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Maybe it's just me but this free agency period has been meh compared to other years.
3 team deal sends Norman Powell to Miami. He had a really big year for LA. Should have a bigger role for in Miami.
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Clippers land John Collins, Heat get Norman Powell in 3-team deal
Norman Powell lands in Miami and John Collins heads to L.A. as 4 players are involved in the reported 3-team swap.
He will be out all of 2025-2026. Could miss some additional time in 2026-2027 as well, just depends on how well the rehab goes. Durant tore his in June of 2019 and returned in December of 2020 for example.
Yeah, an achilles is just assumed to be a year recovery. Since it happened in the last game of the season, there isn't any reason to think he'll be back. Maybe he makes a miraculous recovery and gets back for a playoff run but there's no reason to expect it.
This would be a blow to the nuggets
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Nuggets moving forward with Jonas Valančiūnas trade as center considers offer to play in Greece: Report
Valančiūnas was expected to give Denver depth at center.
Atleast they're opening up the checkbook.
If they stick together, they are VERY capable of rattling off more titles.
They'll have this core together for a bit but will have to start making the tough decisions next summer (Wallace/Dort/Hartenstein player options) and the following summer once all three max extensions are kicked in. Lucky for them they have tons of assets to keep making moves and keep cost controlled talent around that core three. Holmgren is the big gamble thought IMO. His health is a question and also, not sure if he's actually max player good.
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Damian Lillard has agreed to a three-year, $45 million contract to return to the Portland Trail Blazers, a league source confirmed to The Athletic on Thursday. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6500915/2025/07/17/damian-lillard-contract-blazers-nba/?source=bsky_hq
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He'll be getting 14 mil from Portland and 22.5 mil from the Bucks next year, two teams paying a guy with no expectation to play. Seems like a nice deal for Portland.The Athletic (@theathletic.com)
Damian Lillard has agreed to a three-year, $45 million contract to return to the Portland Trail Blazers, a league source confirmed to The Athletic on Thursday. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6500915/2025/07/17/damian-lillard-contract-blazers-nba/?source=bsky_hq
He’s getting $55mil from the bucks the next two years, so he’ll be knocking down about $70mil per year the next two seasons. The $22mil is just the cap hit the bucks take for the next five seasons to stretch the $110mil they still owed him.
Player option on that third year as well so if he bounces back he could opt out and cash in a little more. If not, another $14mil in his pocket regardless.
Curtis playing well tonight with some guys sitting. Def seems like he’s got a strong case for a g league spot.
