Gobert has signed for Minnesota, will wear No.27. The Lakers choose a Bryant as their center

Official day in the NBA. From 6 pm Italian it is possible to ratify the deals concluded from 1 July, the starting block of the Free Agency. The Minnesota Timberwolves have announced center Rudy Gobert, acquired in the trade with Utah. The long Frenchman, 30, will wear the number 27 jersey. Just the exorbitant price paid for him, even 5 first-round choices, a further exchange of choices among the top 30, plus Pat Beverley, Jarred Vanderbilt, Leandro Bolmaro and Malik Beasley , makes another trade that seemed imminent, but is struggling to materialize, more complicated, the one for Kevin Durant. The Brooklyn Nets don’t want to sell him off, with a 4-year contract still outstanding. If Gobert has been paid that excess, then for KD they are legitimately asking for the moon… The negotiations risk going to length and who knows that Durant won’t stay where he is, in the end, after all, despite the request to sell him.

Procida Piston

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The trade that brings Gabriele Procida to Detroit is also official. The blue becomes the number 36 call, of the second round, of the NBA Draft that the Pistons are grabbing the exchange commodity that brings Grant to Portland, from the Blazers. Procida will not play the Summer League with the Michigan franchise.

Bryant to the Lakers

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No, he’s not related to that Bryant. But Los Angeles chooses Thomas Bryant as its center. The former Wizards, released, agrees for a season. The Lakers were imagined interested in DeMarcus Cousins, and instead chose a younger profile. Bryant has yet to turn 25, but is recovering from a cruciate ligament injury in his left knee. He played just 27 games, 9 as a starter, last season. It’s a comeback: he had played the freshman campaign in yellow and purple. He will have the opportunity to become the starting center of LeBron’s team. Other movements today: Miami renewed Caleb Martin’s contract: 3 years, $ 20 million. Solid spin player. The Heat are among the most credited contenders for Durant. Caleb’s twin, Cody, had renewed with Charlotte by signing a four-year $ 32 million. Portland has decided to cut Eric Bledsoe, veteran guard, to avoid triggering the guaranteed portion of his contract. He could find a reserve playoff spot elsewhere on a playoff team. But he is near the end of the race. The Nets have announced Igor Kokoskov as Steve Nash’s assistant manager. He was head coach at the Suns, last season he worked in Dallas, before that the Serbian led, among other teams, Fenerbahce and the national teams of Serbia and Slovenia and Georgia.