Jazz Sign Bez Mbeng To Two-Year Deal
April 3: The sigining is official, according to a team press release.
April 2, 11:31 am: Mbeng will be signing a two-year contract, agent Jason Tranos tells ESPN’s Shams Charania (Twitter link). While Charania doesn’t provide any additional details, that second year is unlikely to be guaranteed.
April 2, 7:43 am: Bez Mbeng‘s second 10-day contract with the Jazz expired on Wednesday night, but he won’t be going anywhere, reports Sarah Todd of The Deseret News. According to Todd, Utah will be signing Mbeng for the rest of the season.
Mbeng, 22, made 11 appearances during his first 20 days with the Jazz after first joining the team on March 13. The 6’4″ shooting guard played regular rotation minutes during that time for a banged-up Utah squad, averaging 5.0 points, 3.4 assists, 3.4 rebounds, and 1.7 steals in 29.9 minutes per night.
While Mbeng’s shooting numbers (.429/.167/.667) have been modest, the Jazz have apparently liked what they’ve seen from the former Yale star, especially on defense. The 22-year-old, who earned three Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year awards from 2023-25 before going undrafted last June, spent most of his rookie year with the Sioux Falls Skyforce, Miami’s G League affiliate, until he signed with Utah.
The Jazz would have the ability to sign Mbeng to a multiyear deal, though Todd doesn’t confirm that’s the plan. We’ll have to wait for the full details of the agreement to confirm the terms, but if it’s just a rest-of-season contract, the guard would be eligible for restricted free agency this summer.
Mbeng earned $73,153 on each of his two 10-day deals. If he officially re-signs on Thursday, a rest-of-season minimum-salary contract would pay him slightly more than that ($80,469), for a total of $226,775 on top of the salary he earned in the G League.
Once Mbeng is signed, the Jazz will have have 14 players on full-season or multiyear standard contracts, with Kennedy Chandler filling the 15th roster spot on a 10-day deal.
Grizzlies Sign Dariq Whitehead, Toby Okani To 10-Day Deals
APRIL 3: Both 10-day deals are official, the Grizzlies announced (via Twitter).
APRIL 2: The Grizzlies intend to sign former first-round pick Dariq Whitehead to a 10-day contract, agent James Dunleavy tells Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link).
Memphis also plans to sign free agent forward Toby Okani, agents BJ Bass and Cam Brennick tell Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (Twitter link).
Whitehead and Okani figure to sign hardship contracts for the injury-ravaged Grizzlies. They’ll essentially be replacing DeJon Jarreau, Tyler Burton, whose second 10-day deals with Memphis expired on Wednesday night. Players can only sign two 10-day pacts with the same team in a given season, which is why Jarreau and Burton aren’t being brought back a third time.
A top high school recruit who played one year of college basketball at Duke, Whitehead has seen his career derailed by a series of injuries. He only played 22 times for the Nets over his first two NBA seasons, and he was waived by Brooklyn in October despite having a guaranteed contract in 2025/26.
Still just 21 years old, Whitehead has spent the 2025/26 campaign in the G League after signing an Exhibit 10 deal with the Thunder a few days after he was cut by the Nets. In 28 total appearances (23.6 minutes per contest) for the Oklahoma City Blue this season, Whitehead has averaged 11.6 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.9 assists, with a subpar shooting line of .368/.298/.690.
As for Okani, the 6’8″ forward went undrafted in 2025 following five college seasons, the last of which he spent with West Virginia. The 24-year-old has put up modest stats for the Westchester Knicks this season, averaging 6.4 PPG and 3.1 RPG on .399/.292/.533 shooting in 47 total games (21.4 MPG). Okani is viewed as a versatile defender, according to Scotto.
Whitehead will earn $131,970 over his 10 days with Memphis, while Okani will make $73,153. If the agreements are finalized on Friday, both players will be under contract for the rest of the regular season and will become free agents at 12:00 am ET on April 13.
Nets Sign Tre Scott To 10-Day Contract
The Nets have signed forward Tre Scott to a 10-day deal, according to NBA.com’s official log of transactions. Confirming the deal with agent Darrell Comer, Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (Twitter link) notes that it’s a hardship contract, allowing Brooklyn to complete the signing without cutting anyone from its 15-man roster.
A team qualifies for a hardship exception when it has four players who have missed three consecutive games due to an injury and are expected to remain out for at least two more weeks. It seems Day’Ron Sharpe (thumb), Egor Dëmin (foot), Michael Porter Jr. (hamstring), and Danny Wolf (ankle) all fit that bill for Brooklyn. Porter and Wolf haven’t been formally ruled out for the season, but Porter’s return has been considered doubtful and Scotto notes Wolf is wearing a walking boot and isn’t expected to play again this spring.
