Latest NBA trade rumors and signings

Brandon Williams signed a one-year, $2.6 million contract with the Warriors in August, according to ESPN's Shams Charania.

Golden State agreed to a one-year, $3.9 million deal with Georges Niang and a one-year, $2.6 million deal with Brandon Williams, Shams Charania reported.

Bryce Hopkins has signed a two-way contract with Denver, according to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype.

Jake Fischer and Marc Stein say they keep hearing that Golden State plans to bring in free agent forward Georges Niang, though neither reports an agreement. Niang, 33, missed all of last season after a foot injury and is a 39.9% career three-point shooter.

Houston has signed big man Rafael Castro to a two-way contract and waived guard Tristen Newton in the corresponding move.

Houston has cut guard Tristen Newton, according to NBA.com's transaction log. Newton signed a two-way deal in January and played a single NBA game for the Rockets, scoring 12 against Memphis on April 12.

Sharife Cooper has signed with the Liaoning Flying Leopards of the CBA, according to Dario Skerletic of Sportando.

Anzejs Pasecniks has signed with Turkish side Aliaga Petkim. The 2.16m Latvian spent last season in Taiwan with the Hsinchu JKO Lioneers, averaging 10.4 points and 7.7 rebounds. He appeared in 28 NBA games for Washington between 2019 and 2021.

TyTy Washington Jr. is taking his career to France with ASVEL. The guard spent last season on a two-way deal with the Clippers, averaging 19.5 points and 5.7 assists in 27 G League games for San Diego. A 2022 first-round pick, he passed through Houston, Oklahoma City, Milwaukee and Phoenix, mostly on two-way contracts.

Klay Thompson's camp talked with the Lakers in the 2024 offseason, with LeBron James willing to take less money to fit him in, but Thompson signed with Dallas instead.

ESPN's Shams Charania reports the Denver Nuggets are signing DeMar DeRozan to a one-year, $3.9 million contract.

Golden State agreed to a one-year, $2.6 million deal with guard Brandon Williams, per Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints, who reports Williams is expected to handle real rotation minutes as a bench ballhandler rather than sit at the end of the roster.

Malique Lewis, taken in the second round of the 2026 draft, has signed a two-year deal with the Cairns Taipans that carries a club option for 2027-28.

Klay Thompson has agreed to a buyout with Dallas and is expected to sign with Miami, per a report cited by CBS Sports, giving the Heat a shooter alongside Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bam Adebayo.

A Louisiana judge has granted RJ Luis Jr. a temporary injunction allowing him to suit up for LSU this season, according to reports. Luis went undrafted in 2025 and signed a two-way deal with Utah plus an Exhibit 10 with Boston's G League affiliate, appearing in the preseason but never a regular-season game.

Klay Thompson and Dallas have agreed to a buyout, and ESPN reports he cleared waivers on Sunday before agreeing to a two-year deal with Miami, joining a Heat roster that includes Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Cleveland has officially signed James Harden to a three-year, $97 million contract, president Koby Altman confirmed. The deal includes a player option for 2028-29 and a trade kicker, according to agents Mike Silverman, Troy Payne and Brandon Grier of Equity Sports, who represent Harden.

Mark Mitchell, who went undrafted and signed an Exhibit 10 contract with Denver this summer, is instead heading to Kentucky after being cleared for a fifth college season.

Cleveland has waived Cam Whitmore, per HoopsHype's Michael Scotto, eight days after acquiring him from Washington in the five-team sign-and-trade that brought Peyton Watson from Denver.

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.