The NBA offseason continues with teams speeding up ahead of the upcoming draft (as of press time), with trades taking place in the past few years, cap signings, and further news from the Warriors that three players will be considered to be tradeable and that they can offer a four-year max contract. Crazy Night: A 1-for-5 deal was made, two max salary signings, and the Warriors were willing to trade three.
First of all, let's take a look at the two signings that have been reached, first of all, on the Heat side, Butler's offseason extension is still being discussed, but the two sides are not going well. On the other hand, the team also sent Adebayo a contract extension with a maximum salary. According to Shams, the Heat and Bam Adebayo have agreed to a three-year contract extension worth $166 million. So far in his career, Adebayo has won one defensive first team, four defensive second teams, and three All-Stars. In the playoffs last season, he averaged 22.6 points, 9.4 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game, shooting 49.5% from the field. After this signing is reached, his contract with the team will be until the 28~29 season. This time Butler was embarrassed, and the team was reluctant to give Adebayo a contract with an average salary of more than 50 million. Do you think Butler will leave or stay next?
The second maximum salary signing was completed by the Knicks, and I have to say that the Knicks' operation so far is really powerful. After completing an 8-for-2 trade, the team completed another contract extension with a maximum salary, and according to sources told ESPN, Anunoby signed a five-year, $212.5 million top-tier contract with the team to return to the Knicks. The contract also includes a player option and a trade veto. This is still quite sincere salary cap plus player option plus trade veto, which will further improve the strength of the Knicks' roster.
You must know that the arrival of Anunodo last season will be visible to the naked eye for the improvement of the team; Signing back Anunobi and having Bridges, who was traded by Anunoby, then the Knicks will not only be the spoilers in the East this season, but also one of the strong contenders for the championship. The benchmark team is straight to the Celtics.
In addition, there is a lot of new news on the Warriors' side, so let's take a look, first of all, according to the disclosed news on George's side, there are already many teams willing to get George and give him the maximum salary, including the Warriors. The ESPN reporter said George wanted a four-year max contract, and I was told that the teams that were ready to give him a max contract and were ready to trade him for him had the Warriors.
In addition, there are already three players on the Warriors who have been mentioned as likely to be packaged for trade, the first is Paul, the second is Wiggins, and the third is Moody. According to Warriors reporter Anthony Slater, Moody is likely to be one of the young players the Warriors will send in a package trade, with at least one young player included in a major trade. The next thing to do is to see if the Warriors actually choose to trade. What do you think the Warriors will be in the West next season if George joins?
The last one is a deal for five that was just struck earlier. According to ESPN sources, the Washington Wizards traded forward Avdija to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for Brogdon and the 14th pick in '24 and a 2029 draft pick. '29 draft picks include a first-round pick, a second-round pick and two second-round picks in exchange for Avdija, and if there are no other players or picks, then that's a 1-for-5 deal. The Trail Blazers currently have three 2029 first-rounders, one for their own, one for the Celtics and one for the Bucks, and the Wizards' trade is likely to signal that they have started a rebuild. It is very likely that other players like the team will also be sent away one after another.
With the draft just around the corner and free agency just around the corner, we'll see what more deals and signings are bound to follow.