The Nets could have an extra $8MM in cap space to work with if the Dwight Howard buyout falls in the 30-40% range that many such agreements typically come to, Brian Lewis of The New York Post writes.
That, coupled with the $6.6MM in room cap room the Nets had prior to the buyout, would give them close to $15MM in overall space to absorb another bad deal in return for assets or even go out and target their own player.
Lewis writes that Howard wasn’t interested in giving back more than $3-5MM and wasn’t incentivized to agree to the Nets’ buyout proposal until he knew that the Wizards were interested. It remains to be seen what the final numbers on that buyout agreement will look like.
There’s more from the Atlantic Division today:
- Incoming first-round pick Robert Williams hasn’t made a great impression on the Celtics but an Associated Press report suggests that the big man won’t face any discipline for missing several team commitments less than a week into his NBA career. Not formal discipline, at least. “They discipline you with words,” the 20-year-old said. “More than you may know.“
- While Knicks acquisitions Mario Hezonja and Kevin Knox are a far cry from the future Hall-of-Famers David Fizdale worked with as a member of the Heat‘s coaching staff, the head coach believes that those flexible wings can play similar roles to the ones Dwyane Wade and LeBron James filled in Miami. Marc Berman of The New York Post spoke with Fizdale about his desire to play more positionless basketball.
- The Sixers expect 2017 draft-and-stash prospect Jonah Bolden to participate in Summer League, Derek Bodner of The Athletic tweets. International basketball reporter David Pick first tweeted that the Sixers had asked Maccabi Tel Aviv to clear Bolden to play in Las Vegas. The 22-year-old forward is a candidate to play in the NBA this season.
How do you now Mario Hezonja and Kvin Knox are NOT future Hall of Famers? Knox’s career is just beginning and Hezonja is still just 23 with a lot of upside. Anything can happen in the future.
Have you seen either of them play? I’d say it’s safe to make said comment.
But as of right now, both Hezonja and Knox aren’t even close to as good as a prime Bosh, Wade, or James. That’s all Austin was saying and it’s perfectly reasonable
Advanced scouting/evaluation, and sophisticated biomedical data analysis. It’s much more sophisticated, nowadays. In the modern era, it’s actually pretty easy to see how a player’s career is going to play out.
I’m guessing (hoping) Fizdale is just excited about his new job and some of the young and/or undeveloped talent he has to work with. Like Perry, he’s not from NY, and might not realize (yet) that talking with Berman isn’t a good use of anyone’s time. Knick fans don’t need pep talks (or we’re too jaded for them, take your pick) or updates. Nobody cares about systems because (go figure) they produce winning teams with LBJ/Wade, anymore than they care about them because they win with Jordan/Pippen and Shaq/Kobe. Just take ownership of the evaluation and development process, give it structure and inject accountability, so at least some of the questions about these guys get answered during the season.
Marc Berman link not pointing to Berman’s piece.
Fixed now, thanks.
What a plank that Boston rookie…
I mean D-Wade was Finals MVP at 23-24, & LBJ league MVP at 24 if I am not wrong, so it looks a ways off for Hezonja to catch them up this year, right? & Knox well might be a star or not, he hasn’t even played pro ball as yet… so doesn’t seem at the moment a bold claim to say they don’t look HoF just now.