On August 31, Beijing time, although it was the NBA offseason, the teams still did not give up the reinforcement plan, in order to meet the upcoming training camp and preseason games, each team carried out the final reinforcement plan. As more and more players are employed, there are also players in Free City who have not yet negotiated with the team for various reasons to renew their contracts, and even some players have to temporarily leave the NBA to continue their careers overseas. There are 10 new signings in just 12 hours today, let's take a look.
As the new season of preseason begins, teams are starting to sign free agents on the lowest unsecured contracts in anticipation of scratching the lottery. According to NBA reporter Alberto, the Celtics signed free agent Bruno Cabo Clolo for $2.46 million a year, the Spurs signed free agent Aliz Johnson for $1.97 million a year, and free agent Ktomi Kuss signed free agent Ktomi Kus for $1.02 million a year, the Hawks signed free agent Chris Silva for $1.9 million a year, the Nuggets signed free agent Justin Tillman for $1.64 million a year, and the Nets signed free agent Yuta Watanabe for $1.97 million a year. The Raptors signed rookie center Christian Koloko for $5.24 million in three years.
Miller, who teamed up with Chinese player Jeremy Lin in 2019 to help the Toronto Raptors win the NBA championship, officially joined the Taiwan League, and the 29-year-old Miller did not win the team's favor at the NBA draft in 2015, but the Celtics gave him a trial opportunity, but he was still cut in the preseason. In 2016, Miller moved to Europe to join Alba Berlin in the Bundesliga, and in 2017, he put on the Raptors jersey to realize his dream of standing on the NBA stage. Miller is a forward-guard swinger with both offensive and defensive aspects, excellent physical conditions and defensive awareness on the defensive end, and excellent ball-holding breakthrough and outside projection ability in the offensive side, playing a total of 53 regular season games in the NBA career, with a three-point shooting rate of more than 40%.
Well-known journalist Warnalski reported that the Knicks have renewed the contract of third-year student Barrett with 4 years and 120 million US dollars, which also makes it possible for the Knicks to withdraw from the Jazz Mitchell battle. Barrett joined the Knicks as a draft probing in 2019, played 198 games in 3 seasons including 197 starts, and on February 26 this year, he shot 16 of 22 shots in a single game against the Heat on February 26 this year, including 6 three-pointers, slashed 46 points, 9 rebounds, played a career masterpiece, averaging 20 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3 assists in a single season, the team is second only to Randle, and is the second scorer of the Knicks.
Warnersky said the Knicks did include Barrett in Mitchell's deal proposal, and jazz were very keen on Barrett's potential, but jazz wanted more future first-round picks, leading to a deadlock in negotiations between the two sides. Now that the Knicks have completed a contract extension with Barrett ahead of schedule, triggering the "poison pill clause", Barrett will almost certainly be used as a bargaining chip for Mitchell, and the Jazz will also abandon the Knicks in favor of selling Mitchell to other teams.
According to Athletic's reporter, Shams Charania, the Nets will sign veteran Markiff Morris on a one-year contract. Morris played for the Heat last season but played just 17 games due to a neck injury. He averaged 17.5 minutes per game, 7.6 points and 2.6 rebounds, and if he hadn't been injured, he might have played a bigger role. Morris has both base-pay contracts in Los Angeles and Miami, and he could get the same contract from the Nets. He could be seen as a replacement for Aldridge and Griffin, both of whom have yet to sign.