jo734030 | Bucks

406 | 18 hours ago

Shocker

deathbyvaccine | Mavericks

72 | 18 hours ago

Two in the pink, one in the Kentavious Caldwell-Pooper.

jeric13xd | CHI

10 | 18 hours ago

One of the few good moves Calvin Booth made

Shocker144 | Raptors

5 | 17 hours ago

I’m here I’m here

RansomGoddard | NBA

329 | 18 hours ago

Well yeah he’s never seeing money like that ever again lol

whatssenguntoagoblin | Alperen Sengun

184 | 18 hours ago

Career earnings well over $100 million.

If I was a role player in the 80s/90s I’d be so salty

Vicentesteb | Timberwolves

103 | 18 hours ago

KCP was really good as a role player. He’s like Danny Green, just a great glue guy everyone wants on their team.

Not many role players can say they’ve meaningfully contributed to 2 wildly different title teams.

jefe_hook

38 | 17 hours ago

And two of them + Caruso were on the 2020 Lakers team.

Soshi101 | Celtics [BOS] Derrick White

8 | 8 hours ago

Rondo and Quinn Cook also fall into this definition. Javale McGee too since two of his rings were with the similar versions of the same team.

2020 Lakers really were just a great collection of old, experienced vets.

mrbrownstone

2 | 3 hours ago

lol quinn cook does not fall into that category. he falls into the pat mccaw category.

Pharmboy_Andy

1 | 7 hours ago

And Caruso who only looked like a middle aged accountant.

fragilemachinery

1 | 3 hours ago

Rondo was 4x All-Star that got MVP votes in multiple years, lol. He wasn’t a role player until he got old.

heyradio | Grizzlies

1 | 9 hours ago

Two Grizzlies legends.

soxfaninfinity | Magic

64 | 18 hours ago

Pre 2016 lol

whatssenguntoagoblin | Alperen Sengun

7 | 18 hours ago

True

Rubberbabeh | Bulls

7 | 12 hours ago

There is a reason Garrett Temple is still playing. That vet min is way better than it used to be!

RspectMyAuthoritah | Lakers

1 | 9 hours ago

I wish I could have a no show job that pays me 3m+ too. If only I was a little bit taller and a lot more athletic. Temple made almost $50,000 for every minute played last season. And only had to play 73 minutes.

KingJeet

9 | 17 hours ago

They are. Thats why the old heads are constantly shitting on the new generation of players.

dayarra

4 | 18 hours ago

no shit, he will be 34 when it expires. he is retiring probably.

Time-Stand7719 | Wizards

198 | 18 hours ago

That contract is so nasty lmaoo

Former-Lab-9451

146 | 18 hours ago

Part of why Orlando gave up so many firsts in the Bane trade

Victor_Wembanyama1 | Spurs

32 | 18 hours ago

Nah this sub will have you believe the magic gave a bunch of picks on top of useful rotational players. Those two were salary dumps…

BAHatesToFly | Knicks

10 | 16 hours ago

This sub absolutely cannot process the value of an NBA 1st Round pick. If you were to believe this sub, a pick in the 20-30 range is super valuable. It doesn’t matter how many times late 1sts (or 1sts with a high likelihood of landing in that range) are handed out like candy in trades. NBA GMs, league-wide, place almost no value on a late 1st in trade after trade yet this sub still loses their mind when multiple 1sts are involved in a trade.

SubduedChaos | Grizzlies

6 | 15 hours ago

I mean they are more valuable now with play in teams having the same odds at a top pick.

KpYugai

3 | 15 hours ago

Some are and some arent.

Its funny because at the time of the lottery reform, I definitely thought you guys were the most screwed over team because of not getting grandfathered in for the top 5 pick rule (particularly b/c it was a Utah Jazz pick).

But honestly, I think even in spite of that rule changes, basically all of your (incoming) picks increased in value. The Jazz should be good enough next year that you dont really lose a ton of probability at a top 5 pick in exchange for much better odds at like 6-10 pick from them. Then all the Magic picks incoming could be really valuable if they slip into the play-in. (Not to say you still can’t be salty about the fact that the Jazz pick can’t be top 5.)

