Javante McCoy To Sign Exhibit 10 Deal With Lakers
Rookie free agent guard Javante McCoy will sign an Exhibit 10 contract with the Lakers after going undrafted, he tells freelance reporter Greg Levinsky (Twitter link).
McCoy spent all five years of his college career at Boston University, starting 138 of the 147 games he played for the program. In 2021/22, he averaged 17.4 PPG, 3.9 RPG, and 2.9 APG on .495/.425/.708 shooting in 34 contests (34.0 MPG).
An Exhibit 10 contract is a non-guaranteed deal that doesn’t count against a team’s cap unless the player makes the regular season roster. It can be converted into a two-way deal and also makes a player eligible for a bonus worth up to $50K if he’s waived and then joins his team’s G League affiliate.
Undrafted Houston rookie Fabian White also reportedly agreed to an Exhibit 10 deal with the Lakers.
Malik Monk Open To Considering Discount To Stay With Lakers
After signing him to a minimum-salary contract a year ago, the Lakers will be limited in their ability to offer Malik Monk a raise in free agency this summer, but the shooting guard told Jovan Buha of The Athletic that he’s not closing the door on the idea of accepting a “hometown” discount to stay in Los Angeles.
“Money is always a part, man, but I don’t think it’s the biggest priority in my free agency this year,” Monk said. “It’s me feeling like I’m having a home and I can go out there and do the same things I did this year.
“… They might not be able to pay me as much as I want,” Monk said of the Lakers. “But I could be here and be way more comfortable as a Laker than going to any other team and they’re paying me $5 million more. So it’s just me trying to figure out what team would really want me.”
Monk, who earned approximately $1.79MM as a Laker in 2021/22, enjoyed a career year with his new team after spending four seasons in Charlotte. He established new career highs in PPG (13.8), RPG (3.4), APG (2.9), and FG% (.473) and was arguably L.A.’s most dangerous three-point threat, making 2.3 threes per game at a 39.1% rate.
Because the Lakers only hold his Non-Bird rights, they wouldn’t be able to offer him more than about $2.53MM without dipping in their mid-level exception. Even then, given their cap situation, the Lakers will likely only have the taxpayer MLE ($6.39MM) at their disposal rather than the full version. According to Buha, multiple league sources believe Monk could get $10-12MM per year on the open market.
While Monk “loved” playing for the Lakers, according to his brother Marcus, and is open to the idea of taking a team-friendly deal to stick around, he intends to consider all his options when he becomes a free agent this week.
“I definitely would still want to evaluate things,” Monk told Buha. “You never know what happens. Some other team could come in and hopefully tell me the same thing and maybe I get a little bit more minutes on that team. So it’s just actually me being presented and being able to go out there and do what I do is a priority. That’s the biggest priority: A team that’s just going to let me come in and be myself.”
Pistons Signing Stanley Umude To Exhibit 10 Contract
After going undrafted last Thursday, rookie free agent Stanley Umude has agreed to sign an Exhibit 10 contract with the Pistons, sources tell Jon Chepkevich of Rookie Scale (Twitter link).
A 6’6″ shooting guard, Umude spent his first four college seasons at South Dakota from 2017-21, averaging 21.6 PPG, 7.0 RPG, and 3.0 APG as a senior in ’20/21.
He transferred to Arkansas for his “super-senior” season last year and played more of a complementary role for the Razorbacks, putting up 11.9 PPG, 4.6 RPG, and 1.1 APG on .460/.371/.724 shooting in 37 games (27.8 MPG).
Umude is the second undrafted rookie reported to have reached a contract agreement with the Pistons, joining Buddy Boeheim.
While Boeheim is said to have agreed to a two-way deal, Umude’s Exhibit 10 contract will be a non-guaranteed pact that makes him eligible for a bonus of up to $50K if he’s waived before the season and joins Detroit’s G League team, the Motor City Cruise, as an affiliate player. An Exhibit 10 deal can also be converted into a two-way contract before the start of the season.
2022 NBA Offseason Trades
As we did with last year’s offseason trades and the in-season swaps from 2021/22, Hoops Rumors will be keeping track of all of the trades made this offseason, right up until the start of the 2022/23 season, updating this post with each transaction.
Trades are listed here in reverse chronological order, with the latest on top. So, if a player has been traded multiple times, the first team listed as having acquired him is the one that ended up with him. If a trade has not yet been formally finalized, it will be listed in italics.
