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John Gambadoro: Just spoke with an NBA coach on Jalen Green. Told me we had the hardest time trying to stop him. Put our best defender on him so he wouldn’t get going. I asked about his struggles defensively. – Said everyone is terrible defensively heck KD gets attacked and picked on. Also said Green has to make commitment to work and that the playoffs didn’t help him. But said … [Read more...] about
As for the trade bonus, Green has one worth 10 percent, currently valued at $6.9 million. It would be spread evenly across his salaries for 2025-26 and 2026-27. That means each cap hit would increase by $3.5 million. Option years do not factor in unless the option gets picked up. This would increase his $33.3 million salary to $36.8 million, which wouldn’t work. So instead, all … [Read more...] about
There is a strong chance this trade will be expanded to include more teams and players since we have two weeks until it can become official. But if it isn’t, the trade as structured works with the two teams. And that is fascinating because both teams have to do 100 percent matches since they project to be above the first apron in 2025-26. Teams above the first apron cannot take … [Read more...] about
Speaking to Kay Adams after the trade that sent Durant to the Rockets in exchange for Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, the No. 10 pick and five second-round picks, Durant scoffed at the notion that there were a lot of “heartbroken” Suns fans about the former MVP’s departure. In Durant’s view of the situation, Suns fans wanted him gone, and Durant no longer wanted to be in a place … [Read more...] about Kevin Durant on Suns’ fans: They wanted me to go…they got what they wanted, and I got what I wanted
Speaking to Kay Adams after the trade that sent Durant to the Rockets in exchange for Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, the No. 10 pick and five second-round picks, Durant scoffed at the notion that there were a lot of “heartbroken” Suns fans about the former MVP’s departure. In Durant’s view of the situation, Suns fans wanted him gone, and Durant no longer wanted to be in a place … [Read more...] about Kevin Durant on Suns’ fans: They wanted me to go…they got what they wanted, and I got what I wanted
