Nothing that happened in the NBA world on Saturday was quite as shocking as Friday night’s trade agreement between the Pacers and Thunder on a deal that will send Paul George to Oklahoma City. However, July 1 featured its share of excitement, with many of this year’s top free agents striking deals and coming off the market.
Like that George trade, these deals aren’t official yet, so the reported terms could change, or agreements could fall through altogether, like one between Nene and the Rockets did. But generally speaking, teams and players are on track to finalize these contract agreements sometime after the July moratorium ends on Thursday.
Here’s our breakdown of July 1’s most notable contract agreements:
- Stephen Curry, Warriors agree to five-year, maximum salary contract ($201.16MM).
- Blake Griffin, Clippers agree to five-year, maximum salary contract ($172.42MM).
- Jrue Holiday, Pelicans agree to five-year, $126MM contract (could reach $150MM via incentives).
- Jeff Teague, Timberwolves agree to three-year, $57MM contract
- Joe Ingles, Jazz agree to four-year, $52MM contract.
- Patty Mills, Spurs agree to four-year, $50MM contract.
- Andre Iguodala, Warriors agree to three-year, $48MM contract.
- Tony Snell, Bucks agree to four-year, $46MM contract.
- P.J. Tucker, Rockets agree to four-year, $32MM contract.
- Cristiano Felicio, Bulls agree to four-year, $32MM contract.
- Shaun Livingston, Warriors agree to three-year, $24MM contract.
- J.J. Redick, Sixers agree to one-year, $23MM contract.
- Langston Galloway, Pistons agree to three-year, $21MM contract.
- Amir Johnson, Sixers agree to one-year, $11MM contract.
- Michael Carter-Williams, Hornets agree to one-year, $2.7MM contract.
- Jose Calderon, Cavaliers agree to one-year, minimum salary contract ($2.33MM).
- David West, Warriors agree to one-year contract (believed to be worth the minimum, $2.33MM). West will reportedly retire in 2018.
Be sure to use our 2017 NBA Free Agent Tracker to keep tabs on all of this summer’s contract agreements.
And it goes to show you some of the better thinking in each FO. You have the Sixers give an okay player 23M. I mean it’s no harm, no foul if it doesn’t work out but it looks really dumb. Then you have Shaun Livingston who has been a key cog to a couple championship teams make 1M more except it’s over 3 years. Now I’m not saying the deals for the players themselves are bad. But if you’re paying 23M for one season, why give it to JJ Redick?
because the 6ers wanna keep cap space for next year & we had so much cap we had to use it plus we need shooting & a vet
Exactly
Exactly what you just said PeeWee…Which, that line was definitely a first for me…lol
Anyways, the Sixers pulled off a great move with their signing of Reddick on a 1 year deal. The market will be flooded next year, and if Reddick has a good year, then the Sixers can easily line him up for an extension before anyone else can negotiate with him…It’s a win-win situation…
As far as the money is concerned or the amount of money, it’s truly a non-factor. The Sixers had plenty of cap room, and they desperately needed another shooter that can help spread the floor…Also, Reddick can act as a mentor and as a veteran presence on and off the court for these young guys on the Sixers squad
The worst possible outcome is that Reddick has a down year…Although, still, a down year for Reddick would have him being an above average shooter…They just cannot possibly lose out on this deal…Even if Reddick never plays a game for the Sixers, by somehow getting hurt in the pre-season, it is still a win for their team and future, because he’ll still he able to mentor and show the ropes to all the younger guys on the team.
The veteran additions of Reddick and Amir Johnson, for me, just about solidifies Philly’s playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Now, I’m not saying they’ll end up a top 5 seed or anything, but by adding those two veterans I think the Sixers just locked up a spot somewhere around 6-8…
Primary Ball Handlers: Simmons, Fultz, McConnell, and Bayless
Two Guards: Fultz, Reddick, Furkan Korkmaz, and Stauskas
Versatile SF’s: Covington, Furkan Korkmaz, Timothy Luwawu, Henderson
Stretch 4’s: Saric, Richaun Holmes,and maybe Jonah Bolden, he does have some good range and good shooting touch, for a big, according to his scouting reports.
Bigs: Embiid, Okafor, Amir Johnson, and Jonah Bolden
However their roster turns out, the 76ers have a good bit of quality depth at each position, and they are set up to make a nice little run this season and especially in the coming years ahead!!
Henderson is gone.
NBA’s pay scale is nuts.
It is. And now every team has a person committed to just finding every loophole that there is in the cap and the system. They need to either rework it or increase the cap number and make it a “hard cap” or this will continue to happen.
It is absurd. The Pelicans throw that much money at a player, knowing that they have almost a zero percent chance of making it to the finals. The Clippers throw that much money at Blake, knowing that they just lost one of the better players in the league. Huge money being tossed out by teams with almost no chance of winning the title. As a fan this is painful.
Could someone tell the Knicks it’s ok to sign free agents now?
They’re ready, but nobody wants to play there, except for rose, who hasn’t had contract talks with the team
I know a couple soccer players make $50M+ a year in salary & bonus. But is Curry the first American big 3 athlete (Football, Basketball, & Baseball) to make $40M in annual salary (not including endorsements)?