27/07/202221:08
According to Michael Scotto, the Oklahoma City Thunder have reached an agreement with Sacha Killeya-Jones.
The big man is coming off an excellent season in Israel with Hapoel Galil Gilboa (18.3 PPG, 7.6 RPG, 1.1 BPG, 55% FG, 67% FT).
Killeya-Jones will sign an Exhibit 10 contract.
The Oklahoma City Thunder has agreed to an Exhibit 10 deal with Sacha Killeya-Jones, his agent Daniel Moldovan of @OctagonBsktball told @HoopsHype.
— Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) July 26, 2022
26/07/202220:36
The Atlanta Hawks have announced the release of pointguard Sharife Cooper.
The Auburn product was the No.48 pick of the 2021 NBA Draft.
Cooper spent his rookie year playing 13 games with the Hawks and 22 in G League with the College Park Skyhawks (17.1 PPG, 4 RPG, 6.9 APG).
Roster Update: We have requested waivers on guard Sharife Cooper.
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) July 25, 2022
26/07/202219:18
According to Adrian Wojnarowski, Juan Hernangomez is finalizing an agreement with the Toronto Raptors.
The Spanish forward spent last year with Celtics, Spurs and Jazz.
Hernangomez owns career-averages of 5.3 points and 3.4 rebounds in 297 NBA games.
Free agent F Juancho Hernangomez is finalizing a one-year deal with the Toronto Raptors, sources tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 26, 2022
25/07/202220:40
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
24/07/202220:31
Nathan Knight has signed a new two-year deal with the Minnesota Timberwolves, Michael Scotto reports.
Last year the William & Mary product averaged 3.7 points (51% FG, 73% FT) and 2.3 rebounds in 37 games.
The reporter adds that the contract includes a team option for the second year.
24/07/202219:11
Tyler Dorsey is a new player of the Dallas Mavs.
The guard has signed a two-way contract.
Dorsey spent the last two seasons in Greece with Olympiacos, scoring 12.8 points per game in the last Euroleague.
In the NBA, Tyler Dorsey has career averages of 6.7 points in 16 minutes. The Dallas Mavs will be his third team after the Atlanta Hawks and Memphis Grizzlies.
The Dallas Mavericks have signed Tyler Dorsey to a two-way contract.
Dorsey joins Dallas after spending last season with Olympiacos Piraeus, where he averaged 10.7 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game while helping the club to the Greek League title. pic.twitter.com/FLEOeTmnIH
— Mavs PR (@MavsPR) July 24, 2022
24/07/202215:14
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.
24/07/202208:11
After starring for Olympiacos in the EuroLeague, guard Tyler Dorsey has signed a two-way NBA deal with the Dallas Mavericks, sources tell The Athletic’s Shams Charania
Dorsey played two seasons (2017-19) for Atlanta and Memphis
23/07/202221:07
According to Shams Charania, the San Antonio Spurs have reached an agreement with rookie forward Jordan Hall, who will be one of the team’s two-way players.
The undrafted prospect produced 14.1 points, 6.6 rebounds and an impressive 5.8 assists per game in his sophomore season at Saint Joseph’s.
Jordan Hall joins another talented player like Dominic Barlow among the Spurs’ two-way players.
23/07/202219:44
Monty Williams has reached an agreement for a multi-year extension with the Phoenix Suns.
The news was reported by Adrian Wojnarowski.
Williams, on the Suns bench for the past 3 seasons, had 2 years left on his contract.
The reigning NBA coach of the year last season led Phoenix to a record-breaking regular season with an impressive 64 wins and an 18-game undefeated streak.
In 2021, his second year in Arizona, Monty Williams and the team came close to an NBA title, defeated only by Milwaukee in the Finals.
ESPN story on Phoenix Suns coach Monty Williams agreeing on a long-term contract extension: https://t.co/gSqjV88tny
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 23, 2022
22/07/202220:21
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
21/07/202215:51
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.
21/07/202208:03
James Harden and the Philadelphia 76ers have reached an agreement on a two-year, $68 million deal with a player option.
Harden will earn $33M for the 2022-2023 season, and has the player option for $35.6M in 2023-2024.
