Western Notes: Morris, Howard, Harden, Wolves
The saga of trade candidate Markieff Morris in Phoenix took another turn Wednesday when Morris threw a towel in coach Jeff Hornacek‘s direction while verbally directing his anger at the coach during the fourth quarter of Phoenix’s loss to Denver, as Paul Coro of the Arizona Republic details. Hornacek, who’d just taken Morris out of the game, tossed the towel back at Morris as he shared his own angry words with the power forward whom the Suns have reportedly had serious discussions about trading.
“He’s mad about not playing,” Hornacek said after the game, according to Coro. “I look at the stat sheet. He’s a minus-13 in 12 minutes. So there, I took him out. … He thinks he’s better than that. Show me.”
Hornacek said a discussion will take place among team officials about possible discipline for the towel-toss, which evoked memories of Robert Horry throwing a towel in coach Danny Ainge’s face during a game in 1997 when they were with the Suns. See more from the Western Conference:
- Coach J.B. Bickerstaff met with Dwight Howard and James Harden about their leadership roles and how they can function together, and the two stars have begun to work more closely with each other in practice, observes Jenny Dial Creech of the Houston Chronicle. Howard has on multiple occasions denied a report that he’s upset with playing a secondary role to Harden. “It’s been great,” Howard said of his practice work with Harden. “The thing we are trying to build on the most is chemistry between me and James. We have played together for two years, but the best way to build chemistry is to have those individual workouts together. That’s what we have done the last couple of weeks and we have gotten better at reading each other and the more we do it, the better we will become.”
- Former Grizzlies CEO Jason Levien is an investor in Steve Kaplan’s bidding group for a 30% stake in the Timberwolves, according to Darren Wolfson of 1500 ESPN Twin Cities (Twitter link). Conflicting reports emerged in November about whether Levien was involved. The Kaplan group is reportedly progressing toward a deal that would see them eventually take over a controlling interest in the team.
- Losing to the Suns last week prompted the Pelicans to hold a players-only meeting, Anthony Davis said Wednesday, according to John Reid of The Times Picayune. New Orleans has won both of its games since then. The team has gone 8-8 after an 1-11 start under new coach Alvin Gentry, who criticized the effort of the players after the Phoenix loss, as Reid points out.
Hoops Rumors Chat Transcript
4:04pm: We hosted the weekly live chat.
3:00pm: The holiday season coincides with the start of trade season around the NBA, with names like Jamal Crawford, David Lee, Ty Lawson, Joakim Noah and Taj Gibson in rumors within the past week. Coaching news has also crept into the picture, with Jason Kidd out an estimated four to six weeks because of hip surgery and Mike D’Antoni back on the sidelines as the new top assistant for the Sixers. Even some free agency scuttlebutt has emerged, with Carlos Boozer having reportedly met with Kidd and Bucks GM John Hammond recently.
Warriors Notes: Draft, Kerr, Walton, Iguodala
Warriors GM Bob Myers received a lot of messages of praise from other executives around the league after he drafted Draymond Green 35th overall in 2012, but he was dubious about why they were lauding the selection of a player many of them failed to take, as Myers told Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports on “The Vertical” podcast (audio link via Twitter at two-minute mark). Green illustrates the importance of the draft, as Myers explains.
“You have to hit the draft right. It’s the easiest way to build a team, so it’s easy to sit here and say how great Draymond Green is for the Golden State Warriors, but that guy was the 35th pick in the draft, and that can change a franchise,” Myers said to Wojnarowski. “Whoever got him in the draft, at that number, at that value, it can change the next 10 years of your franchise.”
Golden State is entrenched in the 30th spot in the 2016 order for now, as our Reverse Standings show, and they owe their 2017 pick without protection to the Jazz, so Myers faces a challenge to continue to find overlooked prospects. Here’s more on the champs:
- Steve Kerr said his absence from games will stretch past New Year’s Day, notes Tim Kawakami of the Bay Area News Group (Twitter link), but he’s closing in on a return, observes fellow Bay Area News Group scribe Carl Steward. Kerr filled in for interim coach Luke Walton at practice this week when Walton was sick, a reversal of the dynamic that’s gone on all season as Walton guides the team while Kerr recovers from two back surgeries.“I felt pretty good, but I’m not 100% health-wise,” Kerr said, according to Steward. “But I’m getting better and building some strength. I’m going to keep going. I still have symptoms that I’m learning to deal with.”
