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The NBA's cap-circumvention investigation into Milwaukee and Gary Trent Jr. remains ongoing, with law firm Hecker Fink running the probe, Joe Vardon reports.
The NBA has launched a formal investigation into Gary Trent Jr.'s four-year, $64 million deal with Milwaukee, according to The Athletic. Investigators want to know if the Bucks and Trent structured cheaper deals now with a handshake promise of a big payday later.
Charlotte is expected to waive rookie guard Ryan Nembhard after Tuesday's trade sent Dorian Finney-Smith to Atlanta for Buddy Hield, Nembhard and cash, according to ESPN's Ohm Youngmisuk and Shams Charania.
+2A three-team trade idea would send Jalen Duren to Milwaukee in a sign-and-trade with a protected 2031 first-round pick, while Detroit lands Tyler Herro and Kel'el Ware.
Detroit has raised its offer to Jalen Duren to a fully guaranteed five-year, $200 million deal with no team or player options, according to The Athletic's Sam Amick and Hunter Patterson.
Shams Charania of ESPN said Brandon Miller and Ausar Thompson are both in active extension talks with their teams ahead of the October 19 deadline, singling out Thompson as the one with growing optimism for a deal in Detroit.
A trade concept built with FanSpo's tools would send Dalton Knecht and three second-round picks from Los Angeles to Milwaukee for Jaime Jaquez Jr. The deal became possible this month once Jaquez's aggregation restriction from the Giannis Antetokounmpo trade expired.
Milwaukee signed 6'11" center Jake Stephens, an undrafted 26-year-old who spent last season overseas with KK Split in Croatia. The deal is expected to be non-guaranteed with Exhibit 10 language, worth up to $91K if he logs 60 days in the G League.
+3Bleacher Report's Andy Bailey floated a three-team trade that would send Paolo Banchero, AJ Green and Goga Bitadze to Golden State.
+3Bleacher Report's Andy Bailey pitched a three-team deal sending Paolo Banchero, AJ Green and Goga Bitadze to Golden State.
