NBA rumors

Raptors to sign DJ Wilson to 10-day contract

The Raptors are signing DJ Wilson to ten-day contract.
Wilson, the No. 17 pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, has averaged 13.9 points and 9.7 rebounds for G League’s OKC Blue.

Emmanuel Mudiay to sign a 10-day deal with the Sacramento Kings

Emmanuel Mudiay will sign a 10-day deal with the Sacramento Kings.

Mudiay started his season in EuroLeague with Zalgiris Kaunas.

Tremont Waters reportedly joining Raptors

The Toronto Raptors will sign Tremont Waters to a 10-day contract using the Hardship Exemption, Shams Charania reports.

The pointguard out of LSU started the season in G League with the Wisconsin Herd (17.1 ppg, 6 apg, 2.7 spg).

Ersan Ilyasova reportedly signing 10-day contract with Bulls

Ersan Ilyasova has reached an agreement with the Chicago Bulls on a 10-day contract.

The veteran forward will have to pass physical and anti-Covid tests before joining the team.

The Bulls will use an Hardship Exemption to sign the Turkish forward.

Ilyasova played 17 games with the Utah Jazz last year.

 

Orlando Magic sign Freddie Gillespie, Tim Frazier

The Orlando Magic have announced the arrivals of power forward Freddie Gillespie and point guard Tim Frazier.

Both Players have signed a 10-day deal.

The Magic currently have 5 players placed in the League’s Health and safety Protocols.

Gillespie started the season in g League with the Memphis Hustle (11.4 ppg, 12.5 rpg, 1.2 spg and 2.8 bpg).

Last year Frazier played 5 games with the Memphis Grizzlies.

 

 

Bulls reportedly signing Mac McClung

The Chicago Bulls have reached an agreement with Mac McClung on a 10-day contract.

The Texas Tech product was playing in the G League with the South Bay Lakers (19.6 ppg, 5.8 apg, 48% FG, 40% 3P, 83% FT).

Zylan Cheatham to sign with Heat

Zylan Cheatham is joining the Miami Heat on a two-way contract.
The forward is averaging a double double in G League.

Lance Stephenson expected to join Hawks

Lance Stephenson is close to being signed by the Atlanta Hawks.
The player is out of the NBA since 2018-2019 where he wore the jersey of the Lakers.
Stephenson is playing in G League with Grand Rapids Drive.

Mason Jones reportedly signing two-way deal with Lakers

According to Shams Charania, the Los Angeles Lakers have reached an agreement with Mason Jones for a two-way contract.

The Arkansas product was averaging over 17 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists per game in G League with the South Bay Lakers.

 

Matt Mooney reportedly joining Knicks

The New York Knicks have reached an agreement with Matt Mooney on a ten-day contract.

The former Texas Tech was averaging over 15 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals per game in G League for the Mexico City Capitanes.

 

Jemerrio Jones reportedly returning to Lakers on 10-day deal

The Los Angeles Lakers will sign Jemerrio Jones to a 10-day contract using the hardship exception, Shams Charania reports.

The forward played for the Lakers during the 2018-19 season.

Jones started this year in G League with the Wisconsin Herd (6.2 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 3.4 apg, 1.4 spg).

Theo Pinson signs 10-day deal with Mavs

The Dallas Mavericks have announced the signing of Theo Pinson with a 10-day contract.

The UNC product started the season in G League with the Maine Celtics, where he was producing over 16 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists per game.

Juwan Morgan signs with Raptors

The Toronto Raptors have reached a deal with Juwan Morgan, his agency announced.

The Indiana product was playing in G League with the Maine Celtics (12.6 ppg, 7 rpg, 2.4 apg).

Last year Morgan played 29 games for the Utah Jazz.

 

Damyean Dotson reportedly returning to Knicks on 10-day deal

The New York Knicks will sign Damyean Dotson to a 10-day contract using the hardship exemption.

The guard played with the Knicks the first 2 years of his career.

Dotson started the season in G League with the Austin Spurs, averaging 12.9 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.9 assist per game.

Cavaliers reportedly targeting Luke Kornet, Justin Anderson

According to Shams Charania, the Cleveland Cavaliers, who have 7 players in the anti-Covid NBA protocol, plan to sign Luke Kornet and Justin Anderson with 10-day deals using the hardship exceptions.

The two players started the season in  G League, Kornet with the Maine Celtics (11.9 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 3.9 apg, 2.7 bpg) and Anderson with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants (14.2 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 2.9 apg).

Brandon Goodwin to sign 10-day deal with Raptors

The Toronto Raptors will sign Brandon Goodwin to a 10-day contract using the hardship exception, Shams Charania reports.

Goodwin spent the last 2 seasons with the Atlanta Hawks (4.8 ppg, 2 apg in 2020/21).

The pointguard started this year in G League with the Westchester Knicks, averaging over 15 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assist per game.

Marquese Chriss reportedly joining Mavericks

The Dallas Mavericks have reached an agreement with Marquese Chriss, Chris Haynes reports.

The power forward was released by the Portland Trail Blazers during the last preseason.

Chriss averaged 9.3 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.9 assist per game for the Golden State Warriors in the 2019/20 season.

NBA, NBPA agree to allow teams short-handed by COVID-19 to sign replacement players

The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association came to an agreement Sunday night on rules allowing additional replacement players for teams dealing with players entering the league’s health and safety protocols, according to a memo obtained by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

The amended rules, which were outlined in the memo, went into effect Sunday night, and they will remain in place until Jan. 19 — at which time the league will give teams further guidance on how things will proceed from there.

Under the agreement, a team will be allowed to sign a replacement player for each positive COVID-19 case that crops up across its roster. So, if a team has five positive cases of COVID-19, for example, it could sign five replacement players.

As part of the agreement, the NBA and the NBPA will scrap the limit on the number of games a two-way player is allowed to be on a team’s active roster. Under a previous agreement that the two sides came to this summer, there had been a 50-game limit. Now, that limit no longer exists, with players getting paid an amended rate if they wind up being active for more than 50 games this season.

Warriors’ Andrew Wiggins enters Health and Safety Protocols

Golden State Warriors forward Andrew Wiggins has entered the NBA Health and Safety protocols. Former Wolves last played on Friday at Boston, missing Saturday’s game in Toronto to rest along with several other teammates

Unless he tests negative twice in a 24-hour period, Wiggins will miss at least 10 days

Myles Powell reportedly signing two-way deal with 76ers

According to Kyle Neubeck, Myles Powell is signing a two-way contract with the Philadelphia 76ers.
Powell will replace Grant Riller.
The guard from Seton Hall last year produced 17.7 points and 4 assists per game in G League with the Westchester Knicks.

Nets reportedly signing Weynen Gabriel

The Brooklyn Nets are planning to use the hardship exemption to sign Wenyen Gabriel to a 10-day contract, Shams Charania reports.

The Kentucky product is averaging 13.9 points, 8.6 rebounds and 2 blocks per game in G League with the Wisconsin Herd.

Last year Gabriel played 21 games with the New Orleans Pelicans.

Nets sign James Ennis III and Shaquille Harrison to 10-day contracts

The Brooklyn Nets have signed free agent forward James Ennis III and free agent guard Shaquille Harrison to 10-day contracts.

Last year Ennis III averaged  8.4 points on 43.3 percent shooting from long distance with the Orlando Magic.

Harrison spent the 2020-21 season between Utah and Denver.