- Walton is “destined to be a head coach” of his own team someday, Kerr said, as Rusty Simmons of the San Francisco Chronicle relays.
- Andre Iguodala wants to play three more seasons after his existing contract expires at the end of next season, he said to Kawakami and Marcus Thompson on the Bay Area News Group’s “Warriors Plus/Minus” podcast (audio link). The swingman, who turns 32 next month, stopped short of specifically declaring that he wants to remain with the Warriors, but he said he’s comfortable where he is.
Bulls Make Joakim Noah, Taj Gibson Available
The Bulls are determined to find an upgrade at the wing and feel like they need more shooting, and they’re open to trading either Joakim Noah or Taj Gibson for the best possible wing player available, executives from around the league have told Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports, as he said on “The Vertical” podcast (audio link via Twitter at one-hour, three-minute mark; transcription via Blog a Bull). Noah, poised to hit free agency this summer, said today that he’s expected to miss two to four weeks with a “slight tear” in his shoulder, a comment that came after Wojnarowski recorded his podcast. Gibson, signed through next season, has higher value on the trade market, a Western Conference GM said recently to Sean Deveney of The Sporting News.
Jimmy Butler caused a stir with his recent criticism of coach Fred Hoiberg, but he’s well-entrenched on the wing with a new five-year contract. Tony Snell is shooting 38.7% from 3-point range as the replacement starter for the injured Mike Dunleavy at the other wing position, but he’s averaging just 5.6 points in 22.8 minutes per game. Dunleavy still appears to be a month or two from returning to play in games after a recent setback in his recovery from back surgery.
Wings are in high demand around the league, as former Nets executive Bobby Marks said to Wojnarowski on the podcast. The Timberwolves have reportedly made shooting guard Kevin Martin available, and the Bulls were apparently among the teams interested in him last season, though it’s unclear if they’re still eyeing him or if they’d be willing to relinquish Gibson or Noah for the career 38.5% 3-point shooter who turns 33 in February. Multiple reports have indicated that the Clippers are thinking about trading Jamal Crawford, though he’s a career 34.9% 3-point shooter who’s hit on only 30.9% of his attempts from behind the arc this season. The Nuggets are reportedly dangling Randy Foye, though he’s posted only 5.9 points in 20.0 minutes per game with 28.0% shooting this season.
Noah, who’s averaging a career-low 4.5 points per game, is making $13.4MM this year, while Gibson, a recent addition to the starting lineup, has an $8.5MM salary for this season, with $8.95MM coming his way in 2016/17. Chicago is a taxpaying team, so the Bulls can only take in 125% of the salary they trade away, plus $100K, unless they bring in players with contracts that fit within the minimum salary exception. The Bulls, who haven’t made a trade since July 14th, 2014, don’t have any trade exceptions.
Which wing players do you think the Bulls could reasonably acquire for either Noah or Gibson? Leave a comment to let us know.
Joakim Noah Out Up To A Month
Joakim Noah said he’s been told he’ll miss the next two to four weeks because of a “slight tear” within his sprained left shoulder, an injury he suffered in Monday’s loss to the Nets, as Noah said to media today, including Vincent Goodwill of CSNChicago.com and K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune (Twitter links). The potentially month-long timeframe confirms Tuesday’s speculation from coach Fred Hoiberg after the team said Noah would be re-evaluated in two weeks.
The ailment is the latest frustration in a tough season for the 2016 free agent whom Hoiberg benched. He made his first start of the year in Saturday’s loss to the Knicks, recording a season-high 21 points to go with 10 rebounds, but he went back to a reserve role Monday before the injury. The ninth-year veteran is averaging a career-low 4.5 points per game, and his 22.3 minutes per contest are his fewest since his rookie season. Still, he’s been reluctant to criticize Hoiberg even as he’s shown signs of frustration with his reduced role.
Noah’s absence temporarily alleviates a frontcourt logjam for the Bulls, who’ve been trying to find time for promising rookie Bobby Portis while still keeping Noah, Pau Gasol, Taj Gibson and Nikola Mirotic involved. Still, the injury surely does little for Noah’s trade value, which has appeared relatively soft. One Western Conference GM told Sean Deveney of The Sporting News that he thinks Noah is poised to leave Chicago in free agency this summer, though Gasol has said he’s “very likely” to opt out.
