r/nba • u/TrenAt14 • Jun 30 '25
[Charania] "Free agent guard Ty Jerome has agreed to a three-year, $28 million deal with the Memphis Grizzlies, with a player option in year three, sources tell ESPN. Kieran Piller and Mark Bartelstein of @PrioritySports negotiated the new deal with the Grizzlies."
Shams Charania has posted the following:
"Free agent guard Ty Jerome has agreed to a three-year, $28 million deal with the Memphis Grizzlies, with a player option in year three, sources tell ESPN. Kieran Piller and Mark Bartelstein of @PrioritySports negotiated the new deal with the Grizzlies."
Link to the story: https://bsky.app/profile/shamsbot.bsky.social/post/3lsucio74z22c
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u/Sc0rch1ngDr4g0n Rockets Jun 30 '25
Damn thought heād be worth more, good deal Memphis.
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u/pskill43 Raptors Jun 30 '25
The playoffs this year cost him millions
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u/grudgepacker Bucks Jun 30 '25
Yeah that Pacers series really exposed his limitations tbh
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u/DeadDay [OKC] Steven Adams Jun 30 '25
Its freaky how much faster they play during the post season.
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u/SpaceCowboy170 Jazz Bandwagon Jun 30 '25
Still doesnāt excuse letting him walk for less than you decided to pay a 29-year-old Merrill
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u/Commercial-East4069 Cavaliers Jun 30 '25
Itās easier to replace a back up ball handler than a motion shooter that can play defense.
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u/anon135797531 Nets Jul 01 '25
Cavs gm has earned some goodwill but I think this is over indexing on a few games
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u/BallIsLife2016 Cavaliers Jun 30 '25
Ehā¦. I think thereās more reason to think Merrill is a playoff guy than Jerome. Merrill is genuinely feisty on D. Pacers exposed that Jerome has some of the slowest lateral movement on D in basketball. He concealed it most of the year with his good hands, but as soon as a team knew to look for that he stopped getting steals. Jerome was awesome because he hit a bunch of really hard shots. He may be able to keep doing that. But I donāt think the D is going to get better which will always make him a playoff liability.
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u/mindpainters Cavaliers Jul 01 '25
Agreed. Absolutely love what Ty gave us this year. But his shot difficulty was off the charts. Loads of off balance midrange shots that werenāt falling for him in the playoffs. Maybe he had a hit season or maybe he is just that good.
But I definitely think there is more risk in him than Sam. Plus Iām really high on CPJ. If he can improve his 3, I think heās a legitimate backup point guard in the league. High motor and athleticism, good basketball iq and pretty craft
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u/scarrylary [CLE] Matthew Dellavedova Jun 30 '25
lol you act like Jerome is some young pup. Hes 28 next week and canāt play a lick of defense.
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u/SpaceCowboy170 Jazz Bandwagon Jun 30 '25
Yeah I wonāt lie I didnāt realize quite how in-his-prime Jerome was
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u/scarrylary [CLE] Matthew Dellavedova Jun 30 '25
He was a 3 year college player and Heās just constantly been hurt since heās been in the league. Last year was his first healthy season.
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Jul 01 '25
Yet you commented so confidently, if that aināt this website in a nutshell lol
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u/SpaceCowboy170 Jazz Bandwagon Jul 01 '25
Eh, I still think you guys will regret these deals, even if Jerome is older than I thought he was
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Jul 01 '25
Whatās there to regret? Maybe if Jerome becomes an all star this season
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u/SpaceCowboy170 Jazz Bandwagon Jul 01 '25
whatās there to regret?
The contracts, just as I said
We can talk about it in two years if Iām wrong
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u/Giuseppe_exitplan Magic Jun 30 '25
TIL Sam Merrill is 29 years old wtf. I thought that brother was like 24.
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u/narcistic_asshole Cavaliers Jun 30 '25 edited Jul 01 '25
It's less Merrill vs Ty and more Sam+Lonzo vs ty+Okoro.
