Mason Plumlee Re-Signs With Clippers On One-Year Deal
JULY 6: The Clippers have officially completed their new deal with Plumlee, per NBA.com’s transaction log.
JULY 3: Mason Plumlee is re-signing with the Clippers on a one-year, $5MM contract, agent Mark Bartelstein tells ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
A longtime NBA center, Plumlee was an unrestricted free agent after his three-year, $25MM deal expired at the end of 2022/23.
He’ll be taking a pay cut to return to Los Angeles after making $9.08MM in 2022/23. According to Wojnarowski, the veteran received more lucrative offers from rival suitors in free agency.
The 22nd pick of the 2013 draft, Plumlee has played for the Nets, Trail Blazers, Nuggets, Pistons, Hornets and Clippers over the course of his 10 NBA seasons. He was having a strong season with Charlotte in ’22/23, averaging 12.2 PPG, 9.7 RPG and 3.7 APG in 56 games (28.5 MPG) as a full-time starter, before being sent to L.A. at the February trade deadline.
Plumlee’s role was slightly diminished playing behind Ivica Zubac, but he still brought solid production and size off the bench, averaging 7.5 PPG, 6.9 RPG and 1.7 APG in 23 regular season games (19.9 MPG). Overall, he shot a career-best 68% from the field last season.
A report last week stated that the Clippers might be open to moving Zubac and were comfortable having Plumlee as the starting center. It remains to be seen if that will transpire, but he’s a nice insurance policy to have either way.
The Clippers are one of the league’s top spenders, far above the luxury tax line. However, they held Plumlee’s Bird rights, so they were able to pay him more than the veteran’s minimum.
As ESPN’s Bobby Marks notes (via Twitter), the Clippers now have 16 players on standard contracts, including Jason Preston, whose contract is non-guaranteed. The young guard recently agreed to push back his salary guarantee date until July 18.
Plumlee was No. 36 on our list of this summer’s top 50 free agents.
Sixers Guaranteeing De’Anthony Melton’s 2023/24 Salary
The Sixers are guaranteeing De’Anthony Melton‘s full salary for next season, league sources tell Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (Twitter link).
Melton’s 2023/24 salary was previously partially guaranteed at $1.5MM, but he will earn his full $8MM in 2023/24, according to Scotto. His early salary guarantee date is today, as our tracker shows.
A 6’2″ combo guard, Melton was the 46th overall pick of the 2018 draft out of USC. He spent his rookie season with the Suns before being traded to Memphis, where he spent the following three seasons.
The 76ers acquired Melton from the Grizzlies in draft-night deal last year. He had a solid debut season with Philadelphia in ’22/23, averaging 10.1 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 2.6 APG and 1.6 SPG while shooting 39% from three-point range in 77 games (58 starts, 27.9 MPG).
The move was expected, as Melton has a team-friendly contract. Known as a strong, versatile defensive player, the 25-year-old is entering the final year of his deal.
Melton is eligible for a veteran extension that could pay him up to $75MM over four years, as Yossi Gozlan of HoopsHype tweets. However, it seems unlikely that the Sixers will rush to extend Melton, considering they’re trying to preserve cap flexibility for next summer, Gozlan notes.
Latest On Damian Lillard
Reports over the weekend indicated that the Trail Blazers are “open for business everywhere in the league” when it comes to Damian Lillard trade talks and are casting a wide net in an effort to get the best possible return.
However, the star guard has been “unwavering” in his desire to join the Heat, according to Barry Jackson and Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald, who say that Lillard has conveyed to the Blazers that Miami is the only place he wants to play.
Chris Haynes essentially said the same thing in the latest episode of his #thisleague UNCUT podcast with Marc Stein. Asked by Stein if Lillard could be talked into another landing spot or if he’s dead-set on ending up with the Heat, Haynes simply replied, “Miami. Miami, Stein, Miami.”
Shams Charania of The Athletic also says that Lillard’s sole focus is on the Heat, acknowledging that the Blazers are exploring other scenarios but suggesting that there’s a “strong belief” around the league that Miami will be 32-year-old’s ultimate destination.
The two sides both appear at this point to be using media leaks to exercise as much leverage as possible. The Blazers’ discussions with other teams can be viewed as an effort to extract as much value out of the Heat as possible, whereas Lillard’s insistence on being sent to Miami may make other suitors wary of surrendering their top assets to acquire him, knowing that he’d be dissatisfied with the outcome, as Jackson, Chiang, and Charania write.