The Bulls are also dealing with a long-term injury to Mike Dunleavy, who still appears about a month or two away from game action. They nonetheless are without the volume of injuries necessary to trigger an extra roster spot via the hardship exception. They can’t get a disabled player exception unless one of their players is expected to miss the rest of the season, and while two players among the 15 on their roster are without fully guaranteed contracts, both are big men, another indication that Chicago is unlikely to make a roster move to compensate for the loss of Noah.
How do you see the rest of the season playing out for Noah? Do you think the Bulls will trade him? Leave a comment and share your thoughts.
Southeast Notes: Budenholzer, Anderson, Skiles
It would be nice for the Hawks to add some rebounding, defense and shooting, but that’s not so easily done, coach/executive Mike Budenholzer said, adding that the offseason goal was chiefly to keep last season’s team together as much as possible, as he explained to Jeff Schultz of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The team didn’t have the cap space to retain both Paul Millsap, who re-signed, and DeMarre Carroll, who bolted for the Raptors, and Tim Hardaway Jr., one of the team’s most prominent additions, has barely seen the floor. Budenholzer acknowledges every move he makes in the front office, just like every coaching decision he renders, won’t be the right one, and he told Schultz that it’s fair for people to second-guess the Hardaway trade.
“But I’m very happy with the work [Hardaway] is doing behind the scenes,” Budenholzer said. “The next step is to take it to the court. There’s evolutions with teams and coaches. The first year might not look or feel great but then the light bulb goes on for the coach — like, ‘Hey, I’m the one who screwed up’ — or the light goes on for the player. But he’s put himself in a good position to make it look like a good decision.”
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- Alan Anderson won’t be available to the Wizards for another three to five weeks as he continues to recover from two surgeries on his left ankle, a pair of sources tell Jorge Castillo of The Washington Post. Anderson has yet to play for the team after signing a one-year, $4MM deal in the offseason.
- Scott Skiles doesn’t necessarily prefer coaching younger teams over coaching other sorts of rosters, but he excels at it, and he has the young Magic in the mix for a playoff spot in the bunched-up Eastern Conference thanks to improved defense, observes Chris Mannix of SI.com.
- The Magic have recalled Devyn Marble from the D-League, the team announced (on Twitter). The second-year shooting guard had been on assignment since November 30th, and he averaged 13.9 points and 6.4 rebounds while hitting 35.0% of his 3-pointers in eight games with the Erie BayHawks.
Wizards Sign Jarell Eddie, Waive Ryan Hollins
WEDNESDAY, 10:30am: The moves are official, the team announced.
1:21pm: It’s expected to be a one-year, non-guaranteed deal for Eddie, Charania writes in a full story. That’ll force a decision no later than January 7th, the last day teams can waive non-guaranteed deals without them becoming fully guaranteed. The Wizards have the capacity to give Eddie more than the prorated minimum salary, with a $1.464MM sliver of the mid-level exception still in their quiver, but non-minimum signings are rare for midseason acquisitions, and especially so for players coming up from the D-League. Sources who spoke with Charania wouldn’t close the door on the possibility that the Wizards will re-sign Hollins later this season.
TUESDAY, 12:52am: The Wizards plan to sign Jarell Eddie and waive Ryan Hollins, sources tell Shams Charania of Yahoo Sports (Twitter link). Eddie, a one-year NBA veteran, has been playing for the Spurs affiliate in the D-League since the Warriors cut him at the end of the preseason. Hollins is on a non-guaranteed deal he signed November 30th, but Eric Pincus of Basketball Insiders reported last week that it would become fully guaranteed if Washington keeps him past December 27th, which the team apparently doesn’t intend to do.
Eddie, a 24-year-old small forward, was averaging 14.1 points in 28.6 minutes per game with the Austin Spurs, but it’s his blistering 3-point shooting that sets him apart. He’s made 32 of 61 attempts so far this season, good for 52.5%. He shot 45.2% on 281 attempts from beyond the arc in the D-League last season. He’s yet to appear in an NBA regular season game, though he has credit for one year of service thanks to the 10-day contract he signed last March with the Hawks. Eddie will help offset the loss of Bradley Beal, whom the team declared out for at least two weeks on December 12th because of a stress reaction in his leg.
Hollins has made three starts during his brief Wizards tenure, but he’s averaged only 9.6 minutes across five total appearances and hasn’t played in any of the team’s last five games. The 31-year-old signed with the Grizzlies for camp but didn’t stick for opening night in Memphis.
