The Milwaukee Bucks will waive Spencer Hawes using the stretch provision.

Hawes is owed $6 million for the 17-18 season.

By waiving Hawes and using the stretch provision, the Bucks will get under the salary cap.

The Bucks acquired Hawes during the 16-17 season as part of a salary dump involving Marshall Plumlee.

Shabazz Muhammad is considering signing with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Muhammad was previously represented by Lakers' general manager Rob Pelinka.

Muhammad has since been represented by Rich Paul.

The Lakers still have their $4.3 million room exception available.

The Minnesota Timberwolves haven't ruled out re-signing Muhammad, while the New Orleans Pelicans are also interested.

The Portland Trail Blazers will keep Pat Connaughton on their roster for the 17-18 season.

The Blazers had until Thursday afternoon to waive Connaughton before his $1.4 million salary for 17-18 became guaranteed.

Connaughton was a second round pick in 2015.

The Blazers now have 14 guaranteed contracts on the roster with less than a month to go until training camp and are likely done dealing before the start of the regular season.

The New Orleans Pelicans are bringing in Josh Smith, Chase Budinger and Martell Webster for workouts.

The Pelicans are thin on the wing with Solomon Hill out six to eight months.

New Orleans may start Jrue Holiday at shooting guard to mitigate their lack of depth on the wing.

"They have a workout there, with, I'm told, Josh Smith, Chase Budinger, Martell Webster," said Bobby Marks on Adrian Wojnarowski's podcast.

The Minnesota Timberwolves have agreed upon a one-year, partially guaranteed deal with Amile Jefferson.

Jefferson went undrafted out of Duke in 2017.

Jefferson averaged 2.2 points and 3.6 rebounds in 11.0 minutes per game for the Wolves in Summer League.

Dan Gilbert is operating under the assumption LeBron James will leave the Cleveland Cavaliers in the summer of 2018, according to multiple sources.

The Cavaliers sought out a future asset in their trade of Kyrie Irving along with two win-now players in Isaiah Thomas and Jae Crowder. According to an exec from a rival team, the Cavaliers would have changed their asking price for Irving if they knew James would remain with Cleveland.

Even though many sources around the NBA expect James to leave the Cavaliers, that decision is far from certain.

According to a source, James and Tyronn Lue cooled on the deal for Thomas after it was discovered his injury could force him to miss the early part of the season.

The Portland Trail Blazers have waived Andrew Nicholson using the stretch provision.

The Blazers will spread Nicholson's remaining salary over the next several seasons.

Nicholson was acquired by the Blazers as part of the Allen Crabbe trade.

Nicholson signed a four-year, $26 million deal with the Washington Wizards in 2016 and he was later included in the Bojan Bogdanovic deal.

Isaiah Thomas revealed he has made significant progress in recovering from his hip injury.

"I am not damaged," Thomas told ESPN on Tuesday. "I'll be back, and I'll be the same player."

Thomas was traded by the Boston Celtics to the Cleveland Cavaliers, though the deal is being held up following his physical.

Thomas doesn't believe his hip injury will have a long-term impact upon his career. Thomas will be a free agent in 2018.

"There's never been an indication that I wouldn't be back, and there's never been an indication that this is something messing up my career," Thomas told ESPN. "Maybe I am not going to be back as soon this season as everyone wants me to be, but I'm going to be back, and I'm going to be the same player again. No doctor has told me anything different than that."

Thomas has been in touch with the Cavaliers since his physical.

"I don't know what [the organization] is doing," Thomas told ESPN. "It's out of my control. I just want to talk about what I can control, and I know that this (hip) won't be a problem into the future."

The Detroit Pistons have agreed upon a deal with Dwight Buycks.

Buycks last played in the NBA in 14-15 for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Buckys spent the past two seasons in China with Fujian.

The New Orleans Pelicans and Minnesota Timberwolves are both pursuing Dante Cunningham.

The Pelicans' interest in Cunningham has appeared to increase following the injury to Solomon Hill.

Cunningham joined the Pelicans in 2014.