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LeBron James might be the biggest name left on the free agency board
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NBA free agency is in full swing and perhaps the biggest name on the board already has a new home. In the early hours of Monday morning, 9-time All-Star Paul George agreed to a 4-year max contract with the Philadelphia 76ers worth $212 million. The potential seismic shift in the East was bolstered by Philly also agreeing to terms of a 5-year, $204 million max extension with Tyrese Maxey, who was the NBA's Most Improved Player last year, averaging 25.9 points per game on his way to a first All-Star selection.
LeBron James, who declined his player option with the expectation of signing a new deal with the Lakers is the top name remaining on the board. Last season, James posted averages of 25.7 points, 8.3 assists and 7.3 rebounds per game on 54% shooting in 71 games played. On the second day of the NBA Draft, James got more incentive to stay with the Lakers when the club drafted his son, Bronny, with the No. 55 overall pick in the second round. The four-time NBA MVP has said for years that he'd like the opportunity to play with his eldest son before retiring.
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NBA free agent big board: The top 40 players on the market
The free agency negotiating window opened 6 p.m. ET Sunday, when each NBA team can negotiate with players on the market and perhaps even reach a deal. Those deals can't be signed until July 6 at 12:01 p.m. ET, but there will be plenty of transactional action until then and beyond.
Here is our big board of the top free agents on the market.
Top free agents by position: point guards | shooting guards | small forwards | power forwards | centers
See the full big board here.
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Mo Bamba to the Clippers
Mo Bamba is swapping with Paul George. Bamba is headed to the Clippers on a new one-year deal, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. The 7-footer averaged 4.4 points and 4.2 rebounds largely off the bench last season with the 76ers while playing 13 minutes per game.
Free agent center Mo Bamba has agreed on a one-year deal with the Los Angeles Clippers, sources tell ESPN. pic.twitter.com/slB6wJkGvp
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 2, 2024
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Warriors say goodbye to Klay
The Warriors just put out a statement about Klay Thompson's departure that included the promise of eventually retiring his jersey at Chase Center.
The Warriors say they will retire Klay Thompson's No. 11 👏
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) July 2, 2024
Jason Owens
The Clippers add another piece in the wake of losing Paul George. This time it's veteran point guard Kris Dunn, according to TNT's Chris Haynes. Terms of the deal weren't initially reported.
Dunn averaged 5.4 points, 3.8 assists, 2.9 rebounds and on steal in 66 games with the Utah Jazz last season, 32 of them starts.
Free agent guard Kris Dunn has reached an agreement with the Los Angeles Clippers, league sources tell @NBAonTNT, @BleacherReport. pic.twitter.com/Xuli91FrGj
— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) July 2, 2024
Jason Owens
The Magic keep one of their own with a two-year, $14 million deal with guard Gary Harris.
Harris, 29, averaged 6.9 points, 1.7 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 0.9 steals while shooting 31% on 3.1 3-point attempts per game last season. He made 27 starts in 54 games played.
Free agent guard Gary Harris has agreed to a two-year, $14 million contract to stay with the Orlando Magic, sources tell ESPN. Harris will be returning for his fifth season with the Magic — his 11th in the NBA. pic.twitter.com/fNKRq6d8Yu
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 2, 2024
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Mavericks send Warriors picks in Klay Thompson deal
The deal to send Klay Thompson to the Mavericks is reportedly done. In return, the Warriors received a 2025 and a 2031 second-round pick from Dallas.
The sign and trade is done for Thompson, source tells ESPN. Dallas will send two second-round picks to Golden State, source says. https://t.co/M8IyOO1WeE
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 1, 2024
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Collin Gillespie to the Spurs organization
After spending last season with the Nuggets, Collin Gillespie is headed to the Spurs on a two-way deal. He's the latest former Villanova star to land a new deal in the league, but it remarkably wasn't with the Knicks.
Free agent guard Collin Gillespie has agreed on a two-way deal with the Suns, sources tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 1, 2024
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Magic working to extend center Jonathan Isaac
With Orlando having found a new three-year agreement with big man Goga Bitdaze, the Magic are working to renegotiate and extend the contract of versatile defensive center Jonathan Isaac, league sources told Yahoo Sports.