Washington is dealing with a hail of injuries, with Beal, John Wall, Otto Porter, Drew Gooden, Nene and Alan Anderson all dealing with some sort of malady, as CBSSports.com details. Still, none appear certain to keep anyone out for more than the next two weeks, so a hardship exception for an extra roster spot isn’t in play.
Do you think we’ll see Hollins in the NBA again this season? Leave a comment to tell us.
Upcoming Contract Guarantee Decisions
Teams face decisions regarding players on non-guaranteed contracts two weeks from Thursday, the last day they can waive those players without their full salaries sticking on the books. It’s a critical date for dozens of players around the league, and the leaguewide guarantee date commonly prompts a wave of cuts.
Note that players earn portions of their non-guaranteed salary for as long as they’re on the roster, and most with partial guarantees have already accrued more than those guarantees provided. That means teams can regard them just like players on non-guaranteed deals at this point, though a few players have partial guarantees sizable enough that they still matter.
We’ll gauge the likelihood of each player with a non-guaranteed salary sticking past the upcoming guarantee date, listing them in three categories:
Safe bets
- Matt Bonner, Spurs — The Red Mamba barely plays, having totaled just 65 minutes all season, but Gregg Popovich saw fit to give him a start in one game, and half his salary is already guaranteed.
- Robert Covington, Sixers — Philadelphia’s starting small forward has been perhaps the most impressive discovery of GM Sam Hinkie‘s rebuilding.
- Langston Galloway, Knicks — More than half of his salary is already guaranteed, and he’s nailed 41.4% of his 3-point attempts while playing 24.9 minutes per contest.
- JaMychal Green, Grizzlies — The 25-year-old is in the rotation, averaging 16.2 minutes per game, and Memphis can use all the youthful contributors it can get.
- T.J. McConnell, Sixers — He’s no longer starting now that Kendall Marshall and Tony Wroten are healthy, but he was an early-season revelation with his passing and outside shooting abilities.
- Luc Mbah a Moute, Clippers — Clippers coach/executive Doc Rivers said last week that it’s “probably safe” to assume the team will keep Mbah a Moute for the balance of the season, so we’ll take Rivers at his word.
- Hollis Thompson, Sixers — Thompson has consistently been a part of Philadelphia’s rotation ever since signing shortly before camp in 2013, and that’s no different this year, as he’s averaging a career-high 26.1 minutes per game.
It’s not a lock, but they’ll probably stick around
- Ian Clark, Warriors — The shooting guard made his first career start on December 11th and took a DNP-CD a week later. Still, he’s seen action in 22 games this season, all of them wins.
- Jared Cunningham, Cavaliers — Cleveland is reportedly dangling Joe Harris in trade talk, with Cunningham’s surprisingly strong play a major reason why.
- Tim Frazier, Trail Blazers — The point guard played sporadically until pressed into emergency duty Monday, when he started and played nearly the entire game because Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum were hurt. Frazier’s numbers, with 12 points, 7 assists and 5 turnovers, weren’t too impressive, but his teammates liked what they saw, as Jason Quick of CSNNW.com detailed.
- James Michael McAdoo, Warriors — His minutes per game have gone down by almost 50% this season compared to last, from 9.1 to 4.8, but it’s doubtful a strong call exists for tinkering with a roster that’s gone 26-1.
- JaVale McGee, Mavericks — It’s been a long slog as the center has nursed a slow-healing leg, but he has a streak of three consecutive 10-plus-minute appearances going for the first time this season, and the majority of his salary is already guaranteed anyway.
- Kostas Papanikolaou, Nuggets — He made his first start this season and only the second of his career Tuesday in place of an injured Danilo Gallinari, and the Nuggets invested heavily in Papanikolaou when they signed him in November. They guaranteed $300K of his approximately $800K salary and dumped former second-round pick Erick Green, whom they’d carried into the regular season instead of Nick Johnson, even though Johnson had two fully guaranteed years left on his deal.
- Lamar Patterson, Hawks — He’s seeing roughly the same amount of playing time as is Mike Muscala, and we list him in the “Don’t get too comfortable” category, but it seems reasonable that Atlanta would invest at least one full season in Patterson, a recent second-round pick.
