Free agent · 3 updates
Saturday, August 29 at 4:00 pm Central is the cutoff for teams to waive a player and stretch his guaranteed 2026/27 cap hit, since the current CBA requires the player to clear waivers before September 1.
Denver is stretching the $2MM left guaranteed on Jonas Valanciunas' expiring deal over three years, Michael Scotto of HoopsHype reports, turning it into annual charges of $667K. Valanciunas was waived last month and has since signed with Zalgiris Kaunas.
Denver has traded Dario Saric to Sacramento in exchange for Jonas Valanciunas, per the official transaction record. Both clubs also generated a trade exception in the deal. Straight big-for-big swap, already on the books.
