Trade: [CHA/CHI/ORL] Mozgov and Jerian Grant to Magic, Biyombo to Hornets, Juylan Stone to Bulls

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[Marc the Habs Fan]

I think the 3 GMs were just bored.

 

[BostonBob]

This deal was basically done for salary cap reasons.


from espn.com:

The Magic, who have not had a winning record nor made the playoffs since the lockout-shortened 2011-12 season, get salary-cap help in Grant's $2.69 million expiring contract, while Mozgov's deal has two years, $32.7 million left.

For the Bulls, Stone's $1.65 million contract has an Aug. 1 guarantee date. If Stone is waived, Chicago's cap space would increase to $16 million in room -- assuming forward Noah Vonleh is released.

For Charlotte, Biyombo has two years, $34 million left on his contract. The Hornets have $120 million in salary and are $3.4 million under the luxury tax threshold with 14 guaranteed contracts on the roster.

 

[HisIceness]

Oh, Biyombo is back in Charlotte.

Neat. God what a disappointment he was here the first time.

 

[ViktorBaeArvidsson]

Magic still don’t have a point guard

*edit- a good point guard

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Can someone explain to me why Bulls gave away Jerian Grant (A solid 25 yr old bench player) for a 29 yr old fringe NBA player with minimal talent?

 

[dahrougem2]

Can someone explain to me why Bulls gave away Jerian Grant (A solid 25 yr old bench player) for a 29 yr old fringe NBA player with minimal talent?

Does anything the Bulls do make sense?

 

[Cubs2024WSChamps]

Can someone explain to me why Bulls gave away Jerian Grant (A solid 25 yr old bench player) for a 29 yr old fringe NBA player with minimal talent?

Well, for starters, they can wave Stone and get his money off the books where as Grants money is guaranteed.

As for solid, Grant runs faster then his dribble and he's more of a shooter then a point. Don't let his numbers last year fool you, he's bad. His higher production was a product of the Bulls tank, so I don't know where "he's a solid player" comes from. He's not.

Basically, if you want to be bad, you put a guy like Grant out there 20 minutes a game. If you want cap flexibility, you trade him for somebody you can waive fast.

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