For our full story on each trade, click on the date above it. For more information on the specific conditions dictating if and when draft picks involved in these deals will actually change hands, be sure to check out RealGM.com’s breakdown of the details on traded picks. We’ll continue to update this list with the latest specific details on picks and other compensation, as they’re reported.
Here’s the full list of the NBA’s 2022 offseason trades:
2022/23 League Year:
- Rockets acquire Derrick Favors, Ty Jerome, Maurice Harkless, Theo Maledon, either the Thunder’s, Sixers’, or Mavericks’ 2026 second-round pick (whichever is second-most favorable), and cash ($6,363,000).
- Thunder acquire David Nwaba, Sterling Brown, Trey Burke, and Marquese Chriss.
- Thunder acquire Maurice Harkless, the Hawks’ 2029 second-round pick, and amended terms on the Hawks’ traded 2025 second-round pick.
- Hawks acquire Vit Krejci.
- Note: The Thunder had previously acquired the Hawks’ 2025 second-round pick with top-55 protection. As a result of this trade, the pick is now top-40 protected.
- Pistons acquire Bojan Bogdanovic.
- Jazz acquire Kelly Olynyk and Saben Lee, and cash ($1,752,638).
- Cavaliers acquire Donovan Mitchell.
- Jazz acquire Lauri Markkanen, Ochai Agbaji, Collin Sexton (sign-and-trade), the Cavaliers’ 2025 first-round pick (unprotected), the Cavaliers’ 2027 first-round pick (unprotected), the Cavaliers’ 2029 first-round pick (unprotected), the right to swap first-round picks with the Cavaliers in 2026, and the right to swap first-round picks with the Cavaliers in 2028.
- Lakers acquire Patrick Beverley.
- Jazz acquire Talen Horton-Tucker and Stanley Johnson.
- Pistons acquire Alec Burks, Nerlens Noel, the Pistons’ 2023 second-round pick, either the Knicks’ or the Timberwolves’ 2026 second-round pick (whichever is most favorable), and cash ($2MM).
- Knicks acquire the draft rights to Nikola Radicevic and the Pistons’ 2025 second-round pick (top-55 protected).
- Note: The Knicks had acquired the Pistons’ 2023 second-round pick in a previous trade; the Pistons got it back in this deal.
- Celtics acquire Malcolm Brogdon.
- Pacers acquire Daniel Theis, Aaron Nesmith, Nik Stauskas, Juwan Morgan, Malik Fitts, and the Celtics’ 2023 first-round pick (top-12 protected).
- Pistons acquire Kemba Walker and the draft rights to Jalen Duren (No. 13 pick).
- Knicks acquire the Bucks’ 2025 first-round pick (top-four protected).
- Nuggets acquire the draft rights to Ismael Kamagate (No. 46 pick).
- Trail Blazers acquire either the Hornets’ or Timberwolves’ 2024 second-round pick (whichever is most favorable).
- Suns acquire Jock Landale.
- Hawks acquire cash ($110K).
- Kings acquire Kevin Huerter.
- Hawks acquire Justin Holiday, Maurice Harkless, and the Kings’ 2024 first-round pick (top-14 protected).
- Timberwolves acquire Rudy Gobert.
- Jazz acquire Malik Beasley, Patrick Beverley, Jarred Vanderbilt, Leandro Bolmaro, the draft rights to Walker Kessler (No. 22 pick), the Timberwolves’ 2023 first-round pick (unprotected), the Timberwolves’ 2025 first-round pick (unprotected), the Timberwolves’ 2027 first-round pick (unprotected), the Timberwolves’ 2029 first-round pick (top-five protected), and the right to swap first-round picks with the Timberwolves in 2026.
- Trail Blazers acquire Jerami Grant and the draft rights to Ismael Kamagate (No. 46 pick).
- Pistons acquire the draft rights to Gabriele Procida (No. 36 pick), the Bucks’ 2025 first-round pick (top-four protected), the Pistons’ 2025 second-round pick, and either the Trail Blazers’ or Pelicans’ 2026 second-round pick (whichever is most favorable).
- Note: The Trail Blazers had acquired the Pistons’ 2025 second-round pick in a previous trade; the Pistons got it back in this deal.
- Wizards acquire Monte Morris and Will Barton.
- Nuggets acquire Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Ish Smith.
