Before they reached an agreement to sign Troy Daniels this week, the Nuggets considered a handful of other veteran free agents, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic, who identifies Iman Shumpert and Joakim Noah as two players who were on Denver’s radar.
Although the Nuggets chose Daniels for now, that doesn’t necessarily mean that they won’t add another free agent, such as Shumpert or Noah, before the playoffs begin next month. Daniels filled the 14th spot on Denver’s roster, so the team still has one more opening on its 15-man squad.
Here are a few more items of interest from Charania:
- The Mavericks have a standing job offer out to Dirk Nowitzki, but the longtime Dallas forward isn’t yet ready to take on a formal role with the franchise, says Charania. It’s not clear what sort of job the Mavs are offering Nowitzki — I imagine he’d have plenty of say in his role, depending on what interests him.
- After not buying out Maurice Harkless by March 1, the Knicks are expected to show interest in re-signing him this summer, sources tell The Athletic. Some playoff teams are planning to pursue Harkless as well, Charania adds.
- Despite not having played since last spring, Jamal Crawford remains committed to continuing his NBA career, according to Charania, who says the free agent guard – who turns 40 in two weeks – is in shape and ready to go if he gets an opportunity.
- Earlier today, we passed along Charania’s reports on the Lakers monitoring the market for shooting help, Joel Embiid‘s target return date, and a few pre-deadline trades that ultimately failed to materialize.
Lakers should of signed Crawford instead of Waiters.
No they shouldn’t have signed the guy 11 years older.
Teams require defense in the playoffs.
If that’s the case I wonder what they’ll do with Rondo and Kuzma come playoff time.
Grammatically, “should of” should have been “should have”.
The “of” is parallel to “instead of” later on, but that’s not how that works for whatever reason.
Even using “shoulda… insteada” would at least be an allempt to imitate hurried spoken English, or to be creative.
A kind of pride may be involved in the usage of “of” there… The writer may want to indicate an itinerant blue-collar ancestry, such that using “should have” should be avoided.
You do know that KLove is stuck in ohio forever?
Klove is so LA but he must wait a couple years!