Lowkey the Blazers probably got the most fucked by the changes cause their Bucks picks just arent nearly as high value as they were at the trade deadline

SubduedChaos | Grizzlies

3 | 15 hours ago

And we have all of our own as well. Also we might trade for a few more lol.

samurairocketshark | Suns

5 | 13 hours ago

This sub’s value of first round picks is completely based on hindsight bias too. If traded picks never end up being anything nobody mentions it and it’s a great trade. If a good player gets picked it’s the dumbest trade ever and gets several threads a year talking about it

20BeersDeep | Gran Destino

31 | 18 hours ago

Part of the reason the Bane trade haul was so much. Part of it was to get off KCP contract

No_Heat2685

20 | 18 hours ago

He probably would’ve shot better than De’Aaron Fox in the finals though

LosAngeLukaGOAT | Cote D'Ivoire

5 | 16 hours ago

Yeah but he would have been able to handle like Fox versus the Thunder.

Cutting down Castle’s turnovers, the whole team turnovers.

No_Heat2685

-5 | 15 hours ago

Doesn’t really matter because the Spurs choked the championship

gedbybee | Spurs

4 | 17 hours ago

He also would have held the ball instead of challenging OG at the rim.

jutiatle | Lakers

9 | 17 hours ago

It’s now an expiring and the grizzlies don’t need the space so there’s nothing nasty about it at all anymore.

heyradio | Grizzlies

2 | 9 hours ago

This is the correct take.

FantasticChemical161

6 | 18 hours ago

An absolute Kent of a contract.

Jimmy0034 | Clippers

6 | 18 hours ago

It fits their timeline with rebuilding and magic picks, Also it doesnt hurt to have a vet

Waffleshuriken | Grizzlies

4 | 18 hours ago

Exactly why we took it on from the Magic lol.

jump-back-like-33 | Nuggets

4 | 18 hours ago

Reminder that people were super critical of the Nuggets for not matching it.

SubduedChaos | Grizzlies

2 | 15 hours ago

Good thing Grizzlies are rebuilding and are under the cap.

Buduma | Nuggets

92 | 18 hours ago

Get your money 2x nba champ.

MembershipSingle7137 | Celtics

44 | 18 hours ago

Anything but breaking the Giannis trade

TheWarelock | Heat

29 | 18 hours ago

BREAKING: Giannis and Bucks agree to 4 year extension

cl353 | Heat

1 | 17 hours ago

my 2nd best scenario tbh

DistinctMains

35 | 18 hours ago

Nuggets legend

Troll_Enthusiast | Wizards

9 | 18 hours ago

Wizards legend

TangerineStrong3781 | Lakers

10 | 18 hours ago

Pretends to be shocked

FERFreak731 | Jazz

8 | 18 hours ago

Finally a roster decision

Realshawnbradley

6 | 18 hours ago

What does this mean about AJ being picked first?

Aidanj927 | Spurs

6 | 18 hours ago

When did he get to Memphis

sewsgup

13 | 18 hours ago

he got signed by the Magic, then dumped as part of the Desmond Bane trade

KCP and Cole Anthony were multi year salary dumps, which cost the Magic an extra 1st round pick or two in the deal

Aaront519

9 | 18 hours ago

It was never brought up when the trade happened. All anyone said was bane is not worth 5 first round picks and ripped the magic instead of realizing they got off of 2 bad contracts which factored into the picks as well.

Bigboi88888 | Celtics

5 | 18 hours ago

He was in the Bane trade last year

AleroRatking | Vancouver Grizzlies

1 | 18 hours ago

Part of the Bane trade.

Hnl2Nrt2025

4 | 18 hours ago

20 million for a average player on the down slope. Wow

SheriffHarryBawls

4 | 18 hours ago

Good for him

Bananasandbratwurst

5 | 17 hours ago

I mean when you probably cant get a 5 yr contract for total value of the 1 yr player option yeah you’re gonna opt in lol.

FERFreak731 | Jazz

3 | 18 hours ago

I wonder if he opted in to be used in a trade where the Grizzlies get picks and bad contracts and then he’d get bought out

RansomGoddard | NBA

17 | 18 hours ago

That’s always possible but he also has a personal interest in opting in because he’s definitely never making that money for the rest of his career.

Lacabloodclot9 | Grizzlies

4 | 18 hours ago

Yeah no way he’s on the roster by the deadline, that big of an expiring attached to a okayish player is going to generate interest

Legitimate_Cow_4166 | Warriors

3 | 17 hours ago

Braun for KCP?

