The NBA’s 2021 free agency period will begin on Monday, August 2 at 5:00pm central time, reports Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link).
Teams and players will be able to reach contract agreements at that point. However, with a few exceptions, they won’t be able to formally complete those deals until after the moratorium lifts.
As Charania details, the free agency moratorium will officially begin at 11:01pm CT on the night of August 2 and will end on Friday, August 6. The NBA has confirmed Charania’s reporting, announcing that the moratorium will lift at 11:01am ET on August 6, at which point agreed-upon trades and free agent signings can be officially finalized.
Typically, the NBA Finals would end in mid-June, followed about a week later by the draft, with free agency beginning on the evening of June 30 and the moratorium covering the first few days of July. However, the NBA’s calendar has been pushed back by about a month this offseason due to the revamped schedule. The draft will take place on July 29.
Kawhi Leonard (player option), John Collins (RFA), Lonzo Ball (RFA), Kyle Lowry, DeMar DeRozan, Mike Conley, Dennis Schroder, Victor Oladipo, Spencer Dinwiddie (player option), and Jarrett Allen (RFA) are expected to be some of the top free agents available this summer.
It’s also worth noting that, with Olympic qualifying tournaments scheduled to take place from June 29 to July 4 and the Olympics themselves set to begin on July 24, several players who don’t have contracts yet for 2021/22 may have to decide whether or not they feel comfortable participating in the Tokyo games – or the qualifiers – before having secured their next deals.
Kawhi and Lonzo to GSW is about to hurt so many feelings…
Mostly yours
They could have used their $9M DPE to sign an expensive player, but that expired today. All they have left in the offseason will be their $5.9M mini-MLE if they want to sign someone other than Oubre.
Their only other option to be contenders in 2022 and get a quality player will be if they’re willing to trade away one or more of their own guys.
Marty you know your team better than I do. Do you have the cap room to do that or do you need a trade? It seems like even a sign and trade wouldn’t work with the hard cap.
Obviously he doesn’t. They have zero cap space, just their TP-MLE.
As you say, the sign-and-trade won’t work either with the hard cap.
Unless they sent out a player, but it would have to be Oubre and what are they getting for him? Some salary dump like Kevin Love?
Marty knows very little about the Warriors. He makes most of this stuff up. He just likes to trash the Warriors to make himself feel important.
Rockets treat Oladipo as Walker $140 million contract on free agent market
Rockets GM is the smartest
Let’s say Oladipo is a $2 million house, Rockets GM wants to sell this house for $100 million
He picked fat meat New York,
According to New York post
The asking price for Oladipo is 1 good young player and at least 2 future first round picks
The step 1 is asking price negotiation
Will Knicks make an overpaid offer?
….,,
Huh?
Um…Do you know that the Rockets traded Oladipo to Miami?
I’d love for Bulls to get PJ Tucker and some defensive minded bigs. Vucevic is a great offensively minded big, but he isn’t going to win you playoff series with his defense. I would love a Dedmon or someone in that capacity. We need more rebounds and paint protection. On the perimeter, they need to figure out what to do with Coby. Maybe package him with a 2nd round pick and go after a suitable PG like DLo who serves our timeline? I know DLo is weak defensively but it gives us another ball handler and scorer who can create besides Lavine. DLo LaVine Williams (free agent PF who can board and defend) and Vucevic. Need to get some playmakers and athleticism on the front line. That’s the next step for this front office.
I also want to point out with DLo, we have bird rights on Lavine so we can go over the cap to retain him and also land a DLo or possibly a Lonzo, who fits well defensively and adds a fast pace transition game to this team.