Waiver WireThursday, Jul 9, 2026

Valanciunas fell out of the regular rotation down the stretch run and during Denver’s first-round playoff loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves.

The Celtics are waiving guard Dalano Banton, per Adam Himmelsbach of The Boston Globe (Twitter link). Banton’s $2.8MM salary for 2026/27 was non-guaranteed, which means Boston won’t incur a cap hit by releasing the five-year NBA veteran. The Raptors selected Banton, a Toronto native, with the 46th overall pick in the 2021 draft. He spent […]

Less than a week after waiving him, the Bucks have re-signed forward Pete Nance, the team announced today (via Twitter). If Milwaukee had kept Nance on his previous minimum-salary contract, his $2.5MM salary for 2026/27 would have become fully guaranteed over the weekend. At the time he was cut, we speculated that the Bucks might […]

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 […]

The club honors one of the key figures of its recent history: ten trophies, a Final Four run and a championship as MVP L'articolo Olimpia Milano says goodbye to Shavon Shields after six seasons proviene da Sportando.

Now that DeMar DeRozan has officially cleared waivers, the speculation has begun. One of the more interesting possibilities comes from Matt George of Sactown Sports 1140, who said the Cavaliers and Heat are the two teams generating the most chatter as potential landing spots for the veteran scorer. “The two teams that we seem to […] The post DeMar DeRozan linked to Cavs, Heat in free agency appeared first on Hoops Wire.

Milton didn't perform as expected in his first season in Europe L'articolo Partizan, Shake Milton part ways proviene da Sportando.

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 […]

The Nuggets have released former Leon Rose client Jonas Valanciunas.

The Knicks already brought in Andre Drummond to help make up for the loss of two of their big men this offseason, and it appears they could be targeting another veteran.