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          NBA free-agency moves: Rating the latest deals

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          • Kevin PeltonJul 9, 2019, 12:55 PM ET
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          What do the latest moves in NBA free agency mean for every team, and what's next across the league?

          On Day 1, many teams quickly reached agreements with star players, including the Brooklyn Nets (Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving), Boston Celtics (Kemba Walker) and Philadelphia 76ers (Tobias Harris and Al Horford). The action continued with finalized sign-and-trades for D'Angelo Russell (Golden State Warriors) and Jimmy Butler (Miami Heat), plus Kawhi Leonard's decision to join the LA Clippers (along with Paul George).

          You can find team-by-team analysis on all of the movement here, including moves by the Warriors, Clippers and Lakers.

          Note: The latest updates will be posted here, with teams sorted alphabetically.

          Atlanta Hawks

          1. Agreed to a reported two-year, $13 million deal with forward Jabari Parker

          2. Traded forward Omari Spellman to the Golden State Warriors for center Damian Jones and a 2026 second-round pick

          This time a year ago, the Chicago Bulls' two-year, $40 million deal for Parker was one of the biggest news items during the NBA summer league in Las Vegas. The Bulls planned to play Parker at small forward, an ill-fated idea whose folly became apparent after Lauri Markkanen returned from injury and bumped Parker out of his more natural power forward spot.

          Because of his poor defensive effort, Parker briefly fell out of the rotation after Jim Boylen took over as head coach and was traded to the Washington Wizards at the deadline as part of the package for Otto Porter. Washington predictably declined Parker's $20 million option for 2019-20, and he settled for barely a third of that salary from the Hawks. Turns out they do in fact pay players for defense.

          At that price, Parker is a more reasonable gamble. There's still scoring talent here, after all. Parker averaged 19.4 points per 36 minutes last season on league-average efficiency. Parker's infamous quote about defense summed up his approach to that end of the court, and that limits his value. If Parker buys in to playing defense and is capable of becoming adequate at that end of the court, it's possible that he could prove a good value at $6.5 million per year. (In that case, though, Parker would decline a player option and hit free agency again.)

          Monday's other move saw the Hawks trade away the final pick of the 2018 first round a little more than a year later. I'm sure Atlanta GM Travis Schlenk is still a fan of Jones, drafted in the same spot two years earlier when Schlenk was with the Warriors, and the Hawks did get a (distant) second-round pick. Still, moving on so quickly from Spellman was a surprise.

          According to NBA Advanced Stats, Atlanta was 6.3 points per 100 possessions worse with Spellman on the court last season, but his box score stats were decent for a rookie who won't turn 22 until later this month. At 24, Jones is something more of a known quantity. His skill set doesn't seem to offer much upside beyond rotation center in the modern NBA.

          Golden State Warriors

          1. Traded center Damian Jones and a 2026 second-round pick to the Hawks for forward Omari Spellman

          2. Agreed to a reported one-year, minimum contract with Alec Burks

          The approximately $400,000 difference in salary between Jones and Spellman this season is actually a big deal for the Warriors, who are counting pennies after triggering a $138.9 million hard cap with their sign-and-trade for D'Angelo Russell. Swapping Jones for Spellman gave Golden State a little more breathing room if the team is unable to find a trade clearing the $2 million guaranteed portion of Shaun Livingston's 2019-20 salary before his full $7.7 million guarantees on Wednesday. If the Warriors instead waive Livingston and stretch the $2 million, they'll be $219,000 below the hard cap, assuming 14 players under contract, according to my ESPN colleague Bobby Marks.

          Those 14 players now include Burks, who previously committed to sign with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Per ESPN's Royce Young, the Thunder allowed Burks and Mike Muscala to reconsider their deals after the Paul George trade changed the team's 2019-20 outlook. While Muscala decided to remain with Oklahoma City, Burks reopened his recruiting and decided to sign with the Warriors.

          Having become a competent 3-point shooter (36.3% last season, 35.5% career), Burks could fit with Golden State's second unit. He offers solid size for a shooting guard and retains some ability to create his own shot off the dribble.

