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NBA Transactions Becoming Official: July 9, 2026

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Updated Jul 10, 5:49 PM ET

Since the July moratorium ended on Monday, teams have been 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 to the top of the site, we’ve rounded up all […]

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LeBron James' free agency has reached the voice-note stage

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Apparently, text messages aren’t enough anymore. According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, teams hoping to land LeBron James have been sending recruiting voice notes to him through agent Rich Paul as the NBA’s biggest free-agent decision continues to drag on. In other words, executives are leaving LeBron basketball voicemails. Charania reported that James remains in the […] The post LeBron James’ free agency has reached the voice-note stage appeared first on Hoops Wire.

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Five Raptors thoughts as dust on Kawhi Leonard trade settles

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Updated Jul 10, 9:44 PM ET

I couldn’t remember the source, but did recall that the FO office did contact the league office prior to the trade. Here is the reference I found from Grange [everybody’s favourite reporter]. I don’t know if anyone else reported it? Now I’m wondering what exchange - if any - there was between our FO and the league? “Per sources, the Raptors “did their due diligence” with the NBA prior to making their most recent trade for Leonard and the guidance they received made them confident that they co...

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