Here’s a recap of the top stories from this past week:
- Allen Iverson officially announced his retirement.
- Carmelo Anthony and Knicks GM Steve Mills agreed to shelve any talk of a possible extension or Anthony’s early termination option for the time being. Later in the week, Carmelo went on record saying that he’d like to retire with the Knicks.
- The Raptors are reportedly exploring trade options and are willing to deal anyone on their roster other than Jonas Valanciunas.
- There is some belief that the Magic would prefer to trade Jameer Nelson immediately if another team offered a first-round pick.
- The Grizzlies signed Quincy Pondexter to an extension worth $14MM over four years.
- The Knicks exercised their fourth-year option on Iman Shumpert, thus keeping him under contract through 2014/15.
- The Spurs picked up the fourth-year options on both Kawhi Leonard and Cory Joseph, therefore keeping them under contract through 2014/15.
- The Jazz exercised their 2014/15 options on both Enes Kanter and Alec Burks.
- The Nuggets exercised their 2014/15 options on Kenneth Faried and Evan Fournier. There was no word on Jordan Hamilton, who had been eligible for a fourth-year option worth $2.1MM.
- The Rockets picked up the 2014/15 options on Terrence Jones and Donatas Motiejunas.
- The Bulls picked up their 2014/15 options on Jimmy Butler and Marquis Teague.
- The Celtics picked up their 2014/15 option on Jared Sullinger, but declined to exercise their option on MarShon Brooks.
- In addition to declining their 2014/15 option on Jimmer Fredette, the Kings opted to forego extensions for Greivis Vasquez and Patrick Patterson.
- The 76ers exercised their 2014/15 options on Arnett Moultrie and Tony Wroten.
- The Bobcats picked up their 2014/15 options on Bismack Biyambo, Kemba Walker, and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist.
- The Hawks decided to pick up their 2014/15 option on John Jenkins, but declined to do so for Jared Cunningham.
- The Knicks’ Chris Smith, Magic big man Kyle O’Quinn, the Nuggets’ Quincy Miller, and the 76ers’ James Anderson all saw their contracts for this season become fully-guaranteed.
- Gordon Hayward and the Jazz failed to reach an agreement on a contract extension by Thursday’s deadline, thus making the 23-year-old small forward a restricted free agent this upcoming summer.
- Just three months after being hired, Gersson Rosas resigned from his post as GM of the Mavericks.
- We heard that Clippers owner Donald Sterling almost nixed the three-team deal which included sending Eric Bledsoe to the Suns and acquiring in J.J. Redick and Jared Dudley, but later consented after Doc Rivers convinced him to change his mind.
- Bobcats owner Michael Jordan offered his thoughts on the topics of tanking and the new CBA.
- The Rockets waived Reggie Williams and Marcus Camby.
- The Wizards released Shannon Brown, Kendall Marshall, and Malcolm Lee after acquiring them along with Marcin Gortat via trade with Phoenix last week.
- Darnell Jackson, Pops Mensah-Bonsu, and Toney Gaffney are all headed overseas to play basketball after being released from their respective teams,
- Josh Powell, Vander Blue, and JaMychal Green are bound for China, Israel, and France respectively after failing to stick on an NBA roster this fall.
- The 76ers signed Brandon Davies.
- New York is making an attempt to acquire Jeremy Tyler‘s D-League rights from the Santa Cruz Warriors.