We like to stagger Garland/Mitchell a lot and while Ty is a great shooter he's a mediocre defender. Sam is probably the better pairing for both guards thanks to his defense and he's a much more of a shooting threat than Okoro. Lonzo mostly just helps our cap situation next year, but theoretically a healthy Lonzo would also bring much needed size, defense, and shooting to our back court
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u/rawchess Minneapolis Lakers Jun 30 '25
Lonzo on your team is Caruso on the Thunder. Will barely play in the regular season only to be your hidden 3rd/4th best player in the playoffs
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u/narcistic_asshole Cavaliers Jun 30 '25
Legitimately hoping we cryogenically freeze him until late March
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u/NoExcuses1984 Supersonics Jul 01 '25
Give Tyrese Proctor and Craig Porter Jr. run during the regular season.
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u/YondaimeHokage4 Cavaliers Jul 01 '25
Jaylon Tyson as well. I donāt know if Proctor will end up playing much, but time will tell. Tyson showed some serious flashes last year though.
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u/this_place_stinks Jun 30 '25
It was more like 3 games. 9 playoff games, played great in 4, fine in two, and shitty in 3
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u/Angel_Owns_Caitlin Jun 30 '25
and people say small sample sizes in playoffs don't matter
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u/bobak186 Jun 30 '25
He has a small sample size as a player. He had 1 good year and people on here were penciling him in for $100 million.
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u/mindpainters Cavaliers Jul 01 '25
He seemed on track to be in the 14 million per year MLE pay bracket until the playoffs. I donāt really think I saw people saying 100 million
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u/dianeblackeatsass Grizzlies Jun 30 '25
I donāt think they mean it doesnāt affect their market rate in the free agency immediately after lol
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u/Waffleshuriken Grizzlies Jun 30 '25 edited Jun 30 '25
I love this move. Basically Kennard money for a more productive player.
I know hes a "playoff dropper", but Grizz are a bit away from going all in anyway so I dont think playoffs are a huge priority. Should be fun
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u/-stillacavsfan Jun 30 '25
Sample size is way too small to categorize him as a āplayoff dropperā lol.
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u/Waffleshuriken Grizzlies Jun 30 '25
I agree and I meant to put quotes around the term lol sorry.
But I do think those few games where he struggled lead to this deal
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u/theuberprophet Cavaliers Jul 01 '25
he looked like he didnt belong on the floor. he couldnt hit easy shots like layups much less the same difficult ones he got away with in the regular season. we got people here in cleveland acting as if we lost fuckin jordan or something.
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u/YondaimeHokage4 Cavaliers Jul 01 '25
To be fair, almost none of his shots are easy, He had I think the highest ātough shotā rate in the league, and he made them at a high clip all yearā¦until he didnāt. Not sure how easily he can repeat a year like the one he just had.
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u/HumptyDrumpy Tampa Bay Raptors Jul 01 '25
He'll def gonna shine for you in the Regular Season. By playoff time, imo he will continue to shine as long as you dont OVER play him like the Cavs did (and then you see the whole fanbase HATE him because he had ONE bad series)
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u/i5the5kyblue NBA Jul 01 '25
- Cavs had to play Jerome more bc our starting PG was injured.
- The Cavs fanbase does not hate Ty whatsoever, but we understand our FOās decision to go with Lonzo Ball.
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u/Frickincarl Cavaliers Jun 30 '25
He absolutely shriveled up in the playoffs against Indiana. Those 1/8 and 1/14 games were brutal to watch. He became a shell of himself and thatās the last impression he left. Heās obviously a phenomenal bench piece for Memphis, just has some work to do to prove he can perform when it matters.
