Week in Review News & Rumors

• The Knicks have acquired Raymond Felton from the Trail Blazers in a sign-and-trade transaction that also involves Kurt Thomas and Jared Jeffries. 
• After the Knicks refused to match their offer sheet, Landry Fields is set to become a member of the Raptors. 
• The Nets are set to sign C.J. Watson, former backup point guard in Chicago. 
• Nicolas Batum has signed an offer sheet offered by the Timberwolves.
• Devin Ebanks has been asked by the Lakers to hold off on signing his qualifying offer because they still might trade him to the Magic in a Dwight Howard deal. 
• The Timberwolves have amnestied Darko Milicic. 
• The Bobcats have claimed Brendan Haywood after he was amnestied by the Mavericks.
• The Hornets have matched the Suns offer sheet extended to Eric Gordon.
• Joel Freeland has signed with the Trail Blazers. 
• The Mavericks signed Chris Kaman to a one-year deal. 
• The Bobcats signed Ramon Sessions to a two-year deal.
• The Trail Blazers signed second round pick Will Barton.  
• The Pistons have signed Vyacheslav Kravtsov. 
• The Celtics have officially signed Kevin Garnett to a three-year deal. They also signed Brandon Bass, and have decided to bring back Chris Wilcox. 
• The Timberwolves waived Martell Webster and traded Brad Miller to the Hornets.
• The Mavericks have claimed Elton Brand off the amnesty waiver wire. 
• The Grizzlies will bring back both Darrell Arthur, and Marreese Speights. 
• The Spurs have signed Nando De Colo. 
• The Bobcats have signed rookie Jeffery Taylor. 
• The Clippers have signed Chauncey Billups and Jamal Crawford. 
• The Trail Blazers have signed J.J. Hickson. 
• The Hawks acquired Kyle Korver from the Bulls in a three-team trade that also included the Timberwolves. 
• Luis Scola was amnestied by the Rockets. 
• Roy Hibbert was re-signed by the Pacers.
• Spencer Hawes was re-signed by the Sixers. The team also signed Kwame Brown.
• The Spurs have re-signed Patty Mills. 
• The Grizzlies signed first round pick Tony Wroten. They also signed Jerryd Bayless. 
• The Pacers signed D.J. Augustin. They also signed Gerald Green. 
• Blake Griffin tore his left meniscus during a Team USA practice.
• The Hawks signed Lou Williams.  
• The Wizards re-signed Cartier Martin. 
• The Pacers traded Dahntay Jones and Darren Collison to the Mavericks for Ian Mahinmi.
• Jordan Farmar has signed in Turkey. 
• The Knicks have signed Jason Kidd, and re-signed Steve Novak. 

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• Deron Williams, the top free agent on the market, spurned his hometown Mavericks, agreeing to re-sign with the Nets for the maximum five years and $98.77MM.
• The Nets and Hawks agreed to a trade that will send Joe Johnson to Brooklyn. Jordan Williams, Johan Petro, Jordan Farmar, and Anthony Morrow  are headed to Atlanta, along with DeShawn Stevenson in a sign-and-trade. The Hawks also get a 2013 first-round pick.
• The Hawks made another deal, agreeing to swap Marvin Williams to the Jazz for Devin Harris.
• Steve Nash is headed to the Lakers as part of a sign-and-trade. The Lakers get Nash at $27MM over three years, and the Suns receive the Lakers' 2013 and 2015 first-round picks and their 2013 and 2014 second-round picks.
• Ray Allen jumped from the Celtics to their Eastern Conference rivals in Miami, agreeing on a deal with the Heat for the $3.09MM mini mid-level exception.
• The Celtics agreed to terms with Mavs free agent sixth man Jason Terry on a three-year deal, likely for the full mid-level exception of $15.675MM.
• The Suns agreed to bring back former backup point guard Goran Dragic, giving him a four-year, $30MM deal to the man who'll likely replace Steve Nash as the starter.
