Fadeaway World's Fran Leiva names Jalen Smith as a Bulls player who could be dealt this season, pointing to his expiring $9.4 million salary as easy matching money in a deal. Leiva argues Smith's 37.3% three-point shooting makes him a useful stretch big for a playoff team.
On his All The Smoke podcast, former NBA player Stephen Jackson pitched a trade sending Stephen Curry from Golden State to San Antonio to pair with Victor Wembanyama, with De'Aaron Fox and draft capital going back to the Warriors.
Memphis is nearly 20 players deep and could waive up to four, including wing Micah Peavy, per NBA insider Jake Fischer. Lakers reporter Chris Lambert of Lake Show Life argues LA should pounce, cutting AK Okereke to hand Peavy his two-way spot.
+3Bleacher Report's Andy Bailey floated a three-team trade that would send Paolo Banchero, AJ Green and Goga Bitadze to Golden State.
Devin Carter has agreed to an Exhibit 10 contract with the Celtics, Spotrac's Keith Smith reports, that lets him compete for a standard roster spot or a two-way deal in camp.
A hypothetical trade would send De'Aaron Fox and Keldon Johnson to Boston, with Paul George and Sam Hauser going back to San Antonio. The pitch argues the Celtics need Fox's rim pressure after ranking 26th in drives last season, while Johnson would replace some of what Jaylen Brown provides on the wing.
+3Bleacher Report's Andy Bailey pitched a three-team deal sending Paolo Banchero, AJ Green and Goga Bitadze to Golden State.
A roundup of contenders with roster gaps heading into camp lists the Lakers lacking a starting power forward, with Sandro Mamukelashvili the only bench option at the spot. The Heat need a playmaking point guard beyond backup Davion Mitchell, and efforts to move Nikola Jovic have gone nowhere.
A proposed swap would send Miles McBride to New Orleans, using the Pelicans' $4.5M trade exception from the Jose Alvarado deal, while the Knicks land Yves Missi's rookie contract without touching the second apron.
+4A fan-made trade proposal on FanSpo would send Paul George to Portland while Jrue Holiday and Robert Williams III return to Boston, just months after the Celtics acquired George.
+4A proposed three-team trade would send Nic Claxton from Chicago to the Lakers as insurance behind Walker Kessler, alongside Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves.
Christian Shumate has signed a training camp contract with New Orleans, according to Paul Garcia of The Spot Up Shot. The undrafted wing spent last season with the Pelicans' G League affiliate in Birmingham after being waived from an Exhibit 10 deal, averaging 11.2 points and 6.6 rebounds in 40 games.
Boston was among teams showing trade interest in Nuggets forward Cam Johnson this offseason, according to HoopsHype. One hypothetical framework would send Johnson to the Celtics for Payton Pritchard, Sam Hauser and a favorable 2030 second-round pick.
Ira Winderman of The South Florida Sun Sentinel discusses whether Miami should pursue guard Devin Carter after he clears waivers from Sacramento and Atlanta, noting his father Anthony Carter's ties to the franchise.
Bleacher Report's Jake Fischer reports the Lakers are shopping Jarred Vanderbilt and Dalton Knecht as they sit at 16 contracts, one over the limit.
Jalen Duren has not signed Detroit's five-year, $190 million offer, and Sam Amick and Hunter Patterson of The Athletic report he could instead take the $9.6 million qualifying offer toward unrestricted free agency.
+4A hypothetical three-team trade would send Devin Booker and Kevin Porter Jr. to Golden State while Phoenix gets Jimmy Butler, Yaxel Lendeborg and three unprotected first-round picks plus two swaps, with Milwaukee receiving Koa Peat, Ryan Dunn and Oso Ighodaro.
Boston Globe columnist Gary Washburn argued on the Big 3 NBA podcast that Boston should offer Payton Pritchard roughly $22M annually on his next deal.
Igor Milicic Jr., a 24-year-old Polish forward out of Tennessee, will sign an Exhibit 10 contract with New York, according to Sportando. He spent his rookie season with the Delaware Blue Coats, averaging 6.9 points and 4.8 rebounds.
+3Golden State's offseason wrap includes Draymond Green re-signing for one year at $27.7M with a trade kicker, Al Horford agreeing to two years and $13.99M, and De'Anthony Melton returning on a two-year, $12.4M deal. Gary Payton II, Georges Niang, Charles Bassey and several others signed minimum-salary deals.