2021/22 League Year:
- Nets acquire Royce O’Neale.
- Jazz acquire either the Nets’, Rockets’, or Sixers’ 2023 first-round pick (whichever is least favorable).
- Hawks acquire Dejounte Murray and Jock Landale.
- Spurs acquire Danilo Gallinari, the Hornets’ 2023 first-round pick (top-16 protected), the Hawks’ 2025 first-round pick (unprotected), the Hawks’ 2027 first-round pick (unprotected), and the right to swap first-round picks with the Hawks in 2026.
- Sixers acquire De’Anthony Melton.
- Grizzlies acquire Danny Green and the draft rights to David Roddy (No. 23 pick).
- Timberwolves acquire the draft rights to Wendell Moore (No. 26 pick).
- Rockets acquire the draft rights to TyTy Washington (No. 29 pick), the Timberwolves’ 2025 second-round pick, and the Timberwolves’ 2027 second-round pick.
- Mavericks acquire Christian Wood.
- Rockets acquire Sterling Brown, Boban Marjanovic, Trey Burke, Marquese Chriss, and the draft rights to Wendell Moore (No. 26 pick).
- Pacers acquire the draft rights to Kendall Brown (No. 48 pick).
- Timberwolves acquire either the Pacers’, Heat’s, or Spurs’ 2026 second-round pick (whichever is least favorable) and cash.
- Bucks acquire the draft rights to Hugo Besson (No. 58 pick).
- Pacers acquire cash ($1MM).
- Grizzlies acquire the draft rights to Jake LaRavia (No. 19 pick) and the Timberwolves’ 2023 second-round pick.
- Timberwolves acquire the draft rights to Walker Kessler (No. 22 pick) and TyTy Washington (No. 29 pick).
- Grizzlies acquire the draft rights to Kennedy Chandler (No. 38 pick).
- Spurs acquire the Lakers’ 2024 second-round pick and cash ($1MM).
- Warriors acquire the draft rights to Ryan Rollins (No. 44 pick).
- Hawks acquire the draft rights to Tyrese Martin (No. 51 pick) and cash ($2MM).
- Hornets acquire the draft rights to Bryce McGowens (No. 40 pick).
- Timberwolves acquire the draft rights to Josh Minott (No. 45 pick) and the Knicks’ 2023 second-round pick.
- Mavericks acquire the draft rights to Jaden Hardy (No. 37 pick).
- Kings acquire the Mavericks’ 2024 second-round pick and the Mavericks’ 2028 second-round pick.
- Thunder acquire JaMychal Green and the Nuggets’ 2027 first-round pick (top-five protected).
- Nuggets acquire the draft rights to Peyton Watson (No. 30 pick), either the Thunder’s, Wizards’, Mavericks’, or Heat’s 2023 second-round pick (whichever is second-most favorable), and either the Hornets’ or Timberwolves’ 2024 second-round pick (whichever is most favorable).
- Note: If the Mavericks’ and Heat’s 2023 second-rounders are the two most favorable of those four picks, the Nuggets would instead receive the third-most favorable of the four.
- Knicks acquire the draft rights to Jalen Duren (No. 13 pick).
- Hornets acquire the Nuggets’ 2023 first-round pick (top-14 protected), the Knicks’ 2023 second-round pick, the Jazz’s 2023 second-round pick, either the Thunder’s, Wizards’, Mavericks’, or Heat’s 2023 second-round pick (whichever is least favorable), and the Knicks’ 2024 second-round pick.
- Note: If either the Mavericks’ or Heat’s 2023 second-rounder is the least favorable of those four picks, the Hornets would instead receive the second-least favorable of the four.
- Thunder acquire the draft rights to Ousmane Dieng (No. 11 pick).
- Knicks acquire the Nuggets’ 2023 first-round pick (top-14 protected), the Wizards’ 2023 first-round pick (top-14 protected), and the Pistons’ 2023 first-round pick (top-18 protected).
- Cavaliers acquire the No. 49 pick in the 2022 draft.
- Kings acquire the draft rights to Sasha Vezenkov and cash ($1.75MM).
- Lakers acquire the No. 35 pick in the 2022 draft.
- Magic acquire either the Lakers’ or Wizards’ 2028 second-round pick (whichever is most favorable) and cash ($2.15MM).
