According to Shams Charania, Svi Mykhailiuk will sign a partially guaranteed one-year contract with the New York Knicks.
The Ukrainian guard, who averaged 17 points, 5 rebounds and 2.2 steals per game at Eurobasket, had been released by the Toronto Raptors last month.
Kostas Antetokounmpo has reached a training camp agreement with the Chicago Bulls, Shams Charania reports.
Giannis’ brother will have the opportunity to compete for a Two-Way contract.
Antetokounmpo spent last year in France with Asvel (5.8 points and 2.6 rebounds in 13 minutes per game in Euroleague).
The Knicks announced today that the team has signed guard Ryan Arcidiacono to a contract.
The Villanova product signed with the Knicks on Feb.13, 2022 and averaged 1.6 points over 7.6 minutes in 10 games.
.@nyknicks Re-Sign Ryan Arcidiacono pic.twitter.com/Nd3eCcbzqm
— NY_KnicksPR (@NY_KnicksPR) September 17, 2022
The Indiana Pacers announced Friday that the team signed forward Kendall Brown to a two-way contract. Brown was selected by the Pacers with the 48th overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft.
Additionally, the Pacers signed forwards James Johnson and Bennie Boatwright, and guards Gabe York and David Stockton.
We have signed forward Kendall Brown to a two-way contract.
Additionally, we have signed forwards James Johnson and Bennie Boatwright, and guards Gabe York and David Stockton.
🔗 https://t.co/JP6sDOE2Sp pic.twitter.com/0kAp1lAVd0
— Indiana Pacers (@Pacers) September 16, 2022
PJ Dozier has reached an agreement with the Minnesota Timberwolves, as reported by Adrian Wojnarowski.
The guard is coming off a serious knee injury, that forced him to stop after just 19 games last season.
Dozier has spent the past three years with the Denver Nuggets.
Free agent PJ Dozier is signing a deal with the Minnesota Timberwolves, sources tell ESPN. Dozier is coming back from a December 2021 ACL injury. Dozier played with Denver under new Wolves president Tim Connelly.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) September 17, 2022
The Brooklyn Nets have announced the agreements signed with David Duke Jr and Chris Chiozza.
Duke Jr, 4.7 points and 3.0 rebounds in 15 minutes per game during the 2021-22 season, stays with the team on a new Two-Way contract.
Chiozza last season won the NBA title with the Golden State Warriors.
The Nets have re-signed David Duke Jr. to a two-way contract. https://t.co/B2QJnEVZ4b
— Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) September 16, 2022
📝 The Nets have signed Chris Chiozza. https://t.co/JTbxTfpO7S
— Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) September 16, 2022
The New Orleans Pelicans will sign guard Javonte Smart to an Exhibit 10 contract, reports JD Shaw.
The LSU product was a Two-Way player for the Bucks and Heat during his rookie year.
Smart also played in G League with the Sioux Falls Skyforce, scoring 21.1 points with 3.6 assists and 1.9 steals per game.
The New Orleans Pelicans are planning to sign guard Javonte Smart to an Exhibit 10 contract, sources tell @HoopsRumors. Smart spent last season on two-way deals with the Bucks and Heat, playing 17 games.
— JD Shaw (@JShawNBA) September 15, 2022
Phoenix Suns minority owner Jahm Najafi called for Robert Sarver’s resignation in an open letteras reported by ESPN.
Najafi said there should be “zero tolerance” for lewd, misogynistic and racist conduct in any workplace.
Sarver was banned from the NBA for one year and fined $10 million after the NBA on Tuesday released.
Phoenix Suns minority owner Jahm Najafi, who owns the second-largest stake in the team behind majority owner Robert Sarver, just released a statement.
In it, Najafi writes, in part:
“I am calling for the resignation of Robert Sarver.”
— Baxter Holmes (@Baxter) September 16, 2022
The Sacramento Kings have signed forward KZ Okpala, according to General Manager Monte McNair. Per team policy, the terms of the deal were not disclosed.
A 6-8 forward, Okpala spent the last three seasons with the Miami Heat (2019-22), who selected him with the 32nd pick in the 2019 NBA Draft.
Kings Sign KZ Okpala
📝⏩ https://t.co/WayiboP4Sx pic.twitter.com/k5cbP7fROi
— Sacramento Kings (@SacramentoKings) September 14, 2022
Stephen Curry is close to signing a lifetime agreement with Under Armour as his $215M deal is set to expire in 2024.
Per Rolling Stone (via RealGM), Stephen Curry and Under Armour are close to agreement on a lifetime contract that could potentially be worth more than $1 billion.
Curry signed with Under Armour in 2013 and soon became a two-time MVP and one of the most popular players in the NBA. When initially joining Under Armour, Curry was paid roughly $4 million per year.
Curry’s current $215 million deal with Under Armour expires in 2024.
