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Tim Bontemps: In past years, teams like Indiana and San Antonio have gone into the regular season with tens of millions of salary cap space sitting and unused. Because teams only had to eventually get to the salary cap floor at some point during the season — and, if they didn’t, the only “penalty” was cutting a check to the players on their roster — there was no need to spend … [Read more...] about
The Sixers are hiring Mike Longabardi as head coach of their G League affiliate in Delaware, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski tweets. Longabardi has been an NBA assistant since 2003. He spent last season with the Hawks. Longabardi will replace Coby Karl, who is expected to join Nick Nurse‘s staff in Philadelphia, Kyle Neubeck of The Philly Voice tweets. We have more on the … [Read more...] about Sixers Notes: Longabardi, Karl, Reed, Harden, Whitmore
The max-value figure in DeAndre Hopkins‘ Titans deal emerged when he committed to the team, but guarantee numbers had been elusive. No longer, as the Boston Globe’s Ben Volin details Tennessee’s true commitment to its new WR1. The two-year, $26MM pact contains $10.98MM guaranteed at signing (Twitter link). The Chiefs and Patriots preferred incentive-laden contracts that did not … [Read more...] about AFC South Notes: Titans, Colts, Ryans, Jags
Getting to play early is the dream for any high school recruit. In some programs, it is a necessity that young talent comes in and plays right away. That could be due to a Transfer Portal exodus or the incoming freshman could just be that good. When you think about teams like Ohio State, true freshmen do not often get first-team reps anywhere, let alone on the offensive line. … [Read more...] about Ryan Day’s Media Day Comments Indicate a Freshman is Impressing
Big 10 Media Days started off with a bang as several coaches from the conference sat down to discuss their seasons ahead. Penn State Head Coach James Franklin was one of the coaches featured on Wednesday, July 26th. He discussed everything from NIL to Summer workouts. However, we won’t be touching too much on either of these items here. Instead, we will be highlighting what … [Read more...] about Big 10 Media Days: Penn State Strengths & Question Marks
