FULL Breakdown: Lakers Eye Ayton, Dame Waived, Giannis’ Future

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02/07/2025

🔥 **ESPN FULL Free Agency Roundup** — DeAndre Ayton linked to Lakers, Damian Lillard on the move, and Giannis trade buzz heating up.

🚨 Key Topics Covered:
• **DeAndre Ayton** just cleared waivers, and ESPN’s Shams reports the **Lakers are still considering him**, though they’re also looking at Brook Lopez, Clint Capela, and Al Horford :contentReference[oaicite:6]{index=6}.
• **Damian Lillard** has been waived by the Bucks after the **Myles Turner** deal—teams like the **Heat** and **Warriors** are reportedly in the mix :contentReference[oaicite:7]{index=7}.
• **Giannis Antetokounmpo** is “not pleased” with the Dame decision, and there are fresh **trade rumors linking him to the Warriors** :contentReference[oaicite:8]{index=8}.

🏀 Also included:
- Winners & losers from Day 1 of free agency
- What this means for Lakers, Heat, Bucks, Warriors, and other contenders

📌 COMMENT below—where do **Ayton**, **Lillard**, and **Giannis** land next?

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00:00Presented by ESPN Bet Sportsbook.

00:04Welcome to day two of the NBA Today Free Agency special.

00:07We're going to have you covered for not one, not two, oh yes, three hours, my friends.

00:11Joining me here in our Los Angeles studios, the three-time champion, Donis Haslam,

00:15our wonderful analyst, Tim Legler, our front office insider, Bobby Marks,

00:20and our senior insider, Brian Windhorst.

00:22I'm Malika Andrews.

00:23We're 25 hours into free agency.

00:25There have been over 50 agreements made so far.

00:28And fellas, this morning, Milwaukee sent shockwaves through the entire league.

00:32So for more on the Bucs, let's welcoming our senior insider, Shams Sharanya.

00:36Shams, Miles Turner reached an agreement to join the Bucs today,

00:39but it's how they made that flexibility that's so fascinating.

00:42What can you tell us about what went into this deal?

00:44Malika, they reached an agreement on a four-year, $107 million deal with Miles Turner as a free agent.

00:50That's not possible under their current salary restraints.

00:54But what they're doing is they're waving and stretching Damian Lillard and his $113 million left on his deal.

01:00And it was made possible, all of this, with Miles Turner because as the longest-tenured pacer,

01:04he wanted to be back in Indy.

01:06But he believed that they had given him several offers below the market value

01:12and just wanted to avert from the luxury tax.

01:15And so John Horst, the Bucs general manager, Turner's agent, Austin Brown in the last 24 hours,

01:21worked to figure out a creative pathway on this wild-card type of move that allowed Miles Turner to go there.

01:27And so remember, in 2020, we saw John Horst pull off Drew Holiday.

01:312023, Damian Lillard.

01:33And now here in 2025, they go and get Miles Turner in a way that no one in the league expected.

01:41Yeah, creativity, I think, is a good way to put it here, Shams.

01:43We're going to be hearing much more from you throughout the show, back with you in just a moment.

01:46Bobby, before we dive into this a little bit more,

01:49waving and stretching is not just what I was doing at the gym this morning.

01:52Can you just explain what that exactly means?

01:54It wasn't what I was doing either.

01:57So Damian Lillard had $113 million owed.

02:00He had two years left on his contract.

02:01We're not going to get into the semantics as the formula.

02:04You take that amount of money and you stretch it over five years,

02:07there's a $22.5 million cap hit.

02:10It's the largest ever in NBA history.

02:12This is the largest waiver and stretch in NBA history.

02:15That sits on your books forever.

02:18That's not a live person.

02:19So that money will count against the cap.

02:21Damian Lillard would get that here.

02:23And when you look at it, this was Milwaukee's get-out-of-jail-free card.

02:27At the expense of Damian Lillard, as far as how they were able to go out

02:30and add a player in free agency like Miles Turner.

02:33There is the human element to this all, too.

02:35Remember, this is a player that tore his Achilles in the first round against Indiana,

02:39is one of the 75 probably greatest players of all time,

02:44and is now probably going to be one of the most sought-after free agents

02:47when he does recover from this injury.

02:48There's so many layers to this.

