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The 2024 NBA Draft is in the rear-view mirror, where somehow the No. 55 pick outshined the deserving No. 1. The Knicks already made their bold offseason move to acquire Mikal Bridges and become a genuine threat to the Celtics.
And NBA free agency hasn’t even started. Things officially tip-off Sunday at 6 p.m. Eastern, but to state the obvious, the NBA is a tampering league, and talks are already going on, which means rumors are flying. And a few deals are already made. Here is all the latest from around the NBA’s free agency rumor mill.
• Chris Paul, Warriors agree to push back guarantee date until Sunday. In a sign that the Warriors are looking for ways to make a trade that includes Chris Paul, the Warriors and CP3 agreed to push back his $30 million contract guarantee deal until Sunday, a story broken by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Paul’s guarantee date was today (Friday, June 28), and if push came to shove, Golden State probably would have let him walk. Paul likely gets a little money for agreeing to this, but it’s also in his interest.
ESPN Sources: Golden State and Chris Paul intend to move back the date to guarantee the $30 million on his 2024-2025 contract to the start of free agency on Sunday. Deadline was originally today. This gives Warriors time to keep exploring trades.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 28, 2024
Golden State is going to look very different next season, with Klay Thompson somewhere else — it’s just going to be weird to see him in any other jersey — and Paul likely gone as well. The question is who comes in to replace them? Don’t be shocked if a big trade is coming.
• Paul George remains the biggest domino in free agency. George wants the full four-year, $221 max contract the Clippers can offer him. That’s not on the table, something that’s not a secret and was echoed by the well-connected Tomer Azarly of Clutch Points.
The Clippers offer for George remains a three-year deal worth slightly under the three-year, $149 million extension that Kawhi Leonard signed in January 2024, league sources tell ClutchPoints. Leonard took a roughly $10…
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Publish date : 2024-06-29 00:50:41
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