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The Suns offered Bledsoe a four-year, $48 million contract,
but he is holding out for something closer to the $80 million
maximum-level payday.
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Change is coming to the NBA draft lottery, but the team most
likely to be impacted if proposed adjustments are implemented is
tapping the brakes.
A major overhaul will be voted on by the NBA Board of Governors
in October that would balance the odds of landing the top pick
to almost every team entered in the lottery process.
ESPN reported the 76ers are strongly opposing that change.
Philadelphia unloaded many of its assets last season and posted
a 19-63 record but still wound up drafting third overall behind
the Cleveland Cavaliers and Milwaukee Bucks. The season included
a 26-game losing streak, but it was the Bucks who posted the
worst record in the league.
To prevent teams from tanking as a means for improving chances
at the highest picks in the next draft, commissioner Adam Silver
is on board with giving the four or five worst teams equal
chances at the No. 1 overall pick and only slightly reducing the
probability any team that finishes with the fifth-worst through
14th-worst final record can also score the first pick.
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The Sacramento Kings sign forward/center Eric Moreland to a
contract. Terms were not disclosed.
Moreland was a two-time Pac-12 All-Defensive honorable mention
player for Oregon State who led all players during the NBA
Summer League with 16 blocks while averaging 3.5 points, 8.8
rebounds, 0.7 assists and 2.7 blocks in coming off the bench
playing as a reserve. (Editing by Frank Pingue)
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