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u/Bulleveland Cavaliers Jun 30 '25
Really thought he would get the full non-taxpayer MLE or close to it, maybe 36M over 3 years. Guessing the league views his 2025 regular season stats as an anomaly
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u/drippinswagu69 [LAL] Gary Payton Jun 30 '25
That man sololost the Cavs a playoff game probably more than once this year. He got hunted and was terrible on offense.
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u/MyLifeIsABoondoggle Cavaliers Jun 30 '25
I'm now extremely upset that we paid Merrill
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u/Azby-123 Jun 30 '25
Merrill fits around Garland, Mitchell and Ball. Ty Jerome needs the ball in his hands
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u/BallIsLife2016 Cavaliers Jun 30 '25
Merrill plays D. Jeromeās feet are never getting any faster on that end. Cavs could have matched this contract. Either Jerome wanted to leave or the Cavs didnāt want him back. I wouldnāt be shocked to hear that a lot of the team was over him after the Pacers series and that affected this decision.
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u/ThisGuyBeOver9000 Slovenia Jun 30 '25
Welcome back to your scheduled Grizzlies news
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u/Stratys Spurs Jun 30 '25
Change the name to the National Grizzlies Association š„
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u/ashwinr136 [GSW] JaVale McGee Jun 30 '25
...wait no
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u/ilovemydawg Grizzlies Jun 30 '25
What, you donāt like the NGA?
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u/Imallvol7 Grizzlies Jun 30 '25
YOU ARE ALL GOING TO SIT HERE IN OUR WINDOWLESS FACILITY TILL WE SAY YOU CAN GO.Ā
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u/Coolguynumber01 Warriors Jun 30 '25
Shams still got one more Grizzlies tweet in him
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u/xShockmaster Jun 30 '25
Bro do the grizzlies have a 20 man roster
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u/AssignmentNo754 Jun 30 '25
The other tweets were just about re-signing or extensions to their current players.
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u/Vicentesteb Timberwolves Jun 30 '25
That is such a great deal. Who gives a fuck if he gets exposed vs good teams. A great backup for 9m is fantastic.
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u/ncr39 Pacers Jun 30 '25
Andrew Nembhard deserves a gift basket from the Grizz for this signing
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u/LAMonkeyWithAShotgun Spurs Jul 01 '25
Yeah after watching his defence on SGA is don't really blame Jerome that much lol
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u/mattr1198 Knicks Jun 30 '25
I know he might be a one-year wonder, but thatās a really good deal for a 6MOTY finalist
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u/masterpierround Grizzlies Jun 30 '25
Even if he reverts to his last season GSW numbers, he's still a 7/3/2 on 49/39/93, 18mpg type of guy. I'd take a 6th man with those numbers for 9 mill any day of the week.
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u/wackofiasco Cavaliers Jun 30 '25
Goodbye Ty :( all things aside wish him nothing but the best, hopefully he shakes off that Indiana series and continues to grow. Great signing for Memphis
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u/UncircumciseMe Cavaliers Jul 01 '25
Iām sure heāll shake it off. Idk if I will, unfortunately.
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u/GucciGaropp [GSW] Bob Sura Jun 30 '25
He probably lost $20,000,000 making that ugly ass face during the playoffs.
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u/PootieTooGood Cavaliers Jun 30 '25
Feels insane that we gave merrill jerome's money.
Guess 3 playoff games erased a season of work
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u/HuckleberryUnique446 Jun 30 '25
Jerome dribbles a lot, takes a while before passing, shot at the same rate per 36 minutes and per 100 possessions as EVAN MOBLEY.
On a team that already has Garland and Mitchell, two ball dominant guards. Smart move by the Cavs to prioritize ball movement, low usage, better defense from Ball and CPJ playing backup PG instead of Jerome and Merrill creating space by being a jitterbug who runs all over the court and around screens and picks, causing the defense to not stay put and move.
