The talks between Real Madrid and forward Gabriel Deck regarding the latter’s contract extension are paused, according to Carlos Sanchez Blas. Deck is expecting his value to be raised soon when he acquires a Spanish passport and won’t occupy a foreign player’s sport on the team’s roster. Real Madrid signed Deck to a three-year deal in 2018 so the player will become a free agent the following offseason if he doesn’t extend his contract with the Spanish powerhouse. Deck has been reported to be on the radars of some NBA teams.
The talks between Real Madrid and forward Gabriel Deck …
February 27, 2021 | 8:28 am EST Update
Kyle Lowry not stressed
Josh Lewenberg: Life advice from Kyle Lowry (re: state of the world): “I’m going to be honest with you, I have no stress at all. I don’t stress. There’s no stress. Why would I be stressed for? Things are going to happen, some things you can control, so you control what you can control.”
Bobby Marks: Brooklyn makes it official on the Andre Roberson and Iman Shumpert 10-Day: $110,998 cap hit for both Roberson will earn $148,926 and Shumpert $159,698 Brooklyn has a $93.9M tax bill that is projected right now at $48.9M because of the expected decline in BRI
Bobby Marks: The All-Star language is negotiable in the contract: starter, reserve or replacement player. Sabonis has all three Rudy Gobert would not receive his $1M bonus if he was selected as a replacement player.
Kyle Goon: Dennis Schroder said he never had COVID-19 and tested negative during his quarantine. He says the NBA “has to do better” and before he’s able to elaborate … … the Zoom crashes.
Anthony Slater: Steve Kerr: “The locker room’s quiet. That’s a good sign. We’ve won three in a row and nobody’s that happy. We know we can play better. It’s a sign we think there’s more to come.”
Eric Walden: Jordan Clarkson, asked if he could see Quin Snyder not being intense coaching at the All-Star Game: “Nah, not really — he’s probably gonna have LeBron getting back on transition defense, have guys crashing the glass.”
Wednesday was Zion Williamson’s and Brandon Ingram’s 52nd game together. The partnership between them is barely older than half the length of a normal regular season. They are still learning each other’s games. What’s clear, though, is that there is a healthy respect level between them. “Offensively, y’all see it,” Williamson said of Ingram. “Impossible to guard. Can shoot over anyone in the league.” “I mean, I’ve never played with a player as talented as me,” Ingram said of Williamson. “He’s a generational talent.”
Darnell Mayberry: Thaddeus Young said the Bulls spent considerable time talking in the locker room about everything that happened in the second half tonight, “Trying to figure out where did we go wrong, what adjustments we could have made…We as a team, we feel like we can win every game.”
