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JJ Redick, Amir Johnson signings make sense for Sixers, gives them flexibility!!
CAMDEN — The 76ers' plan appears to be waiting another year before pursuing a high-level, long-term free agent.
I'm fine with that approach.
In the meantime, signing veteran guard J.J. Redick for one year and $23 million means the Sixers are adding a top-drawer shooter to spread the floor and help create space for Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons, Markelle Fultz and company to operate. The young players get a year to develop with Redick on the wing knocking down jumpers, which should prevent opponents from packing in their defense.
While Redick isn't Gordon Hayward or Danilo Gallinari, he'll fill an important role for the Sixers' promising core.
The same with former Celtics power forward Amir Johnson. ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported the blue-collar Johnson agreed to a one-year, $11 million contract.
The contracts become official Thursday at noon EDT, which is when the moratorium period ends.
Redick's last contract was worth $27.75 million over four years, paying him $7.4 million in 2016-17.
The 33-year-old Redick shot 42.9 percent (sixth in the NBA) from 3-point range last season for the Clippers while averaging 15 points in 78 games (all starts). In 2015-16, Redick hit 47.5 percent on 3s (second in the league). He is 41.5 percent for his 11-year career.
The former Duke star visited the Sixers once the free agency period began at 12:01 Saturday morning. Embiid apparently was in on the recruiting pitch, including interacting with Redick at Steve Nash's June 21 charity soccer event in New York.
"Trust the process," Redick tweeted Saturday afternoon, referring to the Embiid-led Sixers' slogan.
"Guys it's happening," Embiid tweeted right after Redick's tweet.
Redick allows the Sixers the option of switching to a more traditional starting backcourt if the experiment with Simmons as a point guard on offense doesn't work out. In that case, Fultz would run the point with Redick at the "2" position.
It'll be interesting to see if coach Brett Brown opts to start Redick or Fultz opposite Simmons to begin the season. Compared to past decisions that sometimes had Brown choosing which undrafted player on a 10-day contract to call upon, this is a welcome "problem" to have.
Either way, Redick needs to be on the floor in end-game situations when the Sixers have the ball.
Signing the 6-foot-4, 190-pound Redick means the Sixers would have 15 players (counting Fultz, impending arrival Furkan Korkmaz and options the team is expected to pick up on T.J. McConnell and Richaun Holmes) under contract at roughly $83.4 million for the upcoming season. The cap is set at $99.1 million.
Landing Redick on a one-year deal helps preserve the Sixers' long-term cap flexibility. Though Embiid and Robert Covington could be receiving extensions, there'd be room to sign a younger free agent such as Celtics shooting guard/defensive stopper Avery Bradley to a long-term deal.
Of Colangelo's three free-agent guard signings a year ago, only Jerryd Bayless is still here. Sergio Rodriguez inked a one-year, $8 million contract and Gerald Henderson came here for one year and $9 million, with a $1 million buyout for the upcoming season if the Sixers didn't guarantee the second year (which is what happened Friday).
That is not an accident.
Still, seven guards (Fultz, Redick, McConnell, Bayless, Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot, Nik Stauskas and Korkmaz) — not counting Simmons — is too many on a 15-man roster. Perhaps the Sixers, who went from too many big men to too many "smalls" in one year, could look to move Stauskas for a future pick.
The 30-year-old Johnson is a leader and solid defender who's willing to do the little things. He'll bring much-needed toughness to Philadelphia.
The 6-10, 240-pound Johnson averaged 6.5 points and 4.6 rebounds in 80 games (77 starts) for the Celtics last season. He shot 40.9 percent on 3-pointers in 2016-17, but attempted only 66, or fewer than one per contest. Calling him a "stretch 4," which would be the ideal pairing next to Embiid, would be, well, a stretch.
Colangelo has a history with Johnson, having acquired him with the Raptors in August 2009. At the time, Colangelo called Johnson "another talented, young big."
Perhaps $23 million and $11 million would seem to be a lot, even by today's NBA standards, for Redick and Johnson. But Colangelo is again showing he's willing to overpay on a short-term deal with the big picture in mind.
