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Nikola Vucevic has signed back with the Orlando Magic on a one-year, $3.9 million minimum contract, ending a nearly five-year absence.
Orlando signed forward Mike Sharavjamts and guard Johnell Davis to Exhibit 10 contracts before waiving both. Each is expected to land with the Osceola Magic for the G League season.
Washington signed Skal Labissiere to an Exhibit 10 deal and waived Jazian Gortman to open a roster spot, per the team. Gortman could join the Capital City Go-Go, while Labissiere has bounced between 10-day deals and the G League since his rookie contract ended.
Orlando signed forward Mike Sharavjamts to an Exhibit 10 deal, with Orlando Sentinel reporter Jason Beede saying he'll be waived later the same day and could land with the G League's Osceola Magic.
Marc Stein reports rival teams believe Dallas could eventually move P.J. Washington given its forward depth, even though Washington says Masai Ujiri assured him he isn't being shopped.
Marc Stein of The Stein Line lists Brandon Miller, Anthony Black, Cason Wallace and Brandin Podziemski as the 2023 draft class members most likely to land rookie-scale extensions before the October 19 deadline.
Yahoo Sports writer Kevin O'Connor argues that Milwaukee's two shooting bigs, Myles Turner and Kel'el Ware, make the team a natural trade-market target this season.
+3A proposed three-team trade would send Brandon Miller from Charlotte to Golden State in exchange for Moses Moody and Paolo Banchero. Orlando would then land Naz Reid, Royce O'Neale, Brandin Podziemski and two future first-round picks for Banchero.
Anthony Black can sign a rookie scale extension through October 19, and he says he isn't stressing the deadline either way.
+2A trade idea would send De'Aaron Fox to Houston for Fred VanVleet and Jabari Smith Jr., clearing room for Dylan Harper in San Antonio. Another proposal has Myles Turner moving from Milwaukee to the Clippers to open a starting center job for Kel'el Ware.
