8:58am: The Lakers offered Jordan Clarkson in one version of a potential Bradley trade, according to Vince Ellis of The Detroit Free Press (Twitter link), who isn’t sure if those discussions will go anywhere. Bradley and his expiring contract would make some sense as a target for the Lakers, who are looking to create major cap flexibility for the summer of 2018.
8:45am: Less than seven months after acquiring him from the Celtics, the Pistons have made Avery Bradley available in trade discussions, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Bradley will be a free agent at season’s end.
According to Wojnarowski, the asking price for Bradley is “significant,” since the Pistons initially traded for him in the hopes of locking him up to a long-term deal this summer. However, the team doesn’t want to risk losing him for nothing.
Detroit, currently three games out of the No. 8 seed in the East, has been one of the NBA’s most aggressive clubs when it comes to exploring the trade market and seeking out potential upgrades. Even as the Pistons have slipped out of the playoff picture, they’re not planning on a fire sale, according to Rod Beard of The Detroit News, who tweets that the club is gauging Bradley’s value and “seeing what’s out there.”
Bradley, 27, has struggled a little with his shot this season, as his .409 FG% is his worst mark since 2012/13. However, he’s still knocking down 38.1% of his three-point attempts, and is contributing 15.0 PPG to go along with solid perimeter defense.
Bradley, who has a cap charge of approximately $8.8MM this season, will be unrestricted – rather than restricted – as a free agent this offseason, which may limit his value for potential suitors. Still, a club that trades for the veteran guard would acquire his Bird rights, which could come in handy in July, since few teams are projected to have significant cap room. Bird rights allow a club to re-sign a player without using cap space, and Wojnarowski suggests that Bradley could command upwards of $20MM annually as a free agent.
Not sure whats up with Detroit this year but I would be willing to listen as well
You can’t let SVG make this trade, you’ve got to fire him and then let a real GM direct how this goes. SVG would trade him for some tween who he thinks can make 3s.
In before the Cavs are linked to him
You are late.
Bradley for IT and the Cavs 1st round pick. Only because IT is not 100%, and coming off a significant injury.
clearly you’re a cavs fan
He could be the prefect piece for the cavs
You’re telling me the Cavs are better with the starting backcourt the Celtics had last year?
Yes. I am saying adding lebron to the starting backcourt of the 1st seed in the east last year is better than starting jr smith
Cavs are toast, they lack an inside presence. Bradley is a perimeter defender, he offers zip to the flacid Cavs. Time for LeBronBron to move to his next team, Cleveland sinks back into the murk it came from.
Agreed! Hey Cleveland why don’t you stop being such a bunch of crybabies.
Suck it up and play with the squad that you have!!!
please cavs need to get him
Interested to see if the Thunder would be looking at him now that Roberson is done for the year, think he would be an immediate upgrade over him even if he was healthy simply just because Bradley can shoot a basketball
Bradley is a proven playoff guy as well. Thunder, rockets, cavs, spurs should all be battling each other to get him on their roster
Thunder have nothing to trade to beat out other teams offers
Not too serious of an idea but apparently it would work lol link to espn.com
14 mm over the tax line already. They have few contracts of size with value beyond their big 4. They can’t trade a 1st round pick until 2024, at the earliest.
Some team probably will, but I think giving Bradley $20m a year would be a mistake. He’s still relatively young and can do a bunch of things (shoot from outside, run the offense in spurts, and plays really good D for his size) but he doesn’t stand out as a max player. That much money may make sense on JJ Redick type of deal (1 year with a large sum of money), but I don’t see him producing at a level that is worth near-max/max contract for 3-4 years. A good example would be Otto Porter or Nicolas Batum, both of whom got max contracts. While both usually put up decent numbers, they are hardly max contract worthy players. I think the same will happen for Bradley. He’ll put up decent numbers, but I don’t think he’ll ever be a good team’s #1 or #2 option and he likely won’t put up numbers that would represent him as his team’s top option.
I don’t get Bradley statistically. For both Boston and Detroit, he ranks quite high in iso defense, but his team does better defensively with him out. So like jt20 I don’t think he is worth $20mil annually.