It means Lopez is a contender to be bought out as a potential handy depth player for teams in the playoff hunt. doesnt want to either. Torontos pickup of Thaddeus Young brings some veteran savvy to its young, fleet-footed squad. Please wait for Richard Jefferson & Kendrick Perkins at the end pic.twitter.com/F0Xw04XJgi, Dylan Eustis (@djeustis) February 10, 2022. SG Kent Bazemore Current team: Los Angeles Lakers Current contract: 1 year, $2,401,537 2021-22 salary: $2,401,537 Age: 32 PG/SG Eric Bledsoe Current team: Portland Trail Blazers Current contract: 4 years, $70,000,000 They know the history of the league's buyout market, especially Perkins, who was waived following the February 2015 trade deadline and joined LeBron James' Cleveland Cavaliers. Free John Wall. Miami, Chicago and Atlanta held onto their players but presumably will scour the buyout market to fill needs. Dragi plans to sign with the Bucks, according to a report by The Athletic. By sitting out of Tuesdays trade action, the Sixers show no sign of dealing Ben Simmons before Thursday's deadline. The Philadelphia 76ers and Golden State Warriors spring to mind as teams that can use some break-glass-in-case-of-emergency size behind Joel Embiid and Kevon Looney, respectively. Dragic did start for the Heat in the 2020 playoffs before a foot injury in the Finals. https://www.nba.com/watch/video/jae-crowder-trade-bucks-inside-the-nba. In the meantime, is Love really going to accept a bench role for February 11, 2022 Brett Siegel Los Angeles Lakers, LATEST NBA NEWS & BUYOUT RUMORS: Lakers Make No Trade At Deadline; Outlook On Buyout Market. Only Stojakovic won a title, and he was unplayable in the Finals. Harden logged a monster triple-double of 37 points, 10 rebounds, and 11 assists in the contest. Young was involved in the DeMar DeRozan sign-and-trade that sent Shamet did not play in Sunday's (Jan. 22) game against Memphis. The Mavericks are considered frontrunners to land Dragic, who played on the Slovenian national team with Dallas star Luka Doncic, but the 35-year-old will have multiple suitors in the weeks to come. The same is true of Chris Andersen, who was sitting at home all season when James' Miami Heat signed him to back-to-back 10-day contracts and ultimately added him to their playoff rotation in January 2013. Every year following the trade deadline, bought-out players are The Lakers let Schroder walk in 2021 free agency, and his market was so low that the Celtics signed him to a bargain one-year deal. Kessler [Edwards] was great. Perkins played 33 garbage minutes over eight playoff appearances and made no meaningful impact on Cleveland's 2015 Finals run.