Jazz forward Derrick Favors has set up a few free agent meetings, Eric Woodyard of the Deseret News tweets. Favors is happy in Utah but wants to go through the free-agent process to determine his best course of action, Woodyard adds. Favors, 26, averaged 12.7 PPG and 7.2 RPG last season. Jazz GM Dennis Lindsey said recently he’d like to keep the team’s core intact. The Wizards, Bucks and Warriors have been mentioned as potential landing spots for Favors.
In other developments involving players heading to free agency:
- At least one Western Conference team is preparing to make a run at Bulls restricted free agent guard Zach LaVine, K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune reports. Johnson anticipates the Bulls would prefer to re-sign LaVine in the $14-16MM range annually but might balk if he receives an offer sheet worth $20MM or more per year.
- Mavericks guard Seth Curry has been medically cleared after missing last season with a left tibia fracture, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN tweets. Curry, an unrestricted free agent, has been engaged in full basketball-related activities for a month, Wojnarowski adds. Curry had a breakout season with Dallas the previous year, averaging 12.8 PPG and 2.7 APG while starting 42 of 70 games.
- The Nets are interested in Magic forward Mario Hezonja, Brian Lewis of the New York Post hears. Hezonja has not lived up to his billing after being the No. 5 pick of the 2015 draft but the Nets think highly of him and aren’t afraid of reclamation projects, Lewis continues. Hezonja, who averaged 9.6 PPG last season, is an unrestricted free agent after Orlando declined to pick up his fourth-year option last year. Brooklyn has pursued top-level restricted free agents in recent years but is unlikely to do so this summer because the front office would like to create room for two max players next summer, Lewis adds.
Hezonja should sign with the Thunder If George skips. He could average 16-17 ppg on that team.
Seth should go for min currency and join his brother, seeing Swaggy P most likely wont be there
Swaggy P won’t be back. He is the new spokesperson for coke.
He’s gotta go get his money now. Maybe in a year or two.
No one other than a superstar averages 16-17 a night playing with Russ Dionis.
Nets will offer Hezonja a really dumb contract. Orlando will match. In year two they’ll go wtf were we thinking?
Just like Allen Crabbe and Tyler Johnson.
He’s unrestricted
feel like the western conference team is the jazz thats on lavine
I didn’t even know they had cap space
Or the Clippers.
All 4 guys are overrated, ZLV look good before the injury & Hezonja is got untapped potential, but Favors & Curry are average players at best so they should be getting modest contracts, otherwise someone will always regret signing them.