The Charlotte Hornets have agreed to terms with free agent point guard Ish Smith, reports Shams Charania.
Smith, who played for the Washington Wizards for the last two seasons, will reportedly sign a two-year deal with Charlotte that includes a team option for the 2022-23 season.
Only $75M of $120M out of Chris Paul’s new contract with the Phoenix Suns are guaranteed, as reported by John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports.
Final season of the 4-year deal is a team option, while third year is guaranteed only for approximately $15M
The Philadelphia 76ers have agreed to terms with free agent forward Georges Niang on a two-year, $6.7 million contract, reports Marc Stein.
Niang has played the last four years with the Utah Jazz, averaging 6.9 ppg in 2020-21
Free agent forward Markieff Morris is finalizing a 1-year deal with the Miami Heat, reports ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski
Morris comes off a season with the Lakers averaging 6.6 ppg and 4.3 rpg in 61 games
Restricted free agent Talen Horton-Tucker has agreed to a three-year, $32 million deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, reports ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Deal includes a player option in Year 3.
Keifer Sykes is joining the Indiana Pacers.
The guard spent the season between Panathinaikos and Melbourne.
After hitting a game-winner to win The Basketball Tournament $1M prize, guard Keifer Sykes has agreed to a deal with the Indiana Pacers, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 4, 2021
Hassan Whiteside has agreed to a contract with the Utah Jazz, reports ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski
Whiteside spent last season with the Sacramento Kings, averaging 8.1 ppg, 6.0 rpg and 1.3 bpg in 36 games
Jock Landale is signing a two-year contract with the San Antonio Spurs.
The Australian big had an agreement with Anadolu Efes but he decided to pursue his NBA dream.
Australian center Jock Landale — the 2021 NBL Grand Final MVP — has agreed to a two-year deal with the San Antonio Spurs, his agent Sammy Wloszczowski of @SIGSports tells @TheAthletic @Stadium.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 4, 2021
Robin Lopez has agreed to a 1-year deal with the Orlando Magic worth $5M, reports Adrian Wojnarowski.
Lopez is coming off a 1-year, $7.3M deal he signed with the Washington Wizards last offseason.
The Miami Heat have pulled the qualifying offer to Kendrick Nunn, who now becomes an unrestricted free agent, reports Shams Charania
Nunn averaged 14.6 ppg, 3.2 rpg and 2.6 apg last season for the Heat.
The Atlanta Hawks have offered John Collins a 5-year, $125 million contract that he has yet to accept, sources tell Sam Amick of The Athletic.
The Hawks offered Collins a five-year, $90 million extension before the start of last season that he turned down. Atlanta isn’t interested yet in evaluating sign-and-trade proposals.
DeMar DeRozan is finalizing a three-year, $85 million-plus deal to join the Chicago Bulls, sources tell The Athletic’s Shams Charania.
In a sign-and-trade with San Antonio, Spurs will receive Thad Young, a future first-round pick and two second-round picks.
The Athletic’s Shams Charania reports that Abdel Nader has agreed to re-sign with the Phoenix Suns on a two-year, $4.2 million deal.
Nader averaged 6.7 ppg and 2.6 rpg over 24 games last season with the Suns.
Stephen Curry has agreed to sign a four-year, $215 million contract extension with the Golden State Warriors, reports ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski
Curry will extend his contract off his $45.8 million salary for the 21-22 season, which means he’ll be guaranteed $261 million over the next five seasons.
Carmelo Anthony has agreed to a one-year deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, as announced by Adrian Wojnarowski and confirmed by the player himself.
Lakers also agreed to a contract with former Hornets guard Malik Monk
Free agent guard Patty Mills has agreed to a 2-year, $12M deal with the Brooklyn Nets, as confirmed by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski
Deal includes a player option on the 22-23 season.
Rodney Hood has agreed to a one-year deal with the Milwaukee Bucks, reports ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The signing will happen once Toronto will finalize its parting ways with Hood, who has a non-guaranteed deal.
Hood averaged 4.5 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.0 assist in 17.1 minutes over 55 games last season with the Raptors and Portland Trail Blazers.
James Johnson, who last played for the New Orleans Pelicans, has agreed to a one-year deal with the Brooklyn Nets, as reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Woj also reports that Bruce Brown Jr. will return to the Nets on his $4.7M qualifying offer. Brown will be able to become an unrestricted free agent next season.
Free agent Serbian forward Nemanja Bjelica has agreed to a one-year deal with the Golden State Warriors, reports ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski
Bjelica averaged 5.0 ppg in 11 games played for the Miami Heat after arriving in Florida mid-season
Free agent center Andre Drummond has agreed to a one-year, veteran minimum deal with the Philadelphia 76ers, reports ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski
Drummond “switches” sides with Dwight Howard, who left Philly to return to the Los Angeles Lakers
Chris Paul will remain in Phoenix.
