Free agent swingman Kelly Oubre received interest from the Heat after free agency began, but didn’t set a meeting with Miami because he is hoping to net a contract “well above” the mid-level exception, according to Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald (via Twitter).
Now that Miami has committed to using most of its mid-level exception on P.J. Tucker, Oubre is almost certainly off the table for the Heat, even if his asking price drops.
Here are more free agency rumors from around the NBA world:
- Free agent sharpshooting combo guard Patty Mills has received interest from the Lakers and Nets, per Marc Stein of Substack (via Twitter). Anthony Slater of The Athletic adds (Twitter link) that the Warriors could also pursue Mills and posits that he may fetch a deal that within range of the taxpayer mid-level. Jordan Schultz of ESPN tweets that the Nets are apparently a distant third in the sweepstakes to sign Mills.
- Jordan Schultz of ESPN reports (Twitter link) that free agent point guard Spencer Dinwiddie appears unlikely to sign with the Mavericks.
- 37-year-old free agent forward Carmelo Anthony continues to weigh interest from the Lakers and Knicks, according to Marc Stein (Twitter link).
- Before Alex Caruso finalized his four-year agreement with the Bulls, Caruso’s camp checked back in with the Lakers and was told L.A. wouldn’t be putting a counter-offer on the table, a source with knowledge of the situation tells Sam Amick of The Athletic.
- Newly re-signed Nuggets reserve power forward JaMychal Green fielded richer offers in free agency than the two-year, $17MM contract he ultimately signed to remain in Denver, according to Mike Singer of the Denver Post. Singer says the Pelicans, Timberwolves, and Spurs were the other teams most interested in Green.
Luke Adams contributed to this report.
Only team oubre could start for is the thunder. And they traded him for 2 second rounders. He’s as delusional as most of the homer posters on this site
Oubre should sign one year deal at MLE, then learn how to shoot 3
Can the Warriors please sign and trade Oubre to someone. Anyone.
I hope they are not waiting on him to sign somewhere because his market is getting smaller by the day and his price is going down.
You do understand that in a sign and trade, you need 1) a team that wants to trade for the player, and 2) the player WANTING to sign to get traded to that other team … You do understand that, right? … (Cause a team can sign him right NOW without trading for him)
The market for Oubre is about desolate as the one for Simmons.
Oubre finished the season(last 2-3months) at 18 and 6 shooting 40% from 3. Take out his first 10 games in Golden State and he shot mearly 38% last year. He’s not nearly as bad as people think, Kerr just took a while to learn how to use him. He’s more of a Small Ball 4 than a 2, and he was our starting SG to start the year(and began with a HORRID stretch of 7/55 from 3pt land)
My Spurs!
Just kidding. No. Just no.
Oubre finished the season(last 2-3months) at 18 and 6 shooting 40% from 3. Take out his first 10 games in Golden State and he shot mearly 38% last year. He’s not nearly as bad as people think, Kerr just took a while to learn how to use him. He’s more of a Small Ball 4 than a 2, and he was our starting SG to start the year(and began with a HORRID stretch of 7/55 from 3pt land).
I think he’d have a year similar to Wigs(if he had the same minutes) in a system like Golden State/San Antonio. It’s not the easiest system to learn and he’s far from the first guy to have trouble in his first year playing with Steph. Guys go their whole lives not playing with someone like that, it DOES take time to adjust. But I don’t think many fans in Golden State will speak too poorly of Oubre. A lot would be happy to have him back tbh. He just took a while to fit in is all, but he was FAR from BAD.
S&T for Mills and Gay
Oubre was just a poor acquisition last season – quite surprising coming from a team, light-years away from the rest of the league.
Oubre finished the season(last 2-3months) at 18 and 6 shooting 40% from 3. Take out his first 10 games in Golden State and he shot mearly 38% last year. He’s not nearly as bad as people think, Kerr just took a while to learn how to use him. He’s more of a Small Ball 4 than a 2, and he was our starting SG to start the year(and began with a HORRID stretch of 7/55 from 3pt land)
Yea oubre was hyped after playing well with the suns but started off really bad.
He played much better once he found his role on the team and not force himself to be like klay
True … Kind of a panic move with the end of their last trade exception
It was a reaction signing due to Klay’s injury. Anyone who follows basketball knows this.
If lakers get melo and mills. Jeez
They will have the oldest average roster in nba history? Forget torn acls your gonna need hip replacement surgeries and prunes available any minute needed
Now they can hold that long rumored Social Security night at the Staples Center.
Some of you guys are brutal. Oubre did ok last year for the W’s. He’s a good player. Very tough defender, brings that every game. Hot and cold shooter.
Lakers — take a 15-20 min per night flyer on Melo, but in regards to Pat Mills? Settle down, sheesh. He was outta the Association for a reason, or plenty of them… Otherwise, Pelinka’s on fire. ✍
What are you babbling about? Mills hasn’t missed a season.
Melo has been out of the NBA, not Mills. And what has Pelinka done? He acquires players for flipping, not winners for keeping (Oubre and Wiggins), and rookies too raw for the Curry window.
It is hard to resist those players, but fans have been clamoring for different usage of those assets.