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Magic agree to rookie deal with No. 18 overall NBA Draft pick
The Magic have officially signed 2024 No. 18 overall pick Tristan Da Silva to a rookie scale contract, according to a team press release. A four-year player at Colorado, Da Silva averaged 11.7 points and 3.8 rebounds while shooting 49.3% from the field and 38.6% from deep across 124 career collegiate games. In his senior season, he averaged 16.0 points and shot 39.5% from deep as a 6-foot-8 forward.
Hawks sign No. 1 pick to rookie contract
A 19-year-old French forward who was born in Spain, Risacher began his professional career with ASVEL Basket in France in 2021. He spent the past season on loan to another French team, JL Bourg, where he showed promise as a shooter, ball-handler, and versatile defender. The 6-foot-9 forward averaged 13.1...
Sixers finalizing deal with former Heat playoff standout
Free agent forward Caleb Martin is planning to sign with the Sixers, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. To help make space for the veteran forward, the Sixers are planning to waive Paul Reed‘s non-guaranteed contract, Wojnarowski reports. Martin brings playoff experience to Philadelphia as a piece that could...
Recent Three-Point Contest participant signing with Pistons
Beasley, 27, averages 10.9 points for his career and is a skilled marksman, shooting 38.5% from beyond the arc in 496 games, He was incredibly durable last year, starting in 77 of 79 games for the Bucks and making 41.3% of his threes. Interest in Beasley from the Pistons was...
Magic signing star forward to five-year max extension
Wagner’s extension, which will begin in 2025-26, contains Rose rule language. Wagner would need to win MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, or make an All-NBA team in 2024-25 in order to earn 30% of the 2025-26 salary cap instead of 25%. Assuming the salary cap rises by 10%...
Pacers, Keisei Tominaga Agree To Exhibit 10 Deal
Undrafted Japanese guard Keisei Tominaga has agreed to join the Pacers on an Exhibit 10 contract, reports Jonathan Givony of ESPN (Twitter link). Tominaga, who initially declared for the draft in 2023 before returning to Nebraska for his “super-senior” season, averaged 15.1 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 1.4 assists in 26.1 minutes per game across 32 outings (all starts) for the Cornhuskers in 2023/24. A strong outside shooter, he made 37.6% of 6.3 three-point attempts per contest after knocking down 40.0% of his threes a year earlier.
Former NBA forward joining Cavaliers coaching staff
The Cavaliers plan to hire former NBA forward DeMarre Carroll to be an assistant on new head coach Kenny Atkinson‘s staff, sources tell Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. The 27th overall pick in 2009 out of Missouri, Carroll spent the next 11 seasons in the NBA, appearing in a total of 578 regular-season games and 64 playoff contests for the Grizzlies, Rockets, Nuggets, Jazz, Hawks, Raptors, Nets and Spurs. Notably, he played for Brooklyn from 2017-19 when Atkinson was head coach.
Clippers to sign former first-round pick to non-guaranteed deal
Shams Charania of The Athletic reports that the Clippers are re-signing free agent big man Kai Jones to a non-guaranteed contract. Charania doesn’t specify the length of the deal, but he says the Bahamian forward/center will be competing for a roster spot in training camp. Jones was the 19th...
Raptors announce several signings, including first-round pick
The Raptors have announced a series of signings, confirming in a pair of press releases that they’ve signed second-round picks Jonathan Mogbo and Jamal Shead to standard contracts and undrafted free agent Branden Carlson to a two-way deal. Those agreements were all previously reported. The team also announced that...
Knicks sign former Big East Player of the Year to four-year contract
The Knicks have signed rookie guard Tyler Kolek to a four-year, $9.06M contract, a league source tells Fred Katz of The Athletic. The transaction was completed using the second-round pick exception. Kolek will earn the maximum possible salary over the first three years, though the fourth year is non-guaranteed, per Katz (it’s also a team option).
Suns sign Oso Ighodaro to four-year contract
The Suns have signed second-round pick Oso Ighodaro to a four-year contract using the second-round exception, according to ESPN’s Bobby Marks, who reports that the deal is worth approximately $7.9M. According to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype, the contract will be fully guaranteed for the first two seasons, with a...
Warriors to acquire former first-round pick in sign-and-trade with Sixers
Golden State will be sending Philadelphia a 2031 second-round pick (via Dallas) as part of the transaction, sources tell Charania. The second-rounder being sent to the 76ers is being acquired as part of the Klay Thompson sign-and-trade with the Mavs. That suggests the moves could still be folded together into one multi-team mega-deal.
Raptors signing second-round pick to three-year deal
The Raptors are signing second-round pick Jamal Shead to a three-year, $6.11M contract, sources tell Shams Charania of The Athletic. That’s the maximum amount permitted under the second-round pick exception for a three-year deal. Shead, who turned 22 in June, spent all four of his college seasons at the...
Blazers sign No. 7 overall pick to rookie scale contract
Center Donovan Clingan, the No. 7 overall pick of the 2024 NBA Draft, has officially signed his rookie scale contract, the Trail Blazers announced in a press release. Assuming he signed for 120% of the rookie scale, which most first-rounders do, Clingan will earn $6,836,400 in 2024-25 and $31,085,018 over the next four seasons if his team options for years three and four are exercised.
Knicks sign first-round pick for less than standard rookie scale amount
The Knicks have finalized a buyout with Ratiopharm Ulm, Pacome Dadiet‘s team in Germany, clearing the way for them to sign their first-round pick to his rookie scale contract, reports Michael Scotto of HoopsHype. Interestingly, according to Fred Katz of The Athletic, the Knicks have signed Dadiet to a...
Knicks, Nets make additions to blockbuster Mikal Bridges trade
New York will also be including Mamadi Diakite in the trade, league sources tell Fred Katz of The Athletic. The Knicks have been looking for ways to add salary to the original framework to avoid being hard capped at the first tax apron ($178.1M), Katz notes. By aggregating salaries, the Knicks will instead be hard capped at the second apron ($188.9M).
Hornets' top draft pick signs rookie contract
The Hornets have signed lottery pick Tidjane Salaun to his rookie scale contract, the team announced Wednesday in a press release. Salaun is headed to Charlotte after spending the past two seasons with Cholet Basket in France’s top basketball league (LNB Elite). In 54 games with the team in 2023/24, the 6-foot-9 forward averaged 9.7 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.1 steals per contest.
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