{"id":448814,"date":"2025-06-30T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T07:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=448814"},"modified":"2025-06-30T09:00:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T07:00:12","slug":"deandre-ayton-to-become-free-agent-after-blazers-buyout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/deandre-ayton-to-become-free-agent-after-blazers-buyout\/","title":{"rendered":"Deandre Ayton to Become Free Agent After Blazers Buyout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"313\" data-end=\"579\"><strong data-start=\"328\" data-end=\"345\">Deandre Ayton<\/strong> is finalizing a <strong data-start=\"362\" data-end=\"404\">buyout with the Portland Trail Blazers<\/strong>, becoming a <strong data-start=\"417\" data-end=\"431\">free agent<\/strong>, <em data-start=\"433\" data-end=\"449\">Shams Charania<\/em> reports. The 27-year-old center had <strong data-start=\"486\" data-end=\"520\">$35.6 million left on his deal<\/strong>, expiring next summer, but sought a move to a contender.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"581\" data-end=\"777\">Ayton averaged <strong data-start=\"596\" data-end=\"629\">14.4 points and 10.2 rebounds<\/strong> on 56.6% shooting last season, continuing his streak as one of the few players to average a double-double in each of his first seven NBA seasons.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"779\" data-end=\"1018\">The move clears Portland\u2019s crowded frontcourt and frees Ayton to sign with any team, even above the second apron. A former Finals participant with the Suns, Ayton will now look for a <strong data-start=\"962\" data-end=\"1015\">fresh opportunity to compete at the highest level<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Breaking: Deandre Ayton is finalizing a contract buyout with the Portland Trail Blazers to become a free agent, sources tell ESPN. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DNYcNqRvkW\">pic.twitter.com\/DNYcNqRvkW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/1939513083338322366?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former No. 1 pick parts ways with Portland, seeking a winning situation as he enters free agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":448815,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[175],"typology":[183],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-448814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","rumors-nba-rumors","typology-rumors"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/Portland-Trail-Blazers.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448814"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=448814"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=448814"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=448814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}