The Phoenix Suns have waived two-way guard Jared Harper, according to Gina Mizell of The Athletic.
Harper played only three games with Phoenix but averaged 20.9 points and 5.7 assists in the G League for the Northern Arizona Suns.
Fonte: Gina Mizell.
Bulls forward Chandler Hutchison will undergo arthroscopic surgery on Tuesday, March 17, to treat the acromioclavicular joint injury of his right shoulder. He originally sustained the injury on Nov. 27 after a direct blow in the game at the Golden State Warriors. Hutchison then reinjured his right shoulder in the game at the Washington Wizards on Feb. 11. He has continued to experience acromioclavicular joint pain despite undergoing a four-week period of prescribed rest and therapy, and surgery is deemed the appropriate course of action. The projected recovery time is 12-16 weeks.
Fonte: Chicago Bulls.
The Cleveland Cavaliers and head coach J.B. Bickerstaff have agreed to a multi-year deal, league sources tell cleveland.com.
Bickerstaff, originally hired by the Cavs as associate head coach last spring, took over for John Beilein on Feb. 19, following Beilein’s resignation just 54 games into his NBA coaching career.
Fonte: Cleveland.com.
Cameron Johnson has been diagnosed with mononucleosis.
Johnson will be re-evaluated in two weeks and updates on his status will be provided as appropriate.
Johnson is a 24-year-old rookie with the Phoenix Suns averaging 8.1 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 20.3 minutes over 49 games this season.
Fonte: RealGM.
The Memphis Grizzlies announced that the team has signed forward/center Jontay Porter.
The big man out of Missouri went undrafted in the 2019 NBA Draft.
Porter continues to make great progress in his rehab and is projected to return in advance of next season.
The @memgrizz announced today that the team has signed @JontayPorter.
Press release below. pic.twitter.com/hz1m2lCseF
— Grizzlies PR (@GrizzliesPR) March 8, 2020
Fonte: NBA.com.
The NBA is planning to limit locker room access to only players and essential team personnel in wake of coronavirus, per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Brian Windhorst.
Teams are also instructed to create a 6-to-8 foot distance between players and media in availability sessions outside locker rooms.
Fonte: Adrian Wojnarowski.
The Memphis Grizzlies say Jaren Jackson and Justise Winslow are likely to return within next week.
Brandon Clarke is expected to return this season.
The Cleveland Cavaliers have signed Sheldon Mac to a 10-day contract.
Mac has played in the G League with the Canton Charge this season.
Fonte: Cleveland Cavaliers.
Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr confirmed that the team will sign Mychal Mulder to a second 10-day contract.
Once this second 10-day deal expires, the Warriors will have to decide whether or not to sign Mulder for the rest of the season.
Fonte: San Francisco Chronicle.
The LA Clippers announced they’ve signed Joakim Noah. The French big man agreed to a 10-day deal, per multiple reports.
Noah, 35, played for the Memphis Grizzlies last season.
Fonte: LA Clippers.
The NBA has set a conference call with team owners/governors for Wednesday to discuss the coronavirus crisis and next steps for teams, according to ESPN.
Concerns are escalating among owners and executives that more drastic steps could be coming for the league, including games played with only essential personnel in arenas; the precise scenario that the NBA has required teams be prepared to execute. https://t.co/xnpVXX8KHj
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March 9, 2020
The Oklahoma City Blue has acquired forward LiAngelo Ball, the team announced today.
Ball (6-5, 230) spent the 2017-18 season with Vytautas Prienai of the LKL and appeared in 14 games (six starts), averaging 12.6 points and 2.9 rebounds in 21.7 minutes per game, while shooting 41.5 percent from the three-point line.
In a related move, Oklahoma City has waived center Tyler Davis. Davis was acquired on Nov. 29.
Fonte: Oklahoma City Blue.
DeAndre Jordan denied reports about Kenny Atkinson’s firing in Brooklyn linked to the high-profile players signed last summer as Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant.
Per ESPN, “Yeah, I’m close to Kyrie, but Wilson [Chandler] is a new player, Garrett Temple’s a new player,” Jordan said Sunday. “We’re all new players, so if you’re going to say new players, put it on all eight of the new players.
“I think whatever you’re saying, and whatever the reports are, are bulls–”
Jordan said he was “shocked” when he heard the news and that he thought Atkinson “did a great job with us.”
“The guys who had been here love him, so I’m sure it’s tough for them. At the end of the day, this is a business, coaches get fired, players get cut, get traded, whatever it is,” Jordan said.
Fonte: ESPN.
Undrafted rookie Jontay Porter has signed a multi-year deal with the Memphis Grizzlies, his agent Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Porter rehabbed two separate knee injuries that affected his college career and draft stock, but he is expected to be ready for training camp next season.
Fonte: Adrian Wojnarowski.