02:50I'm glad you brought up the human side for Damian Lillard,

02:52because the first time I saw this news,

02:53when the news from Shams broke across my screen this morning,

02:56I said, dang, this is just a reminder of how brutal this business is.

02:59Damian Lillard, a top 75 player, one of the greatest guys to be around in the league.

03:04But now there's a series of decisions that had to be made.

03:07Milwaukee, in the short term, Brian, they didn't have any flexibility.

03:11How would you rate their ability to go out and build now?

03:14Well, you've heard the concept of robbing from Peter to pay Paul.

03:17This is mortgaging Peter's condo and rating his 401k.

03:21They have already trained away their draft control,

03:25and they've already used up all of their available salary cap space for this year and next year.

03:29So they are borrowing from salary cap space of years deep into the future.

03:33We've never seen anything like this.

03:35Now, I've seen people today say that this is insane.

03:38I don't think it's insane.

03:39As I've talked to more and more people in the league,

03:41they don't think it's insane either.

03:42They think it's audacious, okay, because they have taken something.

03:46You know, there's even a strategy component to this,

03:48because the salary slot of Damian Lillard for this year was $50 million.

03:52Now they take it down to $23 million,

03:54and they bring in Miles Turner's $27 million.

03:57Now you have $50 million, and instead of having a guy that's not going to play,

04:00you have a $27 million player.

04:02That's efficiency.

04:03It's not efficiency that's going to feel good in 2028,

04:06but it's efficiency that helps them this year when Giannis Tenacupo is on the roster

04:10and is looking for reasons to stay in Milwaukee.

04:13And so it is an audacious move.

04:15Here is my concern.

04:17I'm not sure that it moves the needle a lot.

04:20Miles Turner is an excellent player.

04:22He's a franchise center.

04:24He's in his prime.

04:25He is comparable to Brook Lopez.

04:27He is better than Brook Lopez at this point in their careers.

04:31He fits very well with Giannis.

04:32He stretches the floor.

04:33He will defend the rim.

04:35He dominated Brook Lopez when they played each other in the playoffs.

04:37However, this move doesn't take them from, say, fifth in the East to second.

04:43It doesn't look like, oh, my gosh, this is a changing move in the balance of power in the East.

04:47It's a great, aggressive move by their front office, supported by their ownership.

04:51But I'm worried that after you get over the shock and awe that the Bucs aren't really materially in a different place.

04:58I could be wrong.

04:59It's July 1st.

05:00We could get to January 1st, and I could say, oh, my God, this guy's an all-star.

05:04But I am worried about that that's the way it's going to play out.

05:06I agree with you 1,000%.

05:07I love the fact that they got Miles Turner over there, but you're looking at two similar guys.

05:11It really doesn't change your style of play.

05:14My concern is the defense on the perimeter.

05:16What are you going to do with the defense on the perimeter?

05:17Who's going to be your point guard?

05:18There are so many different things that you have to work on with this team, but I do like the Miles Turner trade.

05:22You trade a guy that gets in 1.9 blocks, and you bring in a guy that has two blocks a game.

05:27You get a guy that was a two-time all-defensive player, and you get a guy that was a two-time blocks leader.

05:30So this is perfect for Giannis.

05:32This move was made for nothing more than to keep Giannis happy.

05:35But does this put them in a position to win a championship?

05:38I don't think they're any closer at all.

05:39I don't think it's the answer, but it's definitely an aggressive response for Giannis,

05:43and it's about as good as you're going to do to replicate what Brook Lopez did.

05:47I think he's a significantly better offensive player than Lopez right now.

05:50You saw the numbers we put up similar.

05:52That's not Brook Lopez now.

05:54Brook Lopez's offense has dropped back.

05:56Now, rim protection, that's a different story.

05:58Brook Lopez still one of the best in the league.

06:00Miles Turner does that at a pretty high rate as well.

06:02The one thing for Miles Turner right now, I'm glad he got his money because he did not finish the season well.

06:07He really struggled to shoot the ball in the finals.

06:10Everybody was talking about that.

06:11It was hanging in the air.

06:13I think it helped Indiana kind of decide what they wanted to do with him.

06:17And the Bucs get a guy in his prime, Brian, to your point, that can really play.

06:21And his style fits very well with Giannis because he can space the floor.

06:25But what's the central question in Milwaukee right now?

06:27What is the central question?

06:28The central question is?

06:29How does Giannis feel?

