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Raptors pick up options on two former first-round picks
The Raptors have exercised their fourth-year option on shooting guard Ochai Agbaji and their third-year option on shooting guard Gradey Dick, the team announced today in a press release. Both options are for the 2025-26 season, locking in the duo for at least the next two years. Agbaji’s option will...
Lakers' Christian Koloko gets medical clearance from NBA after career-threatening issue
Big man Christian Koloko, who is on a two-way contract with the Lakers, has received medical clearance from the NBA’s Fitness-to-Play panel that will allow him to resume his career, according to Shams Charania of ESPN. Koloko missed all of the 2023-24 season due to a career-threatening blood clot...
Former first-round pick announces retirement from NBA
Rudy Gay has decided to call it a career, according to Shams Charania of ESPN, who reports that the veteran NBA forward is retiring. Gay confirmed the news with an article in The Players’ Tribune. Gay, 38, was the eighth overall pick in the 2006 draft out of UConn....
Jazz forward Taylor Hendricks suffers fractured fibula, dislocated ankle
Jazz forward Taylor Hendricks suffered a fractured right fibula and dislocated ankle in the second half of Utah’s game at Dallas on Monday night, Tim MacMahon of ESPN tweets. Hendricks’ injury occurred on a non-contact play as he was running into the offensive lane. He took an awkward step...
Clippers exercise 2025-26 option on former first-round pick's contract
The Clippers have exercised their 2025-26 option on Kobe Brown‘s rookie contract, Law Murray of The Athletic tweets. Brown is due to make $2,654,692 next season. Brown, 24, was the 30th overall pick in 2023 out of Missouri. He saw action in 44 regular-season games as a rookie, though...
Grizzlies converting Jay Huff's deal to standard four-year contract
Huff has been outstanding for the Grizzlies to begin the year, averaging 13.3 points and 3.3 rebounds while shooting 63.6% from the field and 57.1% from beyond the arc. He’s helped the Grizzlies to a 2-1 record to begin the year. The Grizzlies could have theoretically had Huff active...
Jayson Tatum, Anthony Davis named Players of the Week
Celtics star forward Jayson Tatum and Lakers star forward/center Anthony Davis were named the NBA’s Players of the Week for the stretch of Oct. 22-27, the league announced (Twitter link). Tatum was the East’s winner, while Davis obviously represents the Western Conference. Tatum helped the Celtics to a...
Nets exercise third-year options for two former first-round picks
The Nets have exercised the third-year rookie scale team options on Noah Clowney and Dariq Whitehead for the 2025-26 season, according to HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto (Twitter link). Clowney, the No. 21 overall pick in the 2023 draft, is continuing to increase his playing time with Brooklyn. He only appeared...
Stephen Curry exits Sunday’s game with ankle sprain
Warriors star Stephen Curry exited Sunday’s home game vs. the Clippers with a left ankle sprain and was ruled out for the rest of the night, according to an announcement from the team (Twitter link). Curry initially checked out of the game with just under three minutes remaining in...
2024 NBA G League Draft results, key takeaways: Knicks affiliate selects veterans with first two picks
The NBA G League held its draft for the 2024-25 season on Saturday afternoon. Players who signed NBAGL contracts and whose rights weren’t already controlled by a team were part of the draft pool. It was the first time in G League history that each of the 30 NBA...
Why have the Warriors held off on extending Jonathan Kuminga?
Jonathan Kuminga was believed to be seeking a maximum-salary or near-max contract ahead of Monday’s rookie-scale extension deadline, which is why he and the Warriors didn’t agree to terms on a deal, Jake Fischer of Bleacher Report said Friday on the B/R App. However, Fischer believes Golden State will be comfortable paying Kuminga big money if he shows this season that his impressive stretch from January to March was no fluke and he continues to take strides toward stardom.
Raptors Push Back Bruno Fernando’s Guarantee Date
However, according to Blake Murphy of Sportsnet.ca (Twitter links), the Raptors and Fernando agreed to amend his one-year deal when he made the opening-night roster. Rather than becoming guaranteed, the contract will remain non-guaranteed until the league-wide salary guarantee deadline in January. If the terms of the deal had remained...
Pelicans guard Dejounte Murray's injury timeline revealed
The fractured left hand Dejounte Murray suffered in his Pelicans debut Wednesday night will keep him out of action for four to six weeks, sources tell Shams Charania of ESPN. Murray has undergone successful surgery on the hand, Charania adds. Murray injured his hand at some point in the fourth...
Pacers lose former No. 2 overall pick to torn Achilles tendon
According to Charania, Wiseman and the team are working together to evaluate treatment options. Wiseman underwent an MRI on Thursday which confirmed the injury, according to a news release from the Pacers. Wiseman suffered the injury in the first quarter while backpedaling after a missed three-point attempt. He glanced behind...
Dejounte Murray may have broken his hand in Pelicans debut
The Pelicans are concerned that combo guard Dejounte Murray, may have fractured his left hand during his New Orleans regular season debut Wednesday, sources inform Shams Charania of ESPN. The 6-foot-5 vet was acquired in a blockbuster trade with the Hawks this summer that saw New Orleans offload some serious...
Mavericks exercise 2025-26 options on former first-rounders
The Mavericks have exercised the third-year rookie scale team options on center Dereck Lively and combo forward Olivier-Maxence Prosper, Dallas revealed (X link). They’ll now be under team control through at least the 2025-26 season. Though both were first-round draft picks last summer, their impacts on a Finals-bound Mavericks...
Thunder pick up 2025-26 options on pair of starters, others
The Thunder have exercised their 2025-26 rookie scale team options on four second- and third-year players, the team announced Wednesday in a news release. All four players were already on guaranteed contracts for 2024/25 and have now had their salaries locked in for the following season too. Those players — and their 2025-26 salaries — are as follows:
Sixers facing NBA investigation over Joel Embiid's early-season absence
The NBA is expected to launch an investigation into Joel Embiid‘s absence from the Sixers‘ lineup this week to determine whether the team is violating the league’s player participation policy, according to Shams Charania of ESPN. The player participation policy requires stars (defined as players who have...
Rudy Gobert agrees to three-year, $110M extension with Timberwolves
It’s an unexpected development, considering Minnesota traded away Gobert’s frontcourt partner, Karl-Anthony Towns, this offseason at the start of Towns’ max extension. Gobert, 32, is scheduled to make $43,827,587 this season on his current deal. He had a $46,655,173 option for the 2025-26 season, so Gobert declined that option and took a smaller annual average in order to lock into two more years. The final season in the extension will include a player option, Charania adds.
Nuggets, Aaron Gordon agrees to four-year contract extension
Gordon will opt into his $22.84M contract for next season, then receive a max salary plus bonuses, Charania adds. He’s the second Nuggets starter to get a major extension this offseason. Denver locked up point guard Jamal Murray with a four-year max extension in September. Superstar center Nikola Jokic...
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