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Ooh, that's a tough one. I think it's been a lot of kind of minor moves. I think, first of all, the Nuggets losing out on KCP to the Orlando Magic.
I thought it was a big, big kind of deal there. Jones down and Tunis lost out from the Pelicans, went after the Wizards. I think a really, you know, important big one might really be Chris Paul to the San Antonio Spurs. I thought the Spurs really needed a veteran presence and a point guard leader around Victor Wamunyama. And they got possibly the greatest of all time to do that. So that was a really good addition for them. And then the Clippers kind of made a sneaky addition to adding Derrick Jones Jr. on a fairly cheap deal. Three years, $30 million. You know, securing a guy who was just in the NBA Finals was really good for the Mavericks in their Finals run.
So a lot of little minor moves, nothing really major, but they could be really sneaky and effective over time. Let's talk about Chris Paul and the Spurs. We actually were just going back and reminiscing about how San Antonio has really been in basketball purgatory since trading away Kawhi Leonard. Yes, they brought in Wembe, but for the most part, it's been some really bleak years.
How does this change them? Yeah, I mean, I think, again, if you watch a lot of the Spurs, and I think everyone who was excited for Wembe watched a lot of the Spurs last year, they really struggled with point guard play. I think something as simple as an entry pass or getting guys in the right positions, getting guys set up in plays, that's something that Chris Paul, as one of the best floor generals and really kind of a coach from the point guard position really does for you. I think when you're a head coach, a guy like Chris Paul really allows you to be comfortable, and you know that your team is going to be executing properly, and you don't really have to worry about execution and stuff like that.
Guys will be in the right position. And I think, especially for Wembe, getting him the ball in better scoring positions and getting guys in positions where they can capitalize off of Wembe getting doubled or stuff like that, I think all those little minor things are so important, and Chris Paul is just an absolute genius of a basketball player. Again, the athleticism may not be there, or what it was a couple years ago, but the mind that he has is just brilliant.
That's going to work wonders. He's joining Greg Popovich, another basketball genius, so I cannot wait to see what they look like together. Definitely agree with you about his craftiness and how clever he is, and the fact that his court vision gives him an edge on other younger players who just don't have the same experience. And he is third all-time in the NBA in assists, getting close to 12,000 of them.
What did I see earlier? That he would be the 11th player to spend 20 seasons in the NBA, which is pretty incredible as well. Alright, so they choose to move on from Chris Paul in the Warriors' backcourt. What about Klay Thompson? Why did those negotiations never really find any steam?
Yeah, I think that one's a bit more complicated. I think the Warriors are in a tough salary-cap position with the new collective bargaining agreement that was agreed upon last year. It's just super restrictive and punitive. You can no longer spend as much money as you want and build the contenders you want and be okay with it. There's harsher penalties in both financial aspects and a loss of draft picks. This CBA was meant to stop teams like the Clippers and the Warriors, teams who have been spending way over the cap to try and build rosters and just saying, screw it, we can pay the luxury tax penalties, it's not a big deal.
Now they are a big deal. You lose draft picks, you can't really aggregate salary and combine players and trades anymore. So it's really, really harsh and I think the Warriors saw that. And from Klay Thompson's side, I think as a Warriors lifer, I think he felt like the Warriors should be committed to him for life, just like they were committed to Steph giving him that $50 million a year offer. And Draymond recently got a $40 million a year offer. So I think he felt like, hey, if those two got it, I'm one of the big three with them, I should get something similar. And I believe he got an offer, I don't have the exact number, but I believe it was somewhere around $20 million or so a year, maybe a little bit less than that. So clearly he felt like he was wrong. He was a little disrespected there and he felt like it might be best for him to move on, even if it's not for as much as what he was getting in Golden State. I think he felt like, okay, if you're not going to respect me the way I've kind of given everything to you guys, then maybe it's just time to move on. So I think there's been reports that they've kind of said their goodbyes already and it's kind of looking like the two sides are going to go their separate ways.
