2026 NBA Free Agency and Trades

[Russ Smith]

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He improved defensively but I don't know if the Warriors should match that or not,


The one that has me scared is the rumors of them signing DeRozan, just not what they need at this point, doesn't guard, doesn't make 3's.

 

[Germz249]

For whom?!

Booker for Ayton lol

 

[hcsilla]

He improved defensively but I don't know if the Warriors should match that or not,


The one that has me scared is the rumors of them signing DeRozan, just not what they need at this point, doesn't guard, doesn't make 3's.

I don't think they will match, or at least I think they shouldn't.

 

[Adrian]

NBACentral
@TheDunkCentral
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55m
The numbers on Donovan Mitchell’s contract extension:

Year 1: $60.9M
Year 2: $65.8M
Year 3: $70.6M
Year 4: $75.5M

(Via
@BobbyMarks42
)

 

[Adrian]

Shams Charania
@ShamsCharania
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1h
BREAKING: Cleveland Cavaliers All-NBA star Donovan Mitchell has agreed on a four-year, $273 million maximum contract extension that includes a player option for the 2030-31 season and a full trade kicker, CAA's Co-Head of Basketball, Austin Brown, tells ESPN

 

[Carolinacacti]

Shams Charania
@ShamsCharania
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1h
BREAKING: Cleveland Cavaliers All-NBA star Donovan Mitchell has agreed on a four-year, $273 million maximum contract extension that includes a player option for the 2030-31 season and a full trade kicker, CAA's Co-Head of Basketball, Austin Brown, tells ESPN

What's a trade kicker

 

[Proximo]

NBACentral
@TheDunkCentral
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55m
The numbers on Donovan Mitchell’s contract extension:

Year 1: $60.9M
Year 2: $65.8M
Year 3: $70.6M
Year 4: $75.5M

(Via
@BobbyMarks42
)

They should have just refused to do that.

I am convinced that cap space is more valuable than him under the current system.

 

[Superbone]

Booker for Ayton lol

I was actually responding to this part:

"Would have been nice to bring Shaq 2.0 back home.."

As in, for whom would it be nice for? Us fans? (I think not.) Or Ayton. (probably not either)

 

[JCSunsfan]

He will be a free agent if he clears waivers. How I wish the Suns could afford him.

Mainstreet, I just cannot wrap my brain around your frustration about not having another center. We have Williams, Maluach, and Oso. That's two of the longest playersin the league and 6-11 defender and ball mover. We really do not need another center. Fleming could play some small ball center if he has bulked up as some say. It's the deepest center rotation we have ever had I think.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Mainstreet, I just cannot wrap my brain around your frustration about not having another center. We have Williams, Maluach, and Oso. That's two of the longest playersin the league and 6-11 defender and ball mover. We really do not need another center. Fleming could play some small ball center if he has bulked up as some say. It's the deepest center rotation we have ever had I think.

it's confusing to me also. We have a starting C. We have a young talented big who needs a lot more minutes next year to get better and we have a decent 3rd string C. Pining after a 4th C is confusing. Who's minutes is he going to eat and how much are we going to spend at that position?

 

[Hoop Head]

What's a trade kicker

If a player is traded they get a raise, usually between 5-15% of that years salary. It usually has to be paid out immediately also. So if a player has a max trade kicker, 15%, on a 50m deal annually then they can request the extra $7.5 million from their new team when it's official.

Some trade kickers require the original team to pay them, the one who traded them away, but it's usually the receiving team. Like 95% of the time.

 

[Germz249]

I was actually responding to this part:

"Would have been nice to bring Shaq 2.0 back home.."

As in, for whom would it be nice for? Us fans? (I think not.) Or Ayton. (probably not either)

Lol my bad

 

[Adrian]

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[Adrian]

Shams Charania
@ShamsCharania
Free agent center Kevon Looney has agreed on a one-year, $3.9 million deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, Life Sports Agency CEO Todd Ramasar tells ESPN.

 

[Superbone]

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And as for the new guy?

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

And as for the new guy?

who?

 

[Superbone]

who?

You-know-who. Hint: I wasn't talking about Kennard or Peat.

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

You-know-who. Hint: I wasn't talking about Kennard or Peat.

spencer

 

[Raindog]

They should have just refused to do that.

I am convinced that cap space is more valuable than him under the current system.

And very likely, in one or two more years, Cleveland will be making a Jaylen Brown type deal to move him.

 

[Mainstreet]

Mainstreet, I just cannot wrap my brain around your frustration about not having another center. We have Williams, Maluach, and Oso. That's two of the longest playersin the league and 6-11 defender and ball mover. We really do not need another center. Fleming could play some small ball center if he has bulked up as some say. It's the deepest center rotation we have ever had I think.

It's not about frustration, it’s where the Suns are most vulnerable.

Hope isn't a defensive strategy.

The Suns finished last season with a defensive rating of 113.4, and Mark Williams (when not injured), for all his height, still lets opponents shoot nearly 60% at the rim. That isn't a wall, it's a welcome mat.

The Suns need a dependable rotation player at this position if the defense continues to be a sieve, not just more bodies to watch the paint leak. Some may see a "deep rotation," I see the same cracks.

 

[Superbone]

spencer

Nor Spencer nor Hoiberg. Do I have to go on?

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

Nor Spencer nor Hoiberg. Do I have to go on?

that will be all for today's questions

 

[Yuma]

it's confusing to me also. We have a starting C. We have a young talented big who needs a lot more minutes next year to get better and we have a decent 3rd string C. Pining after a 4th C is confusing. Who's minutes is he going to eat and how much are we going to spend at that position?

They are talking about Maluach not getting minutes as it is. I think Maluach gets minutes when they rest Williams in abck to backs and load management. Ott loves Oso, so he's getting minutes.

 

[Adrian]

Shams Charania
@ShamsCharania
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18m
Just in: Free agent Khris Middleton has agreed on a three-year, $17.6 million deal with the Washington Wizards via sign-and-trade, agent Mike Lindeman of Excel Sports Management tells ESPN. The 14-year veteran returns to D.C. where he spent parts of last two seasons as a leader

 

[Adrian]

Shams Charania
@ShamsCharania
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15m
Dallas is sending Middleton to the Wizards via sign-and-trade as part of a larger six-team deal that includes, in total, the Mavericks, Wizards, Clippers, Pistons, Bucks and Grizzlies. It involves previously agreed upon deals such as John Collins, Gary Harris and Taurean Prince (Detroit), Isaiah Stewart (Memphis), Santi Aldama (Mavericks), Caris LeVert (Bucks), etc.