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Jazz Sign Elliot Williams To Second 10-Day Deal

January 17th, 2015 at 11:35am CST by Eddie Scarito

The Jazz have signed Elliot Williams to a second 10-day contract, the team has announced. Williams and the team agreed to his first 10-day pact on January 7th. Teams can ink players to a maximum of two 10-day deals per season before they either have to let them go or sign them for the remainder of the season.

Williams had appeared in three games for Utah during his first 10-day deal, averaging 2.7 points and 0.7 rebounds in 8.7 minutes per contest. His slash line is .375/.500/.000. Williams is a former first round draft pick of the Trail Blazers, and was selected No.22 overall back in 2010.

Prior to joining the Jazz this season, Williams had appeared in 16 contests for Santa Cruz, Golden State’s D-League affiliate. The 25-year-old had notched 21.3 PPG, 4.7 RPG, and 7.7 APG in 37.2 minutes per game.

Knicks Sign Galloway To 2nd 10-Day Deal

January 17th, 2015 at 11:19am CST by Eddie Scarito

SATURDAY, 11:19am: The Knicks have officially inked Galloway to a second 10-day deal, the team announced.

FRIDAY, 6:37pm: The Knicks are apparently pleased with what they have seen thus far from Langston Galloway. New York intends to ink the player to a second 10-day deal, Shams Charania of RealGM reports. Galloway was signed to his first 10-day pact on January 7th. Teams can sign players to a maximum of two 10-day deals each season.

The 23-year-old rookie is averaging 9.8 points, 2.0 rebounds, and 3.0 assists in 24.3 minutes per contest for the Knicks over four appearances. His shooting numbers are .361/.333/.800.

Galloway had previously appeared in 19 games for Westchester this season, averaging 16.5 points, 5.9 rebounds, and 2.4 assists while logging 36.8 minutes per contest. His slash line in the D-League this season was .447/.358/.830. The 6’2″ guard was with the Knicks during the preseason after going undrafted out of St. Joseph’s.

Sixers Sign Larry Drew II To 10-Day Contract

January 16th, 2015 at 2:57pm CST by Chuck Myron

FRIDAY, 2:57pm: The deal is official, the team announced. The statement from the Sixers makes no mention of a corresponding move, so Philadelphia will carry 15 players plus Kirilenko on the Suspended List.

THURSDAY, 8:06am: The Sixers will sign former Heat camp invitee Larry Drew II to a 10-day contract, reports Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Sports. Philadelphia has 15 players, but the team won’t have to make a corresponding move to add Drew, since Andrei Kirilenko is on the Suspended List. Drew has been playing with Miami’s D-League affiliate.

The deal will give the 24-year-old point guard a chance to make his NBA regular season debut. He’s spent time with the Heat during the last two preseasons only to end up on waivers before opening night. This year’s preseason stint was only a five-day affair, as Miami signed him in late October, but his contract included a $25K partial guarantee, likely an enticement for Drew to join the Heat’s D-League team once he hit waivers. He’s averaged 11.0 points in 37.5 minutes per game while putting up an impressive 10.1 assists per contest to go with 40.4% three-point shooting in 21 appearances this season for the Sioux Falls Skyforce.

Drew remained free to sign with any NBA team even as he played for the Heat’s affiliate, and it appears the Sixers are snapping him up. The son of Cavs assistant coach Larry Drew, the former Bucks and Hawks head coach, is poised to become the first player the Sixers sign to a 10-day contract this year after they inked a league-high five players to 10-day deals in 2013/14, as our 10-Day Contract Tracker shows.

Clippers Waive Jordan Farmar In Buyout Deal

January 16th, 2015 at 12:46pm CST by Chuck Myron

12:46pm: The Clippers have officially waived Farmar, the team announced. That leaves the team with 13 players on its roster.

12:08pm: There will be a buyout involved, Woike clarifies (on Twitter), so Farmar will apparently forfeit part of his salary.

