Veteran swingman Arron Afflalo has remained on vine through the first week of free agency but TNTs David Aldridge suspects that he’ll be picked up soon.
The 31-year-old was waived by the Kings last month after putting up 8.4 points per game in his 10th pro season. In the right situation, Afflalo could be a valuable defensive presence out on the perimeter. In Sacramento he was an established, veteran piece on a team that hit the rebuild button part-way through the regular season.
Aldridge notes that the Timberwolves took a good look at him prior to signing Jamal Crawford, a testament to his value as a 3-and-D option for teams in win now mode.
There’s more free agency buzz from around the league:
- The Timberwolves will look to add three more players before the end of the offseason, Jeff Zgoda of the Star Tribune tweets. Most likely a pair of wings and a point guard.
- Veteran Metta World Peace feels that he has a few more years left in the tank, David Yapkowitz of Basketball Insiders writes, noting that the forward views himself as a valuable teacher for the younger generation of NBA players.
- A candidate for the Mavs‘ second two-way contract is Chinese league MVP Ding Yanyuhang, Eddie Sefko of the Dallas Morning News writes. In May we wrote about Mavs president Donnie Nelson‘s interest in the international prospect.
Aflame would seem to have “Clippers” written all over him. Just the type of one to two years past has prime vet that Doc likes on the bench.
That would be Afflalo.
“Veteran swingman Arron Afflalo has been on vine through the first week of free agency” I seriously thought Arron Afflalo had been posting Vine videos for a week until I read the whole first paragraph lol
Lol
Ding really plays hard, plays good defense, gets after loose balls, and he seems to have a good basketball IQ. He also seems like he can handle the ball pretty decently for his size. Crowd loved him the other day for that reason, plus his name is literally perfect. He also looks like one of the dudes from kurokos basketball lol. Hope he gets a camp invite
I definitely feel like there are a lot of puns that could be made with a name like that
#fakefan
Seriously? Now you’re going on other articles to call me a fake fan b/c I hate the Olynyk signing? Amazing.
So basically the Wolves are going to be Towns and Wiggins and ten new guys