06:30The central question is how does Giannis feel?

06:32But the rest of it, ultimately, it doesn't – I don't want to say it doesn't matter,

06:36but it's all immaterial compared to how does Giannis Attentacumpo feel about that.

06:39And Giannis is off right now.

06:41He always does.

06:41He goes to Europe in the summer.

06:43He takes a little time away.

06:44So I can't ask him.

06:45But we can't ask the second-best guy, maybe our senior insider, Shams Sharanya.

06:48Shams, I would love to know, what are you hearing about how this move impacts Giannis

06:52and his future in Milwaukee?

06:54Malika, I'm told Giannis Attentacumpo will continue to evaluate everything the entire offseason.

07:00He took notice of this move today, no doubt.

07:03But sources tell me he will evaluate more than just one day.

07:07And at the end of the offseason, my understanding is Giannis Attentacumpo will ask himself,

07:11he'll look in the mirror, he'll look around him and ask the question,

07:14can I win a championship, a second championship with this team as currently constructed?

07:19And the answer to that question faces and looms Giannis Attentacumpo, the Bucs, and Milwaukee.

07:26And the answer to that question, it may not be decided here on July 1st

07:30because the Milwaukee Bucs may not be done.

07:32We've seen them make moves throughout the day.

07:33But ultimately, Shams, you're absolutely right.

07:35That is what is most important here, Bobby.

07:37Well, that is.

07:38And I think when you look at what they've been able to do,

07:40it's kind of like the old and the new.

07:41As far as who they've brought in, they brought back Gary Trent,

07:44they brought back Torian Prince, Kevin Porter Jr.

07:47They went out and got Gary Harris.

07:49So what you're seeing is a little bit of a trend in shooting.

07:51They're basically surrounding Giannis and Miles Turner with some shooting.

07:56The question, and UD and Tim mentioned this, who's playing point guard?

08:01Right.

08:01That's the biggest thing.

08:02I know you can play Kevin Porter Jr.

08:03Whenever you have a question with the Bucs, the answer is Giannis.

08:06Yeah.

08:07Point Giannis.

08:07No doubt.

08:08Giannis will be playing more point guard.

08:09But when he's on the bench, now who's running the show?

08:11Yeah.

08:11We saw how they were able to maneuver that with Dame in the game,

08:14where Giannis was able to run point, Dame was able to play off the ball,

08:16and that worked.

08:17That was one of the top-scoring duos in the league.

08:19It looked good.

08:20But now who runs the point?

08:22And honestly, as I look at that situation, I look at where the Bucs were,

08:25and even if Dame was healthy, there's no knock against Dame,

08:27but was that a championship-caliber team anyway?

08:30So to your point, somebody gave him a get-out-of-jail-free card.

08:33Yeah.

08:33For both of them.

08:34Because I look at Dame, and was he ever really happy to be the Dame that he needed to be?

08:38So I look at both sides.

08:39He gets all his money.

08:40He can pick where he wanted to go, which is a situation he wanted to have a few years ago.

08:44So I look at both teams in both situations, and everybody can win here,

08:47even though it's unfortunate.

08:48Everybody can still win here.

08:49And that's their only get-out-of-jail-free card,

08:52because how the rules are is that you can only have 15% of salary that's stretched

08:55that counts against the cap.

08:56They're right at it.

08:57Yeah.

08:57So this was their one big move.

09:00They traded a couple picks when they sent Pat Connaughton to Charlotte today.

09:03Those were the last of their second-round picks.

09:05They still have a future first in 2031 or 2032.

09:09And when you look at it, you have three players now,

09:11Miles Turner, Kyle Kuzma, and Giannis, making 85% of your salary cap.

09:15Sure.

09:15So that's who you are right now.

09:18So Milwaukee is one of the entities that is impacted by all of this.

09:21You mentioned Dame, though, and his ability now to maybe choose where he wants to go,

09:25even if this is a little bit of a bittersweet pill to swallow.

09:28Our Anscape writer, Mark Spears, has a little bit more insight on this.

09:33Mark, what more can you tell us about how Dame feels about all of this?

09:36Well, Malik, I'm going to take you back home right now.

09:39Dame's doing the Brookfield dance.

09:41He's ecstatic.

09:42His agent, Aaron Goodwin, told me this is an incredible opportunity for him.

09:46He gets to be a free agent two years early, choose where he wants to go.