• Brandon Roy will make his comeback with the Timberwolves, agreeing to a two-year, $10.4MM deal.
• George Hill and the Pacers reached an agreement on a five-year, $40MM deal.
• Eric Gordon will sign a maximum four-year, $58MM offer sheet with the Suns, but the Hornets are likely to match.
• Roy Hibbert agreed to ink an offer sheet with the Blazers, likely for the four-year, $58MM maximum amount. The Pacers are undecided about matching.
• Nicolas Batum reached an agreement with the Timberwolves on a four-year, $45MM offer sheet, but the Trail Blazers insist they'll match.
• Jeremy Lin agreed to sign a four-year, $28.8MM offer sheet with the Rockets, but the Knicks are ready to match. 
• The Raptors and Landry Fields came to terms on a backloaded offer sheet for three years and$18.7MM.
• The Magic will re-sign point guard Jameer Nelson to a three-year deal.
• The Clippers agreed to sign a pair of guards, coming to terms with Jamal Crawford on a four-year deal and Chauncey Billups on an incentive-laden one-year contract for up to $4.3MM.  
• The Rockets agreed to trade Kyle Lowry to the Raptors for Gary Forbes and a first-round pick.
• The Suns will sign former No. 2 overall pick Michael Beasley for $18MM over three years.
• Power forward Brandon Bass agreed to re-sign with the Celtics for three years and $20MM.
• Spencer Hawes will become the first player ever to sign with a team that inked him to a qualifying offer the year before, as the Sixers and Hawes agreed to a two-year, $13.1MM deal.
• The Nets and Bosnian forward Mirza Teletovic reached an agreement. Initially it appeared it would be for the full mid-level, but it will be a three-year, $9,687,150 deal for the mini mid-level instead, keeping the Nets from having to deal with a $74MM hard cap this year.
• Jason Kidd has agreed to sign with the Knicks, and the Knicks are trying to make the transaction a sign-and-trade with the Mavericks.
• The Sixers will use the amnesty clause to waive Elton Brand, wiping more than $18MM from their books. 
• Nick Young is headed to the Sixers, agreeing to a one-year, $6MM contract.
• Larry Miller stepped down as president of the Trail Blazers.
• The Hornets will get Ryan Anderson in a sign-and-trade with the Magic. Anderson will get a four-year, $36MM deal, and the Magic will get center Gustavo Ayon.
• Reggie Evans will go to the Nets in a sign-and-trade. The Clippers will get a second round pick, likely in 2017 or 2018, as compensation. Evans will get a three-year deal for between $4.8MM and $5MM.
• Power forward Ersan Ilyasova will re-sign with the Bucks for five years and $45MM.
• Jeff Green, who sat out all of 2011/12 with a heart ailment, will return to the Celtics on a four-year, $36MM deal.
• Jason Thompson will be back with the Kings on a multi-year deal worth $6MM per season. 
• The Magic will guarantee J.J. Redick's $6.19MM salary for 2012/13.
• The Grizzlies will re-sign Darrell Arthur, coming to terms with the power forward on a three-year deal for between $9MM and $10MM.
• The Grizzlies also agreed to terms with Marreese Speights  on a two-year deal worth close to $9MM.
• Rudy Fernandez, last with the Nuggets, signed a three-year deal with Real Madrid.
• The Jazz will re-sign Jeremy Evans to a three-year, $5.5MM deal. 
• Kirk Hinrich agreed to return to the Bulls, his first NBA team, for two years and $6MM.
• The Thunder reached an agreement on a two-year deal with Hasheem Thabeet, the second pick in 2009 draft.
• The Suns pulled their qualifying offer to Aaron Brooks, making the point guard an unrestricted free agent.
• The Raptors and center Aaron Gray agreed on a two-year deal for the room exception, which should pay him about $2.5MM a year.
• The Blazers have reached a buyout agreement with Shawne Williams, who was due to make $3.135MM in 2012/13.