The Milwaukee Bucks announced that Giannis Antetokounmpo sustained a left leg injury Friday night. He underwent an MRI and subsequent examination. The evaluation showed a minor joint capsule sprain of the left knee.
He will not play in the remaining two games of the current road trip.
Fonte: Milwaukee Bucks.
Free agent guard Lance Stephenson is in “strong talks” on a potential deal with the Indiana Pacers, according to Shams Charania.
Stephenson, who has already played five years for the Pacers, has played in China this season.
Fonte: Shams Charania.
Pace Mannion, a former basketball player and the father of Nico Mannion, said the reports of his son declaring for the NBA draft are false, as no decision has been made yet.
“He will make that decision after the season,” Pace Mannion told The Athletic’s Sam Vecenie.
Fonte: Sam Vecenie.
Indiana Pacers guard Malcolm Brogdon has been listed as week-to-week after suffering a leg injury.
Brogdon has a torn left rectus femoris according to team reports.
Kyrie Irving soured on Kenny Atkinson early in the season, league sources told Vincent Goodwill of Yahoo! Sports. Former Celtics guard reportedly prefers Tyronn Lue, currently an assistant with the Clippers, as the next coach of the Nets.
Atkinson also wasn’t fond of coaching Irving or Kevin Durant, and pushed to resolve his situation now before the end of the season: “Kenny pushed for the parting just as much, if not more than Brooklyn,” sources told Yahoo! Sports. Interim coach Jacque Vaughn is said to have a strong relationship with Irving.
Fonte: Vincent Goodwill.
The Philadelphia 76ers hope Ben Simmons can return from his lower-back nerve impingement before the playoffs, sources tell Ramona Shelburne of ESPN.
Simmons will be reevaluated next week as the 76ers wait for the inflammation around the nerve to subside.
Fonte: Ramona Shelburne.
The LA Clippers are signing free agent center Joakim Noah, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Shams Charania reports that Noah and the Clippers agreed to a 10-day contract.
Noah, 35 years old, played for the Grizzlies last season.
The Los Angeles Lakers offered a package involving Alex Caruso and draft compensation for Derrick Rose at the trade deadline, according to Shams Charania.
The Pistons were not interested in moving Rose.
Fonte: Shams Charania.
The Los Angeles Lakers announced they have signed guard Dion Waiters.
It’s official. Welcome to the Show, @dionwaiters3! pic.twitter.com/JLGMl12XCr
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) March 6, 2020
Almost a year after a gruesome leg injury, Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic told Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports that he will return on March 15 against the Houston Rockets.
“I’m ready to help my team make the playoffs,” he told Yahoo Sports. “It’s time.”
Fonte: Chris Haynes.
The Los Angeles Lakers have reached an agreement with Dion Waiters for the remainder of the season. The guard joins Lakers after a difficult start of the season with only three games played for the Miami Heat and several suspensions. He was traded to Memphis and waived by the Grizzlies.
Now he will join the Lakers on a deal for the remainder of the season.
Free agent Dion Waiters has agreed on a deal with the Los Angeles Lakers for the remainder of the season, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 5, 2020
The New York Knicks could pursue a trade for Chris Paul this offseason, according to The Athletic’s Frank Isola.
Paul is having a resurgent career at the age of 34, but he is owed $41.4 million in 20-21 and $44.2 million in 21-22. Leon Rose, who is now running the Knicks, was the longtime agent of Paul.
Fonte: Frank Isola.
The Los Angeles Clippers have been expected to pursue Kris Dunn this offseason, according to NBC Sports’ KC Johnson.
Dunn will be a restricted free agent if the Chicago Bulls extend a $4.6 million qualifying offer to him.
Fonte: KC Johnson.
According to Adrian Wojnarowski, Dragan Bender is signing a second 10-day contract with Golden State.
The No.4 overall pick of the 2016 NBA Draft played 6 games for the Warriors, averaging 7.5 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.8 assist.
Once his second 10-day contract expires, Golden State will have to either let him go or sign him for the rest of the year.
Dragan Bender is signing a second 10-day contract with Golden State, league source tells ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March 5, 2020
According to Kelly Iko, Houston Rockets hosted free agent forward Luc Mbah a Moute for a workout.
The former UCLA last season played just 4 games for the Los Angeles Clippers.
Source: Houston Rockets brought in free agent forward Luc Mbah a Moute for a workout today. Mbah a Moute last played in the NBA during the 2018-19 season due to injury.
— Kelly Iko (@KellyIkoNBA) March 5, 2020
The Cleveland Cavaliers have signed guard/forward Sir’Dominic Pointer to a 10-day contract, Cavaliers General Manager Koby Altman announced.
The former St. John’s forward started the year for the Canton Charge in G League, where he averaged 12.0 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.9 steals and 2 blocks over 41 games.
ROSTER UPDATE: #Cavs sign G/F @sirdom1 to 10-Day contract.
— Cleveland Cavaliers (@cavs) March 4, 2020