NBA rumors

Andre Iguodala of the Golden State Warriors has yet to decide whether to return for next season or retire.

Meanwhile the Golden State Warriors re holding the last guaranteed spot on the roster for him, Steve Kerr told Anthony Slater of The Athletic.

Per RealGM, “I leave Andre alone,” Kerr said. “He knows where we stand. If he wants to come back, we’d love to have him … whenever he makes his decision is fine with us.”
The Warriors currently have 13 players under guaranteed contracts.
According to Slater, Iguodala would take up the 14th spot should he return. The 15th spot on the roster would then either be won in camp or left open to save tax money.

Recently Iguodala said that Steph Curry revolutionized the game.

The Detroit Pistons have re-signed Rodney McGruder.

The player has penned a single-season deal with the Pistons.

The Detroit Pistons have re-signed guard Rodney McGruder, a league source tells @spotrac.

— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) August 2, 2022

Russell Westbrook has hired Jeff Schwartz as new agent to replace Thad Foucher.

Westbrook has parted ways with his longtime agent a few weeks ago after 14 seasons.

Per REALGM, Russell Westbrook has hired Jeff Schwartz as new agent to replace Thad Foucher.

Westbrook has parted ways with his longtime agent a few weeks ago after 14 seasons.

JaMychal Green said that a call from Golden State Warriors Steve Kerr convinced him to join the NBA Reigning champions.

Per ESPN, “He told me that [the Warriors] were interested, that they wanted me here, wanted me to be a part of the program,” Green said Monday at his introductory news conference.

The call took Green by surprise. He was already preparing to join another team. But his conversation with Kerr made him change his mind.

“After talking to him, I couldn’t tell him no,” Green said. “The organization and what they built over here, I’d love to be a part of it.”

He then picked up the phone and called Draymond Green, whom JaMychal has known since the eighth grade through AAU basketball. Draymond has long been somewhat of a salesperson for Golden State, frequently calling prospective players to sell them on joining the team.

His call with JaMychal wasn’t exactly a pitch, but it helped seal the deal.

“He was just excited,” JaMychal Green said. “We both know what we bring to the table, and we just had a good conversation about everything and he made it easy for me to come here.”

JaMychal Green sees Draymond’s role with the Warriors as somewhat of an outline for how he wants to fit in with the team.

“Just come in and play hard,” he said. “Be a dog. Do the dirty work — help Draymond out with the dirty work. Knock down shots and play defense. I feel like if you come here and handle your business, you set yourself up for life.”

Noah Vonleh has reached an agreement with the Boston Celtics on a one-year deal.

Vonleh will attend the training camp with the hope to make the roster of the Celtics for next season.

Vonleh was also pursued by Guangdong Southern Tigers.

The news was reported by Adrian Wojnarowski.

The NBA has opened an investigation into the Philadelphia 76ers for possible tampering and early contact centred on the franchise’s summer free agency class of James Harden, P.J. Tucker and Danuel House, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.

Sixers have begun cooperating with league on the probe. NBA’s expected to pursue circumstances of Harden declining $47M option to sign a 1+1 deal that cut salary to $33M and gave team more flexibility to sign Tucker and House. Some have wondered if another deal was already in place for future, which is against CBA rules

LeBron James is believed to be ‘extremely happy’ in Los Angeles and with the Lakers, would only leave the team to get the chance to play with his Bronny, as reported by Marc Stein

James has one year left on his deal with the Lakers at $44.5m. He could play his contract out, sign a one-year extension worth $46.7m or a two-year maximum extension (with a likely Player Option on Year 2) worth $97.1m overall

Free agent F Eric Paschall has agreed to a one-year deal with Minnesota, sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski

The Charlotte Hornets are reportedly considering a reunion with former franchise cornerstone Kemba Walker among other point guard options, sources told The Athletic’s Shams Charania

Walker played in 37 games last season for the Knicks, averaging 11.6 points and 3.5 assists per game and is now a free agent since agreeing to a buyout with Detroit

The Cleveland Cavaliers made a contract offer to Collin Sexton, according to Chris Fedor.

The contract offer made by the Cavaliers considers that Collin Sexton has no other offers one the table and he has no market at the moment.

The contract offered by Cavaliers to Sexton is worth $40 million in three seasons, less than what Sexton and his camp wanted early in the free agency.

Sexton signed with Klutch Sports early in 2022.

Nicknamed the “Young Bull“, Sexton was selected with the 8th pick in the 2018 NBA draft by the Cavaliers.

Sexton won a gold medal with the 2016 USA Men’s U17 World Championship Team, at the 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship in Zaragoza, Spain. He was named the MVP of the tournament.

A trade package that would have seen the Los Angeles Lakers trading Russell Westbrook and a first-rounder to the Indiana Pacers for Myles Turner and Buddy Hield has been shut down according to Shams Charania and Bob Kravitz of The Athletic. The reason is the fact Indiana wanted an additional first rounder added to the package

The Indiana Pacers are signing Andrew Nembhard to a four-year, $8.6 million contract.

The rookie was the first pick of the 2022 NBA Draft (31st overall).

The Pacers will guarantee Nembhard a $6.4 million of his contract. That’s a record amount of guaranteed money for a second-round selected out of college.

Nembhard played two seasons at Gonzaga, after transferring from Florida. In 32 games (all starts) as a senior, Nembhard averaged 11.8 points, 5.8 assists and 1.6 steals per game for the Bulldogs.

The Canadian-born point guard started five games for the Pacers at Las Vegas Summer League. In those five contests, Nembhard averaged 6.6 points, four rebounds and five assists.

The news was reported by Jonathan Givony on Twitter.

Per Wikipedia, Nembhard was recruited to the University of Florida from Montverde Academy in Montverde, Florida. In his freshman season with the Gators, he started every game and tallied the fourth-highest freshman assist total in school history.

On June 23, 2020, Nembhard announced that he would transfer to Gonzaga. He chose the Bulldogs over offers from Duke, USC, Memphis, Georgetown and Stanford. He was granted a waiver for immediate eligibility on November 24.

In his first Gonzaga season, he primarily came off the bench (though he played more minutes per game than two Bulldogs starters), averaging 9.2 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 4.4 assists per game for a team that entered its conference tournament unbeaten. Nembhard was named the West Coast Conference’s inaugural Sixth Man of the Year, and was also named to the all-conference second team. He averaged 11.8 points, 5.8 assists, 3.4 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game as a senior. Nembhard was named to the First Team All-WCC. On April 21, 2022, Nembhard declared for the 2022 NBA draft, forgoing his remaining college eligibility.

ESPN’s Dave McMenamin reports that the Los Angeles Lakers have been discussing a potential trade for Buddy Hield with the Indiana Pacers as things have not moved recently in regards to Kyrie Irving

Hield is under contract until the end of next season for a total of aprox. $40M

The Oklahoma City Thunder have agreed on a four-year, $27.2 million contract extension with Kenrich Williams.
Williams averaged 7.4 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game for the Thunder in 49 contests.

ESPN Sources: Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kenrich Williams has agreed on a four-year, $27.2 million contract extension. The deal, negotiated by @PensackSports, comes for an undrafted player who had no Division I offers out of high school.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 18, 2022