It really is unfortunate that it had to be this way. I think winning four championships in eight years is just some legendary stuff and I think you kind of got to go down with the ship, if you ask me. But I think, again, this CBA is really, really tough and I think with Draymond and Seth here, you really want to try and capitalize on maybe one or two more championship win notes here. So I get it, it's tough, it's a basketball business, but it's not pretty right now.
Right, not just the four titles that they won, but also two other NBA Finals appearances, the All-Star Games, the Splash Brothers, the attention that they conjured up for the league. Tamar Azarli is with us from Clutch Points in Los Angeles, helping us break down the early stages of free agency. What is the market for Klay out there?
Yeah, so I think it kind of depends on what you're looking at. I think the Lakers and the Mavericks are trying to maybe create a little bit more wiggle room for themselves. You know, I think in what I've heard, I think it looks like they're trying to negotiate signing trades for Klay.
It's not going to be just an outright free agency signing. So, you know, teams like the Lakers and the Mavs are trying to create a little bit more space here. A team like the Clippers, who have been linked to him, I think Derek Jones Jr. kind of complicates things as far as a landing spot, but I think there are paths to some kind of sign and trade there with guys going back out. I will say the Clippers and Warriors just couldn't find a deal on a Paul George trade, so I don't know why the Warriors would kind of find a way to get Klay to the Clippers.
That really doesn't make sense to me too much, but I think every option is on the table. I feel like the Warriors, if they can get something back for Klay, and if it's a destination that he wants to go to, they'll try to do right by him. Right now it's looking like the Mavericks and the Lakers are kind of the two main names. I would say even the Mavericks, because I think they just created a pretty large trade exception with Tim Hardaway Jr., the trade sending him to Detroit for about $16 million. So they do have a little bit of space there, a bit more than the Lakers, but I think those two are really the teams, I and Klay.
There's so many things that I could ask you. When it comes to the Lakers, what's your reaction to them maybe keeping a roster spot for Bronny James, even as they want to compete, or they say they want to try to compete in what could be LeBron's final season? They have a chance to make history in the NBA, playing together, father, son. One of the biggest markets and teams in history.
You have a chance to make history, I think you've got to go for it. I think LeBron's willing to take a pay cut, and maybe in exchange for getting Bronny on the team, I think you kind of try to work hand in hand here. The Lakers and LeBron have had a great relationship, so nothing really surprises me there.
I think everyone felt all along that he would fall to the Lakers, and not really surprising that he did. Again, I think if you have a chance to make NBA history like they do right there, either you go for it. It's never been done. It's probably never ever going to be done. I look forward to seeing Bronny throw an alley-oop to LeBron, or vice versa.
I really do. What else do they need then to compete? D'Angelo Russell just opted into his $18 million play option for next year. I think he's expected a return, but the Lakers will also continue to explore everything as far as how do they get the team better. Do they feel like they need a shooter and maybe a defender in play?
Maybe he lost a bit of a step or two, but I think there is an opportunity for him to go somewhere like that. So I think they have a couple of tradable pieces. I think Jared Vanderbilt is a guy who struggled with injury last year, could be a valuable trait for them. D'Angelo Russell, if they see fit and they find a better fit alongside LeBron, maybe they could try to trade him as well. Gabe Vinson, I think, is a point guard for them. Again, these guys, just like Vanderbilt, didn't really get a chance to play too much because of injury, but they are on tradable type of contracts and they can make it easy to put together a nice offer for someone like a Clay or someone else out there on the market. I think LeBron, there was a report that LeBron wanted to have his deal signed by the time Team USA camp starts.
That's on July 6th. If the Lakers can't really find someone to add to the roster with LeBron's pick, I think LeBron might just take the max and say, hey, we tried, I'll sign the max, we'll figure out what we can do down the line. I guess it's generous of LeBron, but considering that the franchise did sign his son or did draft his son, there should be a feel good story there.
