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Suns Sign Khaman Maluach, Rasheer Fleming, Koby Brea

July 7th, 2025 at 2:59pm CST by Luke Adams

The Suns have officially signed all three of their 2025 draft picks, according to NBA.com’s transaction log. That trio consists of No. 10 overall pick Khaman Maluach, No. 31 pick Rasheer Fleming, and No. 41 selection Koby Brea.

That No. 10 pick was one of the primary assets the Suns received from Houston in their blockbuster Kevin Durant deal. While Maluach was widely expected to come off the board in the top eight picks on June 24, he slipped to No. 10, giving Phoenix an opportunity to nab its potential center of the future.

Maluach averaged 8.6 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 1.3 blocks in 21.2 minutes per contest during his first and only college season at Duke. While his box-score numbers don’t jump off the page, the 18-year-old has an impressive frame (a height of 7’1″ and a wingspan of 7’7″), is one of the youngest players in this year’s draft class, and has the potential to excel in the NBA as a defensive anchor and a rim-runner and lob threat on offense.

Maluach’s rookie scale deal is expected to pay him roughly $6MM in his rookie season and a total of $27.4MM across his first four years in the NBA, as our breakdown of this year’s rookie scale shows.

There was a minor bidding war for Fleming ahead of day two of this year’s draft, with teams vying to move up to No. 31 to select the former Saint Joseph’s forward. Phoenix won that bidding war by sending Minnesota the No. 36 pick and a pair of future second-rounders.

Fleming is coming off an impressive junior season in which he averaged 14.7 points, 8.5 rebounds, 1.4 steals and 1.5 blocks per game in 35 appearances (31.1 minutes), with a shooting line of .531/.390/.743. According to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (Twitter link), he signed a four-year, $8.7MM deal using the second-round pick exception and got three fully guaranteed years, with a fourth-year team option.

As for Brea, Phoenix drafted him after trading up to No. 41 using the 52nd and 59th overall picks in a deal with the Warriors. The 6’7″ wing, who played four seasons at Dayton before spending his fifth and final college season with Kentucky, is an excellent shooter, having made 317-of-730 (43.4%) three-pointers during his NCAA career.

Brea signed a two-way contract.

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Blazers, Celtics Finalize Holiday, Simons Trade Without Draft Picks

July 7th, 2025 at 12:40pm CST by Luke Adams

The Trail Blazers and Celtics have officially completed their trade sending Jrue Holiday to Portland and Anfernee Simons to Boston, according to a press release from the Blazers.

However, the terms are slightly different than what was reported last month. Portland had originally agreed to send the Knicks’ 2030 second-round pick and the Blazers’ own 2031 second-rounder to Boston, but those draft assets are no longer in the deal, which is now a straight one-for-one player swap.

Aaron Fentress of The Oregonian hears from a source that a review of Holiday’s medicals prompted the Blazers to alter the initial terms of the agreement.

There wasn’t enough concern on Portland’s end to nix the deal entirely, Fentress explains, adding that the veteran guard is considered healthy and is working out this summer in preparation for training camp in the fall.

As a result of taking back more salary than they’re sending out in the trade, the Trail Blazers are now hard-capped at the first tax apron for the rest of the 2025/26 league year.

The Celtics, meanwhile, have officially completed both of their major offseason trades on Monday, having also finalized the three-team deal sending Kristaps Porzingis to Atlanta.

You can read more about the Holiday/Simons swap in our original report on the deal.

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Pelicans Sign Micah Peavy

July 7th, 2025 at 11:23am CST by Arthur Hill

11:23am: Peavy’s new contract is worth $8.7MM over four years, sources tell Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (Twitter link). It includes two fully guaranteed years, a trigger date for the third season and a fourth-year team option.

10:55am: Second-round pick Micah Peavy has signed with the Pelicans, the team announced in a press release.

