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Clippers Exercise Brook Lopez’s Option, Pass On Bogdanovic, Batum
The Clippers have finalized decisions on their three remaining team options ahead of Monday’s deadline. According to NBA insider Chris Haynes (Twitter link), veteran center Brook Lopez is having his $9.19MM option for 2026/27 exercised. The plan for the club is to hang onto Lopez, notes Jake Fischer of The Stein Line (Twitter link). However, […]
Thunder Pick Up Lu Dort’s Option, Make Kenrich Williams UFA
The Thunder have finalized decisions on their remaining team options, picking up Luguentz Dort‘s $17.7MM option for 2026/27, per Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link), while declining their $7.2MM option on Kenrich Williams, according to NBA insider Chris Haynes (Twitter link). Dort, 27, is coming off a bit of a down year in Oklahoma City. […]
Knicks, Landry Shamet Agree To Four-Year Deal
The Knicks and free agent guard Landry Shamet have reached an agreement on a four-year, $24MM deal that will see Shamet remain with the defending champions, sources tell Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link). Shamet, who has spent most of the past two seasons with the Knicks on minimum-salary contracts, returned from a shoulder injury […]
Hawks To Make Jonathan Kuminga Free Agent
The Hawks won’t exercise their $24.3MM team option on Jonathan Kuminga for the 2026/27 season, reports NBA insider Chris Haynes (Twitter link). As a result, Kuminga will become an unrestricted free agent. Kuminga, 23, spent about three months in restricted free agency in 2025 before finally agreeing to a two-year deal with the Warriors that […]
Bucks Declining Andre Jackson’s Team Option
The Bucks won’t pick up their team option for the 2026/27 season on guard Andre Jackson Jr., according to Eric Nehm of The Athletic. The option would have paid Jackson a $2,406,205 salary in 2026/27 and put him on track for unrestricted free agency in 2027. Instead, he’ll hit the open market a year early. […]
Suns Exercising 2026/27 Option On Jamaree Bouyea
The Suns are exercising their $2.58MM team option on Jamaree Bouyea for the 2026/27 season, reports Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (via Twitter). Bouyea’s salary for next season will remain non-guaranteed, Scotto notes. A 6’2″ guard who played his college ball for San Francisco, Bouyea has bounced around the NBA over his first four seasons, with […]
More On Warriors’ Interest In Anthony Davis, LeBron James
Word of the Warriors‘ apparent interest in Wizards big man Anthony Davis first surfaced on Sunday night and was advanced on Monday when Draymond Green declined his $27.7MM player option for 2026/27, signaling that the team is looking into finding a way to acquire both Davis and star forward LeBron James. According to Anthony Slater […]
Pistons Pick Up Contract Options On Daniss Jenkins, Tolu Smith
The Pistons have picked up their team options on the 2026/27 contracts of guard Daniss Jenkins and big man Tolu Smith, Spotrac’s Keith Smith tweets. Jenkins’ option is worth $4MM, while Smith’s is worth $2,411,090. Smith’s salary remains non-guaranteed until Jan. 10. Jenkins was one of the league’s greatest success stories last season. He went […]
Chaney Johnson To Sign Two-Way QO From Nets
Nets forward Chaney Johnson will sign his two-way qualifying offer to remain with the team, Michael Scotto of HoopsHype tweets. Brooklyn tendered the qualifying offer over the weekend. The qualifying offer is equivalent to another one-year, two-way deal with a partial guarantee of approximately $91K. Johnson appeared in 12 games for Brooklyn this past season, […]
Clippers’ Bradley Beal Opts For Free Agency
Clippers guard Bradley Beal is turning down his $5.62MM player option for the 2026/27 season in favor of becoming an unrestricted free agent, reports NBA insider Chris Haynes (Twitter link). It’s a somewhat surprising decision, given that Beal appeared in just six games in 2025/26 before being sidelined due to a hip injury that required […]
Cavs To Re-Sign Thomas Bryant On One-Year Deal
Free agent center Thomas Bryant intends to sign a one-year deal to return to the Cavaliers, Shams Charania of ESPN tweets. Charania didn’t specify the terms, but it’s likely to be a veteran’s minimum contract. Bryant, 28, has been on the move quite a bit during his career but now appears set to get a […]
Hornets Exercising Pat Connaughton’s Option
The Hornets are picking up their team option on veteran wing Pat Connaughton for the 2026/27 season, reports Rod Boone of The Charlotte Observer (Twitter link). Connaughton’s option salary is $3,815,861, but it won’t become guaranteed until January, so there’s a good chance he won’t remain on this contract until then, despite having his option […]
Nuggets Decline Option On Jalen Pickett’s Contract
The Nuggets are declining Jalen Pickett’s fourth-year team option for the 2026/27 season, Bennett Durando of the Denver Post reports. The 26-year-old guard was due to make $2,406,205 next season. Instead, he’ll hit the unrestricted free agent market unless Denver opts to give him a qualifying offer, which appears unlikely. The 32nd overall pick of […]
