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The Nets have signed No. 28 overall pick Joshua Jefferson to his rookie scale contract, the team announced today in a press release. The signing of Jefferson’s first NBA contract was postponed because he was involved a trade that wasn’t made official until Friday. The Timberwolves drafted him on behalf of the Nets last month. […]
When the Bucks accepted the Heat‘s trade offer for Giannis Antetokounmpo, reporting at the time indicated that adding 2025 first-round pick Kasparas Jakucionis to a package that already included Tyler Herro, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kel’el Ware, and draft assets helped push Miami’s bid over the top. Asked this week about whether Jakucionis was a difference-maker […]
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The Nuggets have signed Trevon Brazile to a standard contract, per the NBA’s official transaction log. The news doesn’t come as a surprise — vice president of basketball operations Ben Tenzer suggested shortly after June’s draft that Brazile would be on the standard roster. The 23-year-old likely received the rookie minimum ($1.36MM) in 2026/27 as […]
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Charles Bassey and the Golden State Warriors have agreed upon a one-year deal. Bassey appeared in 13 games during the 2025-26 season across stops with the Warriors, Boston Celtics, Memphis Grizzlies and Philadelphia 76ers. Bassey finished the season with the Warriors. Bassey was the 53rd overall pick in the 2021 NBA draft out of Western Kentucky.
The Clippers maintain their previously reported interest in Peyton Watson, while the Hawks have also shown “fresh” interest in the Nuggets‘ restricted free agent forward, reports Jake Fischer of The Stein Line (Substack link). However, for either team to offer Watson the $25MM+ annual salary he’s reportedly seeking, a sign-and-trade would almost certainly be necessary. […]
The Trail Blazers have claimed former Pacers big man Micah Potter off the waiver wire, according to the NBA’s official transaction log. Indiana released Potter on Wednesday to make room beneath its first-apron hard cap to sign veteran forward/center Larry Nance Jr. Following stints with Detroit and Utah, Potter appeared in a career-high 47 games […]
The Nets have waived Malachi Smith, tweets Brian Lewis of The New York Post. Brooklyn exercised its minimum-salary team option on Smith at the end of June, but his contract was non-guaranteed, so the Nets won’t incur a cap charge by releasing him. Smith, who went undrafted out of Gonzaga in 2023, has spent most […]
LeBron James‘ free agency has been an unusual one so far, according to Joe Vardon of The Athletic, who reiterates that none of the teams pursuing the star forward have had the chance to meet with him and few have a direct line to him at all. The only team executive believed to have had […]
The Mavericks have signed Tarik Biberovic, a move that finishes off a six-team trade that is also bringing Santi Aldama and Marcus Sasser to Dallas.
The Hornets‘ trade involving LaMelo Ball and Naz Reid appears on track to be officially finalized sometime on Friday, according to Rod Boone of The Charlotte Observer (Twitter link). The expectation is that, for salary-matching purposes, the deal will be combined with the Timberwolves‘ separate three-team Julius Randle trade with the Nets and Bulls and […]