Gay (6-8/230) holds career averages of 18.4 points, 5.9 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.34 steals in 35.6 minutes, while shooting. Other outlets have reported that the deal is for two years at $17.2 million. The arms race to compete with Golden State is officially underway, as the San Antonio Spurs announced that they have signed high-scoring forward Rudy Gay. Selected by Detroit in the first round of the 2013 NBA Draft (#8 overall), the Georgia native compiled averages of 11.7 points, 3.0 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.2 steals and 30.2 minutes in 314 career NBA games (274 starts).
Caldwell-Pope led the team in scoring 17 times and among NBA league leaders, he ranked 37th in minutes per game (33.3 mpg).Īlthough Pope is not a star, he is a good outside shooter who is expected to command big numbers in free agency due to his youth and steady improvement. The 6-foot-5, 205-pound shooting guard appeared in 76 games (75 starts) last season and averaged 13.8 points, 3.3 rebounds, a career-high 2.5 assists and 1.1 steals per game. In other Pistons news, the team announced that it has withdrawn its qualifying offer and renounced the rights to guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. Last season he ranked as the club’s third-best scorer at 14.0 points per game, while also tallying 4.6 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 32.5 minutes in 79 games. Morris, 27, was acquired from the Phoenix Suns in a 2015 offseason trade and averaged 14.1 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 159 games for the Pistons. Bradley was also a McDonald’s All-American, Jordan All-American, and First-Team Parade Magazine All-American. As a high schooler, he led Las Vegas’ Findlay Prep to the National High School Championship as a senior and was named the High School National Player of the Year. The 6-2, 180-pound native of Tacoma, Washington, played collegiately for one season at the University of Texas where he averaged 11.6 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.1 assists and was named to the 2009-10 Big 12 All-Rookie Team.
The seven-year guard has averaged 15.0 points and shot better than 35% from beyond the arc in each of the last four seasons. 366 3FG), 3.1 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.1 steals and 28.1 minutes in 413 career NBA games. In 18 postseason games, he averaged 16.7 points, 3.9 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.3 steals in 35.8 minutes per game.ĭrafted 19th overall by Boston in the 2010 NBA Draft, Bradley has averaged 12.1 points (.442 FG. He shot 46.3% from the field and 39.0% from three-point range. He was named to the NBA’s All-Defensive Second Team in 2013, the All-Defensive First Team in 2016 and finished sixth in the 2015-16 voting for NBA Defensive Player of the Year.īradley, 26, averaged career highs in points (16.3 ppg), rebounds (6.1 rpg), assists (2.2 apg) and minutes (33.4 mpg) over 55 games for the Celtics last season. Still, Bradley’s departure is not an easy blow for the Celtics to absorb, as he is a superior on-ball defensive player on the perimeter. The Bradley deal was a necessary move for the Celtics in order to clear cap space for signing star free agent forward Gordon Hayward. The Detroit Pistons announced today that the team has acquired guard Avery Bradley and a 2019 second-round draft choice from the Boston Celtics in exchange for forward Marcus Morris. Below are the top free agent signings and trades thus far:Ĭeltics trade guard Avery Bradley to Pistons for Marcus Morris The NBA offseason already has seen a flurry of activity, and things aren’t close to being finished yet.