Isaiah Stewart Rumors

Despite offseason acquisitions of Isaiah Stewart and Quinten Post, along with the return of Zach Edey, the Grizzlies want to retain Olivier-Maxence Prosper, HoopsHype has learned. Prosper was a breakout player for the Grizzlies amid a difficult season, averaging 10.0 points on 54.9 percent shooting from the field and 40.5 percent from downtown, while starting 24 of 53 games played last season.

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Legion Hoops: LeBron on seeing Isaiah Stewart charge at him: “He’s chasing the sh*t out of me and I’m like get this big motherf**ker up off me. That’s a big boy.”

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Grizzlies PR: The @Memphis Grizzlies today announced the team acquired Isaiah Stewart, AJ Johnson, D’Angelo Russell, a conditional future first round draft pick, three future second round draft picks and a future second round draft pick swap in a six-team trade.

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Omari Sankofa II: Per the NBA’s transaction wire, a lot of Pistons trades are now official. They’ve acquired John Collins, Taurean Prince and Gary Harris and traded Isaiah Stewart, Caris LeVert and Marcus Sasser.

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‪Shams Charania: The Golden State Warriors decided not to match Quinten Post's three-year, $30 million offer sheet with the Grizzlies, allowing the 7-footer to join Memphis, sources tell ESPN. The Grizzlies add Post to a reshaped frontline that includes No. 3 pick Cameron Boozer, Zach Edey, Isaiah Stewart and

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Shams Charania: Dallas is sending Middleton to the Wizards via sign-and-trade as part of a larger six-team deal that includes, in total, the Mavericks, Wizards, Clippers, Pistons, Bucks and Grizzlies. It involves previously agreed upon deals such as John Collins, Gary Harris and Taurean Prince (Detroit), Isaiah Stewart (Memphis), Santi Aldama (Mavericks), Caris LeVert (Bucks), etc.

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Yossi Gozlan: This contract for Quentin Post will go into the Grizzlies mid-level exception. If matched, it’ll be replenished for different moves. If unmatched, they’ll need to acquire Isaiah Stewart with the big $29 million trade exception or by expanding the Santi Aldama trade.

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The Memphis Grizzlies will be able to take Isaiah Stewart into the trade exception created by Santi Aldama being dealt to Dallas, which will allow a the Grizzlies to maintain their bigger $28 million trade exception from February's Jaren Jackson, Jr. trade. The Grizzlies could not take Stewart into their nontaxpayer midlevel exception even though his base salary of $15 million fits. That's because he also has $1 million in unlikely incentives that count toward that exception.

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Yossi Gozlan: I could see the Isaiah Stewart, Isaiah Joe, John Collins, & Santi Aldama trades expand into a five-team trade between the Pistons, Grizzlies, Clippers, Mavericks, & Thunder. Pistons need to send out $20M to match for Collins & Joe. Stewart ($15M) & Marcus Sasser ($5.2M) work.

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Bobby Marks: Detroit will likely acquire Joe into the Isaiah Stewart $15M trade exception or signing exception. Pistons are operating as an over the cap team because of the Jalen Duren FA cap hold.

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Alex Kennedy: The Pistons will try to go big-game hunting after the Isaiah Stewart trade, per @WindhorstESPN on ESPN's draft broadcast. He said Detroit was going to make a run at Austin Reaves before the Lakers locked him up. He mentioned Kawhi Leonard and LeBron James as possible targets.

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Jake Fischer: Memphis is trading these same three second-round picks that the Grizzlies received from the Pistons last night, sources say, back to Detroit, in order to land Isaiah Stewart.

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Omari Sankofa II: Source confirms the Pistons have traded Isaiah Stewart, their longest-tenured player, to the Grizzlies. The three picks they’re getting back are the three they traded last night (2029 2nd that’s the second-best of Pistons, Knicks and Bucks, a 2031 Mavs 2nd and 2032 Pistons 2nd)

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Bobby Marks: Stewart has 2 years left: $15M in each season Last year is a team option 2 ways to acquire Stewart - non tax ML or; - trade exception

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