Here’s more on Lillard:
- In the #thisleague UNCUT podcast, Stein suggested that there’s a widespread belief around the NBA that Sixers guard James Harden will end up being traded to the Clippers. Haynes responded by noting that the Clippers have also been in touch with the Trail Blazers to inquire on Lillard, though he adds that L.A. seems unlikely to acquire Dame.
- The Timberwolves, Pelicans, and Celtics are among the other teams who “reached out to see what it would take” to land Lillard, Haynes reports. A deal with Minnesota would have had to involve Karl-Anthony Towns, according to Haynes, who says that idea was “quickly eliminated.”
- Haynes also spoke on the podcast about the timeline that led to Lillard’s Saturday trade request, explaining that after Portland landed the No. 3 overall pick in the draft lottery, the longtime Blazer was told the team would look into trading it for win-now help. However, GM Joe Cronin called him two days before the draft to let him know Portland would likely keep its pick. In Lillard’s meeting with the Blazers this past Monday, he expressed his feeling that “promises weren’t kept,” per Haynes, but vowed to give the team a little more time to see if it could upgrade the roster on the trade market when free agency opened. When that didn’t happen right away, Lillard submitted his trade request to ensure that teams interested in acquiring him – such as the Heat – didn’t make other moves in free agency that would preclude such a deal.
- According to Haynes, Lillard first entertained the idea of requesting a trade out of Portland in 2021. One of the reasons he decided against it at the time was because the Blazers hired Chauncey Billups, whom Dame greatly respects, as their head coach that summer. As Haynes details, Lillard didn’t want to put Billups in a position like Stephen Silas in Houston — Harden and Russell Westbrook requested trades shortly after Silas was hired in 2020, which derailed the veteran assistant’s first head coaching opportunity.
- In case you missed it, we passed along a couple notes on the Lillard sweepstakes in a trade rumors round-up earlier today.
Pelicans Sign Jordan Hawkins To Rookie Deal
Jordan Hawkins has signed his rookie scale contract with the Pelicans, according to NBA.com’s transactions log.
Hawkins was the No. 14 pick in last month’s draft after helping Connecticut win the national championship as a sophomore.
The 21-year-old shooting guard earned first-team All-Big East honors by averaging 16.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists last season.
Hawkins is eligible to receive $4,310,160 in his first season and can earn $20,599,055 over the four-year contract, as our breakdown of rookie scale salaries shows.
Hawkins is the 17th first-rounder to reach a contract agreement. You can track the status of all 58 draft picks in our round-up of signings.
The Pelicans didn’t have a second-round pick this year, so Hawkins was their only draftee.
Rockets Notes: Free Agency, Green, Lopez, Whitmore, Tate
The Rockets were the most active team on the free agent market this weekend — signing four players and jettisoning a significant amount of their young talent — but their future will still be built around the core they put together in the last three drafts, writes Jonathan Feigen of The Houston Chronicle.
The big-money additions of Fred VanVleet and Dillon Brooks, along with smaller deals for Jock Landale and Jeff Green, are designed to complement Jalen Green, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith and Amen Thompson, according to Feigen. Kevin Porter Jr. should also be considered part of that group, Feigen adds, as he remains in the team’s long-term plans along with Tari Eason and Cam Whitmore.
All the new additions will have clear roles alongside those players, Feigen notes. VanVleet will run the offense for a team that often seemed disorganized during its three years of rebuilding. He also improves the defense with his ability to get steals and deflections and has shown that he can be effective while playing off the ball. Brooks will be the team’s best perimeter defender, while Landale and Green will back up Sengun and Smith.
There’s more from Houston:
- Green’s new $6MM contract is small enough to be absorbed with the team’s $7.7MM room exception before the Brooks trade is completed, Feigen adds. However, he says the more likely scenario is that the team will keep the exception open and use it, along with roughly $4.5MM in remaining cap space, to see if it can sign anyone else.
- The Rockets are surveying the market to find guard depth with the money they have left, according to Kelly Iko of The Athletic. Iko states that a veteran who can handle either backcourt position would be ideal for the current roster.
- Iko cites “genuine internal disappointment” among Rockets officials when center Brook Lopez opted to remain in Milwaukee instead of taking their offer, which was reported to be around $40MM for two years. Having Landale and Green on the roster instead of Lopez makes Sengun the clear starting center and should help with his development, Iko notes.
