According to Suns center Bismack Biyombo, “winning teams” showed interest in him in free agency and he potentially could’ve made more money elsewhere, but he’s comfortable in Phoenix and believes the team’s system allows him to “excel,” writes Duane Rankin of The Arizona Republic.
Biyombo also said that he’s looking forward to being a Sun from day one this season after joining the team midway through the 2021/22 campaign.
“All the structure was set, and you’re kind of catching a rhythm of a team and trying to join the dance,” Biyombo said. “I think it’s always good to start the dance at the beginning, which is training camp. Have a better understanding of the team.”
Here’s more from around the Pacific:
- Warriors center James Wiseman looked good in his return to the court on Sunday in Las Vegas, scoring 11 points on 5-of-7 shooting and blocking a couple shots in 19 minutes, writes Kendra Andrews of ESPN. It’s an encouraging first step for the former No. 2 overall pick, who missed the entire 2021/22 season due to a knee injury. “Walking into the locker room after the game and all the players cheering for him I think he can kind of (say), ‘Ah, I can breathe again,'” Warriors Summer League coach Jama Mahlalela told ESPN. “Every conversation I have with him is, ‘I am so proud of you but now the real work begins.'”
- Now a member of the Pacers, Tyrese Haliburton says he still has love for Sacramento, despite unexpectedly being traded to Indiana prior to the 2022 deadline. Haliburton told Sean Cunningham of Fox 40 in Sacramento (video link) that his feelings toward the Kings organization and Kings fans are “completely different” from one another.
- After having his NBA rights acquired by the Kings in June, Olympiacos forward Sasha Vezenkov had reportedly planned to meet with the team in Las Vegas this month. However, Vezenkov isn’t traveling stateside after all, according to Vangelis Ioannou of Eurohoops.net, and he recently made comments hinting he may remain in Greece for the 2022/23 season, per Antonis Stroggylakis of Eurohoops.net. Vezenkov has an NBA opt-out deadline of July 20 in his deal with Olympiacos, so he’ll have another nine days to see if he and the Kings can work out a deal. Sacramento has a small portion of its mid-level exception available to offer the 26-year-old more than two years, or could dip into its bi-annual exception to offer a two-year deal worth more than the rookie minimum.
Warriors young players
Donte
Poole
Moody
Kuminga
Wiseman
(Baldwin, Rollins, Santos, McClung Jessup)
Warriors young players can only defeat 5 teams?
Pistons
Magic
Pacers
Thunder
Rockets
Wiseman is better than Mobley, Paolo, Chet and Smith?
Looney is 26 and Wiggins 27
Plenty of young assets and future is very bright for Warriors.
Looney was a revelation in the Finals. Wiggins is an overrated complimentary player who shouldn’t be making north of $20mil nevermind the $33mil he’s making now. Wiseman is a tease and a major mistake for GS who passed on Haliburton. GS has proven they can win a title without Wiseman. Moreover the Looney re-signing makes Wiseman expendable.
sillivan….I really try to ignore your points whenever possible, but…..what the hell are you talking about?
He also thought the Warriors should trade Wiseman, Wiggins, etc.
That was one dumb comment by you maybe the worse I seen you type. So if only under 25 can play GSW squad would be a top 4 team in the league. Show me a team under 25 that is better?
if the warriors played with their shoelaces tied together….they’d only be able to beat 4 teams on Wednesdays
Wiseman is #2 pick and has already shown he can play in nba in his rookie year. It’s all about development, understanding to play defense, switching, etc. Hoping he will focus mainly on rebounding, blocks, and defense rather than 3 pointers and offense. He will get plenty opportunities to score on dunks and easily average in double figures.
I believe James Wiseman could become a very good player if he just stays healthy and makes a full recovery from his previous injury.
Wiseman looked really good over the weekend. It will be scary if he and Kuminga can figure out how to work with each other like Curry and Thompson did.
biff….good catcher. split time with Vic Correll
Biff replaced Paul Casanova.