Brandon Ingram expected to become available for trade as wing market comes into focus

With the 2024 NBA Draft over, the league’s transaction market is expected to continue with trade activity over the weekend, league sources told Yahoo Sports, as various clubs look to add players for next season or reshuffle salary in advance of the 2024-25 business year beginning when free agency opens on 6 p.m. ET Sunday.

Thursday’s second round of the draft already saw the Denver Nuggets, for example, send three future second-round picks to Charlotte, sources said, in order to move Reggie Jackson’s $5.2 million salary. That’s a move that should open necessary flexibility for Denver as NBA personnel prepare for Nuggets swingman Kentavious Caldwell-Pope to exit via free agency after the veteran declined his $15.4 million player option Thursday.

There are several other important player option and contract guarantee decisions looming over the next 48 hours, perhaps none more important than Paul George’s $48.7 million option to remain with the Clippers — which he could feasibly decline and join Caldwell-Pope on the open market. Another wing player who should factor in that mix of perimeter talents, Brandon Ingram, is expected to become available for trade in New Orleans, league sources told Yahoo Sports, should Ingram’s representation and the Pelicans’ front office come short of finding a long-term extension agreement before Ingram enters the final year of his current contract in 2024-25.

David Griffin told reporters following Wednesday night’s first round the Pelicans hope to retain Ingram and that Ingram wants to remain with New Orleans. The Pelicans, though, have never paid into the luxury tax, and New Orleans will likely have to draw a line at some threshold below Ingram’s maximum potential salary.

Ingram has been listed among Philadelphia’s targets this offseason, sources said, somewhere below George, although it’s not exactly clear where Ingram ranks among the Sixers’ proverbial group of wing targets to slot between Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey. In the event George spurns Philadelphia, the Sixers could easily acquire Ingram into their $60-plus million in cap space, but could…

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Publish date : 2024-06-28 15:01:52

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