Latest NBA trade rumors and signings

Miami is expected to keep looking for another creator, possibly after the season starts, Brian Windhorst said on The Hoops Collective podcast.

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.

Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints said on his Clutch Scoops Show that the Clippers are willing to trade Derrick Jones Jr. as they look to shed salary before training camp, with the forward entering the last year of a three-year, $30 million deal at roughly $10 million.

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.

Kurt Helin of NBC Sports reports the Lakers and Hawks are back in sign-and-trade talks over Jonathan Kuminga, with Jaden Hardy and his $6 million salary now the outgoing piece instead of Jared Vanderbilt's $12.4 million.

Contract talks between the Pistons and restricted free agent Jalen Duren have gotten "awfully nasty," ESPN's Tim MacMahon said on Brian Windhorst's podcast, with the two sides at an impasse and no new deal agreed.

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.

Nikola Jokic can hit free agency next summer, and a CBS Sports column argues Denver's quiet offseason has done little to make him want to stay, even if he most likely does.

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.

Jalen Duren, Jonathan Kuminga and Bennedict Mathurin remain the notable unsigned free agents, per Yahoo Sports and NBC Sports, with Yahoo suggesting both Duren and Kuminga are positioned to sign for less than they had hoped.

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.

Miami is reportedly set to sign Klay Thompson once he clears waivers Sunday following his buyout with Dallas, using part of its Non-Taxpayer MLE.

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.

Two league sources point to a middle ground between Josh Hart and the Knicks on a three-year extension worth roughly $54 million to $62 million, or about $18-20 million a year, close to his current rate.

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.