When the Bulls traded Lonzo Ball for Isaac Okoro earlier this month, they had to use a portion of their existing Zach LaVine traded player exception worth $17MM+ to absorb Okoro’s $11MM salary, tweets Keith Smith of Spotrac. Chicago couldn’t simply use Ball’s $10MM outgoing salary for matching purposes due to an injury protection clause in his contract, Smith notes. The $10MM … [Read more...] about Cap Notes: Bulls, Nuggets, Harden, Minott, MLEs
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Bulls ruined their shot at Jonathan Kuminga with head-scratching trade
The Chicago Bulls would have had a shot at getting Jonathan Kuminga, but they lost that opportunity when they traded Lonzo Ball. … [Read more...] about Bulls ruined their shot at Jonathan Kuminga with head-scratching trade
2025 NBA Summer League: 1 Question For Each Pelicans Rookie
In the same vein as the Phoenix Suns, the New Orleans Pelicans obtain talented players from all across the draft. In the lottery, New Orleans took Oklahoma guard Jeremiah Fears and Maryland big Derik Queen. For the second round, the Pelicans traded for Georgetown wing Micah Peavy. All three players bring impressive skills and talent to a franchise pivoting to a new direction. … [Read more...] about 2025 NBA Summer League: 1 Question For Each Pelicans Rookie
Other NBA Franchise Icons Who Rejoined Team End Of Career
On Thursday, it was announced that Damian Lillard was rejoining the Portland Trail Blazers, a team where he became a franchise icon. The 6-foot-2 point guard spent his first 11 years in the league with Portland before being traded to the Milwaukee Bucks. Lillard played two seasons for them, got hurt, was stretched and waived, and is now back with the Blazers. The 35-year-old is … [Read more...] about Other NBA Franchise Icons Who Rejoined Team End Of Career
Five Worst Whiffs in the 2012 NBA Draft
The 2012 NBA Draft had two likely HOF talents selected in the top-10 picks, from the New Orleans Hornets selecting Anthony Davis with the No. 1 overall pick to the Portland Trailblazers taking a swing on a small school guard by the name of Damian Lillard with the No. 6 overall pick. Despite these teams’ draft success, for other organizations, some of their decisions caused set … [Read more...] about Five Worst Whiffs in the 2012 NBA Draft