CAMDEN — The 76ers' plan appears to be waiting another year before pursuing a high-level, long-term free agent.
I'm fine with that approach.
In the meantime, signing veteran guard J.J. Redick for one year and $23 million means the Sixers are adding a top-drawer shooter to spread the floor and help create space for Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons, Markelle Fultz and company to operate. The young players get a year to develop with Redick on the wing knocking down jumpers, which should prevent opponents from packing in their defense.
While Redick isn't Gordon Hayward or Danilo Gallinari, he'll fill an important role for the Sixers' promising core.
The same with former Celtics power forward Amir Johnson. ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported the blue-collar Johnson agreed to a one-year, $11 million contract.
The contracts become official Thursday at noon EDT, which is when the moratorium period ends.
Redick's last contract was worth $27.75 million over four years, paying him $7.4 million in 2016-17.
The 33-year-old Redick shot 42.9 percent (sixth in the NBA) from 3-point range last season for the Clippers while averaging 15 points in 78 games (all starts). In 2015-16, Redick hit 47.5 percent on 3s (second in the league). He is 41.5 percent for his 11-year career.
The former Duke star visited the Sixers once the free agency period began at 12:01 Saturday morning. Embiid apparently was in on the recruiting pitch, including interacting with Redick at Steve Nash's June 21 charity soccer event in New York.
"Trust the process," Redick tweeted Saturday afternoon, referring to the Embiid-led Sixers' slogan.
"Guys it's happening," Embiid tweeted right after Redick's tweet.
Redick allows the Sixers the option of switching to a more traditional starting backcourt if the experiment with Simmons as a point guard on offense doesn't work out. In that case, Fultz would run the point with Redick at the "2" position.
It'll be interesting to see if coach Brett Brown opts to start Redick or Fultz opposite Simmons to begin the season. Compared to past decisions that sometimes had Brown choosing which undrafted player on a 10-day contract to call upon, this is a welcome "problem" to have.
Either way, Redick needs to be on the floor in end-game situations when the Sixers have the ball.
Signing the 6-foot-4, 190-pound Redick means the Sixers would have 15 players (counting Fultz, impending arrival Furkan Korkmaz and options the team is expected to pick up on T.J. McConnell and Richaun Holmes) under contract at roughly $83.4 million for the upcoming season. The cap is set at $99.1 million.
Landing Redick on a one-year deal helps preserve the Sixers' long-term cap flexibility. Though Embiid and Robert Covington could be receiving extensions, there'd be room to sign a younger free agent such as Celtics shooting guard/defensive stopper Avery Bradley to a long-term deal.
Of Colangelo's three free-agent guard signings a year ago, only Jerryd Bayless is still here. Sergio Rodriguez inked a one-year, $8 million contract and Gerald Henderson came here for one year and $9 million, with a $1 million buyout for the upcoming season if the Sixers didn't guarantee the second year (which is what happened Friday).
That is not an accident.
Still, seven guards (Fultz, Redick, McConnell, Bayless, Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot, Nik Stauskas and Korkmaz) — not counting Simmons — is too many on a 15-man roster. Perhaps the Sixers, who went from too many big men to too many "smalls" in one year, could look to move Stauskas for a future pick.
The 30-year-old Johnson is a leader and solid defender who's willing to do the little things. He'll bring much-needed toughness to Philadelphia.
The 6-10, 240-pound Johnson averaged 6.5 points and 4.6 rebounds in 80 games (77 starts) for the Celtics last season. He shot 40.9 percent on 3-pointers in 2016-17, but attempted only 66, or fewer than one per contest. Calling him a "stretch 4," which would be the ideal pairing next to Embiid, would be, well, a stretch.
Colangelo has a history with Johnson, having acquired him with the Raptors in August 2009. At the time, Colangelo called Johnson "another talented, young big."
Perhaps $23 million and $11 million would seem to be a lot, even by today's NBA standards, for Redick and Johnson. But Colangelo is again showing he's willing to overpay on a short-term deal with the big picture in mind.
