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Pelicans Sign Wolters To Second 10-Day Deal

January 24th, 2015 at 11:12am CST by Chuck Myron

SATURDAY, 11:12am: The signing is official, the Pelicans have announced via a press release.

8:58pm: Karnes has confirmed the deal via his Twitter account.

THURSDAY, 8:52pm: The Pelicans are expected to sign guard Nate Wolters to a second 10-day contract, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports (Twitter link). The first is set to expire at the end of Friday. New Orleans will have to decide whether to keep the 23-year-old for the rest of the season at the end of his next 10 days with the team, since clubs can only sign any one player to two 10-day contracts in a single season.

Wolters has seen fewer minutes per game for the Pelicans than he did with the Bucks before they released him to sign Kenyon Martin instead, but that figures to change with New Orleans starting point guard Jrue Holiday sidelined for two to four weeks. The Pelicans have given Wolters 10.5 MPG, but the Jared Karnes client started 31 games as a rookie last season for Milwaukee.

A need at the point guard position has cropped up for the Bucks since they let Wolters go, as Kendall Marshall tore his ACL last week, knocking him out for the season. Still, Milwaukee apparently intends to keep Martin around as its 15th man, as the Bucks have reportedly agreed to a deal for the rest of the season with him, even though his second 10-day contract just began on Monday. Wolters has been occupying the 14th spot on the New Orleans roster, so the Pelicans remain flexible.

Celtics Sign Andre Dawkins To 10-Day Deal

January 23rd, 2015 at 11:47am CST by Chuck Myron

FRIDAY, 11:47am: The deal is official, the team announced, adding that it has assigned Dawkins to the D-League.

WEDNESDAY, 10:44am: The Celtics and Andre Dawkins have reached agreement on a deal for a 10-day contract, reports Shams Charania of RealGM. Boston has an open roster spot, so no corresponding move would be necessary. The signing is expected to take place Thursday, according to Charania, though Dawkins is likely to spend most if not all of those 10 days on D-League assignment, as A. Sherrod Blakely of CSNNE.com reported Tuesday. In any case, it’s no surprise the sides have struck a deal, since the C’s had been planning to bring Dawkins to Boston this week to meet with him as they considered inking him to a 10-day contract, Marc Stein of ESPN.com reported Monday.

The 23-year-old joined Miami’s D-League team just last week shortly after the Heat waived him from the NBA roster rather than guarantee his rookie minimum salary for the season. He’s impressed in 11 appearances with the Sioux Falls Skyforce both at this past weekend’s D-League showcase and while on D-League assignment from the Heat, knocking down 53 of 104 three-point attempts to solidify his reputation as a premier outside shooter. The former Duke Blue Devil went undrafted this summer, but he joined the Rockets and Heat for summer league and made Miami’s opening-night roster out of training camp.

The Heat were reportedly interested in bringing back the John Spencer client on a 10-day contract at some point this season, but now it appears they’ll have to wait to see how it turns out for Dawkins with Boston. The Celtics will look to re-sign him to a second 10-day contract if his first one goes well, and he’d spend more time with the NBA team rather than their D-League affiliate on his second 10-day, as Blakely writes in a full story.

Grizzlies Sign Tyrus Thomas To 10-Day Deal

January 22nd, 2015 at 3:37pm CST by Chuck Myron

THURSDAY, 3:37pm: The Grizzlies have officially inked Thomas to a 10-day contract, the team has announced in a press release.

WEDNESDAY, 2:49pm: Memphis is expected to sign Thomas to his 10-day deal on Thursday, GM Chris Wallace confirms to Ronald Tillery of the Commercial Appeal, who writes in a subscription-only piece.

TUESDAY, 3:59pm: The Grizzlies are signing Tyrus Thomas to a 10-day contract, reports Chris Broussard of ESPN.com (Twitter link). Broussard indicates that the former No. 4 overall pick has already put pen to paper, though the team has yet to make any announcement. Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Sports reported earlier that the sides were talking about such a deal, which will be the first for Thomas since Charlotte waived him using the amnesty clause in the summer of 2013.

Thomas had joined Memphis’ D-League affiliate, the Iowa Energy, last week, in an effort to showcase his talents for NBA teams. This move obviously worked, with Thomas averaging 14.0 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 2.0 blocks in two appearances for the Energy. Memphis had an open roster spot, so no additional move will be required to bring Thomas aboard.

