JULY 10: The Thunder have officially signed Muscala, the team announced today in a press release.
As we relayed earlier this week, Oklahoma City gave Muscala the opportunity to reconsider his options after the team agreed to trade away Paul George. However, the big man decided to remain committed to OKC.
JUNE 30: The Thunder have agreed to a deal with free agent forward Mike Muscala, his agent, Sean Kennedy of Excel Sports Management, tells ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski (Twitter link).
Muscala, a 6’11” floor-spacer, is set to bring some much-needed shooting to Oklahoma City in the frontcourt next season. He split last year with Sixers and Lakers, averaging seven points per game on 35% shooting from behind-the-arc.
Oklahoma City also worked to secure a commitment with free agent center Nerlens Noel on Sunday, but Noel has since backed out of the agreement, according to Wojnarowski. It’s not clear if the team’s deal with Muscala will impacts its willingness to bring back Noel.
[UPDATE: Noel has reached a new agreement with the Thunder]
Muscala has made stops with Atlanta, Philly, Los Angeles, and now Oklahoma City across his six-year career.
Bye bye Nerlens. Ugh. You should have taken the deal (again)!
OKC did sign Noel july 6 terms (??).
They already re signed nerlens…
He asked for time to re-evaluate the deal which is probably off the table now.
Wow so he’s blown it twice now.
Not necessarily. The celtics need a cheap big. Noel could fit the profile of a defensive/rebounding affordable big man for the Celtics. He could start on the celtics. On the thunder he would have a lesser role
He backed out…
Yes!