09:51Money really doesn't matter right now because he's still getting paid by the Bucs.

09:55He's going to be in Portland, which is an important part for him to rehab, be around his kids, which is extremely important.

10:03Wherever he goes next, that team must know that he plans to rehab in Portland so he could be close to his family.

10:11But he'll be around.

10:13And how many teams are calling?

10:15Oh, they're calling.

10:16There's about double-digit number of teams calling, interested in him.

10:20So I think the big question, too, is like, well, when will Dame be back?

10:25There's some speculation that he could be back around the All-Star break.

10:28So if he signs with a team, it's probably going to be, may well be a two-year deal, which gives him a very economical deal for that team,

10:40but also allows him to do a two-year kind of tryout, see how it is, see if it's a place he could be long-term.

10:47So this is, Dame's doing the Brook, I can't do it, he's doing the Brookfield dance, he's ecstatic.

10:53This is great news for him.

10:55A little bittersweet at first, but once the deaths settled and he figured it out, boy, this is a good day for him.

11:01Ecstatic.

11:01Does that surprise you at all?

11:03No.

11:03Legs that, no, free money and freedom?

11:06You can go where you want.

11:08Best of both worlds.

11:08He gets his money and he gets to handpick.

11:11This is a guy that's never been to the finals.

11:12He hasn't won a championship.

11:13This is a guy who's never hit free agency either.

11:14Exactly.

11:15He can handpick now where he wants to go and, you know, find a team potentially that doesn't have necessarily that lead guard,

11:21dominant lead guard locked up.

11:23He can sit around and look.

11:24And look, if he comes back by all-star break, that'd be a little bit surprising to me.

11:28But if he's able to do that, you're talking about having a couple of months to find his timing, rhythm, his consistency,

11:34because that is going to take time, even if he feels great physically.

11:38By the time you get to the playoffs, you might have a formidable force on your hands for one of these contenders.

11:43Unless somebody else wants to give him more free money to let him rehab while he's not playing,

11:48which if they do, take it, I would just sit back and wait and see what happens in the league.

11:52For sure.

11:53And worry about your rehab.

11:55And if you get to the back end of the season, you could be a huge change agent on a team that's competing.

12:00But if somebody wants to give him free money today, it's Dame's world right now.

12:04We're all just living in it.

12:05I'm not saying it's going to happen, but imagine this.

12:07You can actually have a team that can sign Damian Lillard for the minimum.

12:10Yeah.

12:10That's unheard of.

12:13We would have never thought that a team would be a huge change agent.

12:14UD, why for the minimum?

12:15Ask for more.

12:16If there's so many people bidding, ask for more.

12:18Dame is riding hot right now.

12:19Hey, Wendy, I'm working on something here.

12:21Chill out.

12:21I'm just saying something.

12:23I see.

12:23Come on now.

12:24We can't blow up a spot here.

12:26But, Wendy, there's certainly the Milwaukee side of this.

12:29Absolutely, Damian Lillard is a piece of this.

12:31And that's been the majority of the conversation, and I think rightfully so.

12:34But then, in the back of my mind, I'll say, I've kind of been thinking about Indiana.

12:39Because weren't we just a couple of weeks talking about how they were willing to go into the luxury tax?

12:43Indiana does not like Milwaukee.

12:46You got that right.

12:47It's probably their biggest rival in the league right now.

12:49So, I do think that their intention was to go into luxury tax.

12:53And by the way, they made offers to Miles Turner that would have put them in the luxury tax.

12:57And to be honest with you, $27 million a year is market value.

13:04This is what he signed.

13:05I mean, we had Jakob Pertl sign with the Raptors today for roughly the same contract.

13:09Nas Reed last week signed for roughly the same price, slightly less than this.

13:14This isn't a contract that is out of line.

13:16But clearly, the Pacers weren't willing to go that deep into luxury tax.

13:19And look, the Pacers are a team that has not been a team that has been willing or has clearance to spend into the tax.

13:26They have not paid the tax in 20 years.

13:28And if Tyrese Halliburton had not gotten injured, this may have a different outcome.

13:33But he did.

13:34And there was a line that the Pacers were not willing to cross.

13:37And to be honest with you, they didn't plan for this.

13:39When they were looking at seeing what they thought they might have to pay,

13:42they did not plan for the Milwaukee Bucks to be able to come in and make this bid.

