Week In Review: 10/23/16-10/29/16

With the regular season finally underway, here’s a look back at all the notable news and events from around the NBA this past week:

Waivers

Eastern Conference

• The Magic waived Nick Johnson and Ramon Galloway.
• The Raptors waived Drew Crawford, Brady Heslip, E.J. Singler,  Jarrod Uthoff and Yanick Moreira.
• The Pistons waived Trey Freeman and Lorenzo Brown.
• The Pistons waived Mamadou N’Diaye.
• The Bucks waived Jaleel Roberts, Orlando Johnson and J.J. O’Brien.
• The Heat waived Briante Weber, Beno Udrih, Okaro White, Luis Montero and Vashil Fernandez.
• The Celtics waived Ryan Kelly.
• The Cavs waived John Holland.
• The Hornets waived Rasheed Sulaimon, Mike Tobey and Perry Ellis.
• The Pacers waived Jeremy Evans and Julyan Stone.
• The Sixers waived Brandon Paul, James Webb III, Cat Barber, and Shawn Long.
• The Celtics waived R.J. Hunter.
• The Cavs waived Dahntay Jones.
• The Pistons claimed Beno Udrih off waivers from the Heat. The team waived Ray McCallum to clear a roster spot.

Western Conference

• The Nuggets waived Robbie Hummel and Nate Wolters.
• The Timberwolves waived Rasual Butler and Toure’ Murry.
• The Jazz waived Chris Johnson.
• The Spurs waived Livio Jean-Charles, Patricio Garino, and Joel Anthony.
• The Grizzlies waived Jordan Adams, D.J. Stephens, Wayne Selden Jr. and JaKarr Sampson.
• The Mavs waived Jonathan Gibson, Kyle Collinsworth, Keith Hornsby, Jaleel Cousins and C.J. Williams.
• The Pelicans waived Quinn Cook and Quincy Ford.
• The Pelicans waived Alonzo Gee.
• The Rockets waived Gary Payton II, P.J. Hairston and Le’Bryan Nash.
• The Lakers waived Yi Jianlian.
• The Lakers waived Anthony Brown.
• The Thunder waived Mitch McGary, Ronnie Price, Chris Wright and Kaleb Tarczewski.
• The Rockets waived Pablo Prigioni.
• The Suns waived Archie Goodwin.
• The Grizzlies waived Matt Costello.
• The Kings waived Jordan Farmar and Isaiah Cousins.

Signings/Agreements

• The Pistons signed Mamadou N’Diaye.
• The Rockets signed Le’Bryan Nash.
• The Sixers signed Dionte Christmas.
• The Hawks signed Dennis Schroder to a four-year, $70MM contract extension.
• The Bulls signed R.J. Hunter.

Option Decisions

• The Warriors exercised their third-year team option on Kevon Looney‘s contract.
• The Raptors exercised their fourth-year options on Bruno Caboclo and Lucas Nogueira, along with the third-year option on Delon Wright.
• The Timberwolves exercised their third-year options on Karl-Anthony Towns and Tyus Jones and fourth-year options on Zach LaVine and Andrew Wiggins.
• The Celtics exercised their third-year option on Terry Rozier.
• The Trail Blazers exercised their 2017/18 team options on Noah Vonleh and Shabazz Napier.
• The Rockets exercised their 2017/18 team option on Clint Capela.
• The Jazz exercised their fourth-year options for Rodney Hood and Dante Exum, as well as Trey Lyles‘ third-year option.
• The Suns exercised their 2017/18 options for Devin Booker and T.J. Warren.
• The Magic exercised their 2017/18 team options on Aaron Gordon, Mario Hezonja, and Elfrid Payton.
• The Sixers exercised their 2017/18 team options on the rookie contracts of Joel Embiid, Jahlil Okafor, and Nik Stauskas.
• The Lakers exercised their 2017/18 team options for D’Angelo Russell, Julius Randle, and Larry Nance Jr.
• The Grizzlies exercised their third-year team option on Jarell Martin.
• The Bulls exercised their fourth-year option on Doug McDermott and the third-year options for Jerian Grant and Bobby Portis.

 News/Rumors

• Spurs guard Danny Green will miss three weeks with a quad injury.
• Sixers forward Elton Brand retired.
• Sixers big man Nerlens Noel underwent surgery and is expected to miss three to five weeks.
• Longtime NBA big man Ronny Turiaf announced his retirement.
• The Seattle investment group led by Chris Hansen has offered to privately fund a new sports arena in the city’s SoDo neighborhood, forgoing public financing.
• Mavericks guard Devin Harris will be in a walking boot for the next three weeks as he recovers from a toe sprain.
• Former University of Memphis standout D.J. Stephens was arrested and charged with domestic aggravated assault.