AAU Wiretap

The Brooklyn Nets agreed to a two-way deal with Tyler Bilodeau, sources told Michael Scotto of HoopsHype.

The Nets drafted Bilodeau with the 43rd pick in the draft.

Bilodeau averaged 17.6 points and 5.6 rebounds in his senior season at UCLA. 

Peter Suder agreed to a two-way deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, sources told Michael Scotto of HoopsHype.

Suder averaged 14.8 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 4.0 assists in his senior season at Miami (OH). 

The Sacramento Kings are looking to trade DeMar DeRozan by early August, according to Chris Haynes.

Should the Kings be unable to find a trade partner, they are expected to waive-and-stretch Derozan.

DeRozan is on an expiring contract worth $25.74 million for next season. 

DeRozan averaged 18.4 points and 4.1 assists last season. 

The Minnesota Timberwolves are "undeniably serious" in their pursuit of LaMelo Ball, sources told Marc Stein and Jake Fischer of The Stein Line.

The Wolves have taken Jaden McDaniels off the table in any trade discussions.

The team prefers to "do right" and keep Donte DiVincenzo, who suffered a torn Achilles in the playoffs last season.

The Wolves also prefer to keep Naz Reid.

With the Wolves' trade of Julius Randle unable to be finalized until July 6, that deal could be expanded to help complete other transactions.  

Ball was reportedly looking forward to playing this upcoming season with the Hornets.

With the Raptors already mentioned as another team pursuing Ball, the Bucks have also registered interest in the point guard. 

Tobe Awaka has agreed to sign a two-way contract with the Chicago Bulls after going undrafted out of Arizona.

Awaka averaged 9.3 points and 9.1 rebounds in 20.8 minutes last season.

The Milwaukee Bucks had the opportunity to trade Giannis Antetokounmpo during the 2025 offseason, a full year before they finally did, but ownership misread his growing frustration as the same offseason posturing he had displayed for years, according to a lengthy report from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. That miscalculation defined the final chapter of a 13-year partnership that ended with a trade to the Miami Heat this week.

Following Milwaukee's second consecutive first-round playoff exit to the Indiana Pacers in May 2025, co-owners Wes Edens and Jimmy Haslam approached Antetokounmpo on the practice court. He told them he was committed for the upcoming season. What he did not say directly was that he had lost faith in head coach Doc Rivers and did not believe the organization was capable of returning to championship form.

Bucks leadership interpreted his response the way they had absorbed similar signals in previous offseasons. ESPN began reporting, from anonymous sources, that Antetokounmpo wanted out, but it felt familiar to the front office.

Rather than engage seriously on the trade market, the Bucks made sweeping roster changes without consulting their franchise player. They waived and stretched Damian Lillard, let Brook Lopez depart in free agency and signed Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner to the largest free agent contract in franchise history at $108 million. The series of moves stunned Antetokounmpo.

"These moves looked solid on paper, but you don't really appreciate how much Khris, Brook, Jrue, Pat, the character, the high-level basketball character of those guys," a longtime team employee told the Journal Sentinel. "You don't appreciate it until you don't have them around."

Antetokounmpo responded by sending a clear physical signal his mindset had shifted. He packed up his trophies from his suburban Milwaukee home and shipped them to Greece. His wife and children began the 2025-26 season there as well.

"Because I didn't know how the season was going to unfold," Antetokounmpo told the Journal Sentinel. "There were a lot of rumors about me. There was a lot of uncertainty about me — from both sides."

His representatives at Octagon did communicate some level of discontent to ownership. But because Antetokounmpo never expressed it directly himself, the Bucks processed it no differently than prior offseasons. Had he done so, sources told the Journal Sentinel, the organization would have approached the offseason in a fundamentally different way.

The season deteriorated rapidly. Rivers lost the locker room, the roster lacked cohesion and Antetokounmpo's frustration spilled onto the court. He stopped shooting, openly criticized his coaches and teammates, and drew a public standoff with the organization in March 2026 over his playing status following a knee injury.

Edens' public statement in March 2026 that Antetokounmpo would either sign an extension or be traded was the first time the organization formally put his future in doubt. Three months later, the Bucks traded him to Miami for a package that was considerably less than they likely would have received in 2025 and after making significant moves with long-term ramifications.

Tre Donaldon and the Miami Heat have agreed to a two-way deal after going undrafted. 

Donaldson played his senior season at Miami before previous stops at Auburn and Michigan. Donald averaged 16.4 points, 3.6 rebounds and 5.7 assists in 33.9 minutes.

Josh Dix has agreed to sign a two-way contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder after going undrafted out of Creighton. Dix is represented by Ross Aroyo and Mark Bartelstein.

Dix averaged 13.2 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 32.9 minutes in his senior season at Creighton after spending his first three collegiate seasons at Iowa.

LaMelo Ball is being strongly pursued by multiple teams and the Charlotte Hornets are engaging on trade talks, sources tell ESPN's Shams Charania.

Ball would like to remain with the Hornets, but a trade could materialize over the next 24 to 48 hours. Ball has three seasons remaining on his five-year, $203.9 million contract signed with the Hornets in 2023 and is represented by Sam Permut. 

Ball appeared in 72 games last season with the Hornets, averaging 20.1 points, 4.8 rebounds and 7.1 assists in 28.0 minutes.

The Hornets are exploring a reset of their core around Brandon Miller and Kon Knueppel despite presently being in a good place with Ball. The Hornets had a strong second half to the season and reached the play-in games where they defeated the Miami Heat before losing to the Orlando Magic.

Ball was third overall pick in the 2020 NBA draft and won Rookie of the Year in 2021 before being named to the All-Star team in 2022. Ball dealt with injuries in each of the next three seasons.

Marc Stein and Jake Fischer report that the Minnesota Timberwolves and Toronto Raptors are two of the teams with trade interest in Ball.

AK Okereke has agreed to a two-way NBA deal with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Okereke went undrafted out of Vanderbilt after spending the previous three seasons at Cornell.

In 36 games, Okereke averaged 9.6 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 26.2 minutes.