The New York Knicks are signing forward DaQuan Jeffries on a training camp deal, sources tell The Athletic’s Shams Charania
Jeffries spent parts of the last three seasons with the Kings, Rockets and Grizzlies.
Izaiah Brockington signs a two-way contract with New Orleans Pelicans.
Former Iowa State averaged 16.9 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.3 steals for the Cyclones last season.
Brockington, who also had college stops at Penn State and St. Bonaventure, would’ve likely been a second-round pick without the knee injury. Brockington averaged 16.9 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.3 steals for the Cyclones last season.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) September 12, 2022
ATLANTA – The Atlanta Hawks have signed guard Jarrett Culver to a two-way contract, the team announced today. Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Culver comes to Atlanta from the Memphis Grizzlies where he appeared in 37 games this past season, averaging 3.5 points and 1.3 rebounds in 9.1 minutes. The 6-6 guard saw action in three postseason games with the Grizzlies, tallying 2.3 points and 2.3 rebounds in 7.3 minutes.
He also saw action in four games (all starts) with the Memphis Hustle, NBA G League affiliate of the Grizzlies, notching 18.5 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.3 blocks in 33.1 minutes.
Drafted by the Phoenix Suns with the No. 6 overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, Culver’s draft rights were traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves on July 6, 2019. Over his three-year career, the Lubbock, Texas native has suited up for the Timberwolves (2019-21) and Grizzlies (2021-22), appearing in 134 games (42 starts), averaging 6.6 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 17.5 minutes (.401 FG%).
Culver played collegiately at Texas Tech for two seasons (2017-19), seeing action in 75 games (58 starts), registering 14.9 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.3 steals in 29.5 minutes (.459 FG%, .341 3FG%, .687 FT%).
The 2019 Big 12 Player of the Year led the Red Raiders to the 2019 NCAA Championship Game as a sophomore, their first-ever Final Four and championship game appearance, en route to being named to the Final Four All-Tournament Team.
In his freshman season, Culver guided Texas Tech to its first Elite Eight in program history. Culver, who finished his Red Raider career with 1,119 total points, became the first player in Texas Tech history to pour in at least 1,000 points as a freshman-sophomore.
Roster Update: We've signed Jarrett Culver to a two-way contract.
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— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) September 12, 2022
Stephen Curry confirmed that the Golden State Warriors had some internal talks about a return of Kevin Durant.
Kevin Durant requested trade from the Nets early in the offseason but after a few weeks he decided to remain with the goal of winning the NBA championship with Brooklyn.
Per Rolling Stones, As Curry told Rolling Stone on Aug. 9, three days after Durant’s reported ultimatum to the Nets’ ownership: “There was a conversation internally amongst us about ‘If he was available, would you?’ Every team has those conversations, and obviously in our situation, they’re gonna call me and ask me, ‘How do you feel about it?’
“I was never hesitant. The idea of playing with KD and knowing who he is as a person, from our history in those three years, I think KD’s a really good dude. I think he is misunderstood. I think he has had certain things happen in his life that hurt his ability to trust people around him, in a sense of making him feel safe at all times. So all of those things, I understand, having played with him and gotten to know him. I love that dude.
“And if you said, ‘Oh, KD’s coming back, and we’re gonna play with him,’ I had so much fun playing with him those three years, I’d be like, ‘Hell, yeah!’ Then you have to think: What does that actually mean? What does it look like? You tell me I’m playing with [current Warriors teammates Andrew Wiggins, Jordan Poole, and Draymond Green], I’m like, ‘Hell, yeah!’ There’s all types of emotion and things that happen to the league. And if anybody’s saying that you wouldn’t entertain that conversation — no disrespect to anybody on our team — but you don’t know how things work. But you also understand, like, if we run this thing back, I’ve got complete confidence in my team that we can win it again, as constructed.
“So, all those things were true. And it started with me wanting to play with KD at the beginning. Yeah, it’s about winning, it’s about having fun, playing the game of basketball. And that was part of the reaction of, like, ‘Yeah, it’d be amazing.’ What does that actually mean?”
Utah Jazz’s Croatian forward Bojan Bogdanovic is one of the players who could leave Salt Lake City via trade before the next deadline.
Several franchises including the Lakers, Knicks, Suns and Mavs are interested in the player, per John Gambadoro.
Bogdanovic, who will become a free agent at the end of next season, is currently among the top 10 Eurobasket scorers with 18.4 points per game.
Last year the Croatian forward averaged 18.1 points and 4.3 rebounds per game.
The New Orleans Pelicans announced that the team has signed guard Dereon Seabron to a two-way contract. Additionally, the Pelicans have also signed guard John Petty Jr. and guard/forward Daeqwon Plowden.
The Cleveland Cavs have signed Chandler Vaudrin and Jamorko Pickett to training camp contracts, Chris Fedor reports.
Vaudrin seriously injured his knee in Summer League 2021.