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Magic bringing back Bitadze
The Orlando Magic are bringing back Goga Bitadze this fall. The Georgian center averaged five points and 4.6 rebounds per game with the franchise as a part-time starter last season, his first full campaign with the team.
Free agent center Goga Bitadze is returning to the Orlando Magic on a three-year, $25 million contract, sources tell ESPN. pic.twitter.com/hUaR5HC17g
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 1, 2024
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Jayson Tatum inks richest contract in NBA history
After leading the Celtics to a championship, Jayson Tatum secured the richest contract in NBA history on Monday afternoon. Tatum agreed to a supermax extension worth an estimated $315 million over five years, according to multiple reports. He'll now be with the Celtics through the 2029-30 season.
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Aaron Holiday staying with the Rockets
Aaron Holiday is staying in Houston. Holiday agreed to a two-year, $10 million deal to return to the Rockets on Monday afternoon, according to The Athletic's Shams Charania. He averaged 6.6 points, 1.8 assists and 1.6 rebounds off the bench for the team last season.
Free agent guard Aaron Holiday plans to sign a two-year, $10 million deal to stay with the Houston Rockets, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Holiday played 78 games as a reserve guard for Rockets' turnaround season last year. pic.twitter.com/bsQ9psaeNl
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 1, 2024
De'Anthony Melton to sign 1-year, $12.8 million deal with Warriors
Guard De'Anthony Melton has agreed to a one-year, $12.8 million contract with the Golden State Warriors, reports The Athletic's Shams Charania.
Free agent De'Anthony Melton plans to sign a one-year, $12.8 million deal with the Golden State Warriors, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. pic.twitter.com/LfBenYVJ7T
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 1, 2024
Melton averaged 11.1 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3 assists and 1.6 steals while shooting 36% on 3-pointers for the Philadelphia 76ers last season. He was limited to 38 games due to a back injury, starting 33 games. Presumably, Melton will help fill the void left by Klay Thompson signing with the Dallas Mavericks.
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Klay Thompson agrees to deal with Mavericks
Klay Thompson is headed to the Western Conference champion Dallas Mavericks, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. The four-time NBA champion with the Golden State Warriors had reportedly agreed to a three-year, $50 million contract with a player option that would involve a sign-and-trade between Dallas, Golden State and at least one other team. Thompson, one of the great shooters in NBA history, is a career 41.3% shooter from 3-point range.
BREAKING: Free agent Klay Thompson plans to join the Dallas Mavericks on a three-year, $50M deal with a player option, sources tell ESPN. Thompson ends his historic Warriors run as part of a multi-team sign-and-trade that’ll also send Josh Green to Charlotte. pic.twitter.com/4GJ5hR3H5o
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 1, 2024
Jason Owens
Free agent wing Nicolas Batum is joining the Los Angeles Clippers, marking another move in an eventful free agency for the franchise.
Per ESPN's Wojnarowksi, the deal is for two years and $9.6 million.
Batum joins the Clippers from the Philadelphia 76ers hours after former Clipper All-Star Paul George agreed to terms with the 76ers. The Clippers have also agreed to terms with James Harden, Derrick Jones Jr. and Kevin Porter Jr. since free agency opened Sunday evening, none of whom project to compensate for the loss of George.
Free agent F Nic Batum has agreed on a two-year, $9.6 million deal to join the Los Angeles Clippers, sources tell ESPN. pic.twitter.com/UPSxcBt4eX
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 1, 2024
DeMar DeRozan will not re-sign with Bulls: Report
DeMar DeRozan will move on from the Chicago Bulls after three seasons, according to the Chicago Sun-Times' Joe Cowley. The 15-year veteran made the decision after the Bulls acquired Josh Giddey in a trade for Alex Caruso.
.@JCowleyHoops on DeMar DeRozan's status with the Bulls: "He will be signing elsewhere. So we can go ahead and close the chapter on the King of the Fourth."