Clippers Make Mathurin, Miller, Sanders RFAs
The Clippers have tendered a qualifying offer to guard Bennedict Mathurin, making him a restricted free agent, reports Law Murray of The Athletic (Twitter link). According to Murray, the Clippers have also give qualifying offers to wing Jordan Miller and Kobe Sanders, who will be restricted free agents too. Both Miller and Sanders had 2026/27 […]
Rockets Extend Qualifying Offer To Tari Eason
The Rockets are extending an $8.01MM qualifying offer to forward Tari Eason, making him a restricted free agent, Kelly Iko of Yahoo Sports tweets. This confirms Iko’s report over the weekend that Houston was likely to give Eason his QO. Eason’s cap hold will be roughly $17.03MM, but Houston projects to be well over the […]
Jazz Issue QO To Kessler, Decline Options On Mbeng, Gray
The Jazz have formally issued Walker Kessler a qualifying offer, making him a restricted free agent, reports Tony Jones of The Athletic (Twitter link). Kessler and the Jazz have engaged in contract negotiations during Utah’s exclusive negotiating period. The team reportedly put a five-year offer worth approximately $140MM on the table, but the center and […]
Grizzlies Pick Up Contract Options On Prosper, Jackson
1:21pm: The team announced the decisions in a press release. 12:30pm: The Grizzlies are picking up their options on the 2026/27 contracts of Olivier-Maxence Prosper and GG Jackson, Jake Fischer of The Stein Line reports (Twitter links). Prosper’s 2026/27 salary will be $2,497,812, while Jackson will make $2,406,205. Prosper signed a two-year standard contract in […]
Lakers’ Marcus Smart To Become Free Agent
Lakers guard Marcus Smart won’t exercise his $5.39MM option for the 2026/27 season, having decided to become an unrestricted free agent, reports NBA insider Chris Haynes (Twitter link). After two injury-plagued seasons, Smart bet on himself last summer by negotiating a buyout with the Wizards and then signing a one-plus-one deal with the Lakers worth […]
Mavericks Picking Up Option On Ryan Nembhard
The Mavericks plan to exercise their option on Ryan Nembhard‘s 2026/27 contract, Marc Stein of The Stein Line tweets. Their decision to pick up Nembhard’s $2,150,917 salary was a mere formality for one of the league’s biggest pleasant surprises this past season. Nembhard went undrafted despite a strong college resume at Creighton and Gonzaga, where […]
Pacers To Exercise Option On Micah Potter’s Deal
The Pacers plan to exercise their $2,801,346 option on Micah Potter‘s contract, Michael Scotto of HoopsHype tweets. They have also extended a two-way qualifying offer to Jalen Slawson. Potter’s 2026/27 salary will remain non-guaranteed until Jan. 10. He projects to compete for a roster spot with Jay Huff to back up Ivica Zubac next season. […]
Heat’s Andrew Wiggins Opts In, Agrees To Extension
Heat forward Andrew Wiggins has exercised his $30.17MM player option for the 2026/27 season, reports Jake Fischer of The Stein Line (Twitter link). According to Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter links), Wiggins and the Heat have also reached an extension agreement in conjunction with Wiggins’ opt-in. Charania states that Wiggins will be on a three-year, […]
Sixers Pick Up Options On Barlow, Terry; Decline Option On Watford
The Sixers are picking up their options on the 2026/27 contracts of forward Dominick Barlow and wing Dalen Terry while declining their option on Trendon Watford‘s contract, Tony Jones of The Athletic reports (Twitter links). Barlow will now make a guaranteed $3,415,000 next season, while Terry’s salary of $2,584,539 will remain non-guaranteed until Jan. 10. […]
Raptors Pick Up Trayce Jackson-Davis’ 2026/27 Option
The Raptors are exercising their team option on Trayce Jackson-Davis‘ contract for the 2026/27 season, reports Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (Twitter link). The move ensures that Jackson-Davis’ $2.41MM salary will be fully guaranteed. The former Indiana forward/center, who began his NBA career in Golden State as a 2023 second-round pick, was traded from the Warriors […]
Trade/Free Agency Rumors: Brown, Leonard, Middleton, Clarkson, Suns
The Celtics “spent the entire weekend canvassing the league for Jaylen Brown trades,” ESPN’s Shams Charania said Monday morning on SportsCenter (video link). Boston is exploring the possibility of getting a third or fourth team involved to help facilitate some of the proposed deals, Charania adds. He states that the Celtics have “set a really […]
Nets Exercise Team Option On Malachi Smith
The Nets are exercising their minimum-salary team option on Malachi Smith, who signed a two-year contract with the team in April, per Brian Lewis of The New York Post (Twitter link). The option is worth $2,150,917, but picking it up doesn’t necessarily lock in that amount on Brooklyn’s cap for 2026/27. Smith’s salary will remain […]
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