In 400 career NBA games, Thomas has averaged 7.7 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 1.3 blocks. His career slash line is .438/.235/.732.

Knicks Re-Sign Lou Amundson, Lance Thomas

January 21st, 2015 at 8:43am CST by Arthur Hill

WEDNESDAY, 8:43am: The Knicks have indeed signed Thomas to another 10-day contract, too, the team announced (on Twitter).

TUESDAY, 1:07pm: The deal with Amundson is official, the Knicks announced (Twitter link), though the team has yet to make announcement regarding Thomas.

MONDAY, 8:32pm: Lou Amundson and Lance Thomas have both reached agreements on second 10-day contracts with the Knicks, reports Shams Charania of RealGM (Twitter link). Amundson has played in just one game for New York, scoring six points and grabbing six rebounds. Thomas has also played one game, registering seven points and four boards.

Amundson and Thomas both joined the Knicks in a three-team deal on January 5th involving the Cavaliers and Thunder. Both players were waived by New York on January 7th, but signed 10-day contracts three days later.

This is Amundson’s ninth season in the NBA and his 10th NBA team. He has averaged 3.5 points and 3.5 rebounds during his time in the league. Thomas spent three seasons in New Orleans with the Hornets and Pelicans, and signed with the Thunder in September. His career averages are 3.4 points and 2.5 rebounds per game.

Warriors Sign James McAdoo To 10-Day Deal

January 19th, 2015 at 11:40am CST by Chuck Myron

MONDAY, 11:40am: The signing is official, the Warriors announced via press release.

SUNDAY, 12:16pm: James McAdoo has agreed to sign a 10-day deal with the Warriors, reports Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Sports (Twitter link). McAdoo was also offered a 10-day contract by the Grizzlies, but chose Golden State “because of their initial investment in his development and career,” according to his agent, Jim Tanner.

McAdoo was undrafted out of North Carolina last June, but played with Golden State’s summer league team and earned an invitation to training camp. He failed to make the regular season roster, but joined the team’s D-League affiliate in Santa Cruz after clearing waivers.

McAdoo was ranked sixth on the NBA D-League’s Prospect Watch. He averaged 17.7 points and 9.4 rebounds in 22 games with Santa Cruz.

Wolves Sign Raduljica To Second 10-Day Pact

January 19th, 2015 at 11:13am CST by Charlie Adams

MONDAY, 11:13pm: The deal is official, the team announced.

SUNDAY, 2:08pm: The Wolves have signed Miroslav Raduljica to a second 10-day contract, reports Shams Charania of RealGM (on Twitter), although there’s been no official announcement from the team yet. The big man from Serbia inked his first 10-day deal with Minnesota on January 8th, so he became a free agent when that contract expired at the end of Saturday.

It’s no surprise that the injury-riddled Wolves are electing to bring back Raduljica, since the club is without starting center Nikola Pekovic, and reserve big man Ronny Turiaf went down for the remainder of the season with an injury shortly before the team shipped him off to Philadelphia in the Corey Brewer trade.

Raduljica has appeared in three contests for Minnesota, tallying just 19 total minutes. His best game came against his former team, the Bucks, where he put up four points and nabbed a pair of rebounds in just eight and a half minutes on the floor. If the Wolves want to retain Raduljica after his second 10-day deal expires, they’ll need to ink him for the rest of the season since a player can only sign a pair of 10-day contracts for a team in a given season.

Bucks Ink Kenyon Martin To Second 10-Day Deal

January 19th, 2015 at 10:47am CST by Chuck Myron

The Bucks have signed Kenyon Martin to his second 10-day contract with the team, Milwaukee announced. The move is no surprise, since the Bucks are reportedly likely to keep the former No. 1 overall pick for the rest of the season. They can’t sign him to any more 10-day contracts once this one expires, so Milwaukee would have to ink him for the rest of the season if the team wants to extend his stay.

Martin appeared in three games for a total of 15 minutes during his first 10-day contract with the Bucks, which expired Sunday night. The Bucks had been dealing with multiple injuries in their frontcourt when they first began to go after the 37-year-old, and they waived guard Nate Wolters to open a roster spot for him. Power forward Ersan Ilyasova returned to the lineup for the same game in which point guard Kendall Marshall tore his ACL last week, but it appears the Bucks are content to keep Martin around rather than bolster their backcourt.