11:43am: The team is set to waive Farmar today, Woike tweets. It’s unclear what sort of progress, if any, the sides were able to make on arranging a buyout deal as part of the release.

8:02pm: The Clippers and Farmar hope to reach an agreement on a buyout by this evening, Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Sports reports (Twitter link).

3:29pm: The Clips continue to work to see if they can trade Farmar, but the general feeling is that they’ll waive him by day’s end, according to Markazi (Twitter link).

3:15pm: The Clippers will waive Jordan Farmar, reports Marc Stein of ESPN.com (Twitter link). Dan Woike of the Orange County Register had reported a few minutes earlier that the Clips had planned to either trade or waive the point guard (Twitter link). They’d been trying to trade Farmar for a while, but his player option, worth more than $2.17MM for next season, made it too tough a task, according to Arash Markazi of ESPNLosAngeles.com (on Twitter).

The Kings reportedly had discussions about trading Ramon Sessions for Farmar, but it’s unclear if those talks involved the Clippers or if they were internal. Farmar is seeing a career-low 14.7 minutes per game this season and has apparently been dissatisfied with his limited role.

The Clippers have been carrying 15 players, including Dahntay Jones, who’s on a 10-day deal. They’re poised to give up two players and take back only Austin Rivers in a three-way trade with the Celtics and the Suns, so cutting Farmar would leave the team with two open roster spots, with another to come open at the end of Jones’ 10-day contract. The Clippers are reportedly interested in Nate Robinson, who’s agreed to a buyout with the Celtics.

Farmar’s salary of $2.077MM for this season would remain on the Clippers’ books, and count against the team’s hard cap, unless another team were to claim him off waivers, which seems unlikely. All contracts with player options contain a clause stating whether or not the player would receive the salary for the option year in the event he’s waived before he has a chance to exercise it. It’s unclear what Farmar’s deal stipulates in this regard, but if he’s to receive his salary for next year, it would count against the Clips’ books for 2015/16.

Celtics Waive Nate Robinson In Buyout Deal

January 15th, 2015 at 6:43pm CST by Chuck Myron

6:43pm: The Celtics have officially waived Robinson, the team has announced.

THURSDAY, 3:40pm: Boston has placed Robinson on waivers, according to Shams Charania of RealGM, though the team has yet to make any official announcement (Twitter link).

WEDNESDAY, 9:09am: The Celtics and trade acquisition Nate Robinson have completed a deal on a buyout that will allow the guard to hit free agency, reports Sam Amick of USA Today (Twitter link). Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Sports reported that Boston intended to reach a buyout with Robinson soon after the swap. The guard is making nearly $2.107MM this season on an expiring contract, but it’s not immediately clear how much he’s giving up.

Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports suggested the Clippers as a possible suitor for Robinson should he clear waivers, noting that the Clips had spoken with the Nuggets about trading for Robinson before the Celtics traded for him. Brian Windhorst of ESPN.com identified the Cavs as a potential team in the mix for Robinson, too.

Boston has reportedly been trying to clear room on its roster for a pair of expiring contracts to accommodate the team’s deal to send Austin Rivers to the Clippers. The C’s have been carrying 15 players, so dropping Robinson would open up one spot, and dealing Rivers away would allow them to take back a pair of players.

The 30-year-old Robinson, who went to the 2010 Finals with the Celtics during his first stint with the team, wouldn’t have been a strong fit with the rebuilding program that’s since taken hold in Boston. He’s averaging career lows in points and minutes per game so far, though he’s played in 33 of Denver 37 games so far and started once in place of Ty Lawson.

Clippers Acquire Austin Rivers

January 15th, 2015 at 5:23pm CST by Eddie Scarito

The Clippers have acquired Austin Rivers in a three-team trade with the Celtics and Suns, as Boston, Los Angeles and Phoenix have officially announced. In addition to Rivers heading to Los Angeles, the Celtics will receive Shavlik Randolph from Phoenix and Chris Douglas-Roberts and a 2017 second-round pick from the Clippers, and the Suns will get Reggie Bullock from Los Angeles. Boston intends to waive Douglas-Roberts, according to Mark Murphy of the Boston Herald (Twitter links). The Celtics will also be able to create a trade exception worth $2.4MM.

