KeithSmithNBA
@keithsmithnba
I write and talk about the NBA, especially the salary cap, CBA and roster construction stuff. I do these things for Spotrac, NBA Front Office Show and The Basketball Bulletin. Any nonsense you see here is from me, not my employers.
Here are the ten largest free-agent contracts signed this offseason: 🏀T. Young: $212.8M 🏀A. Reaves: $184.7M 🏀W. Kessler: $129.5M 🏀A. Dosunmu: $112M 🏀T. Eason: $81.5M 🏀I. Hartenstein: $75M 🏀C. White: $74M 🏀G. Trent Jr: $64M 🏀Q. Grimes: $60M 🏀S. Mamukelashvili: $52M
Our @sportsbizclass.bsky.social students making deals throughout our Mock Trade Deadline this morning!
It’s like going to summer camp all over again. I get to see my friends, have some fun and there’s a ton of basketball!
In the month of June (before the trade was announced), users of our @spotrac.com Trade Machine processed a whole lot of Jaylen Brown-related trades. But only a handful of trade mad scientists got close to the final deal! www.spotrac.com/nba/trade-ma...
It’s July 1st, or as I call it: “Cap Sheets and Coffee Day”! Happy July everyone!
Here's how a four-team BKN-CHA-CHI-MIN trade that lands LaMelo Ball with the Wolves could end up looking. (The Harvey draft rights are just the "something" to satisfy touch rules. Could be cash, 2nd round pick, etc.)
Here what I wrote about Gillespie in the Suns offseason preview. Not bad for the first deal out of the gate! www.spotrac.com/news/_/id/33...
It's been a while since I created the original version of this, so I updated it for 2026-27. Note: these are the current projections for the Cap, Tax, Aprons and Exceptions. Hope this helps people understand the various spending levels and restrictions with each. Send feedback!
Of all of the egregious defense from Harden in Game 1, this was the one that got me most. Initial double is fine, and backing out is fine when Brunson pulls back. But then Harden does nothing. Just stands in no-man's land while leaving Bridges wide-open in the strongside corner, one pass away.
If you want me to click a notification, this headline will get me to do it, and in record time too!
This is my standard reply to this type of question. It'll be used in trades for the most part.
This is nonsense! Feels like 9??? This is Orlando! And it does feel like 9, because it’s been extremely windy here today.
Join @trevorlanenba.bsky.social and I tonight on the @nba.com Strategy Stream on NBA League Pass for Nets-Pelicans! We'll be calling the game, while breaking down the upcoming trade deadline and more. See you there! nba.smart.link/jb1opu8fr
For years, I talked about having two TVs and watching all the games. The dream was realized today! I feel like I finally made it!
In case you ever thought my family doesn’t feed my basketball obsession… My wife made NBA garland and wreaths for my home office. With homemade ornaments that she painted in team colors!
Happy Thanksgiving to all those celebrating today. Enjoy the family, friends, food and football! If Thanksgiving isn't your thing, there's some good college hoops today. AJ Dybantsa and BYU play at 5 PM!
I’m doing some G League roster updates, and I know it’s a rehab assignment, but this still made me chuckle!
Check out the NBA Strategy Stream tonight with me and @trevorlanenba.bsky.social tonight! Join us for Hawks at Clippers. We'll be breaking down the game, taking your questions and having a lot of fun. See you there! nba.smart.link/7lfh47tn9
Our daughter is obsessed with F1 (to the same extent that I am with basketball!), so she did her own F1 pumpkin this year. All the team logos, plus a little love for her and my wife’s favorite drivers! @f1tv.bsky.social
Haunted Mansion was the theme for this year’s pumpkins from my wife and daughter! And, yes, that is two pumpkins stacked on top of each other!
The first League Pass night is one of my favorite nights of the year. It’s so beautiful!