It feels like no matter what, whether it's pay cut or whether it's max deal, he's not going anywhere else because the whole idea is to play with Bronny. Damir Azarli with us here after hours with Amy Lawrence. What about Paul George? We're hearing the Sixers. How much does that make sense to you?
The question I've been waiting for. I've been following this story closely. I cover the Clippers day to day. The Sixers make sense at this point. The team with the most cap space to sign a guy like Paul George. I believe they met with him tonight here in Los Angeles.
I think there was a Nick Nurse spotting here not too long ago. They met out here in Los Angeles. Just before that, there was a statement the LA Clippers put out saying, we met with Paul George as a representative. We tried to negotiate a deal again.
Both sides were just far apart, unfortunately. Obviously, they have great respect for PT and what he's done for them. Paul has been designing a four-year deal towards the max. The max you can get from the LA Clippers is a four-year deal worth $220 million. The Clippers have been trying to sign him to a three-year deal.
I've heard it's similar to what Kawhi signed, which is about a three-year $149 million deal that he signed in January. They're pretty far apart. They're apart on the years.
They're apart on the total dollar amount. Overall, it seems like too big of a gap to bridge and that George is seemingly going to head to Philadelphia. There are some other teams with the max cap space, I will say.
They probably don't make sense for Paul. The Detroit Pistons, the Utah Jazz, the Oklahoma City are kind of a dark horse here as well. All eyes really seem to be on Philadelphia. Seems like Philadelphia is active right away in the first few hours of free agency. What else are they working on?
What are they trying to do, Tamir? Yes, I think they're really just trying to build a newer type of team around Joel Embiid and Tyrese Max. I think we saw Tyrese have a fantastic year.
All-Star, just a complete stud, especially in the playoffs for the Sixers. More than anything, they're just trying to get Tyrese and Joel a third score or secondary score to them and more of a defender. I think Tobias Harris did that for them in spurts, but I think at times he really struggled to deliver.
Paul George is a guy who can deliver on that same stage, but I think he's also struggled with inconsistencies, especially in big moments in the playoffs. I think they're really just going to rely on each other's star power and just having each other's backs. They also agreed to a deal with Kelly Oubre. They're bringing him back on a two-year, $16 million deal. They brought back Andre Drummond on a two-year, $10 million deal. They made a couple moves here to build the roster out.
They also got Eric Gordon from the Phoenix Suns at a one-year minimum. They have some additional pieces here, some shooting, some scoring, some defense. The addition of Paul George, we just kind of really round out that starting five they have out there.
I think Nico Batum was someone who was really valuable for them last year, but there was a report that he's not expected to return to Philadelphia. A lot of things for Philly to figure out. I think they're on the right path towards building a contender with Joel and with Tyrese. I think nailing down Paul George and getting him to agree to a deal is the next most important step for them.
Tyrese becoming a star in his own right alongside Joel Embiid. We've talked a lot about the West in some of the moving parts. By the way, we were totaling up earlier the number of teams in the West that Chris Paul will have played for. He's nearly at half of the Western Conference now, which will be seven once he signs with San Antonio, right? But who else in the East do you expect to be active? I think the New York Knicks did a big, big part of their job in acquiring Mikael Bridges last week, just before free agency started. I think the Orlando Magic obviously landed KCP and I think they have a couple other minor moves they can make here. I know they have Joe Ingles and they have Mo Wagner who they can also re-sign and I think they plan to. So those are the kind of moves there that, again, New York did their big game hunting last week.
Who else do we have here? I think Orlando is a big one because they have the cat's face. I don't expect some of the teams like Detroit or Charlotte to really make so much noise even though those teams have the cat's face. Boston Celtics are going to re-sign their kind of free agency. I think they are able to sign Derek White to an extension, I believe. There's some reports that he can make upwards of $31-32 million a year. He deserves that if you ask me.
