2024 NBA Free Agency

[Uncle_Gene]

How much did the Clippers give him ? What's the terms of the deal ?

[Split T]

Haven’t seen them yet…all they had was the vet min though unless it’s a S&T…my guess is that it’s a S&T and he got more than a min

[Split T]

Larger role opportunity for Dunn with the Clippers.

Is there? He might start next to Harden..but they could also start Mann…he’d share the bench minutes with Norman Powell…I think it was a similar situation…Bones Hyland still there too, unless he’s the player they send Utah in a S&T

[Flagrant Fowl]

He's clearly their 4th guard. I don't count Bones, he sucks.

He'd be 4th/5th here depending on how they play lineups with Royce.

[Split T]

Fair, I was counting Royce at the 3, but he might play the 2 at times…I still am curious to see the money because I feel like it’s going to be more than the min.

[pickle]

Sigh. Good thing I never had hope going into this offseason.

[Mori Chu]

Mo Bamba to the Clippers. They seem to be loading up on EVERY OTHER free agent as a way of compensating for losing Paul George.

[Split T]

Dunn/Batum/Bamba was my dream offseason and Clippers did that…plus DJJ

[Superbone]

There goes Dunn

Boo!

[Superbone]

Dunn/Batum/Bamba was my dream offseason and Clippers did that…plus DJJ

Time for some new dreams.

[pickle]

Can someone explain to me why Bamba is so bad? Low BBallIQ? Wasn’t he supposed to be a super cerebral player coming out?

3 teams and none of them have managed to get him to consistently play hard or develop a skill. At least, that's my analysis.

He has all the tools... so motor is the issue? I think he has something like a 7'8 or 7'9 wingspan... and he shoots threes willingly if not particularly successfully.

Oh well, no thanks then, even if he's a Bartelstein agent. Guess we don't want another big guy who thinks he should play the 4.

I don't understand these takes. He rebounds and blocks shots. His last two years in Orlando he shot 38% and 39% from on over 2 attempts per game, and that's not "particularly successful"?!

The complaints in Philly were he commits bad fouls and gets lost on defense.

The Suns seem determined to have their centers play a role in facilitating the offense, which is one of the reasons why I think they brought in Plumlee (who I like). If that's the case, Bamba probably wouldn't work here. But I would love have a long center on a minimum contract who rebounds, blocks shots, and stretches the floor. Keep his role to those things and he'd be fine.

I sense some anger and frustration in this. I hope you are doing alright Inf.

As I originally posted, I come not from a position of giving "takes", I come asking those more informed to help me better understand Bamba's status in the league. He has all the tools, came into the league with a lot of hype, and hasn't lived up to it. Yes he shoots a decent percentage, but I am not aware of him being on scouting reports as someone you don't want to leave open, thus the "not particularly successfully" comment.

[INFORMER]

I sense some anger and frustration in this. I hope you are doing alright Inf.

Ok, Yoda.

No anger or frustration. My apologies for coming across that way. I meant what I wrote without any hidden meaning; I don't understand the commentary here. Your clarification about scouting reports still doesn't really make sense to me. He is a 7-footer that can hit 3s. I don't think it needs to be more complicated than that, especially when he is playing on a minimum deal. He doesn't need to be Reggie Miller.

[Split T]

I wanted Bamba because he is a 7 footer that can hit 3s…I’ve definitely wondered though why he can’t seem to stick anywhere or get more than a vet min contract…what else is he doing(or not doing)? I have not watched him at all, so I really don’t know.

[MightyMoog]

I wanted Bamba because he is a 7 footer that can hit 3s…I’ve definitely wondered though why he can’t seem to stick anywhere or get more than a vet min contract…what else is he doing(or not doing)? I have not watched him at all, so I really don’t know.

Bamba is Bol Bol without the driving and close up game. Maybe a tiny bit stronger, but not much.

[Mori Chu]

Donovan Mitchell is re-signing with the Cavs. Kind of surprised; he seemed grumpy last season.

[pickle]

I sense some anger and frustration in this. I hope you are doing alright Inf.

Ok, Yoda.

No anger or frustration. My apologies for coming across that way. I meant what I wrote without any hidden meaning; I don't understand the commentary here. Your clarification about scouting reports still doesn't really make sense to me. He is a 7-footer that can hit 3s. I don't think it needs to be more complicated than that, especially when he is playing on a minimum deal. He doesn't need to be Reggie Miller.

I didn’t want to write a whole bunch on this but I guess I should have. I felt like you were quite worked up with your response coz of the ?!, I wasn’t trying to read any hidden meaning.

As for an explanation for myself I guess it gets a bit lost without the benefit of a proper timeline, and me posting only one liners certainly didn’t help.

When I posted my original question which FF responded to, Bamba hadn’t signed anywhere yet. I was intrigued by his potential on paper but wasn’t sure if he’s someone worth going after, pretty much the exact same sentiment that Split just posted. So I asked on the board why he isn’t more sought after — if we are talking undertones, it is precisely because I had the vague notion that he’s a 7 footer with a massive wingspan who shot threes that I wondered why there was not more buzz over him.

In terms of how I think of him as a shooter, I have to be very clear, I hadn’t watched any of his games. He may average a decent percentage from the three point line but I guess I wasn’t ready to judge him on box score numbers alone. After all Eubanks shot 38% in Portland before he came to us (admittedly on lower volume). And therefore, I posed the question, what are his perceived flaws that make him not a hot free agent target.

I had no real intentions of trashing him or his new minimum deal. In fact I was rather hoping we signed him to that deal but wasn’t sure if that would’ve been a good thing or not given the relative lack of noise over him. In fact KOC and Vernon kind of make fun of him on their podcast and I genuinely wondered why.

Hope this makes a little more sense.

[pickle]

Donovan Mitchell is re-signing with the Cavs. Kind of surprised; he seemed grumpy last season.

There isn’t a lot more cap space out there and you can always force your way out in this modern NBA … so you take the money and worry about everything else later.

[Cap]

Mo Bamba to the Clippers. They seem to be loading up on EVERY OTHER free agent as a way of compensating for losing Paul George.

Para signar Mo Bamba se necisita una poca de cap room.

[Superbone]

I wanted Bamba because he is a 7 footer that can hit 3s…I’ve definitely wondered though why he can’t seem to stick anywhere or get more than a vet min contract…what else is he doing(or not doing)? I have not watched him at all, so I really don’t know.

Bamba is Bol Bol without the driving and close up game. Maybe a tiny bit stronger, but not much.

I was going to say, I think he has a little

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Ayton

in him motivation-wise.

[Superbone]

Donovan Mitchell is re-signing with the Cavs. Kind of surprised; he seemed grumpy last season.

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He's got 150 million reasons not to be grumpy.