After much back and forth between the Clippers and the Celtics, Rivers will join his father, Doc Rivers, in Los Angeles. The elder Rivers was reportedly concerned about the perception that would surround a father trading for and coaching his son, but Clippers GM Dave Wohl and assistant coaches Lawrence Frank and Mike Woodson have reportedly encouraged Doc to forgo his concerns and make the deal.

The younger Rivers has never quite lived up to having been selected No. 10 overall by New Orleans back in 2012, and he could benefit from a change of scenery. He’s in the last year of his rookie deal, and he’s set to become a free agent at the end of the season. Rivers’ career numbers are 6.9 points, 1.9 rebounds, and 2.5 assists in 165 total contests. His career slash line is .390/.332/.631.

In Randolph, Boston receives a 6’10”, 31-year-old forward with career averages of 2.4 points, 2.5 rebounds, and a career slash line of .455/.200/.544 over 141 games. Randolph, who previously played for the Celtics at the end of the 2012/13 season, is earning $1,227,985 in the final year of his deal.

The inclusion of Bullock in the deal was apparently one of the sticking points with getting the deal done, tweeted Paul Coro of the Arizona Republic, but the Clippers obviously relented in order to consummate the trade. The 23-year-old swingman should fit in well in Phoenix’s system and could see an increase in playing time with the Suns. Bullock is averaging 2.3 points, 1.6 rebounds, and 0.2 assists in 10.5 minutes per game over 25 appearances for Los Angeles this season. His shooting numbers are .426/.385/.800. He is making $1,200,720 this season, and is in line to receive $1,252,440 in 2015/16. His rookie scale contract includes a team option of $2,255,644 for the 2016/17 campaign.

Douglas-Roberts, 28, is making $915,243 this season, so Boston won’t be on the hook for much in the way of salary after it waives the veteran swingman. In 12 appearances this season, he has averaged 1.6 points and 1.0 rebounds in 8.6 minutes per game. His shooting numbers are .238/.143/1.000.

Photo courtesy of USA Today Sports Images. Steve Bulpett of The Boston Herald first reported the trade, Shams Charania of RealGM first reported the inclusion of Randolph and Bullock, Dan Woike of the Orange County Register reported the inclusion of Douglas-Roberts, and Mark Murphy of the Boston Herald first noted that the Celtics would acquire a second round draft pick.

Jazz Sign Elijah Millsap To Second 10-Day Deal

January 15th, 2015 at 11:52am CST by Chuck Myron

The Jazz have signed Elijah Millsap to a second 10-day contract, the team announced. The first one expired Wednesday night. Utah will have to make a decision about whether to keep the 27-year-old for the rest of the season or let him go once his newest deal expires, since NBA teams can only ink any one player to two 10-day deals per season. Still, it would be quite a surprise if the Jazz don’t keep him for the balance of 2014/15, as Jody Genessy of the Deseret News believes (Twitter link).

The Daniel Hazan client saw plenty of action during his first 10 days with Utah, averaging 5.6 points and 2.8 rebounds in 24.0 minutes per game across five contests. He’d been playing with the D-League affiliate of the Suns prior to joining the Jazz, and he was with the Bucks during the preseason. The younger brother of former Jazz forward Paul Millsap spoke with Zach Links of Hoops Rumors in September as he embarked on his quest to make an NBA roster.

The signing brings Utah’s roster back to 15 players. Fellow Jazz 10-day signee Elliot Williams is under his contract until the end of Friday.

Clippers To Acquire Austin Rivers

January 15th, 2015 at 11:51am CST by Eddie Scarito

4:23pm: Markazi now says the Clippers will indeed send a 2017 second-rounder Boston’s way, adding that the Clips tried hard not to give up the pick (Twitter link).