Listen to Cowley's full interview with @BernsyHolmes:https://t.co/fZrDf1OPw1 pic.twitter.com/6g7oyqXfyQ
— 670 The Score (@670TheScore) July 1, 2024
The Los Angeles Lakers are reported to be interested in DeRozan, but his market is shrinking with the Philadelphia 76ers signing Paul George, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope going to the Orlando Magic and Derrick Jones Jr. signing with Los Angeles Clippers.
DeRozan averaged 25.5 points, 4.7 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game and shot 34% on 3-pointers during his three seasons in Chicago. He has also played for the Toronto Raptors and San Antonio Spurs.
Derrick White agrees to 4-year, $125.9M extension with Boston: Report
Derrick White’s summer was already going pretty well. It just got a hell of a lot better.
Fresh off playing a pivotal role throughout the Celtics’ run to the 2023-24 NBA championship, White has agreed to a four-year, $125.9 contract extension that will keep him in Boston, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. The re-up represents a significant leap over the four-year, $70 million deal that White signed as an extension of his rookie-scale contract back in 2020 and includes a player option.
Boston Celtics guard Derrick White has agreed on a four-year, $125.9 million contract extension, sources tell ESPN. The deal includes a player option. Huge offseason priority for the champs. pic.twitter.com/eAMo9yf7oe
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 1, 2024
The 6-foot-4 combo guard has become one of the NBA’s most consistent and disruptive perimeter stoppers, earning All-Defensive Second Team nods in each of the last two seasons for his work as the kind of high-motor playmaker willing to sacrifice his smile to secure a loose ball if it gets him one step closer to a win. He’s frequently lauded as the best shot-blocking guard the game’s seen since Dwyane Wade, and for good reason: No other backcourt player has tallied anything close to White’s 163 blocks over the past two seasons, which is more than all but 17 players at any position.
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Jake Fischer
Spurs targeting Nic Batum?
Having already signed future Hall of Fame point guard Chris Paul, another veteran the Spurs are targeting in free agency is French forward Nic Batum, sources said, who would join countryman Victor Wembanyama.
Batum, 35, averaged 25.9 minutes for Philadelphia last season.
Delon Wright agrees to 1-year deal with Bucks
Guard Delon Wright is leaving the Miami Heat to join the Milwaukee Bucks, reports ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. Last season, he averaged 5.4 points and 2.6 assists while shooting 37% on 3s.
Free agent guard Delon Wright has agreed on a one-year, $3.3 million deal with the Milwaukee Bucks, sources tell ESPN. pic.twitter.com/vw2HsAb6NT
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 1, 2024
The Bucks will be Wright's ninth NBA team. In addition to the Heat, he's played for the Toronto Raptors, Memphis Grizzlies, Dallas Mavericks, Detroit Pistons, Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks and Washington Wizards during his nine previous seasons
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Free agent C Drew Eubanks has agreed on a two-year, $10 million deal to join the Utah Jazz, sources tell ESPN. Eubanks spent the past season with the Phoenix Suns and stays in the West on the Jazz’s frontline. pic.twitter.com/5ejnjRNp7h
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 1, 2024
Sean Leahy
After spending parts of six seasons with the the Philadelphia 76ers, Tobias Harris is moving on.
ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski is reporting that the soon-to-be 32-year-old forward is joining the Detroit Pistons on a two-year, $52 million contract. Harris played 70 games last season and averaged 17.2 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.1 assists in nearly 34 minutes per night.
Harris had an up-and-down final season with the 76ers, most notably in the playoffs when he put up 19 points in the team's Game 5 win against the New York Knicks in the playoffs only to follow that up with a scoreless Game 6 in over 29 minutes.
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Big changes are coming for the Knicks. Adrian Wojnarowski is reporting that Isaiah Hartenstein is leaving New York to take a three-year, $87 million deal with the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Hartenstein is viewed as one of the top available centers, following a breakout campaign this season that saw him average 7.8 points, 8.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.1 blocks in a career-high 25.3 minutes per game for the Knicks. He's one of just five NBA players to total more than 80 blocks and 80 steals this past season.
Hartenstein didn't begin the year as a starter, but the Knicks compounding injuries gave him the opportunity. Mitchell Robinson fractured his ankle in mid-December, and Hartenstein took over for essentially the rest of the season.
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