Pickett spent his rookie season as a Two-Way Player for the Detroit Pistons.
Charles Barkley talked about Donovan Mitchell and New York Kniks in TNT Nba:
“I’m gonna give you inside information. I actually had this conversation last night with World Wide Wes at dinner,” Barkley said. “I said, Wes, why didn’t y’all make the trade? He says, ‘Oh man. Don’t go by the media stuff. [The Jazz] wanted my wife, my kids.’
“… He says, ‘We wanted the deal, obviously,’ but he said, ‘They wanted my wife, they wanted my kids, they wanted my grandkids. They were just trying to rip somebody off.’ So he says, ‘Dude, we’re gonna have to pass on it.’ And I give those guys credit, because you can’t give away everything.”
Source: CBS
Charles Barkley gives us some inside info on why the Knicks didn’t trade for Donovan Mitchell 👀@jumpshot8 | @darthamin pic.twitter.com/LlYnAVBAEZ
— SiriusXM NBA Radio (@SiriusXMNBA) September 9, 2022
It has been reported that Knicks and Jazz explored potential three-way trade deals around Donovan Mitchell, but those ideas never included the Los Angeles Lakers as reported by ESPN’s Brian Windhorst. The only trade scenario that the Lakers appear to have seriously entertained involving Westbrook and future draft picks was for Kyrie Irving when he was potentially available from the Brooklyn Nets
The Knicks would have likely had to send out Evan Fournier to a third team to make the math work in a RJ Barrett version of the trade
The Chicago Bulls are signing Malcolm Hill to a two-way contract.
Hill averaged 3.4 points in 10.4 minutes over 16 games last season for the Bulls.
The news was reported by Shams Charania.
The Dallas Mavericks are signing Maxi Kleber to a three-year, $33 million contract extension.
The German forward’s new deal will start in 2023-2024 and will run through 2025-2026.
The news was reported by Shams Charania.
Andre Iguodala remains undecided on his future as reported The Athletic.
Iguodala appeared in 31 games last season with Warriors.
Free agent C Montrezl Harrell is signing two-year deal with the Philadelphia 76ers, including a player option, as reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski
ESPN Sources: Free agent C Montrezl Harrell is signing two-year deal with the Philadelphia 76ers, including a player option. Harrell brings more toughness to a team searching for it this offseason. He was Sixth Man of the Year with Doc Rivers/Sam Cassell in 2019-2020 w/ Clippers.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) September 6, 2022
The Portland Trail Blazers have reached an agreement with Devontae Cacok, Shams Charania reports.
Cacok, who will sign an Exhibit 10 contract, last year played 15 games with the San Antonio Spurs.
Jodie Meeks retires at 35. Meeks has played 18 games with the Raptors 905 in G League last season.
Per USA Basketball, This past season, his Toronto connections led him to play 18 games for Raptors 905 in the NBA G League. Jodie Meeks also played this summer in the Big3, but he says he has “officially retired” from pro ball, making this opportunity a little more special. “I’m young, but in basketball, I’m a little older,” Meeks said matter-of-factly. “I’m no spring chicken anymore. But that’s OK. I can still move, I still feel like I can still play. And obviously I’m out here doing well. So for my career, it’s definitely been a good one and this will be the icing on the cake.
Meeks’ next hoops adventure will be as an assistant coach with the Birmingham Squadron, the New Orleans Pelicans’ G League affiliate. “Obviously, you want to play as long as possible and then when it’s over, it’s hard to just give it up cold turkey,” Meeks said. “So you want to stay around the game, whether that’s broadcasting or coaching or front office. But I felt like coaching was my calling card because I felt like I have so much to give to the younger generation on just the mental aspect of basketball — shooting, coverages, all those types of things.”
The New York Knicks made it a priority to keep Quentin Grimes in any Donovan Mitchell deal, sources told David Aldridge of The Athletic.
Grimes averaged 6.0 ppg and 2.0 rpg in his rookie season, with The Athletic also adding that New York wasn’t fully convinced in giving RJ Barrett a contract extension
The Boston Celtics are able to apply for a $3.2 million Disabled Player Exception for Danilo Gallinari, according to Bobby Marks of ESPN. Italian forward suffered a torn ACL while playing for his national team last week.
Celtics can sign, trade, or claim a player on a one-year contract if they have an open roster spot.
After Cleveland Cavaliers’ trade for Donovan Mitchell, the team won’t be able to offer Evan Mobley a rookie scale max contract in 2024.
Cleveland is impossibilitated because they already have two players with designated rookie scale max contracts in Mitchell and Darius Garland
The Los Angeles Lakers would have to part ways with at least one first-round pick in order to trade Russell Westbrook, sources told Dan Woike of the Los Angeles Times.
Lakers would have to add an additional first rounder if they want rotation players in return
Jerome Robinson is signing a training camp deal with the Golden State Warriors, Adam Schefter reports.
