The Summer of Dysfunction: NBA 2022 Offseason thread

[Voice of Reason]

Here's to hoping the Pelicans have a boring offseason

“The Pelicans won't offer Zion Williamson $186 million just to eat more cheeseburgers”: NBA Twitter reacts as Brian Windhorst discusses the unfeasibility of the star receiving a max contract

According to Brian Windhorst, the New Orleans Pelicans won’t offer Zion Williamson a full 5-year guaranteed max contract in the offseason.

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If you don't believe in him might as well get rid of him now.

 

[Stop_It_5]

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Would 100% rather do that than gut the team with a Donovan Mitchell trade so we can get 4-1'd by Milwaukee & Boston & Miami the next five years

 

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Guarantee Zion Williamson's Extension
MAY 30, 2022 8:32 AM


Zion Williamson has been fully cleared to play without any restrictions after missing the entire 21-22 season. Williamson will be eligible for a contract extension with the New Orleans Pelicans and their ownership appears to be unwilling to give him a fully guaranteed max contract.

"The big drama this summer is about Zion's contract," said Brian Windhorst on Get Up. "At the end of the season when he spoke to the media, he said he would happily sign an extension when it's put in front of him. But it's not that simple. Any player in his situation would sign a five-year guaranteed max contract.

"But from what I've been told, the Pelicans at this point are not willing to offer a full five-year guaranteed deal. And a lot of it is flowing down from ownership. Gayle Benson, the owner, is also the owner of the New Orleans Saints and I've been told they are going to take a football-style, Saints-style mentality with this contract negotiation. They will offer him a huge contract, but will not guarantee all of it.

"If Zion accepts those terms and still protects himself and maybe gets $100 million plus guaranteed, he signs it and everything is fine. If he doesn't sign it and wants the full [contract] guaranteed, we can have some drama into the fall."

BRIAN WINDHORST/ESPN

 

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Knicks Expect Mitchell Robinson To Get Interest From Multiple Playoff Teams
MAY 28, 2022 1:27 AM


Members of the New York Knicks organization expect Mitchell Robinson to receive interest from multiple playoff teams, sources told Ian Begley of SNY.

Robinson is set to become an unrestricted free agent this summer.

Prior to the draft lottery, several people within the team were in favor of re-signing Robinson due to his pivotal role in Tom Thibodeau's defense.

The Pistons and Thunder previously had interest in Robinson during this season's trade deadline.

Begley adds that the Knicks have sent trainers to work with Robinson this offseason.

IAN BEGLEY/SNY

 

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[THE 101]

There is going to be so many shytty contracts in the NBA in the next couple of years

 

[trick]

I am 100% sure they'll give him the money too. It's Fred or GTJ that they gotta move on from. Their value has never been higher and they gotta pay Scottie in 2 years too.

 

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Projecting 2022 NBA Player and Team Options
By: Keith SmithPublished: May 26, 2022
Projecting 2022 NBA Player and Team Options

Derrick Favors of the Oklahoma City Thunder got a jump on “option season” by exercising his player option for the 2022-23 season well in advance of his deadline. Despite Favors’ early decision, there are dozens of other option decisions pending for the 2022-23 season.

We’ll go team-by-team through the remaining 39 decisions each player or team must make before their respective deadlines. Some of these are no-brainers, while others are legitimate debates. All will have an impact on their team’s cap space, luxury tax bill or roster moves during the 2022 offseason.

ATLANTA HAWKS
No option decisions pending
BOSTON CELTICS
Sam Hauser - $1.6M team option due 6/29/22: Boston is likely to pick up their team option for Hauser. His contract will then shift to become partially guaranteed, but the Celtics like what he’s shown as a shooter while on his minimum deal.
Juwan Morgan – $1.8M team option due 6/29/22: The Celtics are more likely to move on from Morgan than Hauser, but it may not come via his option. If Boston exercises their option for Morgan, his deal becomes non-guaranteed. He’s good enough to make it at least to training camp on that deal.
BROOKLYN NETS
Kessler Edwards - $1.6M team option due 6/29/22: The Nets did well when they converted Edwards to get a little flexibility. That said, he was part of their rotation for most of the second half of the season and he played for them in the playoffs. Edwards will be back.
Kyrie Irving - $36.9M player option due 6/29/22: There are reports that Brooklyn isn’t committed to re-signing Irving long-term. Despite that, look for Irving to still opt out. Even on a short-term deal, he stands to make more money than he would by opting in. That next deal however…
Patty Mills - $6.2M player option due 6/29/22: Mills is in a bit of a tricky spot. He was very good for the Nets in the first half of the year, before playing too many minutes wore him down. At 34 years old, will he get more than $6.2 million option? Probably not. He’ll be back too.

 

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CHARLOTTE HORNETS
Jalen McDaniels - $1.9M team option due 6/29/22: McDaniels is a relative bargain on the final season of the four-year deal he signed as a rookie. But that doesn’t mean his option will definitely be picked up. Instead, look for Charlotte to decline McDaniels’ option and to make him a restricted free agent in 2022. That will give the Hornets control over McDaniels’ free agency this summer vs the unrestricted status he’d have in 2023.
CHICAGO BULLS
Tony Bradley - $2.0M player option due 6/29/22: Bradley is in a bit of a weird spot. Normally a backup big that is only 24 years old would opt out. But this summer there are a lot of veteran bigs on the market, and a lot of them are better than Bradley. He’d be looking at another minimum deal, so he’ll likely opt in and stay in Chicago.
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
Dean Wade - $1.9M team option due 6/24/22: Wade became a key rotation player for the Cavs over the previous two seasons. The question on his option is more about his long-term future in Cleveland. If the Cavs see Wade as someone they want to keep beyond next season, they’ll decline their option and make him a restricted free agent. If this is a year-to-year arrangement, Cleveland will pick up the option and bring back Wade for just above the veteran minimum.
DALLAS MAVERICKS
Trey Burke - $3.3M player option due 6/29/22: Burke was only sometimes a part of the Mavs rotation this past regular season, and he’s barely appeared in the playoffs. He’ll be picking up his option, at which point he’ll become an expiring piece of salary-matching in a trade for Dallas.
DENVER NUGGETS
JaMychal Green - $8.2M player option due 6/20/22: JaMychal Green is likely going to opt in, as he’ll be hard-pressed to find that sort of money in a depressed free agent market. The good news for Denver? Green has a very early decision date, so the Nuggets will know pre-draft if he’s headed to free agency or not.
Jeff Green - $4.5M player option due 6/20/22: Jeff Green is basically in the same spot as JaMychal Green is, just for half the salary. Much like his same-surnamed frontcourt partner, Green will probably opt in. Even though he remains a productive player at age-32, Green probably won’t find as much money available on the open market.