Lacabloodclot9 | Grizzlies

3 | 17 hours ago

Maybe but honestly Braun would have to continue to be really bad for them to do this at the deadline

real-yeet-beans | Thunder

3 | 18 hours ago

KCP loves Memphis, and money

AleroRatking | Vancouver Grizzlies

3 | 18 hours ago

Never would have guessed.

Which is fine. Cap space isn’t critical for us this year.

iscrambleyoureggs

3 | 18 hours ago

Rich Paul deserves a statue outside the Caldwell-Pope home.

Legitimate_Cow_4166 | Warriors

2 | 17 hours ago

Rich also cost KCP a ton of money back in the day.

https://np.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/jymsv3/kcp_turned_down_a_5_year80m_contract_from_the/

ynomeye | Warriors

1 | 18 minutes ago

He scammed many times that 12 million. God I fucking hate Rich Paul, almost every single contract of his is toxic for the team

Odd-Direction9452 | Lakers

2 | 18 hours ago

#ThisLeague

donkeyinparadise | Nets

2 | 18 hours ago

The only Nuggets roster worth going into the second apron for was that 23 one. KCP’s defense was still underrated especially for offensively talented teams like the Nuggets.

TJFLASH1

1 | 18 hours ago

I wish he wouldn’t

SoftBodySumo

1 | 18 hours ago

Smart move

MundaneExtension3195

1 | 18 hours ago

I predicted this one!

RobbobertoBuii | Knicks

1 | 18 hours ago

Ka-Ching!

JustdoitJules | Nuggets

1 | 18 hours ago

Yikes

LordOfLimbos | Pistons

1 | 18 hours ago

Yeah that’s a good call. Remember being disappointed when he chose Orlando over Detroit. Dodged a bullet there

IcyMeat7

1 | 18 hours ago

Nuggets window ended with him leaving 🕊️

Even if they beat OKC game 7 with hobbled Gordon and MPJ they were losing for sure anyway in later rounds

ApprehensiveTry5660

2 | 18 hours ago

The CBA has done about as much damage to the Nuggets contending as the injuries have.

Legitimate_Cow_4166 | Warriors

1 | 17 hours ago

CBA wasn’t a roadblock to paying KCP. Nuggets didn’t believe he was worth what he was asking, rightly so.

Denver’s biggest issue was the feud between Malone and the GM. And Jamal Murray deciding to mail it in after getting his big pay day

ApprehensiveTry5660

1 | 17 hours ago

Murray’s coming off a career year and has had two of his most successful seasons out of the last 3. Dude’s lower body kinda crumbled out from under him in their chase for the 1 seed in the championship defense… but the man literally just made All NBA trying to keep the Nuggets season alive through a swarm of 6-8 week injuries decimating not just Jokic, but almost everyone that gets paid to play defense.

They’d have likely matched KCP if not for the Apron.

TheGargageMan | Rockets

1 | 18 hours ago

After careful consideration, I think I would do the same.

jfrodriguez1983 | Mavericks

1 | 18 hours ago

Finally the news we have been waiting months for!

OpportunityNext9675 | Minneapolis Lakers

1 | 18 hours ago

Shrewd move

Wendigo_33 | Grizzlies

1 | 18 hours ago

Good for him lol

lukaisafatfuck | Grizzlies

1 | 18 hours ago

No shit

TheWestRemembers | Lakers

1 | 18 hours ago

Opting into manna from heaven

PaleontologistOwn878

1 | 17 hours ago

He better

MinorThreatCJB | Warriors

1 | 17 hours ago

He’s on the Grizzlies???

CopyIntrepid1466

1 | 14 hours ago

my buddy had a 20 mil player option once too

dead-serious | San Diego Clippers

1 | 12 hours ago

need a list of guys exercising their player options sorted by year. I can go for a good laugh

Far-Comment3645

0 | 18 hours ago

Yo pistons could’ve added more shooting dawg

Neither-Operation | Knicks

2 | 17 hours ago

Keep looking because you really don’t want to see KCP shooting numbers lately.

Unfair-Map-517

0 | 17 hours ago

Greedy bum

[Charania] Memphis Grizzlies guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is exercising his $21.6 million player option for the 2026-27 season, sources tell ESPN.