# NBA Offseason 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** basketball-nba\ **Created:** [June 23, 2022, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-offseason-2022/966661 "2022-06-23T05:42:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-offseason-2022/966661/21 "2022-06-30T21:44:17Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > The Atlanta Hawks have acquired All-Star guard Dejounte Murray from the San Antonio Spurs in exchange for Danilo Gallinari and three first-round picks. The trade also includes a future pick swap. > > [Atlanta Hawks acquire guard Dejounte Murray from San Antonio Spurs for three first-round picks, Danilo Gallinari - ESPN](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34169244/sources-atlanta-hawks-acquire-guard-dejounte-murray-san-antonio-spurs-three-1st-round-picks-danilo-gallinari) I’m excited about this. Trae and Murray in the backcourt is going to be fantastic - and his defense is incredibly important right now to the Hawks. And to have Galli instead of JC be the player being sent is great. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-offseason-2022/966661/22 "2022-06-30T21:59:31Z")
It’s amazing someone with so much talent has so little backbone. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-offseason-2022/966661/23 "2022-07-01T00:46:50Z")
Man, poor fucking Brooklyn. I kinda hope they get enough back to salvage something from this debacle, but what an epic collapse into the ash heap in just three years. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-offseason-2022/966661/24 "2022-07-01T01:07:58Z")
They’ll get multiple 1st round picks. Of course that limits his potential destinations. Who has that much draft capital to spend, and a star player they’re willing to part with? ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-offseason-2022/966661/25 "2022-07-01T08:28:57Z")
Free-agent negotiation period has begun. **New Acquisitions:** Jalen Brunson is indeed leaving Dallas and going to the New York Knicks. Four years, $104 million. [https://www.espn.com/nba/story/\_/id/34174978/sources-dallas-mavericks-informed-jalen-brunson-intends-sign-new-york-knicks](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34174978/sources-dallas-mavericks-informed-jalen-brunson-intends-sign-new-york-knicks) Gary Payton II is expected to join the Trail Blazers on a three-year, $28 million deal. > **[Payton to join Blazers; 3-year deal, sources say](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34176737/gary-payton-ii-finalizing-multi-year-deal-portland-trail-blazers-agent-says)** > > Gary Payton II is headed to the Portland Trail Blazers, with sources telling ESPN the deal is for three years, $28 million. Andre Drummond: Two years, $6.6 million with the Chicago Bulls, with Year 2 being a player option. > **[Sources: Drummond to Bulls for 2 years, $6.6M](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34176019/andre-drummond-agrees-2-year-66-million-deal-chicago-bulls-nba-free-agency-sources-say)** > > Andre Drummond has agreed to a two-year, $6.6 million deal that includes a player option in the second year with Chicago, sources said. **Re-Signings:** Two-time reigning MVP Nikola Jokic is signing the largest contract in NBA history with a five-year, $270 million supermax extension with the Denver Nuggets. > **[Joker's wild: Nuggets, Jokic agree to $270M deal](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34174993/denver-nuggets-star-nikola-jokic-agrees-five-year-270-million-supermax-extension-agents-say)** > > Nikola Jokic has agreed to a five-year, $270 million supermax extension with the Denver Nuggets, his agents told ESPN, the largest contract in NBA history. Ja Morant has agreed to a five-year, $231 million extension with the Memphis Grizzlies. > **[Morant agrees to massive extension with Grizz](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34174548/ja-morant-agrees-5-year-extension-worth-231-million-memphis-grizzlies-agent-says)** > > Grizzlies star Ja Morant has agreed on a five-year, $193 million designated rookie maximum extension that could become worth $231 million, his agent told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. Devin Booker: 4 years, $224 million to stay with the Phoenix Suns. I guess he’s not being traded to Brooklyn for Durant. This deal will kick in upon the conclusion of his current contract in 2024-25. > **[Suns, Booker reach $224M supermax extension](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34176232/phoenix-suns-devin-booker-agree-4-year-224-million-supermax-extension)** > > Devin Booker and the Phoenix Suns agreed on a $224 million supermax extension that keeps him tethered to the franchise through the 2027-28 season. Karl-Anthony Towns: 4-year, $224 million supermax extension with the Minnesota Timberwolves. > **[Towns, Wolves agree to 4-year, $224M supermax](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34176251/karl-anthony-towns-minnesota-timberwolves-agree-4-year-224-million-supermax-extension)** > > Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns has agreed on a four-year, $224 million supermax extension that makes his total contract value six years and $295 million. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-offseason-2022/966661/26 "2022-07-01T12:16:53Z")