- The roster additions mean the Rockets can afford to be patient with rookie Cam Whitmore, with Iko suggesting that the 20th overall pick could see some time in the G League.
- Teams have asked about swingman Jae’Sean Tate during the offseason, but the Rockets still appear to view him as an important part of their future, Iko tweets.
Suns Sign Yuta Watanabe, Chimezie Metu
JULY 3: The Suns have officially signed Watanabe and Metu to their minimum-salary contracts, per NBA.com’s transaction log.
JUNE 30: The Suns are reportedly adding two new free agents to surround their starry core of Devin Booker, Kevin Durant, Bradley Beal and Deandre Ayton.
Sources inform Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link) that sharpshooting ex-Nets small forward Yuta Watanabe has reached an agreement to join the Suns. Meanwhile, sources tell Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN (via Twitter) that former Kings big man Chimezie Metu is also signing a one-year deal with the team.
Exact terms of these new contracts have yet to be revealed. Presumably, both these deals would be for veteran’s minimums, due to Phoenix’s current spending restrictions.
Watanabe, a 6’9″ swingman out of George Washington, gives Phoenix some lethal long range versatility on the wing following a breakout season in Brooklyn, most of which was spent playing alongside fellow ex-Net Durant. The 28-year-old averaged 5.6 PPG on a .491/.444/.723 slash line, along with 2.4 RPG, in his 58 contests with Brooklyn.
Metu, a 6’9″ power forward/center out of USC, had spent all five of his prior NBA seasons with Sacramento. In 2022/23 under new head coach Mike Brown, he saw his numbers and role take a bit of a dip while the club improved to a 48-34 record and its first playoff berth since 2006. Across 66 contests, Metu averaged 4.9 PPG and 3.0 RPG in 10.4 MPG. He will for now serve as a key frontcourt backup.
Suns Officially Sign Drew Eubanks, Keita Bates-Diop
The Suns have made it official with two free agents who agreed to join the team early in free agency, having officially signed center Drew Eubanks and forward Keita Bates-Diop, according to NBA.com’s transaction log.
While many deals reported over the weekend can’t be formally completed until this Thursday, minimum-salary signings are one of the transactions that can be finalized during the July moratorium. Both Eubanks and Bates-Diop agreed to two-year, veteran’s minimum deals that feature second-year player options.
Eubanks, 26, emerged as a reliable rotation player in Portland over the last season-and-a-half, averaging 8.4 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 1.1 blocks in 22.3 minutes per game across 100 appearances (50 starts). He also shot 64.3% from the floor during his time as a Blazer. He’ll have an opportunity to back up Deandre Ayton in Phoenix, with Jock Landale leaving the Suns for the Rockets and Bismack Biyombo seemingly unlikely to return.
Bates-Diop, a second-round pick in 2018, is coming off his best season as an NBA player. He averaged 9.7 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 1.5 assists with a .508/.394/.793 shooting line in 67 games (21.7 MPG), including 42 starts, for the Spurs last season. He’ll be among the Suns’ minimum-salary signings who will vie for minutes in a rotation headed by the star trio of Devin Booker, Kevin Durant, and Bradley Beal.
The Suns still have several more reported signings to officially complete, including minimum-salary deals with veteran guard Eric Gordon and forward Yuta Watanabe.
Community Shootaround: Free Agency Winners & Losers
Provisions in the new Collective Bargaining Agreement were designed to make teams more fiscally prudent, but it seemed like business as usual when the NBA’s annual free agent frenzy began on Friday.
Jerami Grant received $160MM from the Trail Blazers, Fred VanVleet got more than $128MM from the Rockets and Kyrie Irving accepted $126MM to stay with the Mavericks — and that was all within the first few hours of free agency. Seven nine-figure deals have been handed out already, as it appears some teams aren’t giving a second thought to the second apron.
Grant has been the biggest winner so far, benefiting from Portland’s desire to make bold moves to keep Damian Lillard from leaving town. Although Lillard asked for a trade the next morning anyway, Grant still wound up with a new five-year deal that makes him this year’s highest-paid free agent. The 29-year-old forward turned down a four-year, $113MM extension offer during the season and was able to cash in with a significant offer from the desperate Blazers.
VanVleet was the target of a bidding war between the Raptors, who were hoping to hold onto one of their franchise cornerstones, and the Rockets, who were armed with more than $60MM in cap space and were seeking an experienced point guard to run the offense for new head coach Ime Udoka. Toronto officials reportedly sweetened their offer to VanVleet by adding an extra season at a meeting Friday night, but Houston was willing to do the same, giving VanVleet a new deal that averages nearly $43MM per year.