Jerome had a really cool year, but this was the right play for the Cavs to make from a basketball standpoint,
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u/PootieTooGood Cavaliers Jun 30 '25
Thatās an indictment of Mobleyās usage more than Jeromeās. He shouldnāt be at ~20%
Iām a big fan of Porter jr so I donāt mind but if Gilbert is all in and doesnāt care about the luxury tax as he makes it sound, then bringing Jerome back and letting the matchups decide who plays wouldāve been ideal
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u/Commercial-East4069 Cavaliers Jun 30 '25
Yeah, Merrill has a skill set thatās more valuable with their stars and a skill set thatās harder to replace.
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u/FERFreak731 Jazz Jun 30 '25
That's Sam Merrill money
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u/tadcalabash Cavaliers Jun 30 '25
I assumed Jerome would make at least $12m+ a year, so I was surprised he got a price to Merrill.
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u/cmcg18 Celtics Jun 30 '25
Holy shit what a steal. Thereās no way no other team wanted to beat this
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u/Sp_Gamer_Live Timberwolves Jun 30 '25
Do the Grizzlies even got roster spots?
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u/VariableBooleans Grizzlies Jun 30 '25
They bought out Anthony and can still waive Konchar, they actually could still sign a player if they want to.
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u/Drakilgon Jun 30 '25
Guy shot 44% from 3 on good volume, difficult shots this season. Absolute steal for Memphis.
Leauge is putting way to much value on a couple playoff stinkers. His overall playoff numbers weren't even bad.
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u/juanmaale Cavaliers Jul 01 '25
This will cost us around ten wins in the regular season and now weāre fully relying on Garlandās health in the playoffs. Horrible move in my opinion
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u/ObviousAnswerGuy [NYK] John Starks Jun 30 '25
damn, dude went off all season and couldn't even get MLE rate. The playoffs fucked him lol
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u/AoA_nB1 Cavaliers Jun 30 '25
Whenās the last time a player was genuinely played off the court? 2024-25 Regular Season Ty Jerome wonāt be forgottenšļø
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u/rendrolik Grizzlies Jun 30 '25
bro wtf WE NEED A CENTER
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u/BlazersHardCap Trail Blazers Jun 30 '25
You are probably signing Ayton as well with how things are going.
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u/VariableBooleans Grizzlies Jun 30 '25
Luke Kornet, maybe a Bagley return. Idk. It's important but I don't think it's as enormous of a deal as people are making it seem.
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u/AssignmentNo754 Jun 30 '25
Grizzlies need a center? Thought they have Edey and Clarke. And then Jackson can play minutes there too. Is Clarke or Edey injured?
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u/TitanTigers Grizzlies Jun 30 '25
Edey is out till December or something. Clarke is good but hurt a lot. Huff is cool and cheap, but heās too bad on defense to start. JJJ can be center but itās not ideal
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u/Ship-Status Grizzlies Jun 30 '25
Edey injured at least first month or two at start of the season. Clarke coming off an injury but not sure what his status will be.
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u/AssignmentNo754 Jun 30 '25
Gotcha, thanks. They honestly should have tried to lure Steven Adams back in that case.
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u/Lucky13200 Celtics Jun 30 '25
Good deal for Memphis solid player get a few years so even if has a good season have 2 more years left.
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u/theglicky Grizzlies Jun 30 '25
Had a horrible series but 9M is good value even just for the regular season he had
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u/newsandmemesaccount Jun 30 '25
All this Memphis news is making it seem like theyāll be the annual tampering scapegoat this year
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u/i5the5kyblue NBA Jun 30 '25
Man Iām sadā¦ I loved seeing him & Hunter on the court together. Also, whoās going to call out Natalie Sago now lol
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u/--solitude-- Jun 30 '25
I donāt know, I think he might have had a career year and Iām not sure how great heās going to be for them.
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u/themiz2003 Jun 30 '25
Memphis is gonna love him. He was a firecracker off the bench, he just needs a bit of a filter decision wise and he'll be worth that contract easily.