          Besides the financial element, Spellman looks like a better alternative at center to a re-signed Kevon Looney and newcomer Willie Cauley-Stein. The Warriors have rarely had a stretch-5 option since the departure of Marreese Speights, who is an optimistic comparison for Spellman. At worst, Golden State can decline Spellman's team option and move on next season with no financial hit. At best, the Warriors get two extra years of a center on a rookie contract.

          LA Clippers

          1. Agreed to a reported two-year, $9.8 million deal with forward JaMychal Green

          Although the Clippers had to renounce Green's rights as an unrestricted free agent to clear cap room to sign Kawhi Leonard, they'll be able to re-sign Green using their room midlevel exception. That's important because Green gives them defensive versatility they otherwise lacked in the frontcourt.

          Green will probably prove to be the Clippers' best matchup against big power forwards, including the All-Star (Anthony Davis) who will now occupy the other locker room at Staples Center. It wouldn't be surprising if Green started some of the time for that purpose, with Leonard and Paul George shifting from the two forward spots to the wing.

          It's possible that Montrezl Harrell could have filled a similar role defensively, but unlike Harrell, Green also offers spacing at the 4. He shot 40% from 3-point range last season and is a 37% career shooter from beyond the arc. The Clippers even had some success using Green as a stretch-5 in the first round of last year's playoffs against the Warriors. I wouldn't be surprised to see those small lineups return next spring.

          Los Angeles Lakers

          1. Agreed to a reported two-year, $9.8 million deal with guard Avery Bradley

          As I noted when assessing possible Lakers targets in free agency after the Davis trade, Bradley seems like a strong fit with them as a 3-and-D role player. Unfortunately, the reality of Bradley's production the past two seasons hasn't matched up to that idea.

          Although Bradley is a decent 3-point shooter (36% career), he too frequently shoots just inside the arc rather than just beyond it. More than a quarter of his attempts last season were 2-pointers from beyond 16 feet, per Basketball-Reference.com, and even with solid accuracy on them (47.2%), Bradley posted a true shooting percentage worse than 50 for the second consecutive season.

          On defense, Bradley's vaunted ability as a one-on-one stopper hasn't consistently translated into his teams defending better with him on the court. That was particularly true last season, when the Clippers allowed 0.9 more points per 100 possessions with Bradley, according to NBA Advanced Stats, and had a net rating 4.9 points per 100 worse overall. The case could be made that trading away Bradley, who had been averaging 30 minutes per game, was a key reason the Clippers surged after also dealing leading scorer Tobias Harris at the deadline.

          With LeBron James apparently set to start at point guard, the Lakers will need additional wing depth. Still, adding Bradley will almost certainly take away minutes from superior wing option Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, a similar player who has been more efficient offensively and provides more value as a help defender. If possible, I think the Lakers would have been much better off using their room exception to sign Justin Holiday for a 3-and-D role.

          Toronto Raptors

          1. Agreed to a reported two-year, $8 million deal with guard Patrick McCaw

          After some twists and turns, McCaw's decision to spurn the Golden State Warriors' offers last summer paid off. McCaw, a restricted free agent, signed an unprecedented offer sheet with the Cleveland Cavaliers last December that contained no guaranteed money at the time of signing but would guarantee shortly thereafter. When the Warriors declined to match, McCaw became an unrestricted free agent and signed with the Raptors for the remainder of the season at the veteran's minimum.

          Because he was originally a second-round pick, McCaw was again restricted this summer, but Toronto stepped up with a bigger two-year offer than McCaw was offered by Golden State. He'll also have a chance at a bigger role following the departures of Danny Green and Kawhi Leonard. McCaw could be in the mix to start at shooting guard, where the Raptors have only Norman Powell as competition at the moment.

          During his limited playing time last season, including 48 minutes in the playoffs, McCaw failed to show enough improvement to suggest he's really worth the fuss. Until McCaw develops into a reliable 3-point threat (he's shot 30% career from beyond the arc), he doesn't offer enough offensively to justify heavy minutes despite his solid perimeter defense. McCaw is still just 23, however, and clearly the Raptors believe he can at least be a rotation player for them going forward.

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          Day 3 deals

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          Day 2 deals

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