Portland acquired Ja Morant from Memphis in exchange for Jerami Grant and Kris Murray, Yahoo Sports reports. Morant struggled early last season but surged after a calf injury, averaging 28.5 points per 36 minutes on 58.7% true shooting over his final eight games before a season-ending elbow injury.
The Lakers have reacquired the returning player rights to center Cheikh Mbacke Diong for their G League affiliate, the Coachella Valley Lakers, per the NBA G League Transaction Portal.
Deandre Ayton was traded from the Lakers to Washington in July after exercising his player option, following a season that fell short of expectations in Los Angeles. At Wizards media day, Ayton said he's excited about the move and welcomed the chance to play alongside Trae Young and Anthony Davis.
Charlotte is sending Buddy Hield and cash to Chicago for Rob Dillingham, ESPN's Shams Charania reported. The deal pushes the Bulls over the salary cap, though they remain $34.6 million below the luxury tax line.
The Coachella Valley Lakers acquired G League returning-player guard Jahmir Young from the Sioux Falls Skyforce, Miami's affiliate. In return, Sioux Falls gets center Kylor Kelley's returning rights and a 2027 G League first-round pick.
Trae Young told Michael Porter Jr. on his YouTube channel that his exit from Atlanta was tied to Travis Schlenk's ouster and Onsi Saleh's arrival as the Hawks' new lead executive.
Atlanta and Charlotte have agreed to a trade sending Dorian Finney-Smith to the Hawks, Shams Charania of ESPN reports. Buddy Hield, guard Ryan Nembhard and cash go back to the Hornets.
The Lakers acquired Walker Kessler from Utah in a sign-and-trade, sending two unprotected first-round picks and two first-round swaps to the Jazz. Kessler signed a four-year, $130 million deal, leaving Los Angeles without a tradable first-rounder for seven years.
A trade sending Kawhi Leonard to Toronto is reportedly a done deal in principle, per league sources cited by NBC Sports, and won't fall apart.
+5Milwaukee's offseason is recapped in full, topped by the blockbuster sending Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bobby Portis to Miami for Tyler Herro, Kel'el Ware, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kasparas Jakucionis, Nate Ament's draft rights and multiple future picks.
New Orleans is sending Jordan Hawkins and Micah Peavy to the Grizzlies for AJ Johnson and Taj Gibson, ESPN's Shams Charania reports, with New Orleans also attaching a future second-round pick and a second-round pick swap. Hawkins, the 14th pick in 2023, never established himself with the Pelicans.
The NBA's cap-circumvention ruling stripped the Clippers of five first-round picks (2029-2033), fined owner Steve Ballmer $30 million and suspended executives Gillian Zucker and Lawrence Frank over off-court payments steered to Kawhi Leonard.
Lu Dort, traded to the Hawks after seven seasons in Oklahoma City, told Clemente Almanza he called close friend Nickeil Alexander-Walker as soon as he heard the news.
The NBA's cap-circumvention probe into Kawhi Leonard and the Clippers has resolved without voiding his contract, and ESPN's Shams Charania reports nothing now blocks his earlier-agreed trade back to Toronto. Leonard told Charania he wants a clean slate with the Raptors.
Minnesota has agreed to send Josh Green and cash to Utah for Cody Williams and John Konchar, according to ESPN sources and Shams Charania, a swap of wing depth that also helps the Timberwolves duck a projected second-apron overage.
Sixers president Bob Myers described how the Jaylen Brown trade came together, saying the process turned serious once Brad Stevens asked what Philadelphia was offering, then ran through roughly 50 conversations without either side leaking.
Minnesota has traded Josh Green to Utah, per ESPN, a different destination than the Atlanta deal that had been floated.
Two free agent moves anchor the latest episode of The Dunker Spot: Klay Thompson signing with Miami and DeMar DeRozan heading to Denver.
New Orleans has finalized a trade sending Jordan Hawkins and Micah Peavy to Memphis, along with a future second-round pick and a pick swap, according to ESPN's Shams Charania. The Grizzlies send back AJ Johnson and Taj Gibson.
Peyton Watson is on his way to the Cavaliers in a deal with the Nuggets, per CBS Sports, which handed out grades on the swap and framed it as Cleveland adding a wing coming off a step forward while questioning what Denver is building around Nikola Jokic.
