Sixers Waive Eric Maynor
MONDAY, 10:31am: The Sixers announced that Maynor has been waived.
SUNDAY, 4:38pm: The Sixers have waived guard Eric Maynor, according to Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer (on Twitter). The move will make room for the incoming James Nunnally, who was just signed to a 10-day earlier today.
The Sixers acquired the former VCU hero from the Wizards in a three-team deal on February 20th. In that deal, which shipped Andre Miller to the Wizards and Jan Vesely to the Nuggets, Philly received the Nuggets’ 2016 second-round pick and the Pelicans’ 2015 second-round selection in exchange for absorbing Maynor’s contract. The Sixers will still owe Maynor $2.1MM on his player option for 2014/15 after severing ties.
In eight games for the Sixers this season, Maynor averaged 3.8 PPG in 14 minutes per contest.
Sixers Sign James Nunnally
MONDAY, 10:31am: The Sixers announced that they have signed Nunnally, making the deal official.
SUNDAY, 4:05pm:The Sixers are set to sign D-League forward James Nunnally to a 10-day contract today, league sources tell Shams Charania of RealGM (on Twitter). Nunnally previously had a pair of 10-day deals with the Hawks.
Nunnally, 24, auditioned for the Sixers at the same time as Darius Johnson-Odom, who also got a 10-day deal with the club. He’s done most of his work this season with the Bakersfield Jam of the D-League, averaging 18.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game.
In four games with the Hawks (his only time in the NBA), Nunnally averaged 4.5 points on .333 shooting and 2 rebounds per game in 13.5 minutes. Before the Hawks gave him a look, the Cavs, Bulls, and Thunder all showed some interest in the 23-year-old. Nunnally spent time in the Suns’ training camp over the summer before being waived.
Nets Re-Sign Jorge Gutierrez
8:50am: The Nets announced the deal via press release.
8:27am: It sounds like Jorge Gutierrez will be getting a second 10-day contract from the Nets, according to Tim Bontemps of the New York Post (on Twitter). The former Cal star saw his first 10-day deal expire Saturday night.
Gutierrez, 25, has played in just one game for the Nets, logging five minutes versus the Kings last Sunday. The guard was with the Nets during the preseason and even though he saw limited action in exhibition games, his performance during camp was key in the team’s decision to bring him back.
Gutierrez has spent time the past two seasons with the D-League affiliate of the Cavs, and he’s averaged 13.9 points and 6.9 assists in 32.7 minutes per game so far this year. The 6’3″ Gutierrez went undrafted in 2012 out of Cal, where he received Pac-12 Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year honors. He’s seen short minutes in summer league with the Nuggets and Kings the past two offseasons.
Thunder Sign Mustafa Shakur
The Thunder have signed guard Mustafa Shakur to a 10-day contract, tweets Darnell Mayberry of The Oklahoman. Shakur was previously with the Tulsa 66ers of the D-League.
Shakur, 29, has averaged 18.6 points, 4.6 rebounds and 6.7 assists in 20 games with the 66ers this season. The 6’3″ point guard should add backcourt depth for the upcoming back-to-backs since Russell Westbrook will not play in games on consecutive days, Mayberry tweets. The one-guard is also familiar with the Thunder’s system through his time with their D-League affiliate and had some time in OKC during the 2009-10 season.
Oklahoma City already has a spot available for Shakur after allowing Reggie Williams‘ 10-day contract to expire.
Lamar Odom’s Comeback Cut Short By Injury
Two games into his professional comeback, Lamar Odom is leaving his Spanish team due to a back injury, as first reported by Marc Stein of ESPN. Enea Trapani of Sportando reports that the Baskonia club has terminated Odom’s contract. Odom is returning stateside for at least two months to have his back evaluated and treated. That process would have lasted the duration of his two-month deal, but the team could have extended the deal another two months. While the team hopes to have Odom back, they opted to scrap the current deal and work on re-signing him when the time comes, per Trapani.
Odom told Baskonia’s official website that he is grateful for the short time he played there, and said he wants to return as soon as possible (translation via Trapani). “I want to say thank you. I’m grateful to the fans for their support and understanding. Not only people, but the whole of Vitoria has shown me much appreciation as a person and not just as a basketball player. I would like to thank you for your continued support. I am a bit embarrassed, but at the same time I am proud to say I’m injured and I still have a team that understands and continues to support me,” Odom said. “This means a lot to me and forces me to have a lot of respect.”
While both team and player sound positive about the chances of a reunion, Trapani tweets that he is less optimistic one will occur. Odom had hoped to revive his NBA career, using international play as his first stepping stone back. This is an unfortunate roadblock for Odom, who is trying to overcome a tumultuous stretch in his personal and professional life that has kept the 34-year-old out of the league this year.
