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FEB 29 PATTY MILLS WAIVED by the Atlanta Hawks. The 35-year-old guard averaged 2.7 points in 19 games with the Hawks.
The Atlanta Hawks are waiving guard Patty Mills, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. The 15-year veteran is shooting 38.2 percent from 3-point range in a limited role this season. pic.twitter.com/6Pdxbz3Kxp
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 29, 2024
Mills spent 10 seasons in San Antonio, winning the 2014 NBA Finals and serving as a pillar of the community. With his impending free agency, the Spurs will be rumored to bring him back.
FEB 23 KERR SIGNS WARRIORS EXTENSION The Golden State Warriors are keeping coach Steve Kerr around for a little while longer.
According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, Kerr signed a two-year, $35 million extension that will last him until the 2025-26 season.
While San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich makes more annually on his five-year, $80 million deal, he also acts as team president. Kerr makes the most money per year of any person who is strictly a coach.
FEB 20 WEMBY HELPS SPURS TV RATINGS RISE The San Antonio Spurs have a lot of added intrigue this season ... 7 feet, 4 inches to be exact.
Victor Wembanyama, the No. 1 overall pick from this year's draft, has got Spurs fans excited about basketball in San Antonio once again.
According to the Sports Business Journal, Spurs ratings are up 54 percent year-over-year on Bally Sports Southwest ... even with an 11-44 record through the All-Star Break.
It would be interesting to see how much the ratings rise once the Spurs are actually playing competitive basketball at a consistent rate.
FEB 19 NETS FIRE VAUGHN A former San Antonio Spurs assistant is looking for a new job.
According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, the Brooklyn Nets are firing coach Jacque Vaughn, who played with the Spurs from 2006-09 and coached under Gregg Popovich from 2010-12.
Vaughn, 49, has the Nets at a 21-33 record before the All-Star Break, which ended in a 50-point loss on Wednesday against the Boston Celtics.
FEB 8 SOCHAN TO RISING STARS The San Antonio Spurs will have more representation at the All-Star Break next weekend.
The league announced today that Jeremy Sochan would replace injured Portland Trail Blazers guard Shaedon Sharpe at the Rising Stars Challenge.
Sochan is on "Team Jalen Rose" with Chet Holmgren (Oklahoma City Thunder), Jalen Williams (Oklahoma City Thunder), Bennedict Mathurin (Indiana Pacers), Dereck Lively II (Dallas Mavericks), Jordan Hawkins (New Orleans Pelicans) and Walker Kessler (Utah Jazz).
The Rising Stars Challenge is scheduled for 8 p.m. CT on Friday, Feb. 16.
JAN 7 SPURS SET RECORD, LOSE 30 GAMES The San Antonio Spurs fell to 5-30, losing 30 games in a season for the seventh year in a row. Since the Spurs joined the NBA in 1976, the franchise had a six-season streak twice.
The Spurs aren't likely done losing either. With over half of the season left, the team is on pace to go 12-70, which would be the worst season in franchise history.
JAN 5 DEJOUNTE MURRAY ON THE TRADE BLOCK. According to reports from Yahoo's Jake Fischer, the former All-Star has been "made widely available, according to league sources, two years after trading three first-round picks to acquire Murray from San Antonio."
Murray, 27, is averaging 20.6 points per game and a career-high 38 percent shooting from three. He is under contract through 2026-27.
JAN 1 SPURS SIGN DIAKITE The San Antonio Spurs are adding to their roster.
The team announced Monday that it had signed Mamadi Diakite to a two-way contract. The move comes after Charles Bediako was waived last week.
Diakite, 26, won a National Championship in 2019 with the Virginia Cavaliers and has 49 games of NBA experience with the Milwaukee Bucks, Oklahoma City Thunder and Cleveland Cavaliers.
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- Celtics' moves suggest new guard will be traded — eventually
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One NBA team emerging as favorite to sign Ben Simmons
Ben Simmons may be headed back to the Atlantic Division. The New York Knicks appear to be the favorites to sign the former NBA All-Star forward Simmons in free agency, Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints reported Tuesday. Siegel adds that it is expected to be a veteran’s minimum contract for Simmons if he does end up in New York. Along with the Knicks, the Boston Celtics have also been at the forefront of the Simmons sweepstakes, Siegel adds. However, the Celtics signed fellow veteran frontcourt piece Chris Boucher on Tuesday, seemingly taking them out of the running for Simmons. Simmons, 29, is still unsigned over a month into the free agent period. He finished out last season with the L.A. Clippers, averaging 2.9 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 3.1 assists over 16.4 minutes per game in 18 appearances off the bench. He also previously played in the Knicks’ division, beginning his career with the Philadelphia 76ers and then getting traded to the Brooklyn Nets in 2022. The Knicks could foreseeably use another big body off the bench. However, a Simmons signing would likely be more of a flier than anything after they signed a former Sixth Man of the Year winner to carry their second unit and also added a versatile bench forward who is capable of playing and defending multiple positions. Simmons is clearly little more than minimum-contract fodder at this point of his NBA career. But as a three-time All-Star and a two-time All-Defensive selection with some playmaking juice still left in him as well, Simmons appears to be closing in on another chance in the league.