Scott, 29, has competed in Puerto Rico, France, and Canada since going undrafted out of Cincinnati in 2020, though he has spent most of his time in the G League, suiting up for the Salt Lake City Stars, Cleveland Charge, Ontario Clippers, Greensboro Swarm, Osceola Magic, and – most recently – the Long Island Nets.
In 47 total outings this season for Long Island, Scott averaged 12.0 points, 4.7 rebounds, and 1.9 assists in 27.9 minutes per game, with a shooting line of .453/.358/.609.
The 6’8″ forward has made two regular season appearances, but those came way back in 2021 when he was on a 10-day deal with the Cavaliers. If he sees action for Brooklyn, Scott will be playing in an NBA game for the first time in nearly four-and-a-half years.
Scott’s 10-day contract will pay him $117,730, with the Nets taking on an identical cap hit. The deal will run through April 11, covering five of the club’s six remaining games.
Jazz Sign Kennedy Chandler To Second 10-Day Contract
Following the expiration of Kennedy Chandler‘s first 10-day contract with the Jazz on Monday night, he has been re-signed to a second 10-day deal, the team announced on Wednesday in a press release.
Chandler, who joined the Jazz on March 21 after spending most of the 2025/26 season with the Delaware Blue Coats in the G League, saw plenty of action during his first 10 days in the NBA since 2023. The 23-year-old point guard averaged 14.2 points, 6.8 assists, and 3.2 rebounds in 32.3 minutes per game across six appearances for Utah, registering a shooting line of .431/.364/.652.
The Jazz are dealing with injuries to several regulars, including usual starting point guard Keyonte George, and have long been eliminated from postseason contention, opening the door for Chandler to play a significant rotation role in the final weeks of the regular season.
His second 10-day deal will run through April 10, covering five of Utah’s remaining six games. After it expires, the Jazz would have to sign Chandler to a rest-of-season or multiyear contract in order to retain him for the regular season finale.
Chandler will earn another $117,730 on his second 10-day deal, bringing his total earnings with the Jazz to $235,460. He’ll carry an identical cap hit.
Grizzlies Sign Lucas Williamson To 10-Day Deal
The Grizzlies have agreed to a 10-day contract with guard Lucas Williamson, Michael Scotto of HoopsHype tweets. The deal is official, the team announced in a press release.
The former Loyola Ramblers wing has spent this season with the Memphis Hustle and Windy City Bulls in the G League. Williamson went undrafted in 2022, joined the Clippers that fall for training camp and was waived. He spent some time that season in Canada with the Edmonton Stingers.
Otherwise, he has spent most of his pro career in the G League with the Hustle. This season, he’s averaged 7.2 points, 2.3 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.1 steals in 23.7 minutes per game over 46 contests.
Memphis, overwhelmed by injuries, has been filling out its roster with players on 10-day hardship contracts. There’s no indication in the team’s announcement that anyone was cut to accommodate Williamson, which suggests the Grizzlies have been granted a fourth hardship exception.
The Grizzlies brought back Tyler Burton and DeJon Jarreau on second 10-day contracts this month — those contracts will expire on Wednesday night. Adama Bal is also on a 10-day deal with Memphis.
Jaylen Wells (toe) became the fifth Grizzlies player to undergo a season-ending surgery this week, joining Zach Edey (elbow), Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (finger), Scotty Pippen Jr. (toe), and Santi Aldama (knee). Ja Morant (elbow) and Brandon Clarke (calf) have also been ruled out for the season.
Bulls Waive Jaden Ivey
5:03 pm: The Bulls just put out a press release confirming they have waived Ivey for conduct detrimental to the team.
4:30 pm: The Bulls have waived Jaden Ivey, according to the official transaction log at NBA.com (hat tip to Jake Fischer of The Stein Line).
According to Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link), Chicago decided to release Ivey due to his recent “anti-LGBTQ comments amid several rants on religion and other topics.”
Ivey has made a string of recent “inflammatory comments” on Instagram Live over the last week, writes Joel Lorenzi of The Athletic. Monday’s comments about the NBA’s advocacy for the LGBTQ community was reportedly the final straw for the Bulls.
