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Saturday, July 9, 2016
Sunday, July 3, 2016
NBA Free Agency Grades (DAY TWO)
Day two of NBA free agency is in the books. It wasn't AS crazy as day one was....but it still had it's moments (GO ROCKETS!). Here's what went down in case you missed it.
-Los Angeles Lakers sign (SF) Luol Deng for 4-years, $72-million.
Deng averaged 12.3 PPG, 6.0 RPG, & 1.9 APG while playing 32 MPG in 74 games for the Miami Heat last season.
Tremendous signing by the Lakers. Los Angeles has one of the youngest teams in the league and they need mature veteran players around to help keep the young guys in line. I probably would have preferred a two-year contract for Deng rather than giving him four, but I wouldn't be too nitpicky if I'm a Lakers fan. After an off-season that saw them hire the unproven Luke Walton as head coach and once again strike out on all the big-named free agents, they'll take any kind of good news they can get. Deng was a solid signing.
Grade: B-
NBA Free Agency Grades
Day Two
Deng averaged 12.3 PPG, 6.0 RPG, & 1.9 APG while playing 32 MPG in 74 games for the Miami Heat last season.
Tremendous signing by the Lakers. Los Angeles has one of the youngest teams in the league and they need mature veteran players around to help keep the young guys in line. I probably would have preferred a two-year contract for Deng rather than giving him four, but I wouldn't be too nitpicky if I'm a Lakers fan. After an off-season that saw them hire the unproven Luke Walton as head coach and once again strike out on all the big-named free agents, they'll take any kind of good news they can get. Deng was a solid signing.
Grade: B-
Saturday, July 2, 2016
NBA Free Agency Grades (DAY ONE)
NBA free agency is finally upon us.
Here's a live look at NBA owners everywhere.....
Seriously though. The amount of money that was thrown out on the first day of NBA free agency was ludicrous. We all knew it was going to be insane, but were we expecting it to be THAT insane?!?! I mean, MIKE CONLEY is now the highest paid player in NBA history. Let that one sink in for a second.
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We good now?
Anyway, with the first day of NBA free agency behind us and with the absolute wackiness of it all, it's only right that we here at THE Ultimate Sports Blog take a look back and grade each ridiculous contract that was handed out yesterday.
Are you ready? I hope so. Because shit is about to get weird.
-Los Angeles Lakers sign (C) Timofey Mozgov for 4-years, $64-million.
Mozgov averaged 6.3 PPG, 4.4 RPG, & 0.8 BPG while playing 17 MPG in 76 games for the Cleveland Cavaliers last season.
Ummm, yuck. Look, I know the Lakers don't have much to work with and they are in a bad spot right now. They have such a horrible team that no good free agents are even going to give them a meeting or even sniff their direction. That will change in a few years if D'Angelo Russell and Brandon Ingram can develop into solid NBA players, but that's far from a guarantee. At the moment though, the Lakers need good players who can help those two develop. Giving a 4-year contract to a back-up center is ballsy. Giving a 4-year, $64 million contract to a back-up center is just plain fucking stupid.
Grade: F
Here's a live look at NBA owners everywhere.....
Seriously though. The amount of money that was thrown out on the first day of NBA free agency was ludicrous. We all knew it was going to be insane, but were we expecting it to be THAT insane?!?! I mean, MIKE CONLEY is now the highest paid player in NBA history. Let that one sink in for a second.
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We good now?
Anyway, with the first day of NBA free agency behind us and with the absolute wackiness of it all, it's only right that we here at THE Ultimate Sports Blog take a look back and grade each ridiculous contract that was handed out yesterday.
Are you ready? I hope so. Because shit is about to get weird.
NBA Free Agency Grades
Day One
-Los Angeles Lakers sign (C) Timofey Mozgov for 4-years, $64-million.
Mozgov averaged 6.3 PPG, 4.4 RPG, & 0.8 BPG while playing 17 MPG in 76 games for the Cleveland Cavaliers last season.
Ummm, yuck. Look, I know the Lakers don't have much to work with and they are in a bad spot right now. They have such a horrible team that no good free agents are even going to give them a meeting or even sniff their direction. That will change in a few years if D'Angelo Russell and Brandon Ingram can develop into solid NBA players, but that's far from a guarantee. At the moment though, the Lakers need good players who can help those two develop. Giving a 4-year contract to a back-up center is ballsy. Giving a 4-year, $64 million contract to a back-up center is just plain fucking stupid.
Grade: F
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