The first-round pick the Bulls will send to the Spurs in the DeMar DeRozan sign-and-trade will be top-10 protected in the first year and top-eight protected in the second and third years if it doesn’t convey immediately, reports John Hollinger of The Athletic.
That pick will tentatively be the Bulls’ 2025 first-rounder, but that’s conditional on Chicago sending its 2023 pick to Orlando. If the 2023 first-rounder falls in its protected range (top four) and the Bulls keep it, the Bulls would have to wait until at least 2026 to send a first-rounder to the Spurs in order to avoid running afoul of the Stepien rule, which prohibits teams from trading back-to-back future first-round picks.
Here’s more from around the East:
- In an in-depth look at the challenges facing the Wizards in their efforts to acquire Spencer Dinwiddie via sign-and-trade, Danny Leroux and Fred Katz of The Athletic cite sources who say the Nets are seeking a significant asset (besides a trade exception) from Washington in any agreement.
- The Celtics are taking a conservative approach to free agency this year in part because they want to maintain a salary structure that allows them to be players for a major free agent in 2022, as Mark Murphy of The Boston Herald explains (via Twitter).
- The Cavaliers continue to scour the market for shooting help, according to Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com, who says Doug McDermott was the team’s top target entering free agency. McDermott, who agreed to a three-year deal with San Antonio, was one of a number of players on Cleveland’s wish list that opted to go elsewhere.
- Pistons head coach Dwane Casey envisions Cade Cunningham and Killian Hayes sharing the play-making responsibilities for the team in 2021/22, as Keith Langlois of Pistons.com writes. “Both of ’em are 1A and 1B,” Casey said of his two young guards. ” Either one can bring it up. Either one can initiate offense. Either one can run pick and roll. What we want to work to is position-less basketball.”
Starting to wonder if Danny stepped down to show everyone that it wasn’t his fault but Brad Stevens why they s*cked he’s clearly out of his depth being president
As for Brad I won’t to thank him for wasting another season of Tatum and Brown what a clown
He’s new to the job, maybe he didn’t realize it was free agency, he sure didn’t act like he knew.
What did you want them to do? They have no cap room. They made trades instead.
Exactly. Can’t spend money you don’t have.
It’s not like celtics have terrible roster.
They’re hoping for better defense and consistency from inside with Horford/Williams.
Point guard is they’re need. They went all in for kemba and it didn’t work out. So, they’re still searching for a PG.
It’s called trades we have a bench full of trash that maybe some team may like and 3-4 TPE’s but he’s sitting on his azz hoping Beal will come next yr
and when this doesn’t happen what will be your excuses next yr ??
Pretty sure Danny was the one who let Hayward sign with Charlotte and proceed to trade for Kemba, sign TT, let Rozier go, and waste all of their first round draft picks like Grant Williams, Langford, Nesmith, Guerschon Yabusele (remember him? 16th pick 2016), Robert Williams (although he is showing his worth finally) etc. etc. Don’t blame Brad for Danny’s mess.
Ay at least Yabusele is killing it in Euroleague. It seemed like the 82 game season was way too much basketball for him.
And with team France
I was joking it’s both their faults they both should’ve been fired not promoted or able to step a way on his own terms they screwed this team
Now Stevens banking on getting Beal next year what if he doesn’t you can kiss Tatum and Brown good bye they’ll go build another super team with the Knicks or a west coast team
The Big problem was a b*tch name Kyrie not pick #16
“What we want to work to is position-less basketball.”
Yeah, good luck with that.
Pistons are good. Cade is more a wing. They will be fine.
Dudes maybe Knicks can still get in on Dinwiddie. No deal is done yet. We can do a sign n trade. Come on
They should’ve signed Dinwiddie I stead of Fournier
Celtics been looking to next yr. For three years now. So again
Good thing for Cavs to let McDermott go, but, FAs are going. Strike Nader from Fedor’s linked list for wings Aug3:
“James Ennis, Isaac Bonga, Tyler Dorsey (a 6-foot-5 bomber who is ready to come back from overseas and was with head coach J.B. Bickerstaff in Memphis)…
“At this point, the trade market is much more robust and all-around better. The belief is Terrence Ross, Joe Ingles, Bojan Bogdanovic, Kyle Anderson, T.J. Warren, Jeremy Lamb, Tobias Harris, Harrison Barnes and Cam Reddish could all be had at the right price.”
Unfortunately that price is likely a 2022 first and/or Nance.
Take a flier on Oladipo or Sirvidas, Darious Miller 31 or Paul Millsap 36.