Milwaukee’s roster is once more at 15 players with the readdition of Martin, who’s a former teammate of coach Jason Kidd. The Bucks are about $7.2MM under the cap.

Celtics Waive Chris Douglas-Roberts

January 18th, 2015 at 3:35pm CST by Charlie Adams

The Celtics have waived the recently acquired Chris Douglas-Roberts, the team announced, shortly after Boston president of basketball operations Danny Ainge broke the news to Steve Bulpett of the Boston Herald (Twitter link). CD-R came to the C’s on Thursday in the trade that shipped Austin Rivers to the Clippers. Fellow Herald scribe Mark Murphy reported at the time of the deal that Boston was likely to cut ties with the 28-year-old swingman.

Douglas-Roberts signed with the Clippers last summer after a solid 2013/14 season with the then-Bobcats, with whom he shot a career-high 38.6% from beyond the three-point arc. The former University of Memphis standout failed to crack the regular rotation in Los Angeles, however, as he averaged a career-low 8.6 minutes per night playing for the Clippers. It was reported that chemistry issues led L.A. to cut ties with Douglas-Roberts, but the six-year veteran denies that he was a negative presence in the locker room.

Unless Douglas-Roberts is claimed off of waivers by another club, the Celtics will be on the hook to pay the remainder of the $915,243 that he’s owed by the team this season. Even though he’s set to make slightly more than that figure this year, the league covers the additional amount owed to veterans of more than two seasons on minimum salary deals. The Celtics roster now stands at 14 players, one short of the league maximum.

Spurs Waive Daye, Sign Green To 10-Day Deal

January 18th, 2015 at 10:10am CST by Eddie Scarito

SUNDAY, 10:10am: The Spurs have officially signed Green to a 10-day contract, the team announced in a press release.

SATURDAY, 1:07pm: The Spurs have officially waived Daye, the team has announced.

11:10am: The Spurs will waive Austin Daye in order to clear a roster spot for JaMychal Green, who they will ink to a 10-day contract, Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports reports (Twitter link). Green had also reportedly garnered interest from the Bulls, Knicks, and Grizzlies. San Antonio currently has the league maximum 15 players on its roster.

Green, 24, is averaging 23.0 points, 10.7 rebounds and 2.5 assists this season for the Austin Spurs, San Antonio’s D-League affiliate. The 6’9″ forward was in training camp with the Spurs, but was waived on October 25th as the team pared down its training camp roster.

The 26-year-old Daye has appeared in 26 games for the Spurs this season, including four as a starter. He has averaged 4.0 points, 2.3 rebounds and has a slash line of .351/.339/1.000. Daye is in the final year of his contract, and San Antonio will be on the hook for the remainder of his $1,063,384 salary that he is owed for the season, barring the unlikely event that another team claims him off waivers.

Kings Sign Quincy Miller To 10-Day Deal

January 17th, 2015 at 10:30pm CST by Eddie Scarito

10:30pm: The signing is official, according to the team’s twitter feed.

SATURDAY, 1:42pm: The Kings will sign Quincy Miller to a 10-day contract, Shams Charania of RealGM reports (Twitter link). With Sacramento’s current roster count sitting at 14 players, no corresponding roster move will be needed to add Miller. Multiple teams were reportedly interested in signing Miller, including the Clippers, Pacers, Hawks, Thunder, and Spurs.

Miller had been playing with the Reno Bighorns, Sacramento’s D-League affiliate. In 14 D-League appearances this season Miller had averaged an impressive 26.3 points, 7.6 rebounds, and 1.8 assists. He was shooting 52.2% from the field, and a solid 35.6% from three-point range.

The 22-year-old Miller was selected No. 38 overall in the 2012 NBA draft, and then spent two seasons with the Nuggets. Miller attended training camp with Denver this season, but was waived back in October. His career NBA averages are 4.5 points, 2.5 rebounds and 0.5 assists. His slash line is .366/.316/.702.

The Kings have reportedly been seeking to add a stretch four as well as a wing defender, and have recently made rookie Nik Stauskas available in trade discussions. It’s unclear if signing Miller is related to this talk, seeing as he’s not necessarily known as a shut-down defender, and despite being 6’9″, Miller isn’t strong enough to guard most NBA power forwards.