The Atlanta Hawks have Josh Magette to the Erie BayHawks, the team’s G League affiliate.

Magette, who is on a two-way contract, has appeared in five games for the Hawks.

The South Bay Lakers have hired Metta World Peace as a player development coach.

World Peace comes to South Bay as a seasoned veteran of the Lakers organization, having spent six seasons as a player with the Los Angeles Lakers (2009-13, 2015-17). World Peace was a key player on the 2010 NBA Champion Lakers and ranks ninth all-time in three pointers made (420) in franchise history. The four-time All-Defensive team selection posted career averages of 13.2 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.7 assists in his 17-year career with the Bulls, Pacers, Kings, Rockets, Knicks and Lakers.

World Peace joins Head Coach Coby Karl and Assistant Coaches Brian Walsh, Isaiah Fox, Dane Johnson and Sean Nolen to finalize the South Bay Lakers’ coaching staff for the 2017-18 season.

The Los Angeles Lakers have agreed upon a two-way contract with Vander Blue.

Blue was with the Lakers during camp and released before the start of the season.

The Cleveland Cavaliers and London Perrantes are finalizing a two-way contract.

Perrantes was with the San Antonio Spurs during training camp.

The Milwaukee Bucks have signed Gary Payton II to a Two-Way contract. 

Payton II, 24, originally signed with Milwaukee on April 2 and played in six games during the 2016-17 season where he averaged 3.3 points, 2.2 assists and 2.0 rebounds. 

Payton appeared in four preseason games and averaged 7.5 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists.

The Golden State Warriors have agreed upon a two-way contract with Quinn Cook.

Cook was released last week by the Atlanta Hawks.

The Wisconsin Herd, the NBA G League affiliate of the Milwaukee Bucks, acquired the returning player rights to Xavier Munford in a trade with the Greensboro Swarm. The Herd also received Greensboro’s second round pick in the 2018 NBA G League Draft in exchange for the team’s first round selections in 2017 and 2018. 

“Xavier has competed at the highest levels of professional basketball in the NBA, NBA G League and internationally,” said Herd General Manager Dave Dean. “After working with Xavier throughout Bucks training camp, we see untapped potential and could not be more excited to add the former NBA G League All-Star to the Herd roster.”

Munford, 25, was a member of the 2017 USA AmeriCup Team that finished 5-0 and won the gold medal in Argentina. He averaged 10.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game.

The Miami Heat have converted the contract of Matt Williams Jr. into a two-way contract.

Williams Jr., who was originally signed by the Heat on July 24, appeared in all six preseason games with Miami and averaged 2.2 points in 6.4 minutes of action. He scored nine points on 3-of-6 shooting from three-point range in a win vs. Washington on October 11. Williams Jr. previously appeared in eight Summer League games (six starts) with the HEAT in Orlando and Las Vegas and averaged 9.9 points and 2.6 rebounds while shooting 38 percent from the field, 39 percent from three-point range and a perfect 2-of-2 from the foul line. He started all six games in Las Vegas with Miami and shot 45 percent from three-point range, leading the team in three-point field goals made four times, including a 5-of-8 performance from beyond the arc vs. Washington on July 10 and a 6-of-9 output from downtown vs. Memphis on July 15.

The University of Central Florida graduate finished his collegiate career as the school’s all-time leader in three-point field goals made (274) and became the 18th player in program history to score at least 1,000 points.

Jamel Artis has agreed upon a two-way contract with the Orlando Magic.

Artis went undrafted in 2017 out of Pittsburgh.

Artis played for the New York Knicks in Summer League and the preseason.

The Los Angeles Clippers will convert the contract of C.J. Williams to a two-way deal.

Williams averaged 5.3 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 18.9 minutes per game for the Clippers in the preseason.

Williams went undrafted in 2012 out of NC State.