The Philadelphia 76ers are hiring longtime Pacers assistant coach Dan Burke, league sources tell ESPN’s Tim Bontemps.
Burke joins former Grizzlies and Kings coach Dave Joerger on Doc Rivers’ coaching staff, and is widely regarded for his defensive acumen.
Fonte: Tim Bontemps.
The Clippers have interest in signing the Lakers’ Rajon Rondo, reports Marc Stein of the New York Times, and are expected to pursue Rondo when free agency opens in November.
While the Lakers are reportedly determined to re-sign Rondo after the role he played in their title run, the the Clippers are eager to upgrade at point guard.
Two-time NBA champions has said he is planning to test the market: this means he is very likely to decline his $2.7m option for next season.
Fonte: Marc Stein.
The Utah Jazz have agreed to be sold by the Miller family to Qualtrics founder Ryan Smith for $1.66 billion. The deal will include Vivint Arena and is pending approval from the NBA Board of Governors, as reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
The Millers have owned the Jazz for 35 years. Larry Miller passed away in 2009 at the age of 64 with his widow Gail Miller running the team in the subsequent years.
The Philadelphia 76ers are hiring Daryl Morey to a five year contract, as reported by Shams Charania.
Morey will become the president of the basketball operations of the franchise.
Morey joins the 76ers after his long tenure with the Houston Rockets he left at the end of the Orlando’s bubble.
The Dallas Mavericks and the Oklahoma City Thunder had an agreement in place for Danilo Gallinari at last NBA trade deadline.
Per RealGM, the deal fell through when he signaled he would test free agency and not agree to an extension.
The Miami Heat were also interested in trading for Gallinari at the deadline.
Gallinari is unlikely to re-sign with the Thunder and they could agree to a sign-and-trade with Dallas. Sign-and-trade agreements must be for a minimum of three seasons.
The Charlotte Hornets want to select James Wiseman in the next NBA Drart and they are open to trading up.
Charlotte has the third pick in the draft but Wiseman could be selected in one of the first two positions.
Per Charlotte Observer, The Hornets are highly interested in selecting former Memphis center James Wiseman in the Nov. 18 draft, two NBA sources with knowledge of the situation told The Observer.
One of those sources said he views Georgia guard Anthony Edwards as the Hornets’ backup plan if Wiseman isn’t available to Charlotte.
The two teams drafting before the Hornets — the Minnesota Timberwolves at No. 1 and the Golden State Warriors at No. 2 — appear open to trading out of those spots.
The Dallas Mavericks want to win now and they are willing to add a third star in the next NBA market.
Per Dallas News, All players on the Mavericks are available beyond Doncic and Porzingis. Dallas would also be willing to take on bad salary from another team to help facilitate a trade, which runs counter to their previously perceived preference to maximize their 2021 cap space to pursue Giannis Antetokounmpo.
The Mavericks own the 18th and 31st picks in the draft and have a strong desire to trade into the lottery.
Fonte: RealGM.
The NBA salary cap for the 2020-21 season is expected to be no less than $109 million, according to ESPN’s front office insider Bobby Marks.
“The teams I’ve talked to have said the cap will be no lower than $109 million,” said Bobby Marks on The Lowe Post. “That’s what they’ve been assured. It could be $111 million.”
Fonte: RealGM.
According to Marc Stein of the New York Times, some teams are preparing for the NBA free agency to begin as early as November 20 or November 21 — 48 to 72 hours after the November 18 NBA Draft — if the plan to start the 2020-21 season on December 22 goes ahead.
Further clarity is expected by this weekend, Stein reports.
Fonte: Marc Stein.
Danny Green said that some important players may miss the first month of the season if the next NBA season begins on December 22.
“If we start in December, I think most guys [are like] ‘I’m not going to be there… to have that quick of a restart, I wouldn’t expect [LeBron] to be there for the 1st month of the season” Green said.
Lakers and Heat will have just two months between The Finals and the 2020-2021 start.
There are typically four months between seasons. Teams eliminated in the second round will have 3.5 months.
The only teams really affected are Lakers, Heat, Nuggets, and Celtics.
Lakers and Heat will have just two months between The Finals and the 2020-2021 start.
There are typically four months between seasons. Teams eliminated in the second round will have 3.5 months.
