The July moratorium is over and teams are now permitted to officially finalize all the free agent signings and trades they’ve agreed to since the new league year began (or earlier, in some cases).
Rather than bumping all of our previous stories on those free agent and trade agreements, we’ll be tracking all the previously reported moves that become official on Sunday in the space below.
To be clear, we’ll still be publishing new stories on breaking free agent and trade agreements. This space is just to track the moves we already know about becoming formally completed.
These lists will be in chronological order, so we’ll add the most recent items to the bottom throughout the day.
Trades:
- Spurs trade the draft rights to Kam Jones to Pacers for a 2030 second-round pick and cash (story).
- Bucks trade Pat Connaughton and two second-round picks to Hornets for Vasilije Micic (story).
- Bulls trade Lonzo Ball to Cavaliers for Isaac Okoro (story).
- Grizzlies trade Jay Huff to Pacers for a second-round pick and a second-round pick swap (story).
- Wizards, Pelicans, and Rockets complete three-team trade involving CJ McCollum, Jordan Poole, Cam Whitmore, and others (new story).
- Rockets, Suns, Lakers, Warriors, Timberwolves, Nets, and Hawks complete seven-team trade involving Kevin Durant, Clint Capela, Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, and others (new story).
- Grizzlies trade the draft rights to Will Richard to Warriors for the draft rights to Jahmai Mashack and a conditional second-round pick (story).
- Timberwolves sign-and-trade Nickeil Alexander-Walker to Hawks for a second-round pick and cash (story).
Free agent signings:
- Bulls re-sign Tre Jones to three-year contract (story).
- Update: The third year of Jones’ contract is a team option, tweets Michael Scotto of HoopsHype.
- Cavaliers re-sign Sam Merrill to four-year contract (story).
- Cavaliers sign Larry Nance Jr. to one-year contract (story).
- Clippers re-sign Nicolas Batum to two-year contract (story).
- Magic sign Tyus Jones to one-year contract (story).
- Mavericks re-sign Kyrie Irving to three-year contract (story).
- Thunder re-sign Ajay Mitchell to three-year contract (story).
- Clippers sign Brook Lopez to two-year contract (story).
- Update: The second year of Lopez’s contract is a team option, tweets Fred Katz of The Athletic.
- Sixers re-sign Justin Edwards to three-year contract (story).
- Lakers re-sign Jaxson Hayes to one-year contract (story).
- Lakers sign Jake LaRavia to two-year contract (story).
- Lakers sign Deandre Ayton to two-year contract (story).
- Knicks sign Guerschon Yabusele to two-year contract (story).
- Clippers sign James Harden to two-year contract (story).
Contract extensions:
- Rockets sign Jabari Smith Jr. to five-year rookie scale extension (story).
Like I been saying for years here. Thibs has always helped his bigs to maximize their potential. And he would of done it for Wiseman too.
Just ask. … IHart the champion ,,,
Before he came there, the Knicks weren’t really winning much at all,” Hartenstein noted (h/t New York Basketball on X). “I think he changed the culture. I think he did a great job building a culture. Going to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time in a long, long time, I think he did a great job there.”
“At the end of the day, the Knicks are trying to do what’s best for them but, for me, Thibs was great for me. He was a great coach.”
Hartenstein spent two seasons under Thibodeau’s watch, joining the Knicks in the summer of 2022. He established what then stood as a career-best numbers in that span, playing well enough to earn a three-year, $87 million deal from Oklahoma City, where he played a vital cog in the championship machine.“
Knickerbocker power ……
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