The 23-year-old shooting guard was selected by Washington with the 40th overall pick and was part of a trade that couldn’t become official until the moratorium was lifted on Sunday. Terms of his new contract were not announced.

Peavy was an All-Big East selection at Georgetown last season, averaging 17.2 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.3 steals in 32 games. He played at Texas Tech as a freshman, then spent three years at Texas Christian before joining the Hoyas.

Throughout his five years in college, Peavy averaged 9.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.2 steals in 159 total games.

New Orleans signed lottery picks Jeremiah Fears and Derik Queen on Saturday, so all three additions from this year’s draft are now under contract.

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Lakers Sign Adou Thiero To Three-Year Contract

July 6th, 2025 at 10:44pm CST by Eli Cohen

The Lakers have signed Adou Thiero to a standard contract, the team confirmed today. in a press release.

According to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (Twitter link), it’s a three-year, $5.95MM deal for Thiero, which means he received the rookie minimum. The deal, signed using the second-round pick exception, is fully guaranteed for two seasons, with a third-year team option.

Thiero was the 36th pick in the 2025 draft and was selected by the Lakers after they traded the 45th pick and cash to the Timberwolves to move up. That agreement was incorporated into the massive seven-team trade that sent Kevin Durant from the Suns to the Rockets.

Thiero spent one year with Arkansas after playing his first two seasons with Kentucky. He averaged 15.1 points and 5.8 rebounds per game with the Razorbacks while proving himself to be a high-level, versatile wing defender and an elite athlete. The perimeter jumper is a work in progress, as Thiero holds a career three-point percentage of 28.4%, but he provides the Lakers with some needed defensive depth on the wing in the wake of Dorian Finney-Smith‘s exit.

Thiero will not play with the Lakers during Summer League as he continues his recovery from a knee injury he suffered during the college season, according to Khobi Price of the Orange County Register.

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Ryan Rollins Returns To Bucks On Three-Year Deal

July 6th, 2025 at 9:24pm CST by Luke Adams

July 8: The Bucks’ deal with Rollins is now official, per a press release.

July 6: Free agent guard Ryan Rollins is returning to the Bucks, according to Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link), who reports that the two sides have agreed to a three-year deal worth $12MM. The agreement will include a third-year player option, Charania adds.

The 44th overall pick in the 2022 draft, Rollins had only appeared in 25 NBA regular season games across two seasons with Golden State, Washington, and Milwaukee entering the 2024/25 season. However, after opening the year on a two-way contract with the Bucks, he emerged as a reliable part of the rotation and earned a promotion to the standard roster in March.

In 56 games (19 starts) last season for Milwaukee, Rollins averaged 6.2 points, 1.9 assists, and 1.9 rebounds in 14.6 minutes per game, along with a shooting line of .487/.408/.800. He played significant minutes during the season’s final weeks while Damian Lillard was sidelined due to a blood clot in his calf.

Milwaukee initially tendered Rollins a qualifying offer to make him a restricted free agent before withdrawing it early in the week, making him unrestricted. Even after rescinding that QO, the Bucks were able to hang onto the 23-year-old’s Early Bird rights, which will allow them to go over the cap to re-sign him after they use up all their room.

While the 2025/26 Bucks will be without Lillard – who tore his Achilles in April and is being waived to create cap room to sign Myles Turner – they’ve now struck deals to bring back both of their free agent point guards, Rollins and Kevin Porter Jr.

Rollins is the sixth of the Bucks’ own free agents that has reached an agreement to re-sign with the club, joining Porter, Bobby Portis, Taurean Prince, Gary Trent Jr., and Jericho Sims.

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Jamir Watkins Signs Two-Way Deal With Wizards

July 6th, 2025 at 6:00pm CST by Eli Cohen

Jamir Watkins has signed a two-way contract with the Wizards, per NBA.com’s transaction log.