The only teams really affected are LAL, MIA, DEN, and BOS.
The show must go on. https://t.co/selfmhD2z9
— Billy Reinhardt (@BillyReinhardt) October 26, 2020
Dan Craig leaves Miami Heat to sign as assistant coach of Los Angeles Clippers.
A season after replacing Juwan Howard, Spoelstra again has a vacancy on his staff.
Erik Spoelstra Heat assistant Dan Craig leaves for similar job with Clippers. https://t.co/HSmBMHaaVi A season after replacing Juwan Howard, Spoelstra again has a vacancy on his staff.
— Ira Winderman (@IraHeatBeat) October 26, 2020
JR Smith revealed that in 16 years as a pro he did not get along with only one teammate: Sam Dekker.
Dekker, who is playing in Turkey now, has spent four seasons in the NBA and had a short stint with the Cavaliers.
Per Clutchpoints, “He’s a person who’s very aware of somebody else’s circumstances and wanna keep him there as opposed to trying to help him elevate up, and I don’t respect anything about that.”
JR Smith says he’s only had 1 teammate that he didn’t like over his 16 year career🤯
Via @E_DeBerardinis pic.twitter.com/Y2JX8lH8Iz
— NBA Retweet (@RTNBA) October 24, 2020
The Cleveland Cavaliers are planning the future with Andre Drummond.
The big man has a $28.7 million player option for next season.
Per Cleveland.com, “I have not asked him, ‘Hey man, are you opting in or opting out?’ But the conversations we’ve had have been positive. Indirectly those conversations have been about the future, what next year is going to look like, how he wants to be part of the team and how we can use him effectively and all those things.”
Bickerstaff added that “we’ve had no conversations about him not being here and we’ve been planning for the future with him.”
Fonte: RealGM.
The NBA Salary Cap is expected to decline “anywhere between $3 million and $12 million” for next season, sources told Connor Letourneau of the San Francisco Chronicle.
Per RealGM, the league reportedly missed its revenue projections by $1.5 billion due to a combination of the shutdown, cancellation of games, and finishing the season without fans.
It was reported on Friday that the NBA could hold up to 40% of player salaries for the upcoming season in escrow to offset anticipated losses due to having a limited amount of fans or no fans altogether.
The NBA missed its revenue projections this season by $1.5 billion, sources told Tim Reynolds of The Associated Press.
The losses were due to a combination of the shutdown due to the pandemic, the cancellation of 171 regular-season games, completing the season without fans, and losing $200 million in a rift with the Chinese government.
Fonte: Tim Reynolds.
New Los Angeles Clippers coach Tyronn Lue opened up the possibility of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George remaining with the Clippers for many years.
“I think Kawhi and PG are going to stay for a long time. I think in their situation and where they want to be, it’s here with the Clippers. We just gotta make it a great environment, and we have to win,” Lue said in an appearance on ESPN’s The Jump with Rachel Nichols.
Fonte: ESPN.
According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Brian Windhorst, the NBA is considering a two-week break at the midway point of the 20-21 season as there almost certainly won’t be an All-Star Weekend as scheduled in Indianapolis.
The league is proposing a 72-game regular season and a play-in tournament ahead of the playoffs. This mid-season break could also serve to held a mid-season tournament, which has been a long dream of commissioner Adam Silver.
Fonte: ESPN.
Members of the Toronto Raptors organization “remain hopeful” that the team will be able to host games in Toronto next season, sources told Josh Lewenberg of TSN.
The Raptors organisations is discussing several contingency plans regarding next season, because of possible travel restrictions regarding COVID-19. Lewenberg adds that Louisville was never on the table for the organization, despite some rumors shared in the recent days.
Fonte: Josh Lewenberg.
The NBA continues to discuss the possibility of holding a tournament and a play-in game for the playoffs during the 20-21 season, as reported by ESPN’s Brian Windhorst and Zach Lowe.
The league has long planned to use the 75th anniversary season in 21-22 to experiment with new revenue-generating formats, but they could revisit the option for next season after using the play-in tournament during the Orlando restart.
NBA agents are bracing for the possibility that the league will withhold up to 40 percent of player salaries during the 20-21 season in escrow, as reported by ESPN’s Bobby Marks.
