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Record: 56-17 (first in Eastern Conference, beat Orlando 4-1, lost to Miami 4-1)2020 NBA draft picks: 24Pending free agents: Kyle Korver and Pat Connaughton (unrestricted); Wesley Matthews and Robin Lopez (player option); Sterling Brown, Frank Mason, and Cam Reynolds (restricted), The biggest question facing the Bucks franchise—the biggest one facing the entire league, really—is whether or not Giannis Antetokounmpo will sign the five-year “supermax” contract extension that Milwaukee will present to him the second that free agency opens. Toronto Raptors: Should Raptors Target Montrezl Harrell in Free Agency? Credit Nick Nurse for being arguably the best coach in the NBA. But after repeatedly being the same kind of different and coming up short, you wonder whether a different kind of different might be the prescription for what seems to persistently ail these Rockets. The luxury tax “apron”—the point $6 million above the projected $132.7 million tax line, the crossing of which would restrict their ability to use the midlevel exception and execute sign-and-trade deals—looms large.

Now he’s one of the NBA’s best rookies. Maybe they can do it without a bold move at the trade deadline, but the Bucks are going to be the clear favorite in any matchup. Perhaps Davis could fill that role, or Holiday could slide up a position. With the new year now finally upon us, speculation ahead of the 2020 NBA Trade Deadline is in full swing. DeMar DeRozan seems very gettable, and would walk into Wisconsin as the team’s best late-game shot creator and pick-and-roll playmaker, but he doesn’t solve the shooting problem, and also he might be a power forward now? Maybe Morey, who praised D’Antoni for his willingness to innovate and push the Rockets’ idiosyncratic construction to the extreme, looks for even more zealous ideological alignment: ESPN’s Tim MacMahon highlights Chris Finch—whose globetrotting coaching résumé includes stints in the Rockets’ G League laboratory in Rio Grande Valley and on the Houston bench, and who most recently served as the associate head coach in New Orleans under former D’Antoni assistant Alvin Gentry—as a “name to watch,” noting that “a mindset similar to Morey’s is a must for a Rockets coach.”. It’s possible Toronto could trade for him while still maintaining their flexibility to go after Giannis. That’s when a stacked free agent class, headlined by reigning MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, hits the market. Toronto Raptors v Boston Celtics - Game Four. A CBS All Access documentary revisiting the battle between Sega and Nintendo shows just how much things have changed—even if they’re the same in some ways, The Ravens-Chiefs Week 3 matchup might not be the last time these two teams play see each other, His relationship with Cam Newton, his 16-year career as a wide receiver, and more, Kevin O’Connor breaks down Tatum’s passing game and explains why the Celtics are set up to be contenders for years to come, The protagonists of everything from ‘Fight Club’ to ‘Zodiac’ to ‘Gone Girl’ have something in common: they’re all cut from the same cloth as their director, Justin and Micah discuss the release of the PlayStation 5, including the pre-order fiasco, and more, Content ©2020 The Ringer All Rights Reserved, The Biggest Offseason Questions for the NBA’s Second-Round Losers, Jamal Murray Helps the Nuggets Seal—Not Steal—Game 3. The injury decimated Niners and Giants face off and it’s all a mess.

A trade that would send Ibaka and OG Anunoby to New Orleans for Holiday checks out: There aren’t many other paths to a Holiday deal for Toronto. He might have company.

The Nuggets’ Comeback, Desus and Mero, and Jeff Daniels. A few days after the Heat sent the Bucks home, Antetokounmpo met with Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry to “discuss the future of the franchise.” In that meeting, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Lasry “made it clear” to Giannis that the Bucks are “willing to spend into the luxury tax to deliver him a championship supporting cast.” (That might be music to the ears of some Bucks fans; to others, it might only remind them that ownership let Malcolm Brogdon walk to Indiana last summer in a sign-and-trade deal rather than going into the tax, because, in Lasry’s words, they thought re-signing Brogdon, who’s pretty damn good, “was a luxury.”), Another key note from Woj: Lasry, Giannis, and Giannis’s agent, Alex Saratsis, “brainstormed on some personnel upgrades that could be available to the franchise in the offseason.” Thunder guard Chris Paul quickly rose to the top of the list of potential targets for a Bucks team that desperately lacked pick-and-roll playmaking and bankable shooting in the backcourt against Miami. (Except, it seems, on the sideline.) Will the Toronto Raptors consider trading Kyle Lowry this Offseason? It may well be worth it. They can move a 2021 or 2022 no.

Your privacy is safe with us. The two players always shut down speculation and management says neither are available in trade talks. (They could look to flip Harrell for more backcourt help in a sign-and-trade, but that’s complicated by the collective bargaining agreement’s base-year compensation rules. The Raptors are again in position to make a surprising run in the Eastern Conference. The one certainty: resolving this situation’s going to require a lot of math. To keep their options open for 2021, Toronto has to make sure it doesn’t take on salary that extends beyond next season.