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Iman Shumpert says Carmelo Anthony waited 30 minutes in the tunnel for Kevin Garnett to come out, leaving him and Rajon Rondo wondering if they’d have to fight
“He went downstairs to the tunnel. I came down afterward, and the man was sitting on the post staring at their side, waiting on KG to come out”
“It took them at least 20 or 30 minutes. The man lost no fire. I’m talking about smoke coming out of his ears, arms folded, hadn’t looked at his phone, hadn’t taken his eyes off over there”
“I see Rondo come out. Rondo looking at me, I’m looking at Rondo. We’re looking like, ‘Do we need to fight? What are we doing?’ Me and Rondo ain’t got no problem with each other, but if something swings, it’s just going to shake in here”
Sixers dumped Caleb Martin’s four-year deal (along with a 2030 second-round pick) and got 103 games of Quentin Grimes and 55 minutes of Johni Broome out of it. Still very good business, but did not turn out to be a heist to the degree it seemed a year ago.
Magic Johnson says turning down Nike in 1979 cost him over $1,000,000,000
“Nike, when I was young, wanted to sign me, but give me stock. Phil Knight said, ‘I don't have the money they have, but I got stock’”
“They ran the analytics. If I had did that deal in 1979, it'd be over a billion dollars. That's the one that got away”
Barring another move, the Sixers will go into the season with an open roster spot and $1.8 million under the first apron hard cap.
December 4 is the earliest they could sign a 15th player to a rest-of-season contract.
They'll probably keep it open to maintain flexibility through the trade deadline.
They could fill it with a 10-day contract starting on January 5.
Caldwell-Pope will clear waivers at 5pm ET. today.
Philadelphia will have an open roster spot but are are not allowed to sign a player until late December.
REPORT: The Miami Heat are looking to acquire Klay Thompson via trade or buyout, per @ShamsCharania
“The Miami Heat’s number 1 priority right now is to acquire shooting. They found their number 1 target. That’s Klay Thompson. The problem is Klay has 1 year left on his contract so they’re exploring whether they can trade for him, or whether this could end up in a buyout. We’ll see over the next several weeks.”
(h/t @ohnohedidnt24)
The Philadelphia 76ers are trading C/F Johni Broome and a second-round pick to the Los Angeles Clippers for cash considerations, sources tell ESPN. The deal allows the 76ers to stay under both first and second aprons while signing LeBron James and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.
Despite being eligible, there is not a no-trade clause in Draymond Green's one-year contract, per source. It's the same as the player option he gave up. Warriors would've given longer-term deal if they landed LeBron James, but didn't. https://t.co/saLoNFa66t
OFFICIAL: The final print run on LeBron James' first card with the 76ers was 211,627 copies.
This is now the highest-selling NBA Topps NOW card of all time, passing Cooper Flagg and OG Anunoby 🤯
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