Irving remained with the Mavericks, who weren’t dissuaded by the lack of success that he and Luka Doncic had together after they were united in a February trade. Irving had disputed interest from other teams, but it turns out that he didn’t need a strong outside suitor to convince the Mavs to open their checkbook.
Also reaching the $100MM mark were Nets forward Cameron Johnson (four years, $108MM), Wizards forward Kyle Kuzma (four years, $102MM), Bucks forward Khris Middleton (three years, $102MM) and Warriors forward Draymond Green (four years, $100MM). They were part of a noticeable trend, as most prominent free agents re-signed with their current teams.
Among those who didn’t was Dillon Brooks, who got probably the most surprising contract of the weekend when the Rockets agreed to pay him $80MM for four years in a sign-and-trade deal with Memphis. Brooks’ reputation suffered after a confrontation with LeBron James in the playoffs and a report that the Grizzlies wouldn’t re-sign him “under any circumstances,” but he was a second team All-Defensive selection and is an easy fit for a Houston team that needs to upgrade its defense.
Other notable free agents who changed teams include Bruce Brown, who left the champion Nuggets for a two-year, $45MM offer from the Pacers; Max Strus, who reached the NBA Finals with the Heat and will be counted on to bring some outside shooting to the Cavaliers; his backcourt partner, Gabe Vincent, who left Miami for the Lakers; and Donte DiVincenzo, who will join his former Villanova teammates Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart on the Knicks.
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Trade Rumors: Maxey, Lillard, Jazz, Heat
The Sixers‘ stance so far this offseason – as conveyed to multiple reporters – has been that Tyrese Maxey is off the table in trade talks, even for a superstar player. Discussing that subject on the latest Hoop Collective podcast, ESPN’s Brian Windhorst, Tim MacMahon, and Tim Bontemps expressed some skepticism about just how untouchable Maxey really is.
“They want you to know that you can’t have Tyrese Maxey,” Windhorst said. “Prime Michael Jordan is available? Don’t call. 25-year-old LeBron James is available? Lose our number. Giannis Antetokounmpo says, ‘I want to be a Sixer’? If Tyrese Maxey is the ask, just keep walking. … I don’t trust them at all on that, but I will say to you that is what is being said.”
While the Sixers are by no means looking to move Maxey, ESPN’s trio believes the front office’s stance on the young guard would be more malleable than what’s been reported if the team has a legitimate chance to acquire a star, including perhaps Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard.
As Windhorst and Bontemps observe, while Philadelphia’s plan not to sign Maxey to a rookie scale extension is ostensibly about maximizing cap room in 2024, he would also be easier to trade if he’s not extended, since he wouldn’t be subject to poison pill provision rules in 2023/24.
Here are a few more trade-related rumors and notes:
- Although he’s not reporting that any trade discussions have taken place with the Trail Blazers or that the Jazz will make a run at Lillard, MacMahon said on The Hoop Collective podcast that he has heard Utah is “intrigued by the possibility” of acquiring the All-Star guard, confirming previous reports. MacMahon, Windhorst, and Bontemps ultimately believe the Jazz aren’t ready to make significant deal for a win-now player who’s about to turn 33, but they note that Lillard has a connection to Utah, having played his college ball at Weber State, and the Jazz’s collection of future first-round picks would dwarf what Miami could offer.
- At the trade deadline, the Jazz‘s position was that Lauri Markkanen, Walker Kessler, and Ochai Agbaji were their only players who were off the table in trade talks, according to MacMahon, who believes that if Utah did pursue a star this offseason, Markkanen and Kessler would be the only untouchables.
- Appearing on NBA TV (Twitter video link), Ira Winderman of The South Florida Sun Sentinel says the Heat are willing to discuss anyone except their two All-Stars as they negotiate a possible deal with Portland for Lillard, who wants to play in Miami. “Put it this way, they basically have loaded up one of those PODS dumpsters in front of the Trail Blazers and said, ‘Take anyone out of here you want besides Bam Adebayo and Jimmy Butler,'” Winderman said. “Maybe they’ll go back and forth on Caleb Martin a little, but it’s basically, sort of, ‘Come and pick and choose. Tell us what you want. Anything else is yours.’ The Heat are all-in on this. This is their moment. There’s a reason they didn’t go hard after Bradley Beal. There’s a reason they held off on some other moves. This is their play.”