Free agent James Harden has agreed on a two-year, $68.6M deal, including a player option, to return to the 76ers, sources tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 20, 2022
Harden declining the $47.4M player option for the 2022-2023 season allowed the Sixers to use the full mid-level exception on free agent PJ Tucker and the bi-annual exception to sign Danuel House.
Harden declining the $47.4M player option for the 2022-2023 season allowed the Sixers to use the full mid-level exception on free agent PJ Tucker and the bi-annual exception to sign Danuel House.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 20, 2022
20/07/202223:05
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
19/07/202220:26
Jeff Dowtin is signing a two-way contract with the Toronto Raptors, reports Shams Charania.
The guard last year spent short stints with the Warriors, Magic and Bucks.
Dowtin played the Summer League with the Canadian team, producing 16.2 points and 4.2 assists per game, shooting 57 percent from the field and 92 percent from the foul line.
The Toronto Raptors are signing guard Jeff Dowtin Jr. on a two-way NBA contract, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Dowtin Jr. had call ups to Golden State, Orlando and Milwaukee last season.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 19, 2022
19/07/202214:02
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
18/07/202221:23
The Denver Nuggets are signing Australian forward Jack White to a two-way contract.
The 24-year-old Duke product averaged 7.8 points, 7 rebounds and one block in 17 minutes per game at the Las Vegas Summer League.
White spent the last two seasons in NBL with the Melbourne United.
JW ➡️ NBA
Jack White is set to sign a two-way deal with The @nuggets, as announced by @wojespn.Melbourne United wishes Jack nothing but the best, and look forward to seeing him shine in the @NBA! 💙
Full story: https://t.co/CH2hvwbeCM pic.twitter.com/Upps752wTM
— Melbourne United (@MelbUnited) July 17, 2022
The Denver Nuggets are signing Australian F Jack White to a two-way contract, sources tell ESPN. White had a strong Summer League performance for Denver.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 17, 2022
18/07/202208:55
James Harden talked about his future with yahoo!sports: «I had conversations with Daryl, and it was explained how we could get better and what the market value was for certain players. I told Daryl to improve the roster, sign who we needed to sign and give me whatever is left over. This is how bad I want to win. I want to compete for a championship. That’s all that matters to me at this stage. I’m willing to take less to put us in position to accomplish that».
17/07/202222:23
Adrian Wojnarowski confirms Simone Fontecchio’s deal with the Utah Jazz.
The forward will play in Salt Lake City on a two-year, 6.25 million contract.
Fontecchio becomes the third Italian currently in the NBA, after Danilo Gallinari and Paolo Banchero.
The Utah Jazz have agreed on a two-year, $6.25M deal with Italian forward Simone Fontecchio of Baskonia in the Spanish ACB, his agent Sam Goldfeder of @ExcelBasketball tells ESPN. @DraftExpress considers Fontecchio, 26, the best available international small forward prospect.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 17, 2022
17/07/202222:05
The Denver Nuggets have signed guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope to a multi-year contract extension, General Manager Calvin Booth announced today.
Caldwell-Pope, 29, was recently acquired by Denver via trade from Washington. He appeared in 77 games (all starts) for the Wizards last season, averaging 13.2 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.9 assists, and 1.10 steals per game on 39.0% shooting from three and 89.0% from the charity stripe in 30.2 minutes per game.
Read more about the KCP extension 📰
— Denver Nuggets (@nuggets) July 17, 2022
17/07/202219:02
Simone Fontecchio is signing a 2-year deal with the Utah Jazz, Eurodevotion reports.
The Italian small forward spent last year with Cazoo Baskonia, averaging 11.8 points (45% FG, 41% 3P, 86% FT), 4 rebounds and 2 assists per game between ACB and Euroleague.
The Jazz have begun a rebuilding process with the trade of Rudy Gobert, so Fontecchio could get minutes in the rotation as early as his rookie season.
BREAKING – Simone Fontecchio is about to sign a two year deal with the @utahjazz as per our spanish sources. #devotion
— Eurodevotion (@eurodevotion) July 17, 2022
16/07/202220:19
The Miami HEAT have signed forward Darius Days and guard Marcus Garrett to two-way contracts. Mychal Mulder and Javonte Smart have been waived.