“The world can proclaim LGBTQ, right?” Ivey told viewers on Monday morning. “They proclaim Pride Month. And the NBA, they proclaim it. They show it to the world. They say, ‘Come join us for Pride Month, to celebrate unrighteousness.’ They proclaim it on the billboards. They proclaim it in the streets. Unrighteousness.”
Ivey has also been condemning those he thinks haven’t been “saved,” per Joe Cowley of The Chicago-Sun Times, who first reported that the team was working with the league “on an exit strategy” from the 24-year-old.
Ivey only made four appearances with the Bulls due to a left knee injury the team later called patellofemoral pain syndrome, also known as runner’s knee. He was shut down for the rest of the season last Thursday.
As Cowley notes, the former Purdue star made some unprompted comments that raised eyebrows around the league about two weeks after he was acquired from Detroit ahead of the February trade deadline. Ivey repeatedly referenced his faith at the time and declared that he doesn’t “really trust the NBA setting.”
Asked on February 19 if there were still health-related steps to take before he regains his former athleticism, Ivey replied, “I’m sure people can call it out — I’m not the same player I used to be,” he said. “(The knee soreness is) why. I’m not the J.I. I used to be. The old J.I. is dead. I’m alive in Christ no matter what the basketball setting is.”
According to ESPN, Ivey has talked in the past about battling depression.
The fifth overall pick in the 2022 draft, Ivey was having a career year for the Pistons in 2024/25, averaging 17.6 points and 4.0 assists per game with a .460/.409/.733 shooting line, before he suffered a broken fibula in his left leg that ended his season. His return in the fall was delayed after he underwent an arthroscopic procedure on his right knee.
Ivey lacked his previous explosiveness in 37 games for Detroit and Chicago this season, registering averages of 8.5 PPG and 1.8 APG on .445/.373/.809 shooting in a reduced role (18.1 MPG).
Ivey would have been on track for restricted free agency this summer if he had received a qualifying offer, but that will no longer be the case. He will be unrestricted in a couple days if he clears the waiver wire.
Grizzlies Add Adama Bal On 10-Day Deal
11:15am: The 10-day deal is official, according to the team (Twitter link).
10:34am: The Grizzlies have agreed to a 10-day contract with Adama Bal, HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto tweets.
Bal went undrafted last year out of Santa Clara. The 6’7″ French forward has spent this season with the NBA G League’s Westchester Knicks after being signed and waived by New York in October.
In 29 games, Bal has averaged 7.4 points and 1.8 rebounds in 18.4 minutes per contest. He’s shooting 35.4 percent from the field.
Bal was a two-time All-WCC First Team selection at Santa Clara. In his senior year, he averaged 13.4 points, 3.1 assists and 2.8 rebounds in 31.2 minutes per game. He shot 36.9 percent from three-point range in 107 college games, which also included two seasons with Arizona.
Memphis also has two other players on 10-day deals — Tyler Burton and DeJon Jarreau. The Grizzlies have been granted multiple hardship exceptions due to a multitude of injuries, allowing them to carry a handful of extra players beyond the usual maximum of 15.
Memphis has declared six players out for the season, while three others missed Friday’s game against Houston due to various ailments. Those six season-ending injuries – to Ja Morant, Santi Aldama, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Scotty Pippen Jr., Zach Edey, and Brandon Clarke – make the team eligible for three hardship exceptions.
Kings Sign DaQuan Jeffries To 10-Day Contract
The Kings have signed veteran swingman DaQuan Jeffries to a 10-day contract, according to NBA.com’s transaction log.
It’s a hardship deal, per Keith Smith of Spotrac (Twitter link), which means Sacramento didn’t have to waive anyone from its 15-man roster to make room for Jeffries. A team qualifies for a hardship exception if it has four players who have missed three or more games due to an injury and illness, assuming those four players are each expected to remain sidelined for at least two more weeks.
Zach LaVine (hand), Domantas Sabonis (knee), De’Andre Hunter (eye), and Drew Eubanks (thumb) all out for the season, so the Kings meet the hardship criteria. Russell Westbrook (foot), Nique Clifford (foot), and Keegan Murray (ankle) are currently on the shelf too, but Westbrook and Clifford haven’t yet missed three consecutive games and the latest update on Murray suggests he should be back within the next two weeks.
Jeffries, 28, began his NBA career with Sacramento back in 2019 after going undrafted out of Tulsa. He has since bounced around the NBA, appearing in 111 total regular season games with the Kings, Rockets, Grizzlies, Knicks, and Hornets from 2019-25. The 6’5″ guard/forward holds career averages of 4.6 points and 2.1 rebounds in 15.9 minutes per contest, with a .415/.315/.783 shooting line.