Padres already demoting one of their trade-deadline acquisitions
The Padres announced they’ve optioned JP Sears to Triple-A El Paso. They recalled reliever Sean Reynolds and will go with a nine-man bullpen in the short term. Sears will spend at least 15 days in the minors unless he’s brought up to replace a player going on the injured list. San Diego acquired Sears alongside Mason Miller in last week’s massive deadline deal. The 29-year-old southpaw made his team debut Monday night. He allowed five runs in as many innings on 10 hits and a walk against the Diamondbacks. Sears took the loss in a 6-2 defeat. He’d carried a 4.95 earned run average over 22 starts with the A’s. Monday's performance pushed his ERA to 5.12 across 116 innings. It’s a bottom-10 mark among pitchers to log at least 100 frames. Sears had the highest home run rate among that group, offsetting his nearly league-average 20.3% strikeout rate and solid 6% walk percentage. This is the first time in two-and-a-half years that Sears heads to the minors. He broke camp with the A’s in 2023 and has been in the majors since then. Sears has also avoided the injured list for that entire time. As a result, he’s tied for fifth in MLB with 87 starts since the beginning of the ’23 season. The durability is the big selling point, as his production (4.62 ERA/4.56 SIERA) over that stretch is that of a fifth or sixth starter. The demotion shouldn’t have any impact on Sears’ service trajectory. He has already surpassed the three-year mark and will qualify for arbitration next winter. He’s under team control for three seasons beyond this one. While he’ll probably be back up at some point this year, it may require an injury elsewhere in the rotation. San Diego optioned Randy Vásquez over the weekend. They have a four-man rotation of Dylan Cease, Nick Pivetta, Yu Darvish and deadline acquisition Nestor Cortes. Darvish and Cortes will get the ball for the next two outings. San Diego is off Thursday and could turn back to Pivetta and Cease on extra rest for their first two games of the weekend series against the Red Sox. That’d point to the series finale on Aug. 10 as Michael King’s return date. King threw 61 pitches in what is expected to be his final rehab start on Sunday, via the MLB.com injury tracker. He’d be on six days' rest for his first MLB appearance since he went on the injured list in late May with a nerve problem in his throwing shoulder.
Jerry Jones takes another jab at Micah Parsons over contract stalemate
The Dallas Cowboys have a big problem on their hands right now. Micah Parsons has formally requested to be traded, and he took to social media to vent his concerns and frustration with his contract extension situation. However, team owner Jerry Jones isn't ready to budge. If anything, the controversial business mogul doesn't sound too worried about that. Talking to the media, he implied that he had already shaken hands on an extension with Parsons, so he just has to wait now: "I bought the Dallas Cowboys with a handshake," Jones said, per The Athletic's Jon Machota. "It took about 30 seconds. I gave the number, shook hands, the details we worked out later." Jones, one of the most successful businessmen of his generation, pretty much stated that he wouldn't change the way he does business. "Just so you understand the way that I communicate with people that I negotiate with. Let's leave it at that," Jones continued. "There's is no question that in the case of a player contract, you have to have it in writing. All parties do. We have a contract in writing, yet we're still talking about renegotiating, so so much for that." Parsons has every right to feel frustrated. He's one of the best pass-rushers in the game, and he's the youngest in the short list of superstars at the position. The Cowboys have a long history of dragging out negotiations for as long as they can, and that's usually rubbed their players the wrong way. Parsons is still under contract, and the Cowboys can technically wait to give him an extension because the market isn't likely to go any higher after T.J. Watt already got a deal done. But sometimes, it's not just about money, and these power struggles are terrible for team morale.
Commanders offense suffers in joint practice with Patriots
The Washington Commanders gave their coaching staff a glimpse of what could be if the front office's negotiations with star wide receiver Terry McLaurin result in a trade. It wasn't good. Per Nicki Jhabvala of The Athletic, McLaurin's absence crushed the Commanders' passing offense during their joint practice Wednesday with the New England Patriots. Not even newcomer Deebo Samuel could save the unit. "With Terry McLaurin and Noah Brown both out, the Commanders’ lack of receiving depth has been a glaring issue in recent practices, especially so on Wednesday," Jhabvala wrote. "Deebo Samuel, a versatile playmaker who can be a chess piece for offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury, doesn’t (and shouldn’t) take on the workload expected of a leading wideout or even a No. 2. "And so far, none of the Commanders’ 10 other receivers has emerged as consistent playmakers or a reliable pass catcher capable of taking on more." Washington has to find a way to pay McLaurin soon. He's too critical to the offense and, more importantly, to the long-term development of second-year quarterback Jayden Daniels. McLaurin had his best career season in 2024, catching 82 passes for 1,096 yards and 13 touchdowns in Daniels' rookie season. He earned Pro Bowl and All-Pro honors for his efforts. The Commanders made aggressive moves like trading for Samuel in the offseason, not to be a No. 1 wide receiver, but to help take a team that overachieved in 2024 and get them past the Philadelphia Eagles, who knocked them out in the NFC Championship game. Washington needs McLaurin on the field to help free up its other weapons like Samuel and Austin Ekeler or last season may end up just being a fluke.
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