Nick Richards has agreed to a one-year deal with the Heat, per ESPN, taking Miami's 14th standard roster spot after the Klay Thompson signing and leaving the 15th open.
Greg Swartz of Bleacher Report argues Phoenix should explore trading Jalen Green, noting his backcourt pairing with Devin Booker underperforms lineups that instead feature Collin Gillespie. Green enters his second season with the Suns coming off a career-low 32 games and a hamstring issue still being managed.
A Lakers trade idea would send Pelicans wing Herbert Jones to Los Angeles for Dalton Knecht, Jaden Hardy, a 2032 first-round swap and three second-rounders, aimed at giving LA a starting small forward who can guard perimeter scorers after Klay Thompson signed in Miami and Jonathan Kuminga chose Minnesota over the Lakers' offer.
A post from X user Marc Jacobs claimed the Lakers had pivoted to Ben Simmons after passing on Jonathan Kuminga, and credited it to Marc Stein. Stein's response: he never reported any of it. The same account was previously called out by The Athletic's Dan Woike for inventing Luka Doncic quotes.
A trade idea has the Lakers sending Jarred Vanderbilt and a 2031 Wizards second-round pick to Charlotte for Grant Williams, swapping Vanderbilt's roughly $12.43 million for Williams' $14.27 million expiring deal, a difference Los Angeles can absorb under its first-apron hard cap.
Myles Turner and a 2032 second-rounder go from Milwaukee to Los Angeles in one proposed three-way, with the Bucks receiving Jarred Vanderbilt, Rob Dillingham and a 2031 second while Chicago picks up Jaden Hardy and Jake LaRavia.
Marc Stein reports that Dallas has repeatedly brushed off trade interest in Kyrie Irving this offseason, but rival teams are waiting to see whether that stance survives until the February 11 deadline. The obvious tension: Irving is 34, Cooper Flagg is 19, and Dallas wants Irving mentoring Flagg rather than moving him.
One three-team concept has Jimmy Butler heading to the Hawks with three second-rounders, Jonathan Kuminga, Corey Kispert and Buddy Hield going to Milwaukee with future picks, and Myles Turner plus a 2027 Hawks first arriving in Golden State. The catch on Butler is plain: he is 36 and working back from a torn ACL.
One trade idea has Bucks guard Kevin Porter Jr. joining Miami in exchange for Myron Gardner and a 2031 second-round pick. Porter averaged 17.4 points, 7.4 assists and 2.2 steals across 38 games last season and is on an expiring $5.3 million contract.
Gabe Vincent is drawing interest from Sacramento and a possible Miami reunion, according to Jake Fischer of Bleacher Report. Vincent turned down an Atlanta offer to stay after a midseason trade from the Lakers, per Fischer.
Golden State's pursuit of Trey Murphy is cast as more realistic now that New Orleans is working to add Bennedict Mathurin, which would squeeze the Pelicans' wing minutes alongside Herb Jones and Jordan Poole.
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.
Malaki Branham has agreed to terms with the Magic, agent Deirunas Visockas told Michael Scotto of HoopsHype, and Jason Beede of the Orlando Sentinel reports it is an Exhibit 10 deal, putting the guard in training camp with a shot at a roster spot.
+2Svyatoslav Rovenchuk at LakeShowLife, in a trade idea picked up by Heavy, has Los Angeles acquiring Herb Jones and Jordan Hawkins in exchange for Jarred Vanderbilt, Dalton Knecht, Adou Thiero and a 2031 Wizards second-round pick.
Boston's Dillon Mitchell, Indiana's Braden Smith and Denver's Bryce Hopkins have all signed two-way deals, while Knicks pick Jack Kayil stayed in Germany with ALBA Berlin and Bucks pick Malique Lewis signed overseas with Cairns.
James Harden has agreed to a three-year, $97 million contract to stay with the Cavaliers, his agency Equity Sports told ESPN. The deal was reported Thursday. Three years, big money, no drawn-out standoff.
Jake Fischer, on his Bleacher Report livestream, said rival front offices view Nikola Jovic and Bobby Portis as negative-value contracts, which limits Miami's ability to use them as salary ballast in a trade.
Golden State signed Georges Niang to a one-year, $3.9 million deal, filling the team's final roster spot. The 33-year-old forward is a 39.9% career three-point shooter who missed the 2025-26 season recovering from a left foot injury, having previously played for Utah, Philadelphia and Cleveland.
Miami announced the signing of undrafted guard/forward J'Vonne Hadley, with Ira Winderman and Anthony Chiang both confirming it is an Exhibit 10 training camp contract.