3:25pm: The Clippers aren’t giving up a second-rounder, according to Markazi (Twitter link), which conflicts with Murphy’s report.

3:08pm: The Celtics will receive a 2017 second-round pick from the Clippers, and Boston will waive Douglas-Roberts once he comes in via the trade, according to Mark Murphy of the Boston Herald (Twitter links).

2:50pm: Douglas-Roberts is also headed to Boston in the deal, reports Dan Woike of the Orange County Register (Twitter link). That would be enough salary coming off the Clippers’ books to make the trade legal, though it would still leave the Clips closer to the hard cap than they had been.

2:40pm: Shavlik Randolph is heading from the Suns to the Celtics, Bullock is going to the Suns, and Rivers is going to the Clippers, reports Shams Charania of RealGM (Twitter link). Coro hinted at a potential Bullock-Randolph exchange a few minutes earlier (on Twitter). Randolph is on an expiring contract with a salary worth nearly $1.228MM. The Clippers would need to give up more than Bullock’s salary of nearly $1.201MM to take back Rivers, who makes $2.44MM, so it appears there’s still more to be worked out. The Clippers, a tax team, can’t take back more than 125% plus $100K of what they give up via trade, and they must stay under their hard cap.

1:42pm: Bullock is back in play for the Suns, Coro tweets.

1:14pm: One of the teams involved nixed the idea of Bullock going to the Suns, though the matter might be revisited, tweets Paul Coro of the Arizona Republic.

12:50pm: Farmar will not be heading to the Celtics in the deal, Murphy tweets.

12:43pm: The Celtics have told Austin Rivers that the trade will be finalized today, a source tells Shams Charania of RealGM (Twitter link).

12:36pm: The Suns are drawing increasing mention as the likely third team in the deal, tweets Marc Stein of ESPN.com. The involvement of Phoenix, which is under the cap, would allow the Celtics not to have to take back any salary for Rivers, Stein points out, and that would also let the Celtics create a trade exception. The belief is that the Suns covet Bullock, though the Clippers would prefer not to surrender him, according to Stein. In any case, Rivers still hasn’t reported to Boston, though that’s with the permission of the Celtics, who’ve promised him that they’ll send him to the Clippers, and that remains the plan (All Twitter links).

THURSDAY, 9:08am: The Clippers appear to be making progress toward finalizing the trade, and it’ll probably involve some combination of Farmar, Douglas-Roberts and Bullock, a league source tells Bolch. Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge still insists there’s a chance Rivers remains with Boston, as he said this morning in a radio appearance on 98.5 The Sports Hub with Rich Shertenlieb and Fred Toucher, according to Ben Rohrbach of WEEI.com (Twitter link). It nonetheless appears that the deal remains on track, Rohrbach adds. The Celtics and Clippers are still looking for a third team, according to Mark Murphy of the Boston Herald.

12:54pm: Chris Douglas-Roberts is a “strong candidate” to be dealt, tweets Jeff Zillgitt of USA Today, noting that Douglas-Roberts is on an expiring contract. The small forward has a one-year deal for the minimum salary.

WEDNESDAY, 11:20am: The belief has been that the Clippers have been talking to the Suns about taking on salary the Clippers would need to unload to complete the Rivers deal, according to Ben Bolch of the Los Angeles Times. It’s unclear if the Clippers would prefer to bring Phoenix into the Rivers trade to make it a three-team swap or make separate transactions.

TUESDAY, 11:01pm: The Celtics aren’t done reshaping their roster after all of their recent trades. Boston will reportedly ship Austin Rivers to the Clippers, but the move will have to wait until Boston can clear roster space for two expiring contracts, Steve Bulpett of The Boston Herald reports (Twitter links). The Celtics will also nab themselves a second round draft pick in the deal, Bulpett adds. Boston currently has 15 players on its roster, including the newly acquired Nate Robinson.