- JaKarr Sampson, Sixers — The combo forward’s minutes are down but his scoring is up, thanks to improved shooting from the floor. That’s a product of him knowing his limitations, as he’s taking far fewer 3-pointers than before. So the results are mixed, but the Sixers don’t have a ton of intriguing alternatives.
- Donald Sloan, Nets — The point guard has only seen action in 10 games, but Shane Larkin‘s concussion has pressed him into service of late. A lot depends on how quickly Larkin recovers and how well Sloan does in the meantime.
- Ish Smith, Pelicans — He’s logged more than 10 minutes only once in the Pelicans’ last four games, but he’s looked strong enough on the floor amid the team’s early-season injury woes, averaging 5.9 assists against 1.7 turnovers in 23.6 minutes per game, that his place in New Orleans seems secure.
- Jeff Withey, Jazz — The center has worked his way into the rotation and even got a start last week.
- Metta World Peace, Lakers — World Peace’s spot on the roster was a touch-and-go proposition at the end of the preseason, but he stuck for opening night and has ended up with a fairly significant role, averaging 17.3 minutes per game in 17 appearances, with three starts. He took a DNP-CD on Tuesday, but that’s not altogether alarming.
Don’t get too comfortable
- Cliff Alexander, Trail Blazers — A bone bruise in his left knee that he suffered in the preseason slowed his progress, and while he played 17 minutes in his debut on November 15th, he hasn’t played more than four minutes in any game since.
- Cameron Bairstow, Bulls — Almost half his salary is already guaranteed, but he’s only seen 18 minutes so far this season with Chicago already well-stocked in the frontcourt.
- Tarik Black, Lakers — Once the primary backup center, Black has lost his place in the rotation, in part because of a minor ankle injury, and he hasn’t played in an NBA game since November 24th. He’s been healthy enough to play on assignment in the D-League, however.
- Rasual Butler, Spurs — The 36-year-old is a career 36.2% 3-point shooter, but he’s nailing a career-worst 28.6% of his shots from behind the arc this season. He’s racked up five DNPs in the past month after recording just one in the first month of the season.
- Bryce Cotton, Suns — It’s been nearly a month since Cotton joined the Suns, and he still hasn’t made it into a game.
- Toney Douglas, Pelicans — The return of Norris Cole has pushed Douglas out of the rotation, and he hasn’t appeared since December 2nd, throwing his roster spot into question even though he’s averaged 16.3 minutes per contest in the 16 games he has played.
- Jarell Eddie, Wizards — The Wizards just signed him today to a contract that’s reportedly non-guaranteed, meaning his stay in Washington is liable to be short. The team is dealing with a litany of relatively minor injuries, so that would indicate this is merely a stopgap measure.
- James Ennis, Grizzlies — The 25-year-old has played only 27 minutes in five appearances for Memphis since coming over in the November 10th Mario Chalmers trade.
- Cristiano Felicio, Bulls — Chicago is apparently quite high on him, but as with Bairstow, the Bulls simply don’t have enough playing time to go around for all their big men. The rookie center has only managed four minutes all year.
- Aaron Harrison, Hornets — Once a highly touted prospect, like his brother Andrew, Aaron Harrison has seen only 23 minutes all season. It wouldn’t be a surprise if he joins Andrew in the D-League before long.
- Marcelo Huertas, Lakers — A 32-year-old rookie from Brazil, the point guard’s appearances have been sporadic, though he’s averaged 12.9 minutes a night in the 15 games he’s played thus far. This one’s a tough call, but since it’s difficult to envision him improving much at his age, and given the need for the Lakers to concentrate on the future, the feeling here is they’ll use his roster spot for someone else with more upside.
- Cory Jefferson, Suns — He plays power forward, the same position as trade candidate Markieff Morris, but Jefferson has still managed only 20 minutes total all season.
- Chris Johnson, Jazz — His 5.2 minutes per game are significantly fewer than the 17.6 he saw in his time with Utah last season.
- Elijah Millsap, Jazz — As with Johnson, Millsap’s minutes per game are down quite a bit compared to last year, from 19.7 to 8.6, but he has begun to see more playing time of late.
- Luis Montero, Trail Blazers — This season is about player development in Portland, but the Blazers haven’t seen fit to give the rookie more than seven minutes total this season.
- Eric Moreland, Kings — A broken foot ensures he’ll receive a large portion of his salary, though it would seem a stretch for Sacramento to commit a roster spot to an injured player who’s totaled only 24 minutes all season.
