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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 […]
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 […]
The Denver Nuggets have waived Jonas Valanciunas ahead of his $10 million guarantee date. Valanciunas is expected to receive interest from NBA teams once he becomes a free agent. Valanciunas spent last season as Nikola Jokic's backup at center. The Nuggets could stretch Valanciunas' $2 million cap hit over three seasons. Valanciunas averaged 8.7 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 13.4 minutes across 65 games in his age-33 season with the Nuggets. Valanciunas is repressed by Michael Telle...
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 […]
The Nuggets have released former Leon Rose client Jonas Valanciunas.
Chennedy Carter’s stint with the Las Vegas Aces ended the way two of her last three did. She was cut loose before her contract ever became guaranteed.
Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones react to opening day of Summer League action, Kawhi Leonard's paused trade, the Aces waiving Chennedy Carter and more!
