Free agent center Mason Plumlee has agreed to a three-year, $25M deal with the Detroit Pistons, his agent Mark Bartelstein of @PrioritySports tells ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) November 20, 2020
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Lakers need to trade McGee and not re-sign Bradley to use full MLE
Lakers ability to use their full MLE and pay a reasonable salary for KCP and pay Wes Matthews BAE is not really workable under a hard cap – trading away McGee would help that. That's with Markieff, Howard back via NB rights at near $3 mil in theory
— Eric Pincus (@EricPincus) November 20, 2020
DeMarcus Cousins getting some early attention tonight
This isn't an easy free agent market for centers, but here's a former All-Star getting some early attention tonight, per sources: DeMarcus Cousins.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) November 20, 2020
Wes Matthews plans to sign with the Lakers
Free agent Wes Matthews plans to sign with the Lakers, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) November 20, 2020
The $ number reported (I believe by @ShamsCharania forgive me if I got that wrong) for Wes Matthews is BAE money – that doesn't mean they are using BAE, could be part of taxpayer MLE – but if it is BAE< Lakers would be hard-capped at ~$139 mil
— Eric Pincus (@EricPincus) November 20, 2020
Can confirm reports that free agent guard Wes Matthews plans to sign with the Lakers, the bi-annual for one year at $3.6 million.
— Brad Turner (@BA_Turner) November 20, 2020
For Wes Matthews, being able to step directly into a starting role with the Lakers created by the Danny Green trade to OKC was too good to pass up, per source. One instance where the compressed end of season/draft/FA period/start of next season probably didn’t help Milwaukee.
— David Aldridge (@davidaldridgedc) November 20, 2020
Goran Dragic has agreed to re-sign with the Miami Heat,
The big question is when will AD return. If you study his stats for the regular season and playoffs, there’s some reason for concern about his decline in shooting percentages from the line, midrange, and deep since his breakout in the playoffs when he shot 57%/83%/38%. Was that a breakout or just an outlier. We all thought it was a breakout and I guess we’ll find out the second half of the season.
I still believe it was a breakout and that it was injuries that have caused the decline so far this season because it’s not just his shot. His average points, rebounds, asssists, steals, and blocks have all declined from Playoff AD. And the eyetest is telling me that the shots he’s missing are not heavily contested. They’re the same wide open shots he drained over and over in the playoffs. Count me as one who believes AD belongs in that legends picture at the top of the article besides Kareem, Wilt, and Shaq. He just might have to play a lot of center this season to get there.