The Denver Nuggets have agreed to sign Gabe Brown to an Exhibit 10 training camp deal.
Brown went undrafted out of Michigan State this year.
In five Summer League games with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Brown averaged 8.8 points and 3.0 rebounds in 18.4 minutes.
The NBA has opened an investigation into a possible tampering violation committed by the Philadelphia 76ers centered on their signings of James Harden, P.J. Tucker and Danuel House.
Harden declined his $47 million player option to sign a one-plus-one contract with the 76ers at $33 million in Year 1 to give the team flexibility to sign Tucker and House.
Some have wondered if another deal with Harden is in place for the future, which would be a violation of league rules.
Tucker joined the Sixers from the Miami Heat on a three-year, $33.2 million deal.
Zavier Simpson has agreed to a deal with the Orlando Magic.
Simpson went undrafted in 2020 out of Michigan and played in four NBA games last season with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Simpson averaged 11.0 points, 5.3 rebounds and 7.5 assists in 43.5 minutes.
Simpson also averaged 14.6 points, 5.1 rebounds and 6.5 assists in 32.4 minutes over 35 G League games with the Blue.
The Sacramento Kings have signed Matthew Dellavedova.
Dellavedova last played in the NBA during the 20-21 season with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Last season in Australia, Dellavedova averaged 10.3 points, 3.1 rebounds and 4.8 assists in 25.6 minutes over 30 games.
LeBron James remains "extremely happy in Los Angeles despite the Lakers' back-to-back rocky seasons," sources tell Marc Stein of Substack.
James and his family relocated full time to Los Angeles in 2018 and they have become even more entrenched in the community.
"The prevailing thinking in league circles holds that only the chance to play elsewhere alongside son Bronny James, who will be eligible for the 2024 draft and continues to develop as an NBA prospect, would spur LeBron to push for an L.A. exit," writes Stein.
James is eligible for an extension on August 4th and he has three options available to him:
Because James will not be subject to the Over-38 rule, he cannot sign anything longer than a two-year extension.
Eric Paschall has agreed to a Two-Way deal with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Paschall spent last season with the Utah Jazz.
The Phoenix Suns retained Deandre Ayton when they matched his four-year, $133 million offer sheet with the Indiana Pacers. With the Suns not offering Ayton an extension before the season and any sort of deal in his restricted free agency, they signaled that they don't value him in a way we typically see for players of his caliber.
Many expected Ayton to depart the Suns this offseason in a sign-and-trade, but the Kevin Durant trade talks presumably made that scenario more difficult. Now, the Suns and Ayton will have to rehabilitate their working relationship.
"The weirdness of the Ayton situation, both the contract negotiations, the widespread perception, I'm talking widespread around the league that the bridge was pretty much burned between Ayton and the team," said Zach Lowe on his podcast.
"The comments that Monty Williams made after Game 7 when he pulled Ayton. There's clearly some mending of fences that has to happen there. Can it happen? Is this just a 'we're waiting it out until we can trade him' situation. That's another interesting human dynamic."
The Cleveland Cavaliers' latest offer to Collin Sexton in restricted free agency is worth approximately $40 million over three years, according to Chris Fedor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Sexton is coming off a meniscus tear at the start of last season and has a qualifying offer of $7.2 million. While Sexton was injured, Cleveland's core of Darius Garland, Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen crystalized.
"The offer I reported, the three-year around $40 million, I don't get the sense Collin and his camp would take that," said Fedor on the Lowe Post. "I don't think they would take a multi-year deal at that number. In fact, I think it would be more likely they would take the qualifying offer, go into unrestricted free agency next offseason. Try to rebuild the value before that. Show that you can be healthy. Show that the meniscus tear is behind you. Show you can adapt to a lesser sixth man role. All those different things. I think that is more likely than taking the multi-year offer that the Cavs have made at this point in time."
Sexton is represented by Rich Paul of Klutch Sports, who has a successful history of prolonged negotiations with restricted free agents.
Fedor also adds that there are many members of the Cleveland front office who prefer Caris LeVert over Sexton due to the size differential on defense.
Ryan Rollins has agreed to a three-year, $4.8 million rookie deal with the Golden State Warriors.
Rollins was the 44th overall pick out of Toledo.
Rollins' deal is fully guaranteed in the first two seasons and has a significant guarantee in Year 3.
Zion Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans quickly agreed to a contract extension this offseason, but the contract contains provisions based on his conditioning.
According to league sources, Williamson’s contract stipulates that he will have weigh-ins periodically throughout the entirety of his new deal. The sum of his weight and body fat percentage must be below 295.
The guaranteed money in Williamson's contract can be reduced if he does not remain below 295.
Williamson was listed at 285 pounds in his lone season at Duke. He has been listed at 284 pounds with the Pelicans.
Williamson has suffered multiple lower body injuries since entering the NBA and missed the entirety of his third season.
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