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Jordan Clarkson To Re-Sign With Knicks
Free agent guard Jordan Clarkson will re-sign with the Knicks, agent Rich Paul tells Stefan Bondy of The New York Post (Twitter link). According to ESPN’s Shams Charania (Twitter link), Clarkson will earn $3.9MM on his new one-year contract, which means it’ll be a minimum-salary deal. It’ll count for about $2.45MM toward the cap, helping […]
Amir Coffey Signs With Hapoel Tel Aviv
Seven-year NBA veteran Amir Coffey will make the move overseas for the first time in his playing career, having signed a one-year contract with Hapoel Tel Aviv, the Israeli team announced in a press release. Coffey, 29, joined the Clippers on a two-way contract in 2019 as an undrafted free agent out of Minnesota. After […]
And-Ones: Fields, Project B, Butler, Summer League, Rozier
Former Hawks general manager Landry Fields has been hired to the run the men’s basketball division for Project B, a global startup basketball league on track to begin play next winter, according to reports from Jake Fischer of The Stein Line (Twitter link) and Mike Vorkunov of The Athletic. As previously reported, the league – […]
Raptors Expected To Hire Stephen Silas As Assistant Coach
Although head coach Darko Rajakovic and several of his assistants received four-year contract extensions earlier in the offseason, the Raptors‘ staff will be undergoing a few changes this offseason, according to Michael Grange of Sportsnet.ca, who reports that the team is expected to hire Stephen Silas as an assistant coach. The son of former NBA […]
Kings Notes: DeRozan, LaVine, Sabonis, Westbrook, Achiuwa
Waiving DeMar DeRozan was a smart financial move, but that didn’t make it any easier for the Kings to let him go, writes Jason Anderson of The Sacramento Bee (subscription required). General manager Scott Perry addressed that decision and several other topics during a press conference on Wednesday, calling DeRozan “one of my favorite players […]
Heat Notes: Gardner, K. Johnson, Giannis, Conwell, Hardaway Jr.
Summer League play is already over for Heat forward Myron Gardner, Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald writes in a subscriber-only story. Gardner sprained his left ankle seven minutes into the team’s first game Friday in the California Classic and was held out for the rest of the competition. He has been sent back to […]
Jazz Bringing Back Mo Bamba On Two-Year Deal
9:41 pm: Bamba’s contract carries a partial guarantee for the upcoming season and a team option for 2027/28, a source tells Tony Jones of The Athletic (Twitter link). 7:15 pm: Mo Bamba will return to the Jazz on a two-year contract, sources tell ESPN’s Shams Charania (Twitter link). The 28-year-old center signed a pair of 10-day […]
Bucks Sign Nate Ament To Rookie Scale Contract
Tennessee forward Nate Ament, the 13th pick in this year’s draft, has signed a rookie scale deal with the Bucks, according to NBA.com’s transactions log. The selection used to draft Ament was sent from Miami to Milwaukee as part of the Giannis Antetokounmpo trade, which didn’t become official until the moratorium lifted on Monday. Ament […]
NBA Transactions Becoming Official: July 8, 2026
The July moratorium ended on Monday and teams are now permitted to officially finalize all the free agent signings and trades they’ve agreed to since the NBA Finals wrapped up. Rather than bumping all of our previous stories on those free agent and trade agreements, we’re tracking all the previously reported moves that become official […]
Bucks GM Explains Reasoning Behind Giannis Antetokounmpo Trade
Two days after the trade sending Giannis Antetokounmpo to the Heat became official, Bucks general manager Jon Horst detailed his reasoning for the move during a conference call with reporters, writes Jamal Collier of ESPN. “No one’s sitting here today and saying that we’re a better team today after trading Giannis,” Horst said. “He’s one […]
International Notes: Horton-Tucker, Silva, Forrest, Len, Metu
The Turkish team Fenerbahce has finalized new contracts with a pair of former NBA players, announcing that they’ve worked out contract extensions with swingman Talen Horton-Tucker and forward Chris Silva (Twitter links). The 46th overall pick in the 2019 draft, Horton-Tucker earned regular minutes early in his career with the Lakers, parlaying that rotation role […]
Nuggets Waive Jonas Valanciunas
The Nuggets have decided to let go of center Jonas Valanciunas, league sources tell Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (Twitter link). Valanciunas’ $10MM salary for 2026/27, which was already partially guaranteed for $2MM, would have become fully guaranteed if he hadn’t been waived on Wednesday. Valanciunas was traded from Sacramento to Denver last offseason in exchange […]
Pacers Waive Micah Potter
4:09 pm: Potter has officially been cut, per NBA.com’s transaction log. He’ll clear waivers on Friday if he goes unclaimed. 4:01 pm: The Pacers intend to waive big man Micah Potter, reports Tony East of Circle City Spin (Twitter link). The move will create enough room below the team’s first-apron hard cap in order to […]
Mavs, Pistons, Grizzlies, Clippers, Bucks, Wizards Finalize Six-Team Trade
The Mavericks, Pistons, Grizzlies, Clippers, Bucks, and Wizards have officially completed the six-team mega-deal that incorporates several separate trade agreements reported over the course of the past two weeks, with multiple clubs involved in the transaction sending out press release to confirm that it’s done. The deal includes Santi Aldama being traded from Memphis to […]
Pacers To Sign Larry Nance Jr.