Watkins was drafted 43rd overall by the Jazz last month as part of a deal that sent him to Washington along with Will Riley and two future second-round picks in exchange for the ability for the Jazz to draft Walter Clayton Jr.

Watkins played two years at VCU before transferring to Florida State for his final two seasons. In his time with the Seminoles, Watkins averaged 17.0 points, 5.9 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.6 steals per game and shot 33% from three.

Between his defensive production in college and his size at 6’6″ with a 6’11” wingspan, Watkins has the chance to be an impactful defender with enough scoring and ball-handling to offer interesting upside on a two-way deal.

The Wizards had previously announced the signings of No. 6 overall pick Tre Johnson and No. 21 overall pick Riley. Now all three of the team’s draft-day selections are officially under contract for next season.

As for the team’s two-way slots, Watkins and Jaylen Martin occupy two of them, with a two-way qualifying offer still on the table for Tristan Vukcevic.

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Suns Waive Daeqwon Plowden

July 6th, 2025 at 5:36pm CST by Eli Cohen

The Suns have waived Daeqwon Plowden, according to NBA.com’s transaction log.

Plowden came to Phoenix in the record-setting seven-team deal headlined by Kevin Durant being sent to the Rockets. Prior to that, the 26-year-old shooting guard played six games for the Hawks last year, mostly in the final days of the 2024/25 season, averaging 7.2 points and 1.8 rebounds while shooting 52.9% from three.

The Hawks, who also sent Clint Capela to the Rockets in a sign-and-trade, received David Roddy, a second-round pick swap in 2031, and cash from the Rockets as part of the massive deal.

Plowden will hit unrestricted free agency upon clearing waivers on Tuesday, unless someone claims him.

The Suns now have a pair of open two-way slots next to undrafted rookie CJ Huntley.

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Wizards’ Will Riley Signs Rookie Scale Contract

July 6th, 2025 at 5:23pm CST by Eli Cohen

Will Riley has signed his rookie scale contract with the Wizards, according to NBA.com’s transaction log.

Riley was selected 21st in the 2025 draft by the Jazz as part of a deal that sent him to the Wizards along with the second-round pick that became Jamir Watkins and two future second-rounders.

A 6’8″ forward, Riley averaged 12.6 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 2.2 assists while posting .432/.326/.724 shooting splits to claim the honor of Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year for Illinois.

After impressing out of the gate, Riley slowed down in the middle of the season before putting together a strong close to the year. He averaged 16.3 points, 4.9 rebounds, and 3.3 assists in his final 13 games, including conference tournaments, before posting 22 points and four rebounds in Illinois’ March Madness opening win against Xavier, though he struggled in the Round of 32 loss to Kentucky.

Tre Johnson, the team’s No. 6 overall pick, also signed his rookie scale contract earlier this weekend, so this deal locks up both of the Wizards’ first-round picks ahead of Summer League.

As our breakdown of this year’s rookie scale shows, Riley is expected to earn $3.5MM in the first year of his deal and $17.2MM total over the course of his rookie deal.

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Seven-Team Kevin Durant Trade Officially Finalized

July 6th, 2025 at 2:10pm CST by Luke Adams

The seven-team trade that sends star forward Kevin Durant and free agent big man Clint Capela (via sign-and-trade) to Houston is now official, according to press releases from several teams, including the Rockets.

“Having played against Kevin and coached him before, I know he’s the type of competitor who fits with what we’ve been building here in Houston,” head coach Ime Udoka said in a statement. “His skill level, love of basketball, and dedication to his craft have made him one of the most respected players of his generation, and my staff and I are excited to work with him.”