The point guard has agreed to a four-year, $120 million deal with the Suns.
BREAKING NEWS: Free agent star Chris Paul reaches agreement with Phoenix Suns on four-year, up to $120 million contract that will expire when he’s 40, league sources tell @YahooSports.
— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) August 2, 2021
Tomas Satoransky and Thaddeus Young’s contracts are now guaranteed.
The Bulls will have the two players in the roster next season.
Satoransky will get $10M while Young will earn $14.2M.
The contracts for Thaddeus Young ($14.2M) and Tomas Satoransky ($10M) are now guaranteed.
The Bulls have $96.3M in guaranteed contracts but are technically over the cap because of the $20.2M Lauri Markkanen cap hold.
— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) August 2, 2021
Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic is expected to sign a five-year, $202 million extension after the Tokyo Olympics, Marc Stein reports.
The reporter adds that now the player has no intention of thinking about the contract, because he is focusing on trying to win a medal with Slovenia.
Doncic is the top scorer of Tokyo 2020 with 28.5 points per game.
Slovenia will face Germany in the quarter-finals tomorrow.
After 2 seasons in Euroleague with Maccabi Tel Aviv, Tyler Dorsey is close to returning to the NBA.
The shooting guard is getting interest from several teams, Adrian Wojnarowski reports.
In the last Euroleague Dorsey averaged 11.2 points per game, shooting 39% from long distance.
After winning two titles with Maccabi Tel-Aviv, G Tyler Dorsey – a formidable EuroLeague 3-point shooter – is getting interest from several teams in free agency, sources tell ESPN. Dorsey played parts of three seasons w/ Atlanta and Memphis and is positioned for a return to NBA.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 2, 2021
New York, Detroit and Dallas have a strong interest for DeMar DeRozan, Jake Fischer reports.
The guard will be an unrestricted Free Agent after 3 season with the San Antonio Spurs, the last with 21.5 points and 6.9 assist on 49% shooting.
According to Anthony Slater Golden State Warriors will waive Alen Smailagic before August 6, when his contract for next season would become guaranteed.
The young Serbian big man has played 29 NBA games in two years.
Source: The Warriors will waive Alen Smailagic before his contract guarantees on August 6th. He had two more non-guaranteed seasons remaining on his deal. Took him 39th in 2019 draft. Didn't pan out. This frees up an extra 15-man spot as they add to the roster in coming days.
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) August 1, 2021
The Brooklyn Nets didn’t issue a qualifying offer to Mike James and Chris Chiozza, Michael Scotto reports.
James and Chiozza will enter the market as unrestricted free agents.
Last year James played 13 games (7.7 ppg, 4.1 apg) in the regular season and 9 (3.6 ppg, 1.3 apg) in the playoffs.
The Brooklyn Nets did not extend qualifying offers to guards Chris Chiozza and Mike James, league sources told @hoopshype. Both players will enter the market as unrestricted free agents.
— Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) August 1, 2021
The Utah Jazz announced today that the team has waived guard Matt Thomas.
Thomas (6-4, 190, Iowa State) played in 19 games during the 2020-21 season with Utah, averaging 3.6 points and 1.2 rebounds in 7.1 minutes per contest.
We have waived Matt Thomas.
Thank you, @Theiceman_21! https://t.co/OnpKyRAUr9
— utahjazz (@utahjazz) August 1, 2021
Charlotte Hornets President of Basketball Operations & General Manager Mitch Kupchak announced today that the team has extended a qualifying offer to guard Devonte’ Graham, making him a restricted free agent. The qualifying offer allows the Hornets to match any offer sheet he signs with another team.
In his third season with Charlotte, Graham averaged 14.8 points, 2.7 rebounds and 5.4 assists in 30.2 minutes per game, appearing in 55 games. Graham ranked 14th in the NBA in total 3s, knocking down 179 shots from beyond the arc as he became just the second player in franchise history with 175+ 3-point field goals in consecutive seasons.
Selected with the 34th pick in the 2018 NBA Draft out of Kansas, Charlotte acquired Graham via a draft night trade with the Atlanta Hawks on July 21, 2018. Graham has played in 164 career games, including 100 starts, averaging 13.3 points, 2.6 rebounds and 5.4 assists in 27.7 minutes per game. In just three seasons with the Hornets, Graham has made 431 3-pointers, which ranks sixth all-time in franchise history.
Kawhi Leonard is declining his $36M player option for the 2021/22 season, Chris Haynes reports.
The parties are expected to reach a new deal to keep the former San Diego State forward in Los Angeles.
The reporter revealed to NBA TV that Leonard ‘will listen to other teams’.
"It looks like [Kawhi] is expected to re-sign with the Clippers, but sources informed me that he will listen to other teams."@ChrisBHaynes on Kawhi Leonard's free agency pic.twitter.com/gntyoqShap
— NBA TV (@NBATV) August 2, 2021