And-Ones: Gasol, Trade Cash, 2023 Draft, Ignite, Zizic
It doesn’t appear that veteran center Marc Gasol will be making an NBA comeback this fall. As Johnny Askounis of Eurhoops.net relays, multiple reports out of Spain have indicated that Gasol intends to remain a member of Girona, the Spanish team he owns and plays for.
Girona competed this past season in Spain’s second-division Liga Española de Baloncesto, but has received a promotion to the top Spanish league, Liga Endesa, for the 2022/23 season. Having helped his team earn that promotion by averaging 14.5 PPG and 8.2 RPG this season, Gasol’s goal is now to actually play for Girona in Liga Endesa competition, according to Askounis.
Here’s more from around the basketball world:
- Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report (all Twitter links) has the details on the cash that changed hands in a few draft-night trades, reporting that the Magic received $2.15MM from the Lakers as part of the deal for the No. 35 pick; the Grizzlies sent $1MM to the Spurs as part of the swap for Kennedy Chandler‘s draft rights; and the Pacers got $1MM from the Bucks for selling the final pick in the draft (No. 58 pick Hugo Besson). That $2.15MM was the most Orlando could have acquired in a deal, as our cash tracker shows.
- With the 2022 draft in the books, Jonathan Givony of ESPN (Insider link) has already turned his attention to 2023, publishing an initial mock draft for next year. As Givony and Sam Vecenie of The Athletic write, the 2023 NBA draft looks like it’ll be the Victor Wembanyama sweepstakes.
- The NBA G League announced in a press release that Washington State center Efe Abogidi has officially signed with the G League Ignite, as expected. Meanwhile, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, five-star recruit Matas Buzelis, one of the top prospects in the class of 2023, has committed to the Ignite for the 2023/24 season.
- Former NBA first-round pick Ante Zizic has officially signed with Turkish team Anadolu Efes following his departure from Maccabi Tel Aviv. Zizc, who received a two-year deal with a third-year option, appeared in 113 NBA games for Boston and Cleveland from 2017-20.
Kings, Jeriah Horne Agree To Deal
The Kings have reached a contract agreement with undrafted rookie free agent Jeriah Horne, agent Daniel Hazan tells Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports (Twitter link).
Horne had a well-traveled college career, starting at Nebraska before transferring to Tulsa following his freshman year. He spent two years at Tulsa, transferred to Colorado, then headed back to the Golden Hurricane for his “super-senior” season.
The 6’7″ forward averaged 16.1 points and 6.9 rebounds in 31 games (33.9 MPG) in 2021/22, posting an impressive shooting line of .444/.415/.838.
It’s unclear what Horne’s deal will look like, but generally when a team reaches a contract agreement with an undrafted rookie at this time of year and the terms aren’t reported, it ends up being an Exhibit 10 contract. Exhibit 10 deals, which are non-guaranteed, can be converted into two-way contracts before the regular season begins and also make a player eligible for a bonus of up to $50K if he’s waived and then joins his team’s G League affiliate.
Sixers To Sign Aminu Mohammed, Michael Foster Jr.
The Sixers have reached an agreement with undrafted Georgetown guard Aminu Mohammed, league sources tell Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports (Twitter link). According to Haynes, Mohammed will sign an Exhibit 10 contract with Philadelphia.
Mohammed spent just one year in college, but made an impact for the Hoyas, averaging 13.7 PPG, 8.2 RPG, and 1.6 SPG in 31 games (32.2 MPG). He struggled to score efficiently, however, shooting just 37.9% from the floor, including 31.0% on three-pointers.
Meanwhile, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link), the 76ers have also struck a deal with another notable undrafted rookie, having agreed to sign Michael Foster Jr.
Foster, a forward who played for the G League Ignite in 2021/22, is the No. 3 prospect on ESPN’s list of undrafted rookies. The former five-star recruit recorded 14.8 PPG, 8.8 RPG, 2.0 APG, and 1.9 BPG in 13 games (29.8 MPG) for the Ignite.
The terms of Foster’s agreement are unclear, but if it’s an Exhibit 10 deal like Mohammed’s, it’ll be a non-guaranteed minimum-salary contract that could be converted into a two-way deal before the regular season begins. A player on an Exhibit 10 contract is also eligible for a bonus worth up to $50K if he’s waived and then becomes an affiliate player for his team’s G League squad.
Spurs Guaranteeing Zach Collins’ 2022/23 Salary
The Spurs have decided to guarantee Zach Collins‘ salary for the 2022/23 season, agent Mark Bartelstein tells Tom Orsborn of The San Antonio Express-News (Twitter link).
