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- Joe Dumars Unfazed By Criticism Of Controversial Moves July 16, 2025The Pelicans’ new executive VP of basketball operations Joe Dumars has already made a number of eye-opening moves. He gave up CJ McCollum in a trade with the Wizards that brought Jordan Poole to New Orleans. He also traded up in the draft, giving up an unprotected 2026 pick in the process, to nab Maryland […]
- Southwest Notes: Irving, Jones, Sheppard, Kawamura July 16, 2025Mavericks president of basketball operations Nico Harrison said that Kyrie Irving is ahead of schedule in terms of his rehab from a torn ACL, according to Grant Afseth of the Dallas Hoops Journal. “Kyrie’s ahead of schedule, but we kind of knew he would be because of the way he attacks his rehab,” Harrison said. […]
- Atlantic Notes: Timme, Diawara, George, Lawson July 15, 2025The Nets need to trim their roster before opening night. Drew Timme, who has a non-guaranteed contract, would seem to be a likely candidate to get waived. However, the former Gonzaga big man has strengthened his case during Summer League competition, Brian Lewis of the New York Post writes. In his first two Summer League […]
- Numerous NBA Owners Don’t Want Expansion In Near Future July 15, 2025Expansion might not be coming soon after all, if certain NBA owners get their wish. There is not overwhelming momentum to immediately expand beyond the current 30 teams, Mike Vorkunov and David Aldridge of The Athletic report. The league’s Board of Governors are meeting on Tuesday and expansion is one of the topics anticipated to […]
- Hornets Waive Josh Okogie July 15, 2025The Hornets have waived Josh Okogie, Rod Boone of the Charlotte Observer reports. Okogie’s $7.7MM salary for next season would have been guaranteed if he had remained on the roster beyond Tuesday. Charlotte had looked to trade the wing but couldn’t find a partner, Boone writes. The two sides agreed to push back Okogie’s guarantee […]
- International Notes: Brissett, Valanciunas, Bamba, Micic, Cordinier July 15, 2025Former NBA forward Oshae Brissett has signed with Maccabi Tel Aviv, the Israeli team announced on Tuesday in a press release. Brissett, who went undrafted out of Syracuse in 2019, has since appeared in 233 NBA regular season games for Toronto, Indiana, Boston, and Philadelphia. His best years came with the Pacers, with whom he […]
- Pelicans To Guarantee Zion Williamson’s 2025/26 Salary July 15, 2025Zion Williamson‘s salary for the 2025/26 season will become fully guaranteed if he remains under contract with the Pelicans through Tuesday, and – unsurprisingly – that’s the plan, league sources tell Shamit Dua of In The NO. If Williamson were placed on waivers today, the Pelicans would be on the hook for just $7,889,218 of […]
- Mavs’ Dereck Lively Undergoes Right Foot Procedure July 15, 2025Mavericks center Dereck Lively recently underwent surgery to clean up bone spurs in his right foot, according to reports from Marc Stein of The Stein Line and Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter links). Lively was in a walking boot following the procedure, but has since gotten out of that boot, tweets Stein. According to Charania, […]
- Grizzlies, Santi Aldama Finalize Three-Year Deal July 15, 2025July 15: Aldama’s three-year contract with the Grizzlies is now official, according to a press release from the team (Twitter link). June 30: The Grizzlies have taken care of their two big pieces of offseason business within the first half-hour of free agency. After striking a deal to renegotiate and extend Jaren Jackson Jr.‘s contract, […]
- Pacific Notes: Lakers, Wiggins, Bazley, Kings, Carter, Livers July 15, 2025Heat forward Andrew Wiggins was linked to the Lakers earlier in the offseason as a potential trade candidate, but Dan Woike of The Athletic suggested during an appearance on The Zach Lowe Show podcast (YouTube link) that he’s not anticipating Wiggins to be sent to Los Angeles. “(The Lakers) are not interested in Andrew Wiggins,” […]
- Grizzlies Officially Sign Jock Landale July 15, 2025The Grizzlies have officially completed their reported deal with center Jock Landale, announcing the signing on Tuesday in a press release (Twitter link). Word broke on July 5 that Landale had agreed to a one-year, minimum-salary contract with Memphis after being waived by the division-rival Rockets. The Grizzlies reached a deal with the free agent […]
- Hoops Rumors Front Office Subscriber Chat Transcript: 7/15/2025 July 15, 2025Hoops Rumors’ Arthur Hill held a live chat today exclusively for Trade Rumors Front Office subscribers. Topics included whether LeBron James will stay with the Lakers, potential challengers to Cooper Flagg for Rookie of the Year honors, Bradley Beal's post-buyout options, what Paul George's surgery means for the Sixers and more! Unlock Subscriber-Exclusive Articles Like This One […]
- Contract Details: Anthony, JJJ, Holmgren, J. Williams, Gafford July 15, 2025Cole Anthony, whose previous cap hit had been $13.1MM, gave up exactly $2MM as part of his buyout agreement with the Grizzlies, tweets Keith Smith of Spotrac. Memphis subsequently used the stretch provision to spread the $11.1MM still owed to Anthony across three seasons, resulting in annual cap hits of $3.7MM through 2027/28. The move […]
- Jazz Have No Plans To Trade Markkanen July 15, 2025The Jazz have been aggressively purging their roster of established veterans since Austin Ainge was hired as the team’s president of basketball operations last month, buying out Jordan Clarkson and trading Collin Sexton to the Hornets and John Collins to the Clippers for extremely limited returns. However, while there has been a good deal of […]
- Victor Oladipo Seeking NBA Comeback July 15, 2025Two-time NBA All-Star Victor Oladipo took part in a “well-attended” private workout on Monday in Las Vegas, according to Jeremy Woo of ESPN, who says the veteran guard competed in a five-on-five scrimmage alongside a handful of international pros in front of representatives from many NBA and European teams. Multiple team sources who attended the […]
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