Charlotte signed guard Jarkel Joiner and waived Kyle Mangas as part of its ongoing churn for the last spot on its 21-man offseason roster, Hoops Rumors reports. Joiner, undrafted out of NC State in 2023, spent last season with the Raptors 905, averaging 10.9 points and 3.6 assists on 44.6% shooting.
Jake Fischer says Miami has some internal interest in adding backcourt depth but that a reunion with free agent Gabe Vincent isn't the likely outcome, despite fans for him in the front office and locker room.
+3A hypothetical three-team trade would send Patrick Williams and Isaac Okoro from Chicago to the Lakers, while Jerami Grant would go from Memphis to the Bulls. Los Angeles would ship out Jarred Vanderbilt, Jaden Hardy and Dalton Knecht to Memphis.
Amen Thompson and the Rockets have agreed to a five-year, $208 million extension carrying a 10% trade kicker, according to ESPN's Shams Charania. The deal begins once Thompson completes the final year of his rookie contract at roughly $12.3 million, running through the 2031/32 season.
Milwaukee locked up Bogoljub Markovic on a four-year, $9.26M deal using the second-round pick exception after his MVP season in Serbia's ABA League.
Anthony Edwards missed the 65-game minimum needed for All-NBA eligibility last season, so he can't reach super-max status until he makes an All-NBA team in 2027, per ESPN's Brian Windhorst.
The Ringer's Zach Lowe said the Clippers had been quietly positioning for a run at Nikola Jokic if he ever left Denver in 2027 free agency, but called that dead after the NBA stripped Los Angeles of five first-round picks over its Kawhi Leonard cap circumvention case.
Charlotte announced the signing of Kyle Mangas, without disclosing terms. The 27-year-old guard averaged 17.1 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2.8 assists in 45 G League games for the Austin Spurs last season, shooting 39.9% from three, and also played briefly for Chorale Roanne in France.
Patty Mills has joined ASVEL Villeurbanne, reuniting with former Spurs teammate Tony Parker, who now coaches the French club. Parker reportedly could not contain his excitement watching Mills walk into the team's practice facility.
A trade idea floated by Heavy would send Derrick Jones Jr. from the Clippers to the Lakers, reuniting him with Luka Doncic after the two shared the 2024 Finals run in Dallas.
With the NBA's salary cap circumvention findings against the Clippers now final, the Raptors have paused the previously agreed trade sending Kawhi Leonard back to Toronto, reportedly wary his contract could be voided.
The Stockton Kings acquired the returning G League rights to guard Tristen Newton and forward Teddy Allen in a three-team deal with Delaware and Iowa, according to Jason Anderson of the Sacramento Bee.
The Memphis Hustle acquired Yuri Collins's returning player rights from the Santa Cruz Warriors plus a 2027 second-round pick from the Long Island Nets in a three-team G League trade.
Utah has waived Matt Murrell shortly after signing him. Murrell spent last season with the Salt Lake City Stars, appearing in 44 games with 20 starts and helping the club win the 2025 G League Winter Showcase. He played five years at Ole Miss, finishing fourth in school history in made threes and seventh in scoring.
Cam Whitmore, waived by Cleveland roughly a week after arriving there in the five-team Peyton Watson sign-and-trade, is again a free agent after earlier stops with Houston and Washington.
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.
The NBA has fined the Clippers $30 million and penalized Kawhi Leonard $700,000 over cap circumvention tied to his collapsed Aspiration sponsorship.
Nick Richards signed a one-year, non-guaranteed $3.1M deal with Miami, meaning his salary only locks in if he makes the Heat's opening-night roster. The Knicks, who were linked to Richards earlier in free agency, have two open standard roster spots and all three two-way slots unused, giving them room to wait and see.
Charlotte has signed guard Kyle Mangas and waived Trey Townsend, per the team. It's the second such swap in two days, after the Hornets waived Josiah Allick to sign Townsend on Tuesday, using their lone open offseason roster spot to rotate players through ahead of training camp.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has opened an investigation into Daktronics over its dealings with Kawhi Leonard, according to reporter Pablo Torre, who cited comments from the scoreboard maker's CFO on an earnings call.