Collins signed a three-year, $22MM deal with San Antonio last summer, but only the first year was fully guaranteed. His 2022/23 salary of $7.35MM was partially guaranteed for half that figure ($3.675MM). Keeping him under contract through today’s salary guarantee deadline will ensure he receives the full amount. His $7.7MM cap hit for ’23/24 remains non-guaranteed.
A series of foot injuries have limited Collins to just 39 games since the start of the 2019/20 season, but 28 of those came for the Spurs in the second half of ’21/22. In those 28 appearances, he put up 7.8 PPG, 5.5 RPG, and 2.2 APG in 17.9 minutes per contest, flashing some of the promise that made him the 10th overall pick in 2017.
Bartelstein is confident that bigger things are ahead for his client, as he said to Orsborn: “He is going to have an amazing summer and will take his game to another level next season.”
The Spurs now have nine players on fully guaranteed salaries for ’22/23, with Thursday’s three draft picks – Jeremy Sochan, Malaki Branham, and Blake Wesley – expected to join that group. Keita Bates-Diop, Tre Jones, and Jock Landale remain under contract without full guarantees.
Grizzlies, Keve Aluma Agree To Deal
Undrafted rookie Keve Aluma has agreed to a free agent deal with the Grizzlies, a source tells Jonathan Givony of ESPN (Twitter link).
Aluma will be joining the Grizzlies on the heels of an impressive 2021/22 season in which he averaged 15.8 PPG, 6.5 RPG, and 1.9 APG on .538/.333/.785 shooting in 36 games (30.8 MPG) for Virginia Tech.
Aluma, who played two seasons for the Hokies after transferring from Wofford, earned All-ACC Second Team honors in both 2021 and 2022.
Givony didn’t provide any specifics on what Aluma’s contract will look like, but an Exhibit 10 deal is the most likely outcome. On an Exhibit 10, the Grizzlies could convert Aluma to a two-way contract or give him a bonus of up to $50K if he becomes an affiliate player for the Memphis Hustle, their G League team.
Knicks Gaining Momentum In Pursuit Of Jalen Brunson?
The Knicks are “gaining major momentum” in their pursuit of Mavericks free agent guard Jalen Brunson, league sources tell Marc Stein (Substack link).
As Stein notes, the Knicks began shedding 2022/23 salary on draft night when they agreed to send Kemba Walker ($9.2MM) to Detroit and moved off their first-round pick, removing a projected cap hold of $4.5MM from next season’s books. They don’t have enough cap room yet to make Brunson a competitive offer, but there’s a growing belief they’ll be able to get there, Stein writes.
Sources tell Stein that the Knicks appearing to be preparing an offer in the range of $100MM over four years for Brunson.
The Mavericks have long expressed confidence in their ability to re-sign Brunson, with president of basketball operations Nico Harrison repeating that refrain on draft night, telling reporters that the Knicks’ efforts to create cap room didn’t come as a surprise, per Tim MacMahon of ESPN (Twitter link).
“Until he tells us that he doesn’t want to be here, we’re optimistic,” Harrison said.
However, according to Stein, the Mavs believed at the end of the season that a four-year offer in the range of $85-88MM would likely be enough to retain Brunson. That appears increasingly unlikely to be the case.
Dallas holds Brunson’s Bird rights and has the ability to offer any amount up to the maximum, plus a fifth year — the Knicks are limited to four years. But he’ll be an unrestricted free agent, so the Mavs won’t necessarily be able to retain him by matching or exceeding the Knicks’ offer.
Stein says there’s a growing belief among some people close to the situation that Brunson is interested in making the move to New York, where his former agent Leon Rose runs the Knicks’ front office and his father Rick Brunson was recently hired as an assistant coach.
According to Stein, the opportunity to take on a “new challenge and broadened responsibility” with the Knicks may appeal to the younger Brunson. Stein cites sources who say there’s “growing fear” within the Mavs’ organization about the point guard’s flight risk.
Rose virtually never holds media sessions and wouldn’t be able to publicly discuss Brunson anyway, but it’s worth noting that he put out an official statement on Friday discussing the Knicks’ draft-night moves — the phrase “increased financial flexibility” earned a prominent place in that statement explaining the team’s strategy (Twitter link via Ian Begley of SNY.tv).