I think he's a fantastic player. I think Boston, again, is a team that, with the new CBA, you have to capitalize on the now because this is Boston's window here. In three years they're going to have to break this team up. So you have to capitalize on this as quickly as you can and as much as you can. Wow. And that's because of money? Just to clarify, that's money?
Yeah. Financially speaking, once they extend Derek White, they're going to be in over the second apron and that's when the penalties will start hitting after a couple of years. This is their window now when they sign Derek White and the new Tatum extension is going to kick in. Those things are really important and this is their window now. So I think they're obviously going to do some minor moves to improve their roster, but they have a championship caliber roster there.
So really, I think just those teams. I think Milwaukee maybe can make some minor moves here to add some more pieces around Dame, around Giannis, and Chris Middleton. I don't really know what they plan to do. I think it sounds like they've been okay with some of the core that they have with Brook, but I know Malik Beasley is a shooting guard that they've lost or they're going to lose here for agency. So they do have some pieces to clean up and kind of add to the core that they have.
So I'm not really sure what they do yet. It's not really a big free agent market. There were some really good mid-level guys. The Clay Thompson, the DeMar DeRozan, and the Derek Jones I think were big ones.
Miles Bridges from the Hornets is also a candidate for the mid-level. Could get more than that. Could not. I don't know. But there's some pieces out there. It might take some time to develop. I think a lot of people are really waiting on Paul George to develop, first of all. Interesting. Okay. So what else are we missing?
Say that again? What else are we missing? I think the big one really is DeMar DeRozan. DeMar DeRozan has, I think there were reports that he was expected to agree to an extension and stay with the Bulls during the season. He said he's even happier and the Bulls were happy with him.
That extension never developed. In fact, I think those talks went cold at some point to the point where now he's expected to leave Chicago. There's always a chance he'll come back. I think that's definitely a possibility.
You can't rule that out. I've heard teams like the Clippers are connected to him. I've heard teams like the Lakers, obviously those LA teams could always be a good fit for someone like him.
It just remains to be seen what he wants to make, what he can earn. I've heard he's had significant offers from the Bulls, but he hasn't really taken those. He's a big, I think he can be a good contributor.
I think he's in his mid-30s, but again, a guy who can give you 22-23 points a game easy. He'll give you a big couple fourth quarters and some game winners throughout the year. He's a big piece, I think, to this as well. I really think everyone's waiting on Paul. Once Paul decides what he's going to do, then probably Clay and the Mavs will move forward with what they want to do. And so on and so forth.
It's kind of like a little domino. We're just waiting on the first domino to fall with Paul George. Any sleep this week for you? Probably not. I mean, we had the NBA draft, then we had a couple option days. I think the option days, especially on my front with Russell Westbrook and Paul George, that was a big deal for us the other day.
They obviously pre-agency started, so no, probably not so much sleep to be honest with you. No, not really. But this is the best time of the year.
I'm not going to lie to you. This is the best time of the year. I like it. This is when the NBA gets real fun. I was going to say, there's a lot of people who actually think this is more interesting and enticing than the playoffs, which last forever.
Or ever. I wouldn't say that. I actually enjoy the basketball side of things, but I will say this is a nice little change of pace from the entertainment standpoint.
It's, oh, this guy could change teams. Oh, oh. I think that's fun. That's fun for sure.
Definitely a lot of headlines, and you want to follow the news as it's breaking by finding Tamer Azarli on Twix. We call it Twix around here. Hey, that's good. I like that. Yeah, he covers the NBA.
We also really like candy around here. He covers the NBA as well as the Clippers specifically for clutch points and on Twix at T-O-M-E-R-A-Z-A-R-L-Y. Thank you for joining us when it's after midnight Los Angeles time. I know there's a lot going on, and we appreciate you sorting it out with us.
No better time to do a radio show than 12 midnight. Thank you for having me. I appreciate it. You're welcome.
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