With dozens of new players entering the NBA every season as part of that year’s rookie class, there aren’t enough roster spots to go around for all of the veterans who become free agents in a given offseason.
Some of those vets left on the outside looking in will retire. But many of the NBA’s job-seeking free agents wind up accepting opportunities in other parts of the world, signing with a team that competes in one of the many professional basketball leagues in Europe, Asia, Australia, or South America.
Listed below are the players who finished last season on an NBA roster and have since signed contracts overseas with non-NBA (and non-G-League) clubs.
Since this list is focused exclusively on players who finished the 2024/25 season under contract with an NBA team, there are some notable names who made the move overseas in recent months but aren’t included. For instance, Cam Reddish spent five-and-a-half seasons in the league before being waived by the Lakers in March. He didn’t find work in the NBA for the remainder of the ’24/25 campaign, then opted to join BC Siauliai in Lithuania this offseason.
Here are the 2025 NBA free agents who signed with overseas clubs this offseason, listed alongside the NBA team with whom they finished last season:
Australia
Brisbane Bullets: Alex Ducas, Thunder (story)- Cairns Taipans: Jack McVeigh, Rockets (story)
- Melbourne United: Jesse Edwards, Timberwolves (story)
- Perth Wildcats: Mason Jones, Kings (story)
China
- Guangdong Southern Tigers: Trevelin Queen, Magic (story)
France
- Paris Basketball: Lamar Stevens, Grizzlies (story)
Greece
- Panathinaikos: Richaun Holmes, Wizards (story)
Israel
- Hapoel Tel Aviv: Vasilije Micic, Hornets (story)
- Ironi Ness Ziona: Damion Lee, Suns (story)
- Maccabi Tel Aviv: Jeff Dowtin Jr., Sixers (story)
- Maccabi Tel Aviv: Lonnie Walker IV, Sixers (story)
Italy
- Olimpia Milano: Vlatko Cancar, Nuggets (story)
Serbia
- KK Partizan: Shake Milton, Lakers (story)
Spain
- Barcelona: Miles Norris, Celtics (story)
- Real Madrid: Trey Lyles, Kings (story)
- Real Madrid: Chuma Okeke, Cavaliers (story)
Turkey
- Anadolu Efes: Kai Jones, Mavericks (story)
- Fenerbahce: Brandon Boston Jr., Pelicans (story)
- Fenerbahce: Talen Horton-Tucker, Bulls (story)
- Manisa Basket: Isaiah Mobley, Sixers (story)
- Tofas: Maxwell Lewis, Nets (story)
United Arab Emirates
- Dubai Basketball: Taran Armstrong, Warriors (story)