The Pacers have reached an agreement to sign free agent forward/center Larry Nance Jr. to a one-year contract, sources tell Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link). While Charania refers to it as a $4MM deal, it sounds like that figure is rounded up — Tony East of Circle City Spin tweets that it’ll be a […]
Eastern Notes: Hornets, White, Tatum, Carpenter, Bucks
The Hornets‘ trades sending longtime starters LaMelo Ball to Minnesota and Miles Bridges to Phoenix aren’t yet official, so president of basketball operations Jeff Peterson didn’t specifically address those moves when he spoke to Rod Boone of The Charlotte Observer on Tuesday about the team’s offseason. However, asked in more general terms about the front […]
Contract Details: Diawara, Sanders, Shamet, Alvarado, Oubre, More
The Knicks and Clippers used the Non-Bird exception to lock up a pair of restricted free agents who had strong rookie seasons in 2025/26. Knicks forward Mohamed Diawara and Clippers guard Kobe Sanders received matching $2,622,139 starting salaries on their new four-year contracts with their respective clubs, Hoops Rumors has learned. That figure represents 120% […]
Where Things Stand In NBA Free Agency
We’re now into the second week of the NBA’s 2026/27 league year, and while free agency has been resolved for many top players, there are still several intriguing names who don’t yet have new contract agreements in place. Let’s check in on where things stand for some of those players… The restricted free agents While […]
Pacific Notes: Suns, B. Jackson, Lakers, Clippers
The Suns officially announced their new deals for center Mark Williams and guards Collin Gillespie and Jordan Goodwin on Tuesday, with general manager Brian Gregory calling it a “great day for our organization,” describing the trio as “instrumental in our success last year,” per Logan Stanley of The Arizona Republic. As Stanley details, while the […]
LeBron James Rumors: Cavs, Heat, Sixers, Warriors, Lakers Exit
The teams pursuing star forward LeBron James have “reported mostly one-way communication,” according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst, who suggests that those clubs haven’t had much back-and-forth dialogue or feedback on their pitches during the first week of free agency. There’s a “vibe” pointing toward James reuniting with the Cavaliers, Windhorst writes, noting that those rumblings […]
ESPN’s Tim Bontemps Takes Front Office Job With Hawks
July 8: Bontemps has left ESPN to join the Hawks as a strategic adviser who will report directly to Saleh. His longtime colleagues on ESPN’s Hoop Collective podcast, Brian Windhorst and Tim MacMahon, have published a story confirming the news. June 23: ESPN’s Tim Bontemps is in advanced talks with the Hawks to join their […]
Sorting Out The Six-Team Trade Involving Stewart, Aldama, Others
After initially reporting earlier tonight that the Wizards‘ sign-and-trade acquisition of Khris Middleton would be combined with several separate trade agreements to form a single six-team mega-deal, Ohm Youngmisuk, with the help of colleague Shams Charania, has laid out the terms of that trade in a full story for ESPN.com. There are a few new […]
Quinten Post Joins Grizzlies After Warriors Decline To Match Offer Sheet
July 8: Post has officially signed with the Grizzlies, according to a press release from the team (Twitter link). July 7: The Warriors have opted not to match the Grizzlies‘ offer sheet for restricted free agent center Quinten Post, according to Shams Charania and Anthony Slater of ESPN. As a result of the decision, Post […]
NBA Transactions Becoming Official: July 7, 2026
The July moratorium is over and teams are now permitted to officially finalize all the free agent signings and trades they’ve agreed to since the NBA Finals wrapped up. Rather than bumping all of our previous stories on those free agent and trade agreements, we’ll be tracking all the previously reported moves that become official […]
Pistons Notes: Holland, Murphy, Offseason Questions, Onyenso
Ron Holland played regularly off the bench in his second season with the Pistons until the postseason came around. Holland averaged 8.2 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.2 steals in 19.9 minutes per game during 78 regular season appearances. However, he saw action in just nine postseason contests, averaging 6.4 minutes in those outings. […]
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