The Nets still have roughly $16MM in cap space left, according to New York Post’s Brian Lewis, and could still explore ways to add more draft assets from a team looking to dump salary. The Nets have already absorbed the contracts of Michael Porter Jr., Terance Mann and Haywood Highsmith, while picking up a 2025 first-round pick (Drake Powell was taken in that spot), thee Nuggets’ unprotected 2032 first-round pick and the Heat’s 2032 second-rounder. However, they are actively looking for more of those opportunities, Lewis reports.
Here’s more from the Eastern Conference:
- Now that the Celtics ownership has changed hands, will there be a change of venue? The Boston Globe’s Shirley Leung explores that possibility, noting that the new owners are keeping their options open. Currently, the Celtics share TD Garden with the NHL Bruins, and rent from Garden owner Delaware North, Leung points out. It might more sense for the franchise to play in a new basketball arena flanked by real estate development in the surrounding area.
- The Chicago Sun Times’ Joe Cowley has offered plenty of criticism regarding the Bulls’ front office in recent years. Cowley opines that there are other front offices more dysfunctional that the one led by executive VP Arturas Karnisovas and GM Marc Eversley, placing the Pelicans, Knicks and Suns in that category.
- Nikola Jovic suffered what appeared to be a minor hand injury in Serbia’s 82-60 EuroBasket victory over the Czech Republic, Ira Winderman of the Sun Sentinel tweets. The Heat forward had 10 points and six rebounds for Serbia, which already had clinched a spot in the round of 16.
BRING OUT YOUR BUSTS
BRING OUT YOUR BUSTS
Totally wrong about grouping the Knicks front office with the Pelicans and Suns. What about the Kings, Trailblazers, Raptors, Wizards, 76ers, Nets???
Yea nets have to be in there, taking all 5 FRPs was braindead
This Crowley article should go down as one of the worst pieces of sports journalism I have ever read. What trash, an insult to any fan with an iota of common senses.
Yeah it’s bad.
A) bulls are worse off than pels and suns. Pelicans have some good young pieces and at least they have direction . & suns have booker, that alone is sm better than everything bulls have
B) while comforting to know there’s other fanbases in hell (kings and raptors, welcome aboard), that should by no means exonerate the idiots in Chicago. Beyond stupid
Side note – why exactly is Nico Harrison, per Crowley, ‘getting the last laugh?’ Sure Flagg is nice but is it worth torpedoing a team 3 games from a chip ? Would Lakers trade Luka back for Flagg + AD ? Don’t think so…