The Thunder made the best roster moves during the 2024 offseason, according to the NBA’s general managers. Within his annual survey of the league’s top basketball decision-makers, John Schuhmann of NBA.com writes that 37% of his respondents picked Oklahoma City as having the best summer, with the Sixers coming in second place at 33%. The Knicks got 20% of the vote share, while … [Read more...] about NBA GMs High On Thunder’s Offseason Moves, Celtics’ Title Chances
Atlantic Notes: Barnes, Olynyk, Barrett, Tillman, Celtics Sale, Lowry
Scottie Barnes and Kelly Olynyk played less than 100 minutes together after Olynyk was acquired by the Raptors at the trade deadline. Barnes will make his preeseason debut on Friday and anticipates he could be an ideal pick-and-roll partner for the veteran big man, according to Michael Grange of Sportsnet. “I think we’ve been working on that a lot. You play with different lines … [Read more...] about Atlantic Notes: Barnes, Olynyk, Barrett, Tillman, Celtics Sale, Lowry
And-Ones: G League Trades, Charania, Breakout Candidates, More
A pair of teams have acquired the G League rights for players who are in camp with them on Exhibit 10 contracts. The Wisconsin Herd (Bucks) sent Marquese Chriss‘ rights and a 2025 first-round pick to the Birmingham Squadron (Pelicans) in exchange for Liam Robbins‘ rights (Twitter link), while the Raptors 905 are receiving Jared Rhoden‘s rights from the College Park Skyhawks … [Read more...] about And-Ones: G League Trades, Charania, Breakout Candidates, More
Injury Notes: Barrett, Carter, Wallace, Herro, Jaquez
Raptors forward RJ Barrett will miss the rest of the preseason after being diagnosed with a sprained AC joint in his right shoulder, the team announced on Tuesday in a press release. Barrett left Sunday’s game against Washington early after sustaining the injury. As Michael Grange of Sportsnet and Josh Lewenberg of TSN.ca note (via Twitter), while Barrett has only been ruled … [Read more...] about Injury Notes: Barrett, Carter, Wallace, Herro, Jaquez
Raptors Notes: Barnes, Bench, Dick, Carton, Agbaji
Raptors star forward Scottie Barnes rejoined the team in Montreal on Saturday, Blake Murphy of Sportsnet tweets. He didn’t suit up for their exhibition game against the Wizards on Sunday because they didn’t want to rush him back into action. Barnes, who signed a five-year, maximum-salary extension this offseason, missed most of training camp this week while he attended to a … [Read more...] about Raptors Notes: Barnes, Bench, Dick, Carton, Agbaji