• The Bobcats signed No. 2 overall pick Michael Kidd-Gilchrist.
• The Wizards signed No. 3 overall pick Bradley Beal.
• The Cavs signed first-rounders Dion Waiters and Tyler Zeller.
• The Warriors signed No. 7 overall pick Harrison Barnes.
• The Magic inked a deal with Andrew Nicholson, the team's first-round pick.
• The Celtics signed draft picks Jared Sullinger, Fab Melo and Kris Joseph.
• The Pacers signed first-round draft pick Miles Plumlee. 
• Festus Ezeli, the final pick of the first round in last month's draft, signed with the Warriors.
• The Rockets agreed to terms with 2011 first-round pick Donatas Motiejunas, a big man from Lithuania.
• The Cavs waived guard Manny Harris.
• The Nets signed second-round pick Tyshawn Taylor.
• The Bobcats waived swingman Jamario Moon.
• The Pacers will renounce their rights to A.J. Price, making him an unrestricted free agent.
• The Raptors withdrew their qualifying offer to Jerryd Bayless, making him an unrestricted free agent.
• Darius Morris accepted a qualifying offer from the Lakers.
• Luke Harangody signed his qualifying offer from the Cavs.
• The Knicks agreed to terms with James White, an Italian league star who saw brief action with the Rockets and Spurs a few years ago. 
• The Pistons agreed to terms with Ukrainian big man Vyacheslav Kravtsov.

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• The 2012 NBA draft took place on Thursday night, and we have the full results, including all six draft-night trades, right here. Anthony Davis, was, of course, the first overall pick.
• The Celtics' started free agency with some good news, as the team reached an agreement to bring Kevin Garnett back to Boston on a multiyear deal.
• Dwight Howard and new Magic GM Rob Hennigan met for the first time, and it wasn't exactly love at first sight. Howard is reportedly upset because he believes the Magic "blackmailed" him into opting into the final year of his deal. He's requesting a trade to the Nets, and the Magic have started fielding offers.
• Deron Williams declined his player option and officially became the No. 1 free agent on the market. One report indicated he's leaning toward the Nets, while another suggested that he and Jason Kidd are a package deal.
• A pair of restricted free agents are hot commodities, as the Trail Blazers have made Roy Hibbert a max offer, while the Timberwolves have made a "serious offer" to Nicolas Batum.
• The Mavericks, Clippers, Jazz, and Rockets finalized a blockbuster trade that sent Lamar Odom to the Clips and Mo Williams to the Jazz.
• The Bobcats and Pistons agreed to swap Corey Maggette for Ben Gordon and a future first-round pick.
• The Bucks acquired Samuel Dalembert from the Rockets in a four-player deal that also included three draft picks.
• The Timberwolves acquired Chase Budinger from the Rockets in exchange for the 18th pick in the draft.
• The Rockets are working toward an ultimate goal of landing Dwight Howard via trade.
• The Bobcats turned down a handful of offers for the No. 2 pick leading up to the draft, including a Timberwolves proposal involving Derrick Williams.
• Blake Griffin is expected to sign a five-year extension with the Clippers early in the free agent period.
• The Lakers began to explore Pau Gasol trades once more, with the Hawks and Rockets among the interested parties.
• The Hornets officially bought out Rashard Lewis.
• The Hawks landed a replacement for Rick Sund, hiring Danny Ferry as their new president and GM.
• The Pacers also made front office changes, as Donnie Walsh replaced Larry Bird as team president while Kevin Pritchard took over from David Morway as GM.
• NBA veteran Anthony Parker announced his retirement.
• The league and the players' union agreed to a compromise on the Bird Rights ruling, which will allow Jeremy Lin, Steve Novak, and other players claimed off waivers to retain some form of Bird Rights.
• Steve Nash, who is being courted heavily by the Raptors and other teams, doesn't expect to take long to decide on a destination.