2023 NBA Draft Pick Signings
Free agent and trade news has dominated NBA headlines over the last few days, but teams around the league are also taking care of the rookies they drafted on June 22, signing them to their first NBA contracts. Because cap holds for first-round picks count for 120% of the rookie scale instead of 100% in the current Collective Bargaining Agreement, there’s little incentive for teams to wait to lock up their first-rounders.
For first-round picks, rookie contracts are fairly rigid, having essentially been predetermined. The NBA’s rookie-scale structure dictates that first-rounders will be signed to four-year deals, which include two guaranteed years, then team options in years three and four.
The value of those contracts depends on where a player was drafted. This year, No. 1 overall pick Victor Wembanyama signed a four-year deal worth in excess of $55MM, which represents the maximum allowable 120% of his scale amount. No. 30 pick Kobe Brown, on the other hand, would be in line for a four-year contract worth about $12.4MM.
The full breakdown of this year’s first-round rookie salaries and contracts can be found right here — if you see a first-rounder listed below as “signed,” you can assume his contract looks like that, unless otherwise indicated.
Second-round picks, meanwhile, aren’t assured of two guaranteed seasons, though some players will receive them. The NBA’s latest Collective Bargaining Agreement introduced a new salary cap exception for second-rounders, which will allow teams to sign those players to contracts of up to four years with a starting salary worth up to the equivalent to the minimum for a two-year veteran. In the past, such a deal would have required cap room or another exception such as the mid-level.
Some second-rounders won’t sign standard NBA deals immediately. They may get two-way contracts, play in the G League, or head overseas to refine their games while their NBA teams retain their rights. We’ll make note of that below too, wherever it’s applicable.
Here’s a breakdown of 2023’s draft pick signings. This list will continue to be updated as more draftees sign their first NBA contracts:
First Round:
- San Antonio Spurs: Victor Wembanyama, C, Metropolitans 92: Signed
- Charlotte Hornets: Brandon Miller, F, Alabama: Signed
- Portland Trail Blazers: Scoot Henderson, G, G League Ignite: Signed
- Houston Rockets: Amen Thompson, G, Overtime Elite: Signed
- Detroit Pistons: Ausar Thompson, G, Overtime Elite: Signed
- Orlando Magic: Anthony Black, G, Arkansas: Signed
- Washington Wizards: Bilal Coulibaly, F, Metropolitans 92: Signed
- Indiana Pacers: Jarace Walker, F, Houston: Signed
- Utah Jazz: Taylor Hendricks, F, UCF: Signed
- Oklahoma City Thunder: Cason Wallace, G, Kentucky: Signed
- Orlando Magic: Jett Howard, G, Michigan: Signed
- Dallas Mavericks: Dereck Lively II, C, Duke: Signed
- Toronto Raptors: Gradey Dick, G, Kansas: Signed
- New Orleans Pelicans: Jordan Hawkins, G, UConn: Signed
- Atlanta Hawks: Kobe Bufkin, G, Michigan: Signed
- Utah Jazz: Keyonte George, G, Baylor: Signed
- Los Angeles Lakers: Jalen Hood-Schifino, G, Indiana: Signed
- Miami Heat: Jaime Jaquez Jr., F, UCLA: Signed
- Golden State Warriors: Brandin Podziemski, G, Santa Clara: Signed
- Houston Rockets: Cam Whitmore, F, Villanova: Signed
- Brooklyn Nets: Noah Clowney, F, Alabama: Signed
- Brooklyn Nets: Dariq Whitehead, G/F, Duke: Signed
- Portland Trail Blazers: Kris Murray, F, Iowa: Signed
- Dallas Mavericks: Olivier-Maxence Prosper, F, Marquette: Signed
- Detroit Pistons: Marcus Sasser, G, Houston: Signed
- Indiana Pacers: Ben Sheppard, F, Belmont: Signed
- Charlotte Hornets: Nick Smith Jr., G, Arkansas: Signed
- Utah Jazz: Brice Sensabaugh, F, Ohio State: Signed
- Denver Nuggets: Julian Strawther, F, Gonzaga: Signed
- Los Angeles Clippers: Kobe Brown, F, Missouri: Signed
Second Round:
- Charlotte Hornets: James Nnaji, C, Barcelona: Will play overseas
- Denver Nuggets: Jalen Pickett, G, Penn State: Signed
- Four-year, $8,227,882 contract. First three years guaranteed. Fourth-year team option.
