’t understand the team? Lakers boss clarified: I am too sad
Lakers boss Jenny Buss previously suddenly tweeted to mourn the death of " Peter Pan " Kobe Bryant , and emphasized that Kobe attaches great importance to the team. This The remarks were interpreted by the outside world as an insinuation that "little emperor" James did not understand the team. Jenny Buss personally clarified during an interview with NBA official website on the 15th, "I didn't mean that, I was just full of sadness in my heart."
7. Retired star Robert Horry, who has 7 championship rings, agrees with the Lakers exchanging James for Durant, and believes that James is inferior to Curry and Doncic.
Horry believes that James no longer has the status of his peak period, is not as good as Curry or Doncic, and should not be a non-saleable commodity of the team. Horry said: "I don't think the league will be put on the trading table now. There are only one or two players, that is Curry and Doncic, anyone else can be traded, I don’t care who you are."
8. Durant for Ingram? The Nets' outrageous offer was rejected by the Pelicans.
According to "Scoop B" reporter Brandon Robinson, who broke the news on the 15th, the Nets and the Pelicans offered to exchange Durant for Ingram. The exaggerated offers of Tom, Lance Jr. and multiple first-round picks were flatly rejected by the Pelicans. After all, the Pelicans were confident in their lineup for next season.
9. The Knicks tried their best to recruit Mitchell, but the Jazz called out exaggerations. Price code
According to "The Athletic" reporter Katz broke the news on the 15th, the Knicks have actively negotiated with the Jazz to trade Mitchell in the past 24 hours, but the Jazz intends to offer a deal that will not lose to the 2020 Clippers in exchange for Paul George The exaggerated offer not only wants first-round picks, but also many Knicks rookies.
It is currently reported that the price requested by the Jazz includes most of the eight first-round picks that the Knicks can currently offer, as well as draft exchange rights, and even draft exchange rights. Aiming at Knicks rookies such as Grimes, Quickley, Toppin, McBride, Reddish, just to make a good profit from the Mitchell trade, it also makes the Knicks delay Dare to nod in agreement.
10. US media revealed that Curry personally lobbied Durant to join the Warriors in order to surpass James and win the fifth championship.
According to "FOX Sports" reporter Buhe, the Warriors star Curry has personally called Durant lobbied for him to return to the Warriors, and the reason Curry did this was to get a fifth championship ring to surpass James.
11. According to Alessandro Magee of Sportando, the former Nets. Small forward Musa has signed with Europe's top giants Real Madrid . According to "European Basketball News", another Nets player, point guard Mike James, chose to renew his contract with Spanish club AS Monaco