• The Nets and Hawks engaged in discussions on a trade that would bring Joe Johnson and his $89MM+ contract to Brooklyn.
• Jamal Crawford, Jameer Nelson, and J.R. Smith were among the players who opted out of their contracts, while Jason Maxiell and Jordan Farmar were among those to opt in.
• A few days after we heard of mutual interest between Ray Allen and Miami, a report suggested that the Heat were making Allen its top offseason target. The Grizzlies are also expected to aggressively pursue the sharpshooter.
• The NBA awarded the Celtics a 2013 second-round pick from the Thunder as compensation for Jeff Green's health problems after Oklahoma City sent him to Boston.
• Brandon Roy has narrowed his list of potential destinations to five, and plans to meet with those teams this week.
• Scott Brooks and the Thunder are still finalizing the details on a new contract, but agreed to the basic terms of a deal.
• Jordan Hill is drawing interest from a handful of teams, including the Warriors, Magic, Heat, and Suns.
• Michael Beasley and O.J. Mayo were among the 2008 lottery picks to become unrestricted free agents this week.
• The Rockets shopped Luis Scola in trade talks, while the Spurs shopped DeJuan Blair.
• Team USA took a hit for the London Olympics, as Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, and LaMarcus Aldridge all pulled out.
• The Pistons reached a contract agreement with last year's second-round pick Kyle Singler.
• The Cavaliers agreed to terms on a deal with undrafted rookie Kevin Jones.

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• Whoever is named the Magic's next general manager has been told to consider Warriors assistant Michael Malone, and Magic assistant Steve Clifford. 
• Brandon Bass is expected to exercise his player option to stay with the Celtics. 
• Carlos Delfino wants to stay with the Bucks. 
• The Pacers intend to make Kevin Pritchard their general manager next season. 
• According to the Grizzlies owner, the team has no intention to deal Rudy Gay. It was reported earlier in the week that Memphis was interested in shopping him. 
• The Kings are not expected to offer Tyreke Evans a contract extension. 
• After leaving the combine early, it's been speculated that some team in the lottery has promised Dion Waiters they'd take him. 
• The Nets are looking to move into the first round. 
• The Raptors are reportedly shopping the number eight pick. 
• The Magic could be interested in Kevin Garnett.
• Phil Jackson will not join the Magic organization in any capacity.
• The Bulls are expected to let C.J. Watson go. 
• The Trail Blazers have made Neil Olshey their general manager. 
• The Clippers are optimistic about extending Blake Griffin. 
• The Lakers have exercised the team option on Andrew Bynum's contract. 
• Are the Nets a frontrunner for Ersan Ilyasova. 

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• French prospect Evan Fournier will not participate in the NBA draft combine due to an ankle injury. 
• Nate McMillan and Brian Shaw are both in the running to take over as head coach of the Magic. 
• The Clippers will retain Neil Olshey as their general manager. 
• The Wizards will re-sign interim head coach Randy Wittman to a two-year deal. 
• Phil Jackson is set to return to the NBA, but not with the Magic.
• Despite the Hornets winning of Wednesday night's lottery, restricted free agent Eric Gordon says he will still test how much he's worth on the market. 
• Full results from the lottery. 
• Hawks general manager Rick Sund is expected to return to the team. 
• The Bobcats eliminated Patrick Ewing from their head coaching search. 
• Jonas Valanciunas is close to leaving his team in Lithuania, and joining the Raptors. 
• The Clippers exercised their option on head coach Vinny Del Negro. 
• The Trail Blazers announced a partnership with the D-League's Idaho Stampede.  
• Thunder guard Derek Fisher has no plans to retire. 
• The Magic waived Von Wafer. 
• Rockets guard Kyle Lowry has expressed frustration with his head coach, opening the possibility for an offseason trade. 
• Lou Williams and Elton Brand have both expressed an interest in staying with the Sixers.
• Tim Duncan will be staying with the Spurs for the rest of his career, according to him. 

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