The Grizzlies remain in the mix for free agent point guard Mo Williams, tweets Jared Zwerling of Bleacher Report, who adds that a source suggested the Spurs as an emergent suitor. Zwerling reported last week that a deal between Memphis and Williams was close, but a source who spoke with Ronald Tillery of The Commercial Appeal around the same time disputed that notion.
Memphis allowed its contract guarantee date with backup point guard Beno Udrih to pass on Sunday, meaning his partial guarantee of $923K is now a full guarantee of more than $2.17MM. That means the team has two point guards locked in, with Mike Conley holding down the starting job. The Grizzlies also have point guard Russ Smith on a non-guaranteed deal that picks up a $150K partial guarantee if he remains on the roster through July 15th.
The Hornets are willing to sign-and-trade Williams, as Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports reported this weekend. That would help the Spurs, who are unlikely to have more than the $2.814MM room exception to spend on Williams in a straight-up signing, as well as the Grizzlies, who’ll likely be spending their $5.464MM mid-level to accommodate their deal with Brandan Wright. Williams and the Cavs, who have their $3.376MM taxpayer’s mid-level to spend, reportedly have mutual interest.
The Spurs would be a good fit, but I believe the Cavs would be better for the point guard. He would be a nice back-up to Kyrie, giving the team another scoring option. Signing Williams would also reduce the need to sign J.R. Smith since they would have another scorer off the bench.
The Grizzlies seem like a pretty pointless fit. Mike Conley, Beno Udrih, Nick Calathes, Russ Smith, Andrew Harrison. Not enough PGs, even understanding Williams would be the 2nd best on that list?
What if the Mavericks sign him? There are rumors saying that the mavericks would go after Jeremy Line but if that doesn’t work would mo Williams be a good piece for the mavericks