Emmanuel Mudiay to play in Lithuania
Zalgiris completed its roster for the upcoming season with the signing of 25-year-old point guard Emmanuel Mudiay, who joins on a one-year contract.
NBA Rumor: Emmanuel Mudiay Free Agency
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Emmanuel Mudiay heading to Euroleague?
Former No. 7 overall pick in the NBA Draft 2015 Emmanuel Mudiay is expected to continue his career in Zalgiris Kaunas, per BasketNews sources. The 25-year-old guard won’t join Zalgiris only if he gets an NBA contract, sources say BasketNews.
Chris Haynes: Free agent point guard Emmanuel Mudiay — the No. 7 pick in the 2015 Draft and only 25 — intends to play Summer League for the Portland Trail Blazers, league sources tell @YahooSports.
Donatas Urbonas: Zalgiris Kaunas in advanced talks with former No. 7 overall pick Emmanuel Mudiay, per sources.
Teams interested in Emmanuel Mudiay and Yogi Ferrell
What is Utah’s view of Mudiay? Did they view him as a possible point guard to re-sign? It seems like he progressed a lot during the season, making the correct reads, but is it enough progress that the Jazz want to hold on to him? – Jarrett T. Mudiay probably resurrected his career this season. He was terrific off the bench. He defended. He made plays off the dribble. He made good reads. Simply put, he has met and exceeded almost all expectations of him. And that’s why there is a good chance he won’t be on the roster next season.
The Jazz don’t hold Mudiay’s Bird rights, which means they can only offer him a prorated raise off the contract he earned this season. In other words, it won’t take much to outbid the Jazz for Mudiay’s services. If a team swoops in with a $5 million a year offer, that might be enough. And that’s not much.
The Utah Jazz announced today that the team has signed center/forward Ed Davis, forward Jeff Green and guard Emmanuel Mudiay. Per team policy, terms of the deals were not released.
Tony Jones: The signings of Jeff green, Emmanuel Mudiay and Ed Davis are imminent, League Sources tell The Athletic
Bobby Marks: Utah used $2.7M in cap space and split it between: Miye One, Stanton Kidd and William Howard. Each were signed to a three-year pact with a partial on Kidd and Howard. Expect Ed Davis, Emmanuel Mudiay and Jeff Green now to sign.
Emmanuel Mudiay to Utah
Adrian Wojnarowski: Free agent guard Emmanuel Mudiay has agreed to a one-year deal with the Utah Jazz, league sources tell ESPN.
Tony Jones: The Utah Jazz have signed Emmanuel Mudiay to a one year deal, League Sources tell The Athletic
Tony Jones: With money and security drying up on the market, Mudiay’s camp wanted him in Utah, League Sources tell The Athletic, because of their strong development program
Chris Haynes: New York Knicks will not extend a qualifying offer to Emmanuel Mudiay, making him an unrestricted free agent, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.
Chris Haynes: Knicks forced to renounce to open up cap room. There’s mutual interest in Mudiay returning, but for now, a quality point guard hits the market coming off a career-high 14.8 points per game.
Knicks guard Emmanuel Mudiay was fairly tight-lipped about his own free agency, saying only: “Just see how things fall out, lay out. Go one day at a time. … I’m letting my agent take care of all that right now. So he’ll let me know.”
When David Fizdale rested sore-shouldered Emmanuel Mudiay for Friday’s 120-96 blowout loss to the Rockets, the Knicks coach made a comment that he didn’t want to do anything that might affect Mudiay’s career with his first free agency upcoming. “I think about these guys’ careers from the standpoint of, we’re not going to the playoffs, this kid has now established himself and put himself in position to have an offseason where multiple teams are going to want to talk to him,’’ Fizdale said of Mudiay, who will be coming off his rookie-scale contract. “I don’t want to risk that after that he’s done so much to get to where he is.”
It seemed a concession that Mudiay, 23, may have played his way out of New York showing he can be a rotational point guard. The Knicks may have $70-plus million in cap space, but they also have a young PG in Dennis Smith Jr. and the possibility of adding West Orange, N.J. product Kyrie Irving. While Fizdale fell in love with Mudiay, there may not be a perfect pathway to his return. And Mudiay acknowledged the uncertainty before the Rockets game for the first time. “I feel like I owed [Fizdale] a lot, especially the organization because they gave me a chance. He let me go out there and be myself, so any time I was going through something, I always thought about something that he would have done for me,” Mudiay said. “That’s a conversation that we all are going to have I guess at the end of the season, so if [a return] happens, it’s great. That’s a good thing. I love everybody in this organization. At the same time, I know you’ve got to wait for those guys [other free agents] to make their decisions as well.”
Mudiay isn’t ruling out a return to New York, but he understands that with Dennis Smith Jr. and Ntilikina under contract and the possibility of a player like Kyrie Irving coming to New York, the choice may not be his. “That’s a conversation that we all are going to have, I guess, at the end of the season,” he said. “So if it happens, it’s great. That’s a good thing. I love everybody in this organization. At the same time, I know you’ve got to wait for those [stars] to make their decisions as well. “I think it’s going to be a pretty interesting [free agency] just because there are great players in it as well. You want to see where people are going to land, see where it goes from there, really.”
The Knicks already have three guards under contract next season in Smith Jr., Damyean Dotson and Allonzo Trier. Mudiay is a free agent and a favorite of Fizdale, who set the market for the 23-year-old by declaring last week, “he has proven himself to be a real rotation player in this league.
September 27, 2021 | 10:23 am EDT Update
Kevin Durant not concerned about Kyrie Irving’s vaccination status
Kristian Winfield: Kevin Durant says he’s not concerned about Kyrie Irving’s vaccination status. “We trust in Kyrie and I expect us to have our whole team at some point.”
Ben Rohrbach: Kevin Durant on Kyrie Irving’s availability: “I expect it not to be [an issue]. That’s on Kyrie and that’s his personal decision. … We trust in Kyrie. I expect us to have our whole team at some point.”
Ian Begley: Kyrie Irving will not be at Media Day in Brooklyn today, sources confirm. NYC mandate states that all Knicks/Nets need to be vaccinated for COVID-19 to practice/play home games in NYC. Nets training camp is in San Diego. Irving may talk to media via Zoom. ESPN first reported.
Brian Lewis: According to NY rules, Kyrie Irving can’t play or practice at home until he gets a vaccination shot. Kevin Durant: “We trust in Kyrie and I expect us to have our whole team at some point.” #Nets #NBA
Brian Lewis: KD on whether inking long-term will help convince Kyrie Irving and James Harden to do the same: “We all three talked about playing here for a long time but their situations will happen on their time and we all respect that.” #Nets #NBA
Nets Daily: Kevin Durant mood changes noticeably when discussing LaMarcus Aldridge after talking about Kyrie Irving. Upbeat vs guarded.
Alex Schiffer: Kevin Durant said he trusted LaMarcus Aldridge’s judgement when he found out LA wanted to come back. Didn’t try and talk him out of it like Marks did. Said he knew LA was 49 points from 20K and was bummed he wouldn’t be able to get it. Now is pumped to be able to see him hit it.
