Hoops Rumors

As long as a team is operating below the second tax apron, it has access to at least some form of the mid-level exception, a tool designed to allow clubs to add talent without using cap room to do so. As we outline in more detail within our glossary, one of the following MLEs is available to a team below the second apron of $188,931,000: Taxpayer mid-level exception … [Read more...] about Just One Team Has Used Full Non-Taxpayer MLE So Far

There won’t be a ton of free agents who sign for more than the veteran’s minimum between now and the end of the NBA’s regular season. The majority of the players whose markets exceeded the minimum came off the board pretty quickly in July, and teams aren’t looking to spend big on the players who are still available. Still, that certainly doesn’t mean every signing for the next … [Read more...] about Teams Limited To Minimum Salary Contract Offers

Nuggets president Josh Kroenke recently discussed the team’s decision to sign former league MVP Russell Westbrook to a two-year deal, Bennett Durando of The Denver Post relays. As Durando notes, Westbrook is on track to play for his fifth team in six years. In a reduced role as a reserve for the Clippers last season, the 35-year-old averaged a career-low 11.1 points and 4.5 … [Read more...] about Northwest Notes: Westbrook, Stojakovic, Jokic, Sexton

Nuggets center Nikola Jokic is the best NBA player right now but he’s not going to win another Most Valuable Player award next season. That’s the majority opinion of the 18 NBA coaches, scouts and executives that ESPN’s Tim Bontemps polled. All but three of them believe Jokic is the league’s top player. However, when the subject of next season’s MVP came up, Thunder guard Shai … [Read more...] about Jokic Tops Poll For Best Player; Gilgeous-Alexander Gets Nod For 2024/25 MVP

Coach Michael Malone and the Nuggets‘ front office aren’t on the same page when it comes to roster moves, sources tell David Thorpe of TrueHoop. Thorpe has been hearing for two years about a “disconnect” as the organization has lost Bruce Brown and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope from its 2023 championship roster. Malone has been left with a collection of young players to try to fill … [Read more...] about “Disconnect” Between Michael Malone and Front Office?