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2025/26 NBA Contract Extension Tracker

HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) — Four NBA free agents – Naz Reid, Kyrie Irving, Myles Turner, and Julius Randle – have signed contracts worth at least $100MM since the start of July. However, the most lucrative deals completed since the new league year began weren’t free agent deals at all — they were contract extensions. Extensions, of course, don’t involve […]
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Latest On Bradley Beal

HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) — After he was hired as the Suns‘ head coach in June, Jordan Ott met with Bradley Beal and shared his plan for how the team could use the veteran shooting guard next season, writes ESPN’s Brian Windhorst. However, according to Windhorst, Beal had already decided after meeting with agent Mark Bartelstein that he wanted to […]
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Pacers Notes: Nembhard, Mathurin, Turner, Jackson, More

HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) — With Tyrese Haliburton sidelined for the entire 2025/26 season as he recovers from a torn Achilles, the Pacers‘ offense is expected to look significantly different in the fall and likely won’t be nearly as “high-octane,” according to Jamal Collier of ESPN. Indiana ranked second in both offensive rating and pace during the 2023/24 regular season […]
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Eastern Notes: Sexton, Holland, Anthony, Embiid, Bassey

HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) — In a wide-ranging interview with Roderick Boone of The Charlotte Observer (subscription required), Hornets head coach Charles Lee spoke about the offseason additions to the roster, why he’s comfortable with the team’s frontcourt options, and how he expects LaMelo Ball to take another step forward as a leader next season, among other topics. Discussing newly […]
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How Teams Are Using 2025/26 Bi-Annual Exceptions

HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) — The bi-annual exception is one of the tools available to NBA teams who are over the cap, giving those clubs the flexibility to offer free agents more than the minimum salary. In 2025/26, the bi-annual exception is worth $5,134,000 and can be used to offer a deal worth up to $10,524,700 over two years. It […]
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Bucks To Receive Cap Benefit From Lillard’s New Contract

HoopsRumors (Rory Maher) — The Bucks will receive a salary cap benefit as a result of Damian Lillard‘s new three-year contract with the Trail Blazers, according to Bobby Marks of ESPN and Sports Business Classroom (Twitter link). Milwaukee waived earlier this month Lillard and used the stretch provision to spread the $112.6MM he was owed on his previous contract […]
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Nuggets Notes: Valanciunas, Adelman, Rotation, Holmes, Wallace

HoopsRumors (Rory Maher) — While the Nuggets have made it clear they expect Jonas Valanciunas to honor his contract, which will pay him $10.4MM next season, they also recognize they will need to make a concerted effort to help the Lithuanian center feel “comfortable and content” with the idea of spending (at least) the next year with the team, […]
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Lowe: Blazers, Lillard Have Mutual Interest In Reunion

HoopsRumors (Rory Maher) — The Trail Blazers and star point guard Damian Lillard have mutual interest in a possible reunion, league sources tell Zach Lowe of The Ringer (Twitter link). More to come…
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Fischer’s Latest: Nets, Thomas, Giddey, Grimes

HoopsRumors (Rory Maher) — Rival NBA executives and agents alike are curious about what the Nets will do with their remaining cap room, writes Jake Fischer of The Stein Line (Substack link). While general manager Sean Marks has aggressively signed restricted free agents to offer sheets in previous offseasons, that has not been the case this summer, Fischer notes. […]
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NBA Reportedly Concludes Kevin Porter Jr. Investigation

HoopsRumors (Rory Maher) — The NBA has concluded its investigation of Kevin Porter Jr.‘s domestic violence incident from September 2023, according to Law Murray of The Athletic, who reports (via Twitter) that the 25-year-old guard received a four-game suspension but won’t actually have to miss any games for the upcoming season. As Murray tweets, Porter missed the entire 2023/24 […]
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And-Ones: Jokic, DiVincenzo, 2027 Draft, Sheehey

HoopsRumors (Rory Maher) — Superstar Nuggets center Nikola Jokic is expected to confirm that he’ll play for the Serbian national team at this summer’s EuroBasket tournament, according to Dorde Matic of Meridian Sport. In fact, the same group that led Serbia to a bronze medal at the 2024 Olympics in Paris is expected to be available when EuroBasket 2025 […]
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Hoops Rumors Live Chat: 7/17/2025

HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) — Hoops Rumors is hosting a live chat today at 2:00 pm Central time (3:00 pm Eastern). Click here to submit your questions about free agency, the trade market, extension candidates, the salary cap, Collective Bargaining Agreement rules, or any other NBA-related topic. Then join us at 2 pm CT to chat!
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Suns Show Exploratory Interest In Jonathan Kuminga

HoopsRumors (Dana Gauruder) — The Suns have expressed exploratory interest in a sign-and-trade acquisition for Warriors restricted free agent Jonathan Kuminga, Jake Fischer of The Stein Line reports. After buying out Bradley Beal and using the stretch provision to gain some cap flexibility, the Suns contacted both Kuminga’s representation and the Warriors regarding a potential transaction. However, the Suns […]
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New York Notes: Mann, Kolek, Demin, Wolf, Saraf

HoopsRumors (Dana Gauruder) — Guard Terance Mann was acquired by the Nets from the Hawks in the three-team trade that sent Kristaps Porzingis from Boston to Atlanta. The main motivation for the Nets to take part in the deal was to acquire another first-rounder, which they used on Drake Powell. Mann still has three years and $47MM remaining on […]
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Hawks Agree To One-Year Deal With Caleb Houstan

HoopsRumors (Dana Gauruder) — The Hawks and Caleb Houstan have agreed to a one-year contract, Michael Scotto of Hoops Hype reports (Twitter link). Houstan has played for the Magic during his three-year NBA career. He appeared in 168 during that span, including 23 starts, after being selected early in the second round of the 2022 draft. Last season, he […]
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