The move sets a new NBA record for most teams involved in a single trade. The terms of the deal are as follows:

  • Rockets acquire:
  • Suns acquire:
    • Jalen Green (from Rockets)
    • Dillon Brooks (from Rockets)
    • Daeqwon Plowden (from Hawks)
    • The draft rights to Khaman Maluach (No. 10 pick; from Rockets)
    • The draft rights to Rasheer Fleming (No. 31 pick; from Timberwolves)
    • The draft rights to Koby Brea (No. 41 pick; from Warriors)
    • Either the Thunder’s, Mavericks’, or Sixers’ 2026 second-round pick (whichever is second-most favorable; from Rockets)
  • Lakers acquire:
    • The draft rights to Adou Thiero (No. 36 pick; from Nets)
  • Warriors acquire:
  • Timberwolves acquire:
    • The draft rights to Rocco Zikarsky (No. 45 pick; from Lakers)
    • Either the Warriors’ or Nuggets’ 2026 second-round pick (whichever is least favorable; from Suns)
    • Either the Suns’ or Rockets’ 2032 second-round pick (whichever is most favorable; from Suns/Rockets)
      • Note: The Suns, not the Rockets, retain the least favorable of the two picks.
    • Cash (from Lakers).
  • Nets acquire:
    • Either the Clippers’ 2026 second-round pick or the most favorable of the Celtics’, Pacers’, and Heat’s 2026 second-round picks (whichever is least favorable; from Rockets)
    • The Celtics’ 2030 second-round pick (from Rockets)
  • Hawks acquire:
    • David Roddy (from Rockets)
    • The right to swap their own 2031 second-round pick for the Rockets’ 2031 second-round pick (56-60 protected; from Rockets)
    • Cash (from Rockets)

Word first broke on Wednesday that the Durant trade was being expanded to be completed as a seven-team deal. For the most part, it was just a matter of folding separate draft-night trade agreements into a single transaction.

In addition to the original Durant blockbuster (story), this transaction incorporates trade agreements between the Suns and Nets (story), Suns and Warriors (story), Suns and Timberwolves (story), and Lakers and Timberwolves (story), as well as the sign-and-trade deal sending Capela from the Hawks to the Rockets (story).

The only two new additions to this deal are Plowden and Roddy, who are both entering the second year of two-way contracts. The addition of Plowden ensures that the Hawks are “touching” a second team besides Houston in the deal. He’s being waived by the Suns, reports Duane Rankin of The Arizona Republic (Twitter link).

In exchange for sending out Plowden, the Hawks are filling that newly opened two-way slot with Roddy, a former first-round pick who spent more than half of the 2024/25 season in Atlanta on a standard contract.

Attaching the Capela sign-and-trade deal into this transaction has cap-related benefits for the Rockets, who would otherwise have had to send out a separate matching salary in order to sign Capela to his reported three-year, $21MM deal.

However, for the most part, amalgamating all those draft-night deals is just about streamlining the process for several teams, allowing them to take part in (or wait out) fewer trade calls and get their newly acquired rookies under contract sooner.

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Wizards, Pelicans, Rockets Compete Three-Team Trade

July 6th, 2025 at 1:57pm CST by Luke Adams

As expected, the Wizards have rolled a pair of trade agreements with the Pelicans and Rockets into the same deal, officially completing the two deals as a single three-team transaction, per a press release from New Orleans.

The terms of the trade are as follows:

The original trade agreement between Washington and New Orleans was reached on June 24, a day before the first round of the draft, with the Whitmore deal between Houston and Washington just agreed upon yesterday.

It was beneficial for the Wizards to combine the two deals into a single trade because they were sending out any matching salary to the Rockets for Whitmore. While they could have used one of several cap exceptions they had on hand to take on Whitmore’s $3.54MM salary for 2025/26, including him in this deal allows them to use their 125% allowance for Poole’s and Bey’s outgoing salary to acquire him, McCollum, and Olynyk.

The only new part of this deal is the Rockets acquiring the draft rights to King from New Orleans, which was necessary to ensure that Houston and New Orleans were “touching” as part of the three-team deal.

You can read our original story on the Wizards/Pelicans deal headlined by McCollum and Poole here, while our report on the Wizards’ deal for Whitmore is here.

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