Nets Sign Jason Collins For Rest Of Season
SATURDAY, 8:07am: The deal is official per a team release. Terms of the contract have not been released, but it is most likely a pro-rated deal for the veteran’s minimum.
FRIDAY, 11:32pm: It’s still not official, but Nets coach Jason Kidd confirmed to reporters, including Rod Boone of Newsday (on Twitter), that the club will sign Collins for the rest of the season once his 10-day expires.
TUESDAY, 7:15pm: The Nets plan to sign center Jason Collins for the rest of the season once his second 10-day deal expires on Friday, writes Ohm Youngmisuk and Marc Stein of ESPN.com. TNT’s David Aldridge (via Twitter) first reported the likelihood of a deal earlier this evening.
Brooklyn is reportedly operating under the premise that the 34-year-old center will finish the season as a Net even though he’s still a few days away from completing his current deal. According to Youngmisuk and Stein’s sources, the internal expectation from the moment that Collins signed his first 10-day contract was that he’d remain with the team for the rest of 2013/14 as long as he proved he could still be an effective defender, and did so immediately.
The Arn Tellem client has played a total of eight games since joining the Nets this season, averaging 9.8 MPG and shooting 28.6% from the field.
Heat Sign Justin Hamilton
1:30pm: It’s a two-year deal containing guarantee dates for next season, league sources tell RealGM’s Shams Charania (on Twitter).
1:25pm: Marc J. Spears of Yahoo Sports (on Twitter) hears Hamilton has been signed for the remainder of the season and not a 10-day deal.
12:18pm: The Heat have signed former second-round pick Justin Hamilton to a 10-day contract, tweets Brian Windhorst of ESPN. Rick Bonnell of the Charlotte Observer reported yesterday that Miami had their eye on the big man.
Hamilton, a 7’0″ LSU product, just wrapped up a 10-day deal with the Bobcats and saw a grand total of four minutes on the court. Before that, he was with the Sioux Falls SkyForce of the D-League and averaged 19.3 PPG, 9.2 RPG, 1.5 APG, and 2 BPG in 35.2 MPG over 37 games.
The soon-to-be 24-year-old was drafted in the second-round in 2012 by the Sixers and subsequently traded to the Heat for the rights to Arnett Moultrie. The Heat then waived Hamilton back in October of 2013, but today’s move brings him full circle, at least for a week and change.
Heat Release DeAndre Liggins
The Heat have released DeAndre Liggins, according to Brian Windhorst of ESPN.com (on Twitter). The move will make space for Justin Hamilton, whom the Heat just signed to a 10-day pact.
Liggins signed consecutive 10-day contracts with the Heat and his second deal was set to expire on March 18th. The wing appeared in 39 games with the Thunder last year, after playing in 17 contests with the Magic in his 2011/12 rookie season. However, the Thunder cut ties with him after some legal troubles came up. The Heat decided to pick him up earlier this month after those charges were reduced.
Sixers Sign Darius Johnson-Odom
The Sixers announced that they have signed Darius Johnson-Odom to a 10-day deal. Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports (on Twitter) first reported that the two sides were nearing agreement. He has been playing with the Springfield Armor of the D-League.
Johnson-Odom, 24, auditioned for the Sixers on Tuesday. The shooting guard saw four games of NBA action with the Lakers last season, making him a more familiar name to fans than Scott Suggs, who also worked out for coach Brett Brown & Co. James Nunnally and Kevin Murphy tried out for the team, too.
Johnson joined the Lakers again for camp in the fall and split the season between China and the Nets D-League affiliate. Jorge Gutierrez recently edged out Johnson-Odom for a 10-day contract with Brooklyn, but it sounds like he’s found a (temporary) home elsewhere in the Atlantic Division.
The Sixers have 15 guaranteed contracts on their roster, so they cut Lorenzo Brown loose in order to make room. It initially appeared as though Philadelphia was looking to replace Jarvis Varnado, who had been on a 10-day contract, but he re-signed Wednesday for the rest of the season.
Sixers Release Lorenzo Brown
11:19am: The Sixers officially announced the move, via press release.
8:54am: The Sixers will release Lorenzo Brown in order to make room for Darius Johnson-Odom, tweets Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports. The Sixers agreed to sign Johnson-Odom to a 10-day deal yesterday.
Philadelphia already had 15 guaranteed contracts on the roster before signing Johnson-Odom, meaning that someone had to go. It looked like Jarvis Varnado would be the man on the block, but he re-signed with the team for the rest of the season on Wednesday.
Brown has been shuttled between the Sixers and the club’s D-League affiliate in Delaware multiple times this season. In 26 games for Philly this season, Brown has averaged 2.5 PPG and 1.6 APG in 8.6 minutes per contest. In 12 D-League games, the guard put up 17.8 PPG and 6.4 APG in just under 33 minutes per night.