The Warriors are likely to carry only 14 players heading into the season, according to Anthony Slater of The Athletic (Twitter link). The move would save the team money against the luxury tax and leave the organization with room to add a player during the season. Slater notes that the pair of players it signs under two-way deals can fill-in for minutes if needed.
Here’s more from around the league:
- Wilson Chandler, who officially opted into his 2018/19 contract with the Nuggets last week, is available in trade talks, David Aldridge of NBA.com reports (Twitter link). Chandler will make slightly over $12.8MM this upcoming year.
- The Hawks‘ Kent Bazemore and the Knicks‘ Courtney Lee are both available in trade talks as well, Aldridge adds. The scribe also confirms that there are no untouchable players on the Raptors.
- The Warriors insist they are not interested in signing Dwight Howard once the center reaches a buyout with the Nets, Marc Stein of The New York Times writes. Charlotte dealt the big man to Brooklyn after one uninspiring season with the club.
- LeBron James has indicated that family considerations will play a big role in his free agency decision. Stein (same piece) can envision James choosing the Lakers with a belief that President of Basketball Operations Magic Johnson can assist him and his family with their off-court needs.
I wouldn’t mind seeing Dwight come to Boston for a yr
That would be interesting if he can step back and know what his role is.
I think that move would allow them to include horford in a deal for Leonard. I look at as Dwight and Leonard> horford
The spurs ain’t trading Kawhi for Horford.
Obviously not straight up. But Horford is a solid player to replace production Horford picks could get it done Horford, Rozier
Horford, Brown, 1st rd pick for Kawhi. Sign Dwight and re sign Baynes
Al Horford might be the ONLY player on Boston’s roster that the Spurs have ZERO interest in obtaining in a deal for Kawhi.
The Warriors make a lot of smart moves, passing on a future HoF center would be a dumb move. On that squad he could post 15-12-2 easily.
They don’t play with a centre for much of the game or run any centre plays
Warriors don’t want chemo: any team taking DHoward will need it. W’s care about culture and chemistry. Not sure who takes him….free throws in 4th quarter are huge liability.
I wouldn’t say that DH12 season was uninspiring, I mean 17/12 isn’t a bad return from your center, the uninspiring season was from the team, but that is nothing to do with him, otherwise Kemba too had a bad season, because team was bad, to me that woudl be silly.
As long as he’s willing to set hard screens and do the little things that you need from a big then I would love to see him come to the Cavs IF LBJ is returning. I think with a pass first guy like LB coupled with a big that continuously turns in a high FG % he can be a 20 pt a game scorer. I also think he could help Sexton. A young PG should benefit from having a big you can dump it down in the post 10-15 x a game.