JULY 14: The Thunder have officially re-signed Robinson, the team announced today in a press release.
JULY 5: The Thunder and Andre Roberson have agreed on a three-year, $30MM deal, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.com reports (Twitter links). The scribe adds that Roberson preferred the three-year deal over a four-year contract.
The move will put the Thunder at roughly $125.1MM in team salary, ESPN’s Bobby Marks adds (ESPN Now link). Oklahoma City sits at $5.8MM over the luxury tax line, which will give the franchise a projected tax bill of approximately $8.9MM. The organization will have the entire 2017/18 to shed salary if it wants to avoid paying the tax.
Roberson has developed into one of the league’s better perimeter defenders during his four years with OKC. He was the best defender among all shooting guards last season, according to ESPN’s Real Defensive Plus/Minus, and he added the fifth-most value on the defensive end among all non-bigs, according to NBAMath.com.
Of course, as impressive as Roberson was on defense, he had virtually the opposite impact on the other end of the court, making just 24.5% of his three-pointers and 42.3% of his free throws in 2016/17. He also missed 18 of 21 free throws in the postseason. At age 25, Roberson still has room to develop, but it will be a challenge for the Thunder to turn him into a positive asset on the offensive side of the ball.
In addition to bringing back Roberson, the Thunder have also agreed to sign Patrick Patterson and will send Victor Oladipo and Domantas Sabonis to Indiana in exchange for Paul George after the July moratorium ends.
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Good deal for my homie A-Rob.
hope hes practicing his free throws…
The easiest way to do this is to trade Kanter(and maybe a pick) to someone like the Nets for a cheap 4 like RHJ. A lineup of Westbrook Roberson George RHJ Adams is pretty scary
Patrick Patterson will most likely start at the 4
I doubt they could get RHJ out of something like that, but I agree with the basic outline out of what you’re saying…I doubt the Thunder would be able to get anything more than cap relief even if they did attach a pick to Kanter
Incredible – the Thunder will yet again have the NBA’s worst defender and the NBA’s worst offensive player, in their rotation. It’s begging to be exploited by opponents – again. Rob’s D is brilliant, but he can’t be kept on the court in close games – he’s Kanter flipped.
Contract includes 2% trade tipper– wait i mean kicker lol
Now that he’s officially signed maybe he’ll be able to leave a better tip