- Mike Muscala, Hawks — His salary was thought to be partially guaranteed for $473,638, but instead it’s non-guaranteed, as Eric Pincus of Basketball Insiders recently reported. In his last two games, he recorded single digits in minutes during back-to-back contests for the first time in more than a month, a sign that he’s falling off the fringe of the rotation.
- Christian Wood, Sixers — The rookie is on his third D-League assignment of the season, and he’s averaged only 8.1 minutes per game in 14 appearances on the NBA level. The other Sixers with non-guaranteed contracts seem fairly safe, so with the team looking at veterans, Wood appears to be the odd man out.
Mavs Notes: Carlisle, Williams, Powell
Rick Carlisle was disheartened with the effort the Mavericks gave in Tuesday’s loss to the Raptors, and he threatened in the locker room and again in a postgame press conference to push for roster moves, as Tim MacMahon of ESPNDallas.com details. The Mavs, at 15-13, have for the most part played surprisingly well this season, but Carlisle’s message comes with the authority of a contract that runs through 2021/22 in the wake of the five-year, $35MM extension he signed last month.
“Look, if it’s going to be like that, these guys aren’t going to be Mavericks very long,” Carlisle said in his press conference. “I can promise you that.”
Several Mavs appeared surprised that Carlisle would take the sentiment public, MacMahon notes. It’s unclear whether Carlisle was suggesting that he’d try to talk the front office into midseason personnel changes or a roster shuffling in the summer, with only five Mavs in possession of guaranteed contracts for next season, as MacMahon points out. See more on Carlisle’s remarks amid the latest from Dallas:
- Carlisle praised a group of end-of-the-bench players who were on the floor late in the game, as Eddie Sefko of the Dallas Morning News relays, so it doesn’t appear that part of the roster is the object of the coach’s ire. In any case, the rant signals that the Mavericks believe they’re better than their already impressive record shows, Sefko contends.
- Deron Williams felt a pop when he strained his left hamstring Tuesday, so he’s unlikely to play tonight in what would otherwise be his return to Brooklyn, MacMahon writes in a separate piece. Williams said to MacMahon this weekend that he was sure Nets fans would boo him, but he praised the Nets organization and GM Billy King. Williams spoke earlier about the repercussions of having struggled while playing on the max contract he signed in 2012, but he told MacMahon that the lucrative pact wasn’t a major factor in his troubles, since he’d previously signed a max extension with the Jazz.
- The Raptors probably erred when they didn’t draft Dwight Powell last year, Sportsnet’s Michael Grange opines. Toronto took Bruno Caboclo and DeAndre Daniels ahead of Powell, an Ontario native who’s blossomed this season with the Mavericks.
Tracking Last Season’s 10-Day Signees
NBA teams can start signing players to 10-day contracts again two weeks from today. We’ll be keeping tabs on them all with our 10-Day Contract Tracker, which includes data beginning with the 2006/07 season. We also occasionally look at where previous 10-day signees ended up, and much has changed since we made our last check in August.
News regarding one of last season’s 10-day signees surfaced just today, with Jarell Eddie, who signed his 10-day with the Hawks, reportedly set to ink with the Wizards on a non-guaranteed contract. He’s about to join a dozen others currently on NBA rosters among the 48 players who signed 10-day deals last season. Eight of them are still with the teams that signed them to their 10-day pacts, including Lance Thomas of the Knicks, who matched a career high with 24 points against the Magic on Monday.
Here’s a look at all 48 and their current whereabouts:
- Lou Amundson, Knicks — He re-signed with the Knicks this summer after the expiration of the deal he’d signed for the rest of last season on the heels of his pair of 10-day pacts.
- Earl Barron, Suns — Barron is a free agent following a training camp stint with the Hawks.
- Michael Beasley, Heat — Beasley signed with China’s Shandong.
- Jerrelle Benimon, Jazz — Another China signee, Benimon pulled out of a commitment with the Cavs to join the Foshan Long Lions.
- Sim Bhullar, Kings — Bhullar is playing with the Raptors D-League affiliate.
- Jabari Brown, Lakers — Brown is a teammate of Benimon’s on the Foshan Long Lions in China, joining the team after the Lakers let him go at the end of the preseason.
- Lorenzo Brown, Timberwolves — He lingered with the Wolves until the end of the preseason, then joined the Pistons D-League affiliate.
