Could Bulls forward and restricted free agent Patrick Williams get a fresh start with the Raptors? The Athletic’s Eric Koreen believes Williams could be a realistic free agent target and good fit in Toronto.
Caleb Martin, Tyus Jones and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope are some of the other free agents who could fill a need on the Raptors’ roster, Koreen adds.
We have more from the Atlantic Division:
- Jayson Tatum said that opponents’ gameplans in the postseason against the Celtics put an emphasis to “pick up the pace, the pressure, be more physical, crash the glass, do all the intangible things.” Boston showed it could wreck those plans, at least against a depleted Heat team while advancing to the second round. “Why don’t we flip the script and be the tougher team?” Tatum told The Athletic’s Jay King. “Why don’t we crash the glass more? Why don’t we pick up the pressure on defense while still being the talented team that we are? It’ll be tough to beat us.”
- Jaylen Brown‘s bank account benefitted from the Celtics’ first-round victory. With his team reaching 49 wins and the second round of the playoffs, he received a $553,572 bonus, ESPN’s Bobby Marks tweets.
- Sixers coach Nick Nurse said that his team’s improbable late rally in Game 5 against the Knicks on Tuesday shows the value of playing at full tilt until the finish, Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer relays. “Well, I think that the main thing is that — and I know it sounds very trite — it’s 48 minutes,” Nurse said. “You have to really understand this is 48 minutes and the amount of times I was saying, ‘This is only a two-possession game.’ It felt a lot worse than that. You know what I mean?”
- Knicks forward Julius Randle has decided to return to Creative Artists Agency as his representative, The Athletic’s Fred Katz tweets. Randle left CAA for WME Sports last year.