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Michael Porter Jr. enters the final year of his five-year, $179 million deal at $40.8 million, and Sean Deveney reports Brooklyn and the forward are at an impasse over a new deal.
Anonymous executives gave Heavy their estimates for what it would take to land three trade-market names. One Western Conference exec pegs Trey Murphy's price at a good rotation player plus two firsts, down from the four-first-rounder asks the Pelicans have floated before.
Heat insider Ira Winderman reports that free agent guard Cam Thomas isn't a target for Miami's final open roster spot, arguing a contender needs complementary role players rather than a high-usage scorer.
A rundown of stars unlikely to move before the season but plausible in February: Jimmy Butler on an expiring $57 million deal in Golden State as he rehabs a torn ACL, Anthony Davis in Washington after both sides agreed to postpone extension talks, Kyrie Irving with two years and $82 million left in Dallas, and Zion Williamson needing a second healthy season to draw calls.
One idea has Miles McBride and Pacome Dadiet going to Brooklyn with Noah Clowney coming back to New York. McBride enters 2026-27 on an expiring $3.9M deal, while Clowney, 22, averaged 12.3 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.0 threes in 27 minutes over 60 starts and reaches restricted free agency next summer.
Moritz Wagner signed with Brooklyn on a two-year, $19 million deal after leaving Orlando, giving the Nets a veteran backup to Day'Ron Sharpe.
+4A completed four-team deal involving Brooklyn, Chicago, Charlotte and Minnesota, per the official transaction record. Charlotte sends LaMelo Ball and Josh Green to the Timberwolves, while Brooklyn ships Nicolas Claxton to the Bulls and Isaiah Evans to Minnesota.
Brooklyn has signed Joshua Jefferson to a multi-year contract. No terms disclosed.
Brooklyn has signed Day'Ron Sharpe to a multi-year contract. No terms disclosed.
Keon Ellis signed a two-year, $18 million deal with Brooklyn that includes a mutual option for year two. He said reuniting with coach Jordi Fernandez, his former assistant coach in Sacramento, was the main draw.