Not sure most of this really moves the needle all that much for these teams. Of course you can’t let a guy like Jokic go, and the Blazers got better, but the rest of these feel like just treading water. Beal has re-signed, and in doing so resigned himself to a career of mediocrity and obscurity. But he sure got paid! But hey, if that’s his priority, then good for him. He has a lot more faith in the Wizards than I do, I’ll tell you that much. I suppose you get jaded to losing when you do it for 10 years. Brunson’s a good player, but #1 option to carry the team, and without Luka do draw all the defense away? I think the Knicks will struggle to replicate last year. Drummond and the Bulls are an interesting match. He’s like the anti-Vucevic. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-offseason-2022/966661/27 "2022-07-01T20:49:29Z")
The Utah Jazz have traded Ruby Gobert to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange four players and four first-round picks, three of them unprotected. Gobert will team with Karl-Anthony Towns. _This_ is your blockbuster needle-moving deal, so far. > **[Sources: Jazz trading Gobert to Wolves for 4 1sts](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34180894/sources-utah-jazz-trading-star-center-rudy-gobert-minnesota-timberwolves)** > > Minnesota is sending its 2023, 2025 and 2027 picks unprotected and a top-5-protected 2029 pick to Utah in exchange for Rudy Gobert, sources told ESPN. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-offseason-2022/966661/28 "2022-07-01T21:13:21Z")
The Boston Celtics have acquired point guard Malcolm Brogdon from the Indiana Pacers in exchange for a 2023 first-round draft pick and five players. > **[Sources: Celtics get Brogdon in trade with Pacers](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34180437/boston-celtics-acquire-malcolm-brogdon-trade-indiana-pacers-sources-say)** > > The Celtics acquired playmaking point guard Malcom Brogdon in a trade with the Pacers without having to give up a core player, sources told ESPN. The Pacers landed another first-round pick in the deal. Pacers really _are_ Tyrese Haliburton’s team, now. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-offseason-2022/966661/29 "2022-07-01T21:23:54Z")
Mitchell Robinson signed a four-year, $60 million contract to remain with the New York Knicks. > **[Knicks, Robinson agree to 4-year, $60M contract](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34179061/new-york-knicks-keeping-mitchell-robinson-agreeing-four-year-60m-deal-agents-say)** > > Mitchell Robinson, a block- and dunk-heavy big man, has agreed to a four-year, $60 million contract to stay with the Knicks, his agents told ESPN. An average of $15 million a year for a guy who averaged less than 10 points a game? “That’s our Knicks!” ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-offseason-2022/966661/30 "2022-07-01T22:41:29Z")
I take it back. He was fourth in the league in blocks last year, and also averaged about 8 rebounds. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-offseason-2022/966661/31 "2022-07-01T23:06:40Z")
Obviously, the entire NBA will be on pins and needles waiting to see where Kevin Durant will end up. Here’s an interesting article I found. > **[How past trade efforts for Shaq, Kobe and Kawhi might inform the Kevin Durant...](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34181192/how-trade-efforts-shaq-kobe-kawhi-inform-kevin-durant-trade-landscape)** > > Three blockbuster trade negotiations that did (and didn't) work out -- and what each might say about the massive trade request that has rocked the NBA. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2022, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-offseason-2022/966661/32 "2022-07-02T00:44:20Z")
Because of Jalen Smith’s unusual contract situation, it looked like he had played himself out of the Pacers’ price range for re-signing him, but we got a deal done for two years! What?! WHAT?! I’m freakin’ ecstatic! > **[Pacers Re-Sign Jalen Smith](https://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/pacers_to_re_sign_jalen_smith_to_two_year_deal/s1_14822_37642210)** > > Smith is returning to Indiana after becoming an unrestricted free agent. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2022, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-offseason-2022/966661/33 "2022-07-02T02:41:03Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > The Utah Jazz have traded Ruby Gobert to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange four players and four first-round picks, three of them unprotected. Gobert will team with Karl-Anthony Towns. _This_ is your blockbuster needle-moving deal, so far. That is shocking. Gobert’s a good player and all, 3-time DPOY is nothing to sniff at and he certainly improves the Wolves immensely on D, but that is still a ridiculous return. He has a humongous contract. They now have TWO $200M+ guys. None of the players they gave up were key players except maybe Beverley, but who do they have left on the bench, and how do they replace those players with no draft picks? I’m not confident Rudy’s the missing piece that gets them over the top. Seems like they’ve painted themselves into a corner where they now have to win a championship _ **right now** _ with what they’ve got, and I don’t think they’ve got enough. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2022, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-offseason-2022/966661/34 "2022-07-02T03:12:00Z")
