According to reports, Deandre Ayton, finalizing the acquisition with the blazers traveled, will become a free agent if he deletes the exemptions
Portland Center Deandre Ayton is finalizing a buyout with the Blazer Trail Shams Charania of Espn reported on Sunday.
He will become a free agent on Wednesday if he cancels the exemptions, according to different relationships.
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Ayton is scheduled for $ 35.5 million next season in the last year of a four -year contract of $ 133 million who has signed with the Phoenix Suns. The terms of his purchase have not been initially reported.
The Blazer Trail have the center of Donovan Clingan and Robert Williams III under contract and used the sixteenth choice of the draft last week to acquire the Chinese center of 7 feet-1 Yang Hansen.
If Ayton is purchased and cancels the exemptions, he will become one of the best free agents of a classless class names. The teams are authorized to start negotiating with free -suspended free agents starting from Monday.
Ayton, 26 years old, was the overall choice of the 2018 draft class 1 which also presented Luka Dončić, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Tree Young. Unlike some of its drafts of the draft class, Ayton was not up to the Hype.
Deandre Ayton seems to get out of Portland. (Photo of Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
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A traditional center that does not shoot 3S or lengthens the floor, Ayton has not been able to make an all-star team in his seven seasons since he joined the NBA. But it provides a precious presence of posts and rebound skills that will be attractive for teams looking for help to the center in the free agents market.
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For his career, Ayton scored on average 16.4 points, 10.5 rebounds and 1 block per game while shooting 59% from the floor. He shot 23% out of 122 attempts by 3 points in 398 games.
There are several teams looking for help in the pole, in particular the Los Angeles Lakers, whose lack of defensive presence near the edge was exposed in a loss of unilateral playoff, in the first round, to the minnesota Timberwolves. A team from Charlotte Hornets who recently exchanged Mark Williams and Jusuf Nurkic could also be on the market for a center.