This amount of money, which would roughly be on the basis of $1.6B, would offset anticipates losses incurred by the league due to a drop in revenue in having either a limited number of fans attend games in person or no fans together.
Fonte: Bobby Marks.
According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the 2021 NBA All Star Game could be canceled, though no final decision as been made as of now. The event is scheduled to be held in Indianapolis, for the second time in the city history after 1985.
Wojnarowski adds that because approximately two-thirds of the league’s current jurisdictions still aren’t allowing large gatherings of people – as well as the ominous current trajectory of the virus – the NBA has become less apt to delay start of season and wait on return of fans.
Fonte: Adrian Wojnarowski.
Six-time All-Star Amar’e Stoudemire has agreed to a deal to join new Brooklyn Nets coach Steve Nash’s staff as an assistant coach, sources tell The Athletic’s Shams Charania.
Stoudemire, who seemed close to return to Maccabi Tel Aviv as a player, will reportedly focus on player development.
Fonte: Shams Charania.
The NBA is targeting Tuesday, December 22nd for the start of the 20-21 season with a 72-game regular season that finishes before the 2021 Olympics begin on July 23rd, reports The Athletic’s Shams Charania.
The league has started the season on a Tuesday in recent years with a doubleheader on TNT, and beginning the 2020-21 season around Christmas Day would allow the league to return to a semi-normal schedule while potentially allowing stars to play in the Olympics.
The NBA reportedly still prefers in-market play for the 20-21 season instead of a bubble or multiple bubbles.
Fonte: Shams Charania.
The New Orleans Pelicans are unlikely to trade J.J. Redick following the hiring of Stan Van Gundy, according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst.
Redick played a role in the Pelicans hiring Van Gundy, who coached him in Orlando.
Fonte: Brian Windhorst.
The NBA’s Board of Governors are meeting on Friday and discussing starting the 20-21 season as quickly as possible, playing fewer than 82 games and not waiting for fans to be permitted to all arenas across the league, ESPN reports.
Some are reportedly pushing the league to start as soon as Christmas Day in what is typically a high ratings day for the NBA, though some believe that won’t be feasible and instead prefer beginning the season on or around Martin Luther King Day in mid-January. While the conventional wisdom around the league had been to delay the start of the season, that shifted in recent days to a quicker timeline.
Fonte: ESPN.
Kenny Atkinson emerged as a strong candidate to join Ty Lue in Los Angeles as assistant coach.
Atkinson has been head coach of the Nets before the two sides parted ways in the middle of the season.
Another name in Clippers’ radars is Dan Craig, an assistant in Miami.
Heat assistant coach Dan Craig, who interviewed for Indiana's head-coaching vacancy, is said to be another top target for Lue's staff with the Clippers, which is also expected to include another former NBA coach head coach in Larry Drew
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) October 23, 2020
According to SNY’s Ian Begley, the Indiana Pacers have interest in acquiring Gordon Hayward.
Hayward can hit free agency this year by declining his $34 million player option but it isn’t a very likely scenario, Begley reports.
Fonte: SNY.
Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie has parted with Roc Nation Sports and is seriously considering representing himself, according to Shams Charania.
This is not the first time that Dinwiddie has shown his creativity when it comes to managing his business. In the past, he made headlines when he tried to turn his NBA contract into an investment vehicle, while recently he attempted to crowdfund his next one in exchange for letting fans choose his next team.
Fonte: Shams Charania.
The New Orleans Pelicans have officially hired Stan Van Gundy as their new head coach.
“Stan’s ability to teach while building genuine relationships was one of his many strengths that drew us to him. We feel like we are hiring one of the most accomplished leaders and authentic human beings in the NBA,” Pelicans EVP of Basketball Operations David Griffin said.
Fonte: New Orleans Pelicans.
The Philadelphia 76ers have hired former NBA point guard Jameer Nelson as a scout and assistant GM for the Delaware Blue Coats, the organization’s G League team, according to NBC Sports Philadelphia.
Nelson, 38, will work for the first time as an executive after playing 14 years in the NBA. He spent 10 seasons with the Orlando Magic, reaching the NBA Finals and becoming an All-Star in 2009. He also played for the Mavericks, Celtics, Nuggets, Pelicans and Pistons.
Fonte: NBC Sports Philadelphia.