Well, the Timberwolves only gave up every _other_ year’s draft picks; they still have them in the even-numbered years, I think. But ESPN is _not_ bullish on this trade for the Timberwolves. They gave it a D for Minnesota and an A for Utah. (Paywalled link.) > **[NBA trade grades: Why the Wolves gave up a draft haul for Rudy Gobert](https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/34181072/rudy-gobert-trade-grades-blockbuster-deal-means-minnesota-timberwolves-utah-jazz)** > > Can Rudy Gobert help push Minnesota over the top? What does the deal mean for Donovan Mitchell's future? Kevin Pelton breaks down this Western Conference blockbuster. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2022, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-offseason-2022/966661/35 "2022-07-02T18:22:51Z")
Darius Garland has re-signed with the Cavaliers for five years, $193 million. It could be worth as much as $231 million if he gets on an All-NBA team this coming season. > **[Cavs All-Star Garland gets max rookie extension](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34184339/cleveland-cavaliers-darius-garland-agree-five-year-rookie-extension-worth-231m-agent-says)** > > The Cavaliers and All-Star guard Darius Garland have agreed to a five-year, $193 million maximum designated rookie contract extension that could be worth as much as $231 million. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-offseason-2022/966661/36 "2022-07-06T20:09:57Z")
T.J. Warren, who’s been injured for the better part of the last two seasons, has signed a one-year deal for the veteran’s minimum with the Brooklyn Nets. He was All-Seeding Games First Team for my Pacers in 2020. > **[Sources: FA Warren, Nets agree to 1-year deal](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34196468/sources-tj-warren-brooklyn-nets-agree-one-year-deal)** > > T.J. Warren, limited the past two years with stress fractures in his left foot, has agreed to a one-year deal with the Nets, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. Zion Williamson has signed a max extension with the New Orleans Pelicans. > **[Agent: Zion secures extension, may make $231M](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34185108/zion-williamson-new-orleans-pelicans-agree-five-year-designated-maximum-rookie-extension-worth-231-million-agent-says)** > > Zion Williamson and the Pelicans agreed to a five-year designated maximum rookie extension that could be worth up to $231 million, Williamson's agent and co-head of CAA Sports' basketball division Austin Brown told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-offseason-2022/966661/37 "2022-07-10T01:23:57Z")
Hearing rumbling about a Kyrie-for-Russ swap in the works. Now that would be funny, sending Irving to LA to stick him back with LeBron. Maybe he’ll be happier with the pairing a second time, now that LeBron is aging and diminished and Kyrie is still in the tail end of his prime. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-offseason-2022/966661/38 "2022-07-10T03:48:41Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Now that would be funny, sending Irving to LA to stick him back with LeBron. Win-win for LA. They might arguably be better off just dumping Westbrook without adding Kyrie - addition by subtraction as it were. Getting Kyrie back for him would be a coup and frankly a bad deal for Brooklyn with Westbrook’s larger, though granted expiring contract. The only reason for Brooklyn to pull the trigger is if they are desperate to unload him. But frankly I think just grimly holding on to even a non-productive, pissy, cancerous Kyrie for a year would be a better idea for Brooklyn than making LA stronger in exchange for a larger tax bill and Westbrook’s questionable value. The man gets stats, but an easily-integrated team player he is not. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2022, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-offseason-2022/966661/39 "2022-07-13T00:12:05Z")
The Utah Jazz are now entertaining trade offers for Donovan Mitchell. > **[Sources: Jazz change tune, listening on Mitchell](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34233167/utah-jazz-now-willing-listen-donovan-mitchell-trade-scenarios-rival-teams-say)** > > The Jazz are now showing a willingness to listen to trade offers for All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. Utah's asking price appears to be steep after dealing Rudy Gobert for a bundle of assets. ---
**Author:** ![dostojnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@dostojnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dostojnik)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-offseason-2022/966661/40 "2022-07-13T14:21:13Z")
I’m very curious to see what Jazz can get for Mitchel. Also, besides Miami and NY, I don’t see any other team that can put something in return for Utah. Maybe Phoenix can send Ayton to them? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-offseason-2022/966661.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-offseason-2022/966661.md?page=3)