- Minnesota Timberwolves: Leonard Miller, F, G League Ignite: Signed
- Four-year, $8,319,739 contract. First two years guaranteed. Third year partially guaranteed. Fourth-year team option.
- Sacramento Kings: Colby Jones, G, Xavier: Signed
- Four-year, $8,768,279 contract. First two years guaranteed. Fourth-year team option. Includes likely incentives.
- Four-year, $8,768,279 contract. First two years guaranteed. Fourth-year team option. Includes likely incentives.
- Chicago Bulls: Julian Phillips, F, Tennessee: Signed
- Four-year, $8,119,739 contract. First three years guaranteed. Fourth-year team option.
- Four-year, $8,119,739 contract. First three years guaranteed. Fourth-year team option.
- Milwaukee Bucks: Andre Jackson Jr., G, UConn: Signed
- Four-year, minimum-salary contract. First year guaranteed. Second year partially guaranteed. Fourth-year team option.
- Four-year, minimum-salary contract. First year guaranteed. Second year partially guaranteed. Fourth-year team option.
- Denver Nuggets: Hunter Tyson, F, Clemson: Signed
- Four-year, minimum-salary contract. First three years guaranteed. Fourth-year team option.
- Boston Celtics: Jordan Walsh, F, Arkansas: Signed
- Four-year, minimum-salary contract. First two years guaranteed. Third year partially guaranteed. Fourth-year team option.
- Atlanta Hawks: Mouhamed Gueye, F, Washington State: Signed
- Four-year, minimum-salary contract. First two years guaranteed. Fourth-year team option.
- Los Angeles Lakers: Maxwell Lewis, F, Pepperdine: Signed
- Four-year, minimum-salary contract. First two years guaranteed. Third year partially guaranteed. Fourth-year team option.
- Charlotte Hornets: Amari Bailey, G, UCLA: Signed
- Two-way contract.
- Washington Wizards: Tristan Vukcevic, F, Partizan Belgrade: Signed
- Two-year, $4,849,784 contract. First year guaranteed. Second-year team option.
- Two-year, $4,849,784 contract. First year guaranteed. Second-year team option.
- Portland Trail Blazers: Rayan Rupert, G, New Zealand Breakers: Signed
- Three-year, minimum-salary contract. First two years guaranteed. Third-year team option.
- Three-year, minimum-salary contract. First two years guaranteed. Third-year team option.
- San Antonio Spurs: Sidy Cissoko, G, G League Ignite: Signed
- Three-year, minimum-salary contract. First two years guaranteed. Third year non-guaranteed.
- Three-year, minimum-salary contract. First two years guaranteed. Third year non-guaranteed.
- Memphis Grizzlies: GG Jackson, F, South Carolina: Signed
- Two-way contract.
- Atlanta Hawks: Seth Lundy, G, Penn State: Signed
- Two-way contract.
- Indiana Pacers: Mojave King, G, G League Ignite: Will play in G League
- Los Angeles Clippers: Jordan Miller, F, Miami: Signed
- Two-way contract.
- Cleveland Cavaliers: Emoni Bates, G/F, Eastern Michigan: Signed
- Two-way contract.
- Oklahoma City Thunder: Keyontae Johnson, F, Kansas State: Signed
- Two-way contract.
- Brooklyn Nets: Jalen Wilson, F, Kansas: Signed
- Two-way contract.
- Phoenix Suns: Toumani Camara, F, Dayton: Signed
- Four-year, minimum-salary contract. First year guaranteed. Fourth-year team option.
- Four-year, minimum-salary contract. First year guaranteed. Fourth-year team option.
- Minnesota Timberwolves: Jaylen Clark, G, UCLA: Signed
- Two-way contract.
- Sacramento Kings: Jalen Slawson, F, Furman: Signed
- Two-way contract.
- Indiana Pacers: Isaiah Wong, G, Miami: Signed
- Two-way contract.
- Memphis Grizzlies: Tarik Biberovic, G/F, Fenerbahce: Will play overseas
- Golden State Warriors: Trayce Jackson-Davis, F, Indiana: Signed
- Four-year, minimum-salary contract. First two years guaranteed. Fourth-year team option.
- Milwaukee Bucks: Chris Livingston, F, Kentucky: Signed
- Four-year, minimum-salary contract. First two years guaranteed. Fourth-year team option.
Note: The Bulls and Sixers forfeited second-round picks due to free agency gun-jumping. They would have been No. 57 and No. 58, respectively.