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https://www.theringer.com/nba/2020/1...-fred-vanvleet

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By signing a reported four-year, $120 million deal, Hayward will make approximately $30 million annually. Toss in the fact that the Hornets will likely have to waive and stretch the final year of Nicolas Batum’s deal, putting $9 million of dead money on their cap for the next three years, and Charlotte could be paying almost $40 million for a 30-year-old who sat out almost as many games as he played over his past three regular seasons.

The deal is already the front-runner for the worst of free agency—with the $20 million per year the Pistons gave Jerami Grant to find a nonexistent higher ceiling

Dennis Schröder should pick up right where Lou Williams left off and form a devastating two-man game on the second unit with Harrell—one that maybe, just maybe, might allow LeBron James and Anthony Davis to sit every now and then. The question is whether Harrell will finish games; he’s hardly a center stopper (as the Clippers’ series against Denver showed) or a shooter, and the Lakers are at their best when Davis is the lone big man, no matter how many times the case for their two-big lineups is made.

Ibaka, on the other hand, is your favorite big man’s favorite frontcourt partner. He shot 38.5 percent from 3 last season, and he’s big enough to body with the ADs roaming the West and still athletic enough to play in space.

The Trail Blazers Are Quietly Winning the Offseason
You know things are going well when the signing of Carmelo Anthony doesn’t automatically induce a gag reflex. After scrounging through the lost-and-found last season for any small forward who can both shoot or defend, the Blazers traded for Robert Covington, the patron saint of the 3-and-D wing. (Praise 3.) They got Derrick Jones Jr., a pogo stick that the Heat helped mold into a real player, and they brought back Rodney Hood (after nearly doubling his salary) and Enes Kanter