This is not what we’re supposed to discuss on Day 1 of free agency.
If you were to rank the NBA-related transactions by how excited fans get, it would look like this:
- Trade
- Free Agent signing
- Waived (I see you, Golden State)
- Player Option
- Team Option
The first day of free agency — heck, the first hour of free agency — was one of my favourite parts of the NBA calendar. Shams and Woj would have dozens of saved tweets ready to fire off at midnight (or in this year’s case, 6 pm ET).