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.
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.
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.
Bruce Brown signed a training camp deal with New York after a quiet free agent market, telling the New York Post's Stefan Bondy that teams repeatedly cited the second apron as their reason for passing.
