Here’s all the notable news and events from around the NBA this past week…
Miscellaneous News
- Former Cavaliers coach David Blatt agreed to a deal to become the head coach of the Turkish club Darussafaka.
- Marc Gasol changed agents from Arn Tellem and the Wasserman Media Group to Alex Saratsis at Octagon Sports.
- Kings point guard Darren Collison was arrested on a domestic violence charge on Monday.
- The Celtics extended the contracts of president of basketball operations Danny Ainge and head coach Brad Stevens.
- Evan Turner switched agents from David Falk to Kevin Bradbury of BDA Sports.
- Clippers guard Austin Rivers intends to opt out of his deal and become an unrestricted free agent this summer.
- Clippers swingman Wesley Johnson also intends to opt out of his pact.
- Andrea Bargnani signed with agent Guillermo Bermejo of You First Sports.
- The Raptors and coach Dwane Casey agreed to a three-year extension that will be worth $18MM.
- Nets point guard Shane Larkin turned down his player option for 2016/17.
- Cole Aldrich opted out of his deal with the Clippers.
- The Hawks promoted Jeff Peterson to assistant general manager.
NBA Draft News
Workouts
- Rosco Allen: Sixers.
- Ryan Anderson: Suns.
- Andrew Andrews: Jazz.
- Zach Auguste: Jazz, Clippers and Suns.
- Brandon Austin: Sixers.
- Ron Baker: Cavaliers and Pistons.
- Anthony Barber: Suns and Clippers.
- DeAndre’ Bembry: Clippers.
- Joel Bolomboy: Sixers.
- Jaylen Brown: Bucks, Raptors and Sixers.
- Robert Carter: Suns and Pacers.
- Alex Caruso: Jazz and Sixers.
- Kyle Collinsworth: Nets.
- Trevor Cooney: Jazz.
- Isaia Cordinier: Suns and Sixers.
- Cheick Diallo: Suns.
- Henry Ellenson: Wolves, Lakers, Raptors and Suns.
- Perry Ellis: Suns.
- A.J. English: Wizards and Knicks.
- Yogi Ferrell: Cavaliers and Pistons.
- Dorian Finney-Smith: Raptors.
- Bryn Forbes: Jazz.
- Kenny Gaines: Jazz.
- Michael Gbinije: Suns.
- Anthony Gill: Jazz.
- Brannen Greene: Sixers.
- Daniel Hamilton: Sixers and Clippers.
- Daniel House: Sixers.
- Demetrius Jackson: Raptors.
- Damian Jones: Suns.
- Derrick Jones: Cavaliers and Pistons.
- Max Landis: Jazz.
- Jermaine Lawrence: Warriors.
- Jake Layman: Pacers.
- Shawn Long: Jazz.
- Thon Maker: Suns.
- Lester Medford: Suns.
- Abdel Nader: Jazz.
- Retin Obasohan: Pacers.
- Goodluck Okonoboh: Hornets.
- Marcus Paige: Pistons and Hornets.
- Gary Payton II: Raptors and Hornets.
- Dyshawn Pierre: Hornets.
- Jakob Poeltl: Bucks.
- Alex Poythress: Suns, Lakers and Clippers.
- Tim Quarterman: Sixers and Hornets.
- Shane Richards: Nets.
- Malachi Richardson: Hawks.
- Domantas Sabonis: Suns.
- Pascal Siakam: Jazz.
- Shavon Shields: Jazz and Pacers.
- Diamond Stone: Hornets and Suns.
- Isaiah Taylor: Sixers.
- Tyler Ulis: Suns.
- Fred VanVleet: Pacers.
- Tyrone Wallace: Suns and Clippers.
- James Webb III: Sixers and Wolves.
- Isaiah Whitehead: Pacers and Knicks.
- Troy Williams: Suns.
- Kyle Wiltjer: Cavaliers.
- Gabe York: Suns.
- Stephen Zimmerman: Pacers.