13:45And I'm sure it hit them out of the blue.

13:47But if I'm Tyrese Halliburton, similarly to if I'm Jason Tatum,

13:50I'm looking around and saying, who's going to be there when I'm ready to come back, Bobby?

13:54Well, that's right.

13:54And I think the timing of it really stinks for Indiana,

13:57that we're almost two days in and every free agent center is off the board already.

14:01We saw Brooke Lopez, Clint Capella, all those players there.

14:05And I think that's the biggest question as far as right now,

14:07Tony Bradley is their starting center right now.

14:11And you'll probably see Obi Toppin also.

14:13Well, you also, Isaiah Jackson tours Achilles in November.

14:16So he's going to be back to the early part of the season.

14:19He's a guy they really like.

14:20He's never really gotten more than 16, 17 minutes a game.

14:24They like him a lot.

14:25So there is another big body with bouncy legs.

14:28He's coming back from a major injury, but he's going to have most of the season to find his legs again.

14:32James Wiseman, too, who also tours Achilles last year, coming back off injury.

14:35You know, the Pacers at this point, they've taken a pack.

14:38And with the big question that the league is asking, are they going to take any more steps back?

14:44Are there going to be any more players on that roster who might be available in the coming days?

14:48Remember, they got their pick back in that trade.

14:50We talked about that.

14:51They have their first round pick back.

14:51And it seemed like something that wasn't very important when it happened in the middle of the finals.

14:55But now, all of a sudden, that pick is looking much more favorable.

14:58Some tectonic plates shifting here in the Eastern Conference.

15:01But yesterday, it was the West that was really shaking things up.

15:04Coming up here on NBA Today to the Nuggets.

15:06Where do they rank following their hot start to free agency?

15:09Tim Legler, he's going to break down the unique fit between Joker, Tim Hardaway, and Cam Johnson.

15:14Plus, in the midst of all the madness, the MVP, Inc., a rather large extension this morning.

15:20Jobs is back to spotlight how Oklahoma City plans to build their roster following the payday.

15:25Also, it's a little quiet here in Los Angeles.

15:29What are the Lakers going to do?

15:30Our insiders working the phones, trying to figure out what Rob Palenka plans to do at center in particular.

15:35Find out what we're hearing next on NBA Today.

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18:37Để tặng mình món quà thật sự ý nghĩa này.

18:43Và...

18:43Mình cũng giới thiệu cho các bạn...

18:47Một chút là...

18:49Mình...

18:50Cách của mình tạo ra video.

18:54Sau khi...

18:54Mình...

18:55Tạo ra những sản phẩm như thế này.

18:58Như thế này.

19:00Như thế này.

19:01Và như thế này.

19:03Thì mình sẽ...

19:04Tải video lên.

19:06Mình tích của mình.

19:08Mình sẽ dùng phần mềm...

19:10Camtasia.

19:11Để edit video.

19:12Sau khi xuất ra.

19:15Mình sẽ...

19:16Tải lên kênh cho các bạn xem.

19:19Và các bạn hãy...

19:19Trả đoán xem những sản phẩm mới nhất của mình nha.

19:23Và bây giờ...

19:23Chúng ta hãy cùng đi xem...

19:26Mình tạo ra những sản phẩm như thế nào nha.

19:31Những sản phẩm của mình...

19:32Chắc chắn sẽ rất chi lo đẹp.

19:36Đây...

19:36Sản phẩm của mình rất chi đẹp.

19:38Mình xin chào.

19:40Bây giờ mình xếp cái rắn các bạn nè.

19:42Hai hôn.

19:43Hai hôn có tìu không?

19:45Vâng qua bên này.

19:47Vâng thiêu.

19:48Tìu không có này.

19:49Thánh này.

19:50Thế không?

19:52Uhm.

19:53Bây giờ mình xếp cái rắn cho các bạn xem.

20:11Bạn đừng không ẩn các người lời.

20:15Bạn cứ trông thôi.

20:16Bạn đừng lời thấy.

20:17Bạn cứ trông cả người thả noi nữa trên kênh.

20:20Chỉ trông thôi.

20:20Bạn đừng có ẩn các người lời.

20:22Bạn có ẩn các người lời.

20:37Bạn cứ trông thôi.

20:39Bạn cũng trông thôi.

20:40Bạn có ẩn các người lời.

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