NBA 2026-27 offseason trades, signings & rumors

[Celtics2021]

I am surprised that Beal declined his $5.6M player option.  Sounds like he expects more than that in his new contract (certainly not a min contract).  I don't see how BOS signs him.  BOS could offer the full bi-Annual exemption I believe ($5.5M).  That would put us over the tax but still under the first arpon hard cap.  But would he even take that?  Why decline $5.6M to take $5.5M. 

Sign and trade is an option I suppose, we could offer Hauser, but how much do you want to pay Beal for probably less than 50 games, based on his recent history.

Yeah, that was a little surprising.  If he thought he was going to get that his agent did not do his job well.  But he is still getting paid by Phoenix, so half of what he gets above the minimum goes to Phoenix instead.  Accordingly, with the Clippers likely taking a step back this year he might have just wanted to find a competitor  to join, since the difference between the minimum and what he would have earned from his player option was less than $1 million, after accounting for the Phoenix offset.

[Redz]

I'm not sure if it was mentioned on here, but the Spurs signed Tobias Harris for 2 years, $31 million.

I think that's a nice signing for them.

Good vet

[Donoghus]

Oh geez, you don't say?

Shams Charania
@ShamsCharania
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5m
The NBA is probing the signed $64 million free-agent deal for Gary Trent Jr. with the Milwaukee Bucks, per a league spokesperson.

[Donoghus]

For more context on the Trent contract

Bobby Marks
@BobbyMarks42
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2m
Trent Jr. contract timeline

- July 2024: Signed a 2 year vet minimum with a player option

- July 2025: Opted out and signed a 2 year non-bird with a player option

- July 2026: After establishing bird rights, signed a 4 year/$64M contract with Milwaukee.

Certainly a gray area considering Milwaukee is on the books for $64m over 4 seasons.

[Jiri Welsch]

For more context on the Trent contract

Bobby Marks
@BobbyMarks42
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2m
Trent Jr. contract timeline

- July 2024: Signed a 2 year vet minimum with a player option

- July 2025: Opted out and signed a 2 year non-bird with a player option

- July 2026: After establishing bird rights, signed a 4 year/$64M contract with Milwaukee.

Certainly a gray area considering Milwaukee is on the books for $64m over 4 seasons.

With the Joe Smith situation back in the day, I think the "smoking gun" was a disgruntled agent. In this case, I doubt you will have anyone willing to come clean. I'm interested what the burden of proof would be.

[DefenseWinsChamps]

For more context on the Trent contract

Bobby Marks
@BobbyMarks42
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2m
Trent Jr. contract timeline

- July 2024: Signed a 2 year vet minimum with a player option

- July 2025: Opted out and signed a 2 year non-bird with a player option

- July 2026: After establishing bird rights, signed a 4 year/$64M contract with Milwaukee.

Certainly a gray area considering Milwaukee is on the books for $64m over 4 seasons.

With the Joe Smith situation back in the day, I think the "smoking gun" was a disgruntled agent. In this case, I doubt you will have anyone willing to come clean. I'm interested what the burden of proof would be.

Isn't this the same exact thing the Bucks did with both Lopez and Portis? I mean, at some point this is a pattern they are exploiting.