JaVale McGee has agreed to sign with the Sacramento Kings.

McGee was waived and stretched by the Dallas Mavericks earlier this week. McGee had $11.7 million remaining on his three-year, $17.2 million deal.

Mike Brown was an assistant coach for the Golden State Warriors when McGee was with the franchise.

The Miami Heat have decided to bypass using the "stretch provision" on Kyle Lowry. There had been speculation that the Heat could waive Lowry and stretch the final $28,333,334 remaining on his salary over three seasons to lessen their potential luxury tax bill and avoid being over the second apron.

Miami is currently at $179.3 million in committed salary, which puts them above the first apron, but below the second apron of $182.7 million.

Miami's roster remains in limbo as they continue to pursue a trade for Damian Lillard. Depending on the trade scenario, the Heat could use Lowry in a trade package for Lillard.

The Memphis Grizzlies have signed guard Shaquille Harrison.

Harrison (6-4, 195), who signed a 10-day contract with the Grizzlies during the 2021-22 season, has competed in 180 regular season games (23 starts) over six NBA seasons with the Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls, Utah Jazz, Denver Nuggets, Brooklyn Nets and Portland Trail Blazers and has averaged 5.3 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 15.4 minutes.

Last season, he averaged 8.8 points, 4.4 rebounds and 6.0 assists in 24.0 minutes in five regular season games for the Trail Blazers before appearing in eight playoff games for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Svi Mykhailiuk and the Boston Celtics have agreed to a one-year deal. 

Mykhailiuk averaged 10.6 points in 22.5 minutes for the Charlotte Hornets last season.

The Memphis Grizzlies have agreed to sign GG Jackson to a Two-Way contract.

Jackson was the No. 45 pick of the 2023 NBA draft out of South Carolina.

Jackson averaged 10.6 points and 4.8 rebounds over eight Summer League games.

The Golden State Warriors have hired Jason Staudt to join their front office.

Staudt was most recently a personnel scout with the Washington Wizards. 

Staudt also has previous assistant coaching experience. 

Mark Cuban had an interview with Patrick Beverley in which he discussed the dynamic on the Dallas Mavericks between Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving to close the season. The Mavericks missed out on the play-in despite the trade for Irving.

“When you look at last year, we had issues that had nothing to do with Kyrie or Luka playing together," said Cuban. "When they played together, I was just looking at it. Out of 900 possessions they played together, they were (a top-five combo in the league). We just didn’t have a team that was committed to the roles. The year before when we went to the Western Conference Finals everybody knew their role and everybody played their role perfectly. And it wasn’t Kyrie or Luka, they knew their roles. But once other guys start playing for themselves or not playing for the team, every mistake that you could possibly have is just magnified to no end.

“We made some changes, a lot of changes this year, on and off the court. We got younger, we got longer. The other thing is, when you are on the outside looking at stuff about Kai, right? I didn’t know him at all. I just read the same stuff and you see the dude bounce from team to team, you get some perceptions. But then I started talking to people before the deal, everybody loved him. Luka was like we needed somebody else. But when you talk to people, people love Kai. And yeah you watch after games, guys will trade jerseys. People would just walk up and hug Kyrie. Now that I’ve gotten to know Kai a lot better and that’s who he is. Kyrie wants to think about things, Kyrie wants to connect to people and connect to history and know who he is. he just wants to take it to the next level personally, but he recognizes this is his game right here. If he gets bounced again, can you be a Hall of Famer when you bounce to five teams, even though you’ve got Hall of Fame talent?”

Beverley also asked Cuban to explain how the Mavericks' trade for Irving come about with Doncic.

“It was a little bit of all of the above," said Cuban. "Nico (Harrison) is finding his way, (Jason) Kidd, obviously. Luka and I have got a great relationship, so we all talk. It’s not just my decision or Luka’s decision. It’s an open dialogue. But we knew we needed to do something because even before the trade we were like 29-26. The Western Conference is insane, so we were in like fifth place, but we didn’t have a team. But a lot of it goes back to the roles. People talk about Kai and Luka fitting together. Kai knows it’s Luka’s team. Kai knows how Luka plays. Great basketball players are great basketball players, and they know how to play off anybody else.”

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In an appearance on the "Sports By Northwest" podcast by The Oregonian, ESPN's Marc Spears gave an update on Damian Lillard's trade request. Spears said Lillard is still focused on getting to the Miami Heat, but that Jayson Tatum has tried to recruit the star guard to the Boston Celtics.

The Charlotte Hornets waived guard Kobi Simmons. Simmons was on a non-guaranteed contract for this upcoming season.

Simmons appeared in five NBA games for the Hornets last season. He had his two-way deal converted to a standard contract in early-April.

In 46 games for the Greensboro Swarm, Charlotte's G League affiliate, Simmons averaged 19.2 points, 4.3 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game. Simmons has played three of the last four seasons for the Swarm, with the lone exception being the 2021-22 season when the 6-foot-5 guard played in Poland.