The Hornets have waived Josh Okogie, Rod Boone of the Charlotte Observer reports. Okogie’s $7.7MM salary for next season would have been guaranteed if he had remained on the roster beyond Tuesday.
Charlotte had looked to trade the wing but couldn’t find a partner, Boone writes. The two sides agreed to push back Okogie’s guarantee date beyond the original June 30 deadline to give the front office more time to seek a trade involving the 27-year-old wing.
Okogie appeared in a total of 40 games last season (15.6 minutes per contest), averaging 7.1 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.2 steals on .448/.348/.741 shooting. Okogie was acquired by the Hornets, along with three second-round picks, from Phoenix for Nick Richards in January. He appeared in 16 games (six starts) with Charlotte, averaging 8.9 PPG and 2.7 RPG.
Charlotte has to make several more moves to ease its roster crunch. The Hornets will still have 18 players on standard contracts and all three of their two-way spots are filled once Drew Peterson‘s two-way deal is official.
DaQuan Jeffries, who also doesn’t have a guaranteed contract, and Nick Smith Jr. are among the players who could lose their spots if the Hornets don’t make more trades.
He’d look good in a Warriors uni.
Come to New York. A possible upgrade over Shamet
He is expected to be available on a veteran’s minimum salary.
He is comparable to Mose Moody
Warriors have internally discussed packaging Moses Moody in Sign & Trade scenarios with Jonathan Kuminga for Nikola Vucevic and more ….
I didn’t understand the Dinwiddie ink.
Decent value but wholly unnecessary with Sexton arrival and Smith finally showing something the last 30 games of last year
They’ll cut Jefferies to get to 17, can see um just fully buying out Connaughton to get to 16 but I don’t see the last chop currently without doing a trade of some sorts that might not even exist
Imo Diabate and Smith too good/young for the chop. Hence the odd Dinwiddie ink
I guess they wanted some experience. If they waive Connaughton, which they should do, only Nurkic has more than six years of experience
Nurkìc was traded to Utah for Sexton. Sexton is a 7 year pro that plays the same positions as Dinwiddie.
Okogie needs to catch on somewhere he’s rly good defender and a great athlete, can be a solid role player on any team
Bucks?
They need more guards. More.
Rugged defender at the SG position that can’t shoot. It’s difficult to stick 7 years in the NBA at SG while shooting under 30% from deep, but he’s done it.
You need a lot of offense on your roster to justify carrying him. He fit nicely alongside KD, Booker, CP3, and Ayton. Charlotte not so much.
He’s gotten his money. Good for him.