Yep
He will be back though he needs another year like this one and he will cash in next use
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I think zaza. Is in the air though
Keep in mind that if it weren't for injuries the tanking wouldn't have gone as it did though. In fact, had it not been for an injury we wouldn't even have Embiid. Still, get ready cause plenty of teams are going to be doing it even worse that we did.
maybe if they treated players BETTER and more fairly..
maybe IT threaten them on live TV?
Or tell them they rich so they can handle hate crimes
or stoking racial tension for ratings views and clicks.
Just saying...Keep in mind that if it weren't for injuries the tanking wouldn't have gone as it did though. In fact, had it not been for an injury we wouldn't even have Embiid. Still, get ready cause plenty of teams are going to be doing it even worse that we did.
Y'all (the fans) deserve better.
I think they are making a push to see what they have this year though.
Yeah. I agreed with the tanking though. Got sick of 7th and 8th seeds and 1 playoff win with no building in sight. Iggy and Jrue Holiday weren't gonna get it done here. Had to take another approach. We have legit pieces to build with now. Wasn't long ago Cavs lost 26 straight ya know...........
maybe. hopefully. but maybe. lol
Mannnn u know I rock with Bron but I was happy for yall and KD...Cavs gotta hold up the other end of the scale!!!
Report: Suns out, Timberwolves maybe gone from Paul Millsap chase, Denver is front runner
Paul Millsap fits right in with Denver. They run the offense through Nikola Jokic out high with young players such as Gary Harris and Jamal Murray with him, what they need is a four who can both space the floor and give them defense inside. Millsap does that as well as anyone, he’s a borderline NBA All-Defensive Team player (he was tied for the last forward spot this year with the Greek Freak), he can hit threes, he can work off the ball or score for himself. He’s an upgrade from Danilo Gallinari, who played that position last season (when he was healthy). Put Millsap on Denver and that is a playoff team in the West.
Denver also looks like the front-runner to land Millsap. He met with the Suns and the Timberwolves, but they are out of the running, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN and David Aldridge of TNT/NBA.com.
Denver is expected to pull out all the stops in their pitch.
Denver has more than $30 million in cap space (they would renounce Gallinari to free up his cap hold), so the Nuggets have the money to go max and get Millsap, but should they? Can they get him for three years starting at $27 million? Even if they have to throw on a player-option fourth year, it could be worth it for the Nuggets. If the Suns pulled out because of the money, is Millsap demanding the max (which for him starts at $34 million)?
Denver seems in position to land Paul Millsap, and it would be a great fit, the only question is money.
Paul Millsap fits right in with Denver. They run the offense through Nikola Jokic out high with young players such as Gary Harris and Jamal Murray with him, what they need is a four who can both space the floor and give them defense inside. Millsap does that as well as anyone, he’s a borderline NBA All-Defensive Team player (he was tied for the last forward spot this year with the Greek Freak), he can hit threes, he can work off the ball or score for himself. He’s an upgrade from Danilo Gallinari, who played that position last season (when he was healthy). Put Millsap on Denver and that is a playoff team in the West.
Denver also looks like the front-runner to land Millsap. He met with the Suns and the Timberwolves, but they are out of the running, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN and David Aldridge of TNT/NBA.com.
Denver is expected to pull out all the stops in their pitch.
Denver has more than $30 million in cap space (they would renounce Gallinari to free up his cap hold), so the Nuggets have the money to go max and get Millsap, but should they? Can they get him for three years starting at $27 million? Even if they have to throw on a player-option fourth year, it could be worth it for the Nuggets. If the Suns pulled out because of the money, is Millsap demanding the max (which for him starts at $34 million)?
Denver seems in position to land Paul Millsap, and it would be a great fit, the only question is money.
Yea bro you late with this, these fucking fools already clowned about this shit!!!
Wow. Thought he was going back to the Raps for sure. Guess Ibaka and Lowry are locks there now
Shit that never seemed like it was the issue
They were trying to decide if they were going to stay put or go young building around Derozan and their young fellas
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