Known as a solid, versatile defender, Jeffries hadn’t been in the NBA at all in 2025/26 until today, having spent the season with the Kings’ G League affiliate in Stockton. In 35 total NBAGL appearances this season, he has averaged 21.2 PPG, 5.9 RPG, and 2.3 APG on .506/.420/.843 shooting, making a strong case for an NBA call-up.
Jeffries will earn $165,197 over the course of his 10-day contract, which will run through April 4, covering Sacramento’s next five games. The Kings will take on a cap hit of $131,970.
Warriors Sign Omer Yurtseven To Second 10-Day Contract
2:19 pm: Yurtseven’s new 10-day deal is now official, the Warriors announced in a press release (Twitter link).
10:54 am: The Warriors will re-sign center Omer Yurtseven for another 10 days after his first 10-day contract with the team expired overnight on Tuesday, according to Anthony Slater of ESPN (Twitter link).
Yurtseven, who initially signed with Golden State on March 15, made five appearances during his first deal, averaging 3.2 points and 3.2 rebounds in 11.2 minutes per game. Big man Kristaps Porzingis has been in and out of the Warriors’ lineup while Al Horford has been on the shelf with a calf strain, opening the door for Yurtseven to play a little, though he received his first DNP-CD on Monday vs. Dallas.
Yurtseven averaged 5.0 PPG and 4.6 RPG in 11.8 MPG in 113 NBA regular season appearances with the Heat and Jazz from 2021-24 before spending most of the past two years overseas playing for Panathinaikos. He recently parted ways with the Greek EuroLeague team and signed a G League contract, appearing in three games for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers before being promoted to the NBA by Golden State.
As we relayed over the weekend, Yurtseven made a positive first impression on Warriors head coach Steve Kerr.
“I’m a fan of Omer — he’s a very good player, very talented,” Kerr said. “He’s a good passer, he can shoot, and he’s had success in the NBA. We’ve only had him for a few days, but I enjoy watching him every day and seeing how he fits with the other guys.”
Assuming Yurtseven officially re-signs with the Warriors on Wednesday, his contract will run through April 3, covering the club’s next five games. Once it expires, Golden State would have to either let him walk or sign him to a rest-of-season or multiyear deal.
Yurtseven’s second 10-day contract will pay him $141,463, while the Warriors will carry a $131,970 cap hit.
Celtics Re-Sign Charles Bassey On 10-Day Contract
12:00 pm: Bassey’s new 10-day contract is now official, per NBA.com’s transaction log.
9:30 am: The Celtics intend to re-sign big man Charles Bassey to a second 10-day contract on Wednesday, reports Adam Himmelsbach of The Boston Globe (Twitter link).
Bassey’s first 10-day deal expired overnight, dropping Boston’s roster count to 13 players on standard contracts. The team has already reached the 28-day limit this season for operating below 14 players, so a roster move was necessary to get back to that NBA-mandated minimum before Thursday, as we outlined earlier today.
The 53rd overall pick in the 2021 draft, Bassey spent his first four NBA seasons with the 76ers and Spurs, appearing in 113 games and averaging 4.3 points and 4.3 rebounds in 11.1 minutes per contest from 2021-25. However, despite a strong Summer League showing last July in Las Vegas, he was unable to secure a regular roster spot at the NBA level this season and has bounced around among several teams in between G League stints.
Bassey signed a 10-day hardship contract with the Grizzlies in October, inked a pair of 10-day deals with Philadelphia in January and February, and will now complete a second 10-day pact with the Celtics, providing the club with some frontcourt depth while center Nikola Vucevic recovers from a finger injury.
Bassey has appeared in just five total NBA games this season, including two during his first 10 days with the Celtics. The 25-year-old logged a total of four minutes of garbage time in games against Golden State last Wednesday and vs. Minnesota on Sunday. In 20 total regular season outings at the G League level with the Santa Cruz Warriors and Delaware Blue Coats, he has averaged 20.5 points, 12.5 rebounds and 2.1 blocks in 29.9 minutes per game, with a .606/.426/.654 shooting line.
Bassey’s new 10-day contract will run through April 3 and will carry a cap hit of $131,970, moving the Celtics to within $161,084 of the luxury tax line.
As of April 4, a rest-of-season minimum contract for a 14th man – whether that’s Bassey or someone else – will count for $118,773 against the cap, leaving Boston a little breathing room to sign a 15th man at the end of the season without becoming a taxpayer.