That’s a very smart extension.
The Golden State Warriors are acquring Buddy Hield in a sign-and-trade with the Philadelphia 76ers, according to Shams Charania. Hield, the No. 6 overall pick in the 2016 NBA Draft, split last season between the Indiana Pacers and the 76ers after a midseason trade. Now, he will move to the Bay Area and join a very fitting team.
Hield is getting $21 million of guaranteed money with the Warriors, adds Adrian Wojnarowski. The Warriors will send the 76ers the Mavericks' second-round pick in 2031, per Charania...
...The Knicks would have been hard-capped at the first apron because they were taking in more money than they sent out. If they could find a way to send out more money than they brought in through salary aggregation, that would push their hard cap up to the second apron at $188,931,000.
Now, it seems the Knicks have found a way to do that. According to The Athletic's Shams Charania, the Knicks will sign-and-trade Shake Milton out on a three-year, $9 million deal. The Athletic's Fred Katz adds that the Knicks will also include Mamadi Diakite, who will see $1.23 million of his non-guaranteed deal become guaranteed, in the deal. Combined, they get the Knicks up to the required amount of salary needed to hit that second apron hard cap. The Knicks will also take back Keita Bates-Diop in the trade, but as a minimum salary, he doesn't count as matching salary from New York's perspective...
DeMar DeRozan is set to join the Sacramento Kings through a sign-and-trade agreement, according to The Athletic's Shams Charania. The deal, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, is a three-year, $70-plus million agreement, and will send Harrison Barnes to the San Antonio Spurs. The Bulls will receive former first-round pick Chris Duarte and two second-round picks for cooperating in the deal. Sacramento will also give San Antonio an unprotected 2031 pick swap...