Free agent point guard Derrick Rose wants to play for the Bucks, a source close to Rose told Gery Woelfel of the Racine Journal Times (Twitter link). Milwaukee will have to shed salary to make it happen. The team is over the salary cap and can only offer the $8.4MM mid-level exception unless it moves a big contract or two. Rose met with the Bucks on Monday. The Knicks are interested in bringing back Rose but it’s possible that New York could do a sign-and-trade with the Bucks.
In other free agent developments:
- Gordon Hayward will “sleep on” it before deciding which team he’ll sign with, Sam Amick of USA Today tweets. The highly-coveted Jazz small forward met with Utah for 3 1/2 hours on Monday after meeting with the Heat on Saturday and the Celtics on Sunday.
- The Kings don’t have much hope of signing veteran power forward Zach Randolph, sources informed Jason Jones of the Sacramento Bee (Twitter link). The Cavaliers have a strong interest in Randolph, though he may have to leave money on the table to play for the three-time defending Eastern Conference champions.
- Andrew Bogut and his agent will talk to more than 10 teams as he seeks to come back from a fractured tibia, Steve Aschburner of NBA.com reports. Bogut suffered the injury in his Cavaliers debut on March 6. He did not require surgery and Bogut shed his cast a few weeks ago, Aschburner continues. The veteran center expects to begin full basketball workouts within the next three weeks, Aschburner adds.
Hayward should go to the Heat.
Lol eff the heat
He could go to the East and have a better shot in the playoffs, then again idk if a lineup of
Dragic-McGruder-Hayward-Adebayo-Whitesids can beat the Cavs or Raptors.
That wouldn’t be our rotation lol
That likely is unless Spoelstra plays Winslow as a small ball 4 alongside Whiteside, forgot about Winslow. McGruder is solid on defense.
It would be Dragic, Richardson, Hayward, James Johnson, Hassan Whiteside. Tyler Johnson, Rodney McGruder, Justise Winslow off the bench
Beat the Cavs, LOL. Delete your account.
Lol word for the Heat beat the Cavs they’ll need Hayward and someone like Anthony Davis at the 4.
Adebayo looks good in summer league but I doubt he starts and they still won’t have enough to compete
If your argument is the playoffs why wouldn’t he go to Boston?
Doesn’t look so good for Utah since he’s taking so much time… I’d bet money he’s gonna leave for Boston or Miami (hopefully Miami).
Miami, Boston has Tatum who just dropped 21 and Brown 29, them young boys is coming to take over. Ainge should see if he could get a 4 in the coming draft.
Oheleye and Nader looked good too. And Kadeem Allen plays defense as expected. Zizic looks primising. They’re going to be really good defensively. And they’re going to be really good for a long time. Not going to lie, Tatum looked like prime Paul Pierce, and Brown is significantly improved. He got a lot better at his handle, shooting, and finishing at the rim. He can legit play a guard spot now.
They should grab a veteran 4, a big, and keep their assets for now. They can trade from some combo of IT/Bradley/Smart/Crowder/picks if necessary later
Wow…my autocorrect. ..Obviously was supposed to say Ojeleye in that first line
Yup not sure what they’ll do about Thomas’s contract, Ainge will likely keep him though and IT might not even take a max. KD took 54 mil only I think it was over 2 years, IT could get a 3-4 year deal and play alongside Brown and Tatum who will be phenomenal in the future.
Brown and Tatum have a long way to go before we can consider them upcoming ‘phenoms’.
That’s what they were saying about green and Thompson too
D Rose is willing to play for anyone willing to pay him and tolerate his poor defense.
Lmaooo
Stollbbetter than some neckbeard armchair GM.
You kkow how terrible these teams you dummies suggest would be? Or over the cap?
Stollbbetter
Stollbbetter blues
Losing Hayward would not be the end of the world for the Celtics. They still have one of the best teams in the East and should be much better than last year.
Well maybe Hayward should wake up and let everyone know so I don’t have to spend every 10 minutes compulsively refreshing the app lol
His agent just pulled the deal with the Celtics off the table. Says Hayward needs to regroup. Craziness…
Haywards agent just pulled the deal with the Celtics off the table. Says Hayward needs to regroup.
“A source….told Gery Woelfel”. I cringe when I read something like this. Woelfel is a hack. He has no sources. He makes this stuff up and tries to pass it off as legitimate journalism. Believe the opposite whenever he predicts something.