- Dwight Buycks, Lakers — Buycks is in China, playing for Fujian.
- Will Bynum, Wizards — The point guard signed this summer with China’s Guangdong Southern Tigers.
- Earl Clark, Nets — Clark is with the Suns affiliate in the D-League.
- Jack Cooley, Jazz — Cooley spent time in the preseason with both the Jazz and the Cavs, joined the Jazz D-League affiliate and most recently jumped to Spain’s Unicaja Malaga.
- Bryce Cotton, Jazz — He’s with the Suns.
- Seth Curry, Suns — He’s with the Kings.
- Andre Dawkins, Celtics — Signed with Italy’s Auxilium CUS Torino.
- Austin Daye, Hawks — Signed with Italy’s Victoria Libertas Pesaro
- Toney Douglas, Pelicans — He’s with the Pelicans.
- Larry Drew II — Signed with AS Monaco Basket of France.
- Jarell Eddie, Hawks — Eddie is reportedly poised to sign with the Wizards.
- Tim Frazier, Sixers — He’s with the Trail Blazers
- Langston Galloway, Knicks — He’s still with the Knicks on the contract he signed following his pair of 10-day deals.
- JaMychal Green, Spurs, Grizzlies — He’s still with the Grizzlies on the contract he signed following his pair of 10-day deals.
- Jorge Gutierrez, Bucks — He joined the Cavs D-League affiliate after lasting with Milwaukee into the preseason.
- Jordan Hamilton, Clippers — He’s a free agent after leaving Russia’s Krasny Oktyabr last month.
- Lester Hudson, Clippers — Rejoined Liaoning of China and signed an extension that runs until 2018.
- Bernard James, Mavericks — Signed with the Shanghai Sharks of China.
- Dahntay Jones, Clippers — Jones is playing for the D-League affiliate of the Pistons after having spent preseason with the Nets.
- Chris Johnson, Bucks, Jazz — He’s still with the Jazz on the contract he signed following his 10-day deal.
- Tyler Johnson, Heat — He’s still with the Heat on the contract he signed following his pair of 10-day deals.
- Sean Kilpatrick, Timberwolves — Kilpatrick joined the D-League affiliate of the Sixers after a preseason stint with the Pelicans.
- Ricky Ledo, Knicks — Playing for the Kings D-League affiliate.
- John Lucas III, Pistons — Lucas is a free agent following a preseason stint with the Heat.
- Jerel McNeal, Suns — Signed to play for Aris Thessaloniki of Greece.
- James Michael McAdoo, Warriors — He’s still with the Warriors on the contract he signed following his pair of 10-day deals.
- Toure’ Murry, Wizards — He joined the D-League affiliate of the Mavs after spending preseason with the Wizards, but the Jazz have reportedly thought about signing him.
- Kenyon Martin, Bucks — The 37-year-old announced his retirement in July.
- Quincy Miller, Kings, Pistons — Signed to play in Serbia with Red Star Belgrade after spending the preseason with the Nets.
- Elijah Millsap, Jazz — He’s still with the Jazz on the contract he signed following his pair of 10-day deals.
- A.J. Price, Suns — Signed in China with the Shanghai Sharks, where he’s a teammate of fellow former NBA 10-day signee Bernard James.
- Miroslav Raduljica, Timberwolves — Signed with Panathinaikos of Greece on a deal that includes an NBA out.
- Nate Robinson, Clippers — Robinson is a free agent after the Pelicans waived him early this season.
- David Stockton, Kings — Joined the D-League affiliate of the Kings after Sacramento let him go in the preseason.
- Lance Thomas, Knicks — He re-signed with the Knicks this summer after the expiration of the deal he’d signed for the rest of last season on the heels of his pair of 10-day pacts.
- Tyrus Thomas, Grizzlies — Signed with Eisbären Bremerhaven of Germany.
- Henry Walker, Heat —Signed with Cedevita Zagreb of Croatia after a would-be deal with the Amerileague fell through.
- David Wear, Kings — Signed with Fuenlabrada of Spain.
- Elliot Williams, Jazz, Hornets, Pelicans — Joined the Warriors D-League affiliate after a preseason stint with Hornets.
- Reggie Williams, Spurs — He’s been a free agent since the Spurs cut him at the end of the preseason.
- Nate Wolters, Pelicans — Signed with Besiktas of Turkey.