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Jalen Duren wants a full max worth $287M over five years, while Detroit has offered $200M over five. Sacramento's Domantas Sabonis, Milwaukee's Myles Turner and Atlanta's Onyeka Okongwu have all been floated as potential trade pieces coming back for Duren, with ESPN's Marc Spears flagging the Atlanta scenario.
Chicago waived forward Marquel Sutton and signed Jalen Bridges, the team announced on Twitter. Sutton had only joined the Bulls Saturday after a Summer League stint with Sacramento, where he averaged 8.8 points over eight games.
On The Athletic's Celtics Daily podcast, James Edwards III floated Karl-Anthony Towns as a speculative fit for Boston should his extension talks with New York stall, comparing the potential role to Al Horford's past stint with the Celtics.
Boston enters training camp with 14 players on standard deals, including offseason additions Paul George, Mitchell Robinson, Mike Conley and rookie Chris Cenac Jr., according to CelticsBlog's Noa Dalzell. Amari Williams and Dillon Mitchell already hold two-way contracts, leaving one two-way spot open.
Boston signed forward Gabe McGlothan to an Exhibit 10 contract. He's expected to head to the Maine Celtics for the G League season once camp ends. Maine had already acquired his G League rights via trade. McGlothan averaged 15.8 points and 7.1 rebounds in 37 G League games with Noblesville last season.
Utah signed Ibrahima Diallo and Justin Harmon, likely on Exhibit 10 deals after both spent last season in the G League. Denver waived Kevin Miller days after signing him, while San Antonio waived Jayden Nunn and Portland waived Mark Armstrong and Samson Johnson.
A trade idea built on FanSpo's machine, originating on Spotrac, would send Karl-Anthony Towns to Boston for Paul George straight up. The tool flags it as cap-legal, with Towns making $57M and George $54.1M this season, and both deals running two years with 2027-28 player options.
The Heat sent the 41st pick and cash to Oklahoma City for pick No. 37, jumping ahead of Boston's slot at 40 to take Ryan Conwell.
Hayden Gray has agreed to a contract with Boston. He appeared in one game for Utah last season, scoring six points in nearly 25 minutes. Gray spent most of the year with the Maine Celtics, averaging 9.9 points, 2.8 rebounds and 5.8 assists across 48 G League games.
NBC Sports Boston's Justin Leger floated a trade idea sending Paul George and draft capital from Boston to New Orleans for Trey Murphy III, calling it his deadline prediction.