To clear the required roster spots, the Celtics are reportedly likely to attempt to reach buyout arrangements with Robinson and Tayshaun Prince. As for whom the Celtics would need to clear room for, assuming the roster spots they needed to clear were for players they would receive from Los Angeles, both Reggie Bullock and Jordan Farmar have been mentioned as potential trade candidates. However, Farmar doesn’t necessarily qualify as a player with an expiring deal, since he has a player option for 2015/16 worth $2,170,465.

Rivers will join his father, Doc Rivers, in Los Angeles. The elder Rivers was reportedly concerned about the perception that would surround a father trading for and coaching his son, but Clippers GM Dave Wohl and assistant coaches Lawrence Frank and Mike Woodson have reportedly encouraged Doc to forgo his concerns and make the deal.

The younger Rivers has never quite lived up to having been selected No. 10 overall by New Orleans back in 2012, and he could benefit from a change of scenery. He’s in the last year of his rookie deal, and he’s set to become a free agent at the end of the season. Rivers’ career numbers are 6.9 points, 1.9 rebounds, and 2.5 assists in 165 total contests. His career slash line is .390/.332/.631.

Farmar, who signed with the Clippers for the full value of the biannual exception this past offseason, is reportedly displeased with his role on the Clippers, as Arash Markazi of ESPNLosAngeles.com wrote about a month ago. He’s currently logging a career-low 14.7 minutes per game. Bullock, 23, is averaging 2.3 points, 1.6 rebounds, and 0.2 assists in 10.5 minutes per game over 25 appearances for Los Angeles this season. His shooting numbers are .426/.385/.800.

Photo courtesy of USA Today Sports Images.

Clippers Sign Dahntay Jones To 10-Day Pact

January 14th, 2015 at 5:20pm CST by Chuck Myron

5:20pm: The deal is official, the Clippers have announced.

8:32am: The Clippers have decided to sign Dahntay Jones to a 10-day contract instead of Darius Miller, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports. Wojnarowski reported earlier that the Clips would sign Miller to a 10-day deal, but the team changed its mind, as the Yahoo! scribe writes in his latest dispatch. It’s simply a matter of the team liking Jones a bit better, tweets Dan Woike of the Orange County Register, and the 30 points that Jones put up Tuesday for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the D-League surely didn’t hurt.

Jones is expected to join the Clippers for tonight’s game against the Blazers, according to Woike (on Twitter), so unless the team is ready to formalize its deal to acquire Austin Rivers from the Celtics, it doesn’t appear as though the Jones signing is contingent on the completion of the trade. The Clippers already have an open roster spot to accommodate Jones.

The Jazz brought the 10-year veteran Jones to training camp this past fall, but they released him before the start of the regular season. The 34-year-old went without a deal last season, save for a preseason stint with the Bulls, and he last appeared in an NBA regular season game with the Hawks in 2012/13. He’s averaged 14.4 points in 29.3 minutes per game with 38.5% three-point shooting for the D-League Mad Ants this year.

Pelicans Sign Nate Wolters To 10-Day Contract

January 14th, 2015 at 9:20am CST by Eddie Scarito

WEDNESDAY, 9:20am: The signing is official, the team announced via press release.

TUESDAY, 7:25pm: Wolters has agreed to a 10-day contract with the Pelicans and is on his way to join the team in Detroit, Shams Charania of RealGM reports (Twitter link).

5:58pm: The Pelicans are targeting free agent Nate Wolters for a 10-day contract, Marc Stein of ESPN.com reports (Twitter link). Wolters cleared waivers today after being waived by the Bucks earlier this week. The point guard was released by Milwaukee to clear a roster slot for Kenyon Martin, who was inked to a 10-day pact of his own.

New Orleans currently has two open roster spots, so no corresponding move will need to be made to add Wolters to the team. The Pelicans had also been considering signing Mike James or Gal Mekel prior to Wolters becoming available, Stein adds in a separate tweet.

The 23-year-old Wolters appeared in 11 contests for the Bucks this season, averaging 2.3 points, 1.5 rebounds, and 0.9 assists. His shooting numbers were .433/.269/.638.