Earlier this morning, we passed along a pair of reports from Shams Charania of The Athletic, who revealed that DeMar DeRozan and the Spurs are discussing a contract extension, while Pascal Siakam is seeking a maximum-salary extension from the Raptors.
Charania’s latest “Inside Pass” round-up at The Athletic includes a few more notes from around the NBA, so let’s round up the highlights…
- Nets point guard Spencer Dinwiddie and the NBA met on Thursday to discuss his plan to convert his contract into a digital investment vehicle, sources tell Charania. The NBA had wanted to nix Dinwiddie’s plan, but the point guard insists it doesn’t violate the league’s CBA and intends to move forward with it. According to Charania, the league will reconvene over “potential next steps.”
- With the NBA instituting a new rule requiring teams to submit accurate height measurements for their players, Charania notes that Zion Williamson‘s height was one of the more notable entries of the last week. The Pelicans‘ power forward came in at just 6’6″.
- Charania points to Pacers guard Aaron Holiday and Suns center Deandre Ayton as two players who appear to be primed for big sophomore NBA seasons. As Charania explains, Holiday will take over as Indiana’s backup point guard behind Malcolm Brogdon, while Suns officials, coaches, and players have all raved about Ayton’s work ethic leading up to the 2019/20 campaign.
Zion is a Larry Johnson / Clarence Weatherspoon type build.
I’m interested to see how he fits in the league. I’m not going to be negative, I’m just generally interested to see how a 6’6″ 300pounder with no shot finds his way.
I would reference Barkley, who wasn’t bad, at all, but he was only 6’4 haha
Zion Williamson is 6’7″ on basketball reference?
The measurements will be without shoes, which will subftract about an inch and a half from everyone, except seven footers who already have listed their heights short (like Durant) and now will have to admit to being that freakishly tall and will fear being moved to center with the big boys (like Durant).
Dinwiddie & Nets will have new unis link to nba.com that have a grafitti font with great styling. They’re so well designed and ideal that they make the sponsor patch look that much more dorky. Also, Brooklyn is hard too abbreviate… they used “BKLYN” without an “R”. But, not the artist Eric Haze’s fault. BRKLYN is too long I guess. BRKLN, BRKYN, BRLYN, BR-NYC. Get Lebron junior and go with BroNY!