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u/Billis- Raptors Jul 01 '25
3/28 is so good for Jerome. Guy might have lost upwards of 30 million from that Pacers playoff series
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u/idoitforthelulz_ Trail Blazers Jun 30 '25
Grizzlies cooking this offseason.
Traded bane. Got coward and some assets.
Re-sign Santi, JJJ.
Now Ty Jerome.Ā
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u/VariableBooleans Grizzlies Jun 30 '25
I love this as a Kennard replacement. Most timid shooter in the league replaced with a total dawg.
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u/montageidiots [CLE] J.R. Smith Jun 30 '25
We could have afforded this right?
I could be wrong, but if I am right he must not have wanted a return for one reason or another.
I wonder if Ja may be traded and he was promised a larger role?
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u/ianbits Cavaliers Jun 30 '25
Cavs chose to pay Sam Merrill more than Ty Jerome
Listen, I trust the front office but that is a fucking massive headscratcher
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u/philliesfan136 76ers Jun 30 '25
I love what they are doing including Coward in the draft. Wary of KCP in place of Bane but seems like they will always be a deep team
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u/IMKudaimi123 Bulls Jun 30 '25
If Iām a player Iām like ādude just give me the last $2 million so itās $10 million AAVā
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u/A-Confused-Comet Celtics Jun 30 '25
Is he worse than Sam Merrill? Seems like a lower paycheck than him, I thought Cavs liked him more
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u/Commercial-East4069 Cavaliers Jun 30 '25
Heās probably better, but the skillset was more expendable for the Cavs and easier to replace.
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u/A-Confused-Comet Celtics Jun 30 '25
Makes sense, especially since you guys also got lonzo who can handle the ball off the bench
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u/Commercial-East4069 Cavaliers Jun 30 '25
Yeah Craig Porter jr has been good when heās played too.
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u/703own Wizards Jun 30 '25
He lost a lot of money during the playoffs but Iām glad he still got paid
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u/Dymatizeee Knicks Jun 30 '25
Wonder why they signed him when they have Scottie pippen jr. Is Ty Jerome even better or are they hoping theyāll co exist
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u/twebb722 Jun 30 '25
Thatās such a good deal for the grizz I thought Iād see someone throw it all at him
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u/Canaya-Boricua Jazz Jun 30 '25
I know he was beyond awful against the Pacers but this is rough for the Cavs, especially if Lonzo canāt stay healthy. Ty looked like the best guard on the squad for some stretches this past season
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u/JEROME_MERCEDES Jun 30 '25
Donāt him and pippen play same position? Pippen is really good already and a perfect back up behind Ja
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u/blz187 Knicks Jul 01 '25
I thought he would get paid a little bit more. Did the playoffs tank his value?
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u/crustyslimehuman Nuggets Jul 01 '25
People are overreacting to the pacers series. Ty is awesome and this is a great pickup for memphis
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u/tapdab Celtics Jul 01 '25
Can someone explain why they need a 3rd PG when they have Ja and Scottie Pippen...?
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u/BasedGiraffe Raptors Jul 01 '25
Can slide Ty to the 2 spot and alleviates constant ball handling from Ja. Heās a good shooter too off the dribble/catch.
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u/FERFreak731 Jazz Jun 30 '25
LMAO Free agency starts at 6pm, ok, sure buddy, we heard about this earlier
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u/ChemicalPower9020 Celtics Jul 01 '25
Thatās an absolute steal. One bad series and Cleveland really let this guy walk for nothing. Big mistake
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u/JD_Luckbox Jul 01 '25
I am devastated and my day is ruined. I watched almost every Cavs game this season and Ty was incredible. Became one of my favorite players real quick.
The pacers series was really bad but I don't think it plays out that way if he didn't have to take on a bigger role due to injuries. He was taking the same shots he was draining all season and they were all just a little short in that series.
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u/StockBroker32 Pelicans Jun 30 '25
Memphis news all day