Free agent F Ishmail Wainright has agreed to a two-year deal with the Toronto Raptors, as confirmed by his agents to ESPN
Wainright has played in Europe since finishing his four-year career at Baylor in 2017. He averaged 11.3 ppg and 4.5 rpg for Strasbourg in 2020-21
The Oklahoma City Thunder have rescinded their qualifying offer on Svi Mykhailiuk, sending him to unrestricted free agency, as reported by Hoopshype.
Mykhailiuk averaged 10.3 ppg in 30 games with OKC
The New York Knicks have reached a contract extension agreement with Julius Randle.
The Most Improved Player of the Year will sign a four-year $117 million with the Knicks.
Randle has now five years guaranteed at 140 million total.
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Saben Lee has agreed to re-sign with the Detroit Pistons on a 3-year deal, reports ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Lee was the 38th overall pick in 2020 out of Vanderbilt and was a restricted free agent.
Brazilian guard Raul Neto has agreed to re-sign with the Washington Wizards, reports Shams Charania of The Athletic.
Neto averaged 8.7 ppg and 2.2 apg in 64 games last season
The Philadelphia 76ers will re-sign guard Danny Green to a 2-year, $20M deal, as confirmed by Harrison Sanford of NBC. Deal doesn’t include options on the second season, as confirmed by Adrian Wojnarowski.
Mike D’Antoni will become a coaching consultant to Willie Green’s new staff in New Orleans, sources tell ESPN.
D’Antoni completed a season on Steve Nash’s Brooklyn staff as a full-time assistant before stepping down recently. D’Antoni will periodically spend time with Pelicans’ coaching staff through summer league, training camp and season, per sources.
The news was reported by ESPN.
The Toronto Raptors have waived Aron Baynes.
The big man becomes free agent.
Enes Kanter is back in Boston.
The big man agreed on a one-year deal with the Celtics.
Free agent center Enes Kanter has agreed to a one-year deal with the Boston Celtics, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Kanter returns to Boston to compete in the Eastern Conference title race.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 4, 2021
The San Antonio Spurs had interest in signing Lauri Markkanen in free agency, but his asking price exceeded what they were willing to pay, according to Brian Windhorst on The Hoop Collective. San Antonio later chose to sign Zach Collins to a 3-year, $22M.
ESPN’s Brian Windhorst reports that the New Orleans Pelicans offered Chris Paul a 3-year, $100M contract in free agency.
Paul later agreed to re-sign with the Phoenix Suns on a 4-year, $120M deal that is partially guaranteed.
Four-time All-Star guard Kemba Walker has agreed to a contract buyout with the Oklahoma City Thunder, and upon clearing waivers, plans to sign with the New York Knicks, sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski
Walker had 2-years, $74M left on his contract originally signed with Boston
Restricted free agent F John Collins has agreed to a five-year, $125M deal to stay with the Atlanta Hawks, reports ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski
Deal includes a player option in the fifth year for Collins.
The New York Knicks have $8 million remaining in cap space and have interest in Dennis Schröder, reports Marc Berman of the New York Post.
Schröder began the free agency process seeking a deal that would start at $25 million per season. The Lakers offered Schröder an extension during the season and then pivoted to other plans this offseason.
Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer reports that so far Danny Green has received interest from the Philadelphia 76ers, Milwaukee Bucks, Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls and New Orleans Pelicans.
Green spent last season with the Philadelphia 76ers, averaging 9.5 ppg on 40.5% shooting on three-pointers.
Tony Snell has agreed to a one-year deal with the Portland Trail Blazers, reports Adrian Wojnarowski
Snell averaged 5.3 ppg, 2.4 rpg last season with the Atlanta Hawks.
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.