Days, a rookie power forward out of LSU , appeared in three Summer League games with the San Antonio Spurs averaging 13.7 points and 10 rebounds in 21 minutes.
Garrett appeared in 12 games with the HEAT last season before undergoing season-ending wrist surgery.
OFFICIAL: The Miami HEAT have signed forward Darius Days and guard Marcus Garrett to two-way contracts. Mychal Mulder and Javonte Smart have been waived.
More on today's transactions – https://t.co/iyrrUoLqSP@MiamiHEAT // @FTX_Official pic.twitter.com/L14iqLQrPb
— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) July 16, 2022
16/07/202212:42
Will Weaver is expected to join Paris Basketball, sources tell Sportando.
Will Weaver is an American professional basketball coach who was most recently an assistant coach for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association. He previously served as an assistant coach for the Australian national basketball team.
In 2020 he finished as runner-up for the Oklahoma City Thunder head coaching job
16/07/202211:10
Former Denver Nuggets guard Markus Howard is set to join Euroleague side Cazoo Baskonia, as first reported by Home of Glory and confirmed by BasketNews
Howard played 25 games last season with Denver, averaging 4.1 ppg on a 40% from 3-point range
16/07/202210:37
The Sacramento Kings will not be bringing in Sasha Vezenkov for the 2022-23 NBA season, sources tell Kings radio reporter Sean Cunningham.
The team will continue to monitor him in the upcoming season and hold Olympiacos forward’s draft rights and the possibility exists to bring Vezenkov into next season.
16/07/202208:09
San Antonio Spurs forward Keldon Johnson has agreed to a four-year, $80 million contract extension, his agents tell The Athletic’s Shams Charania
Johnson had a breakout third season in 2021-22 and established himself as a cornerstone piece for the Spurs, averaging 17 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists while shooting nearly 40 percent from 3-point range
15/07/202215:49
Panathinaikos is working to bring Georgios Kalaitzakis back to Greece, George Zakkas reports.
The Greek forward last year played 13 games in NBA between Milwaukee and Oklahoma City, where he averaged 17.5 points, 3 assists and 2.5 steals.
Kalaitzakis also played in G League with the Oklahoma City Blue (10 PPG, 2.1 APG).
Panathinaikos are making a move to sign Georgios Kalaitzakis. His brother, Panagiotis, is already in the team, while Georgios played for them earlier in his career. #paobc
— George Zakkas (@ZakkasGeorge) July 15, 2022
15/07/202208:29
Austin Rivers has agreed on a one-year deal with Minnesota Timberwolves.
American guard averaged 5.9 points with Nuggets.
Free agent guard Austin Rivers has agreed on a one-year deal with the Minnesota Timberwolves, his agents Dave Spahn and Aaron Mintz of CAA Sports tell ESPN. Rivers played 67 games for Denver a year ago, where new president Tim Connelly signed him in consecutive seasons.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 15, 2022
14/07/202221:49
According to Adrian Wojnarowski, DeAndre Ayton has accepted the Indiana Pacers’ offer sheet of 133 million over four years.
The big man is a restricted free agent, so the Phoenix Suns have 48 hours to decide whether or not to match the offer.
From the moment Ayton signs the deal a sign-and-trade will no longer be possible, and, should Phoenix match the offer, they will not be able to trade him until Jan. 15.
Ayton produced 17.2 points and 10.2 rebounds per game last season.
RFA center Deandre Ayton has agreed to a four-year, $133M maximum offer sheet with the Indiana Pacers, his agents Nima Namakian (Innovate Sports) and Bill Duffy (BDA Sports + WME Sports) tell ESPN. The Phoenix Suns have 48 hours to match the largest offer sheet in NBA history.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 14, 2022
14/07/202208:27
Utah Jazz and New York Knicks have begun discussions on a potential trade about Donovan Mitchell to New York as reported The Athletic.
The Knicks possess eight future first-round picks and Quentin Grimes who is believed to be of interest to Utah.
The Jazz and Knicks have started discussions on a Donovan Mitchell trade, sources tell me and @Tjonesonthenba. New York has Utah’s focus currently, among interested teams.
Story at @TheAthletic: https://t.co/KBf4Rnakrd
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 14, 2022
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