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Injured Celtics guard Marcus Smart is expected to miss an Aug. 1 exhibition game in South Africa, according to a league source. Smart dislocated two fingers in his right hand on Thursday night. Source: Adam Himmelsbach of The Boston Globe
The Milwaukee Bucks have signed their first round selection (17th overall) from the 2015 NBA Draft, Rashad Vaughn, General Manager John Hammond announced today. Terms of the contract were not disclosed in accordance with team policy. Source: NBA.com/Bucks
The L.A. Clippers announced today the team has signed forward Josh Smith. An 11-year NBA veteran, Smith joins the Clippers after playing in a total of 83 regular season games last season with the Houston Rockets (55 games) and the Detroit Pistons (28 games), averaging 12.4 points, 6.4 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.4 blocks in […]
Rockets want to use $5.4 mil MLE on KJ McDaniels are in talks with him. McDaniels has a strong offer from 1 other team. No offer sheet yet. Source: Calvin Watkins of ESPN on Twitter
The New Orleans Pelicans today announced that the team has signed free agent guard Alonzo Gee. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Source: NBA.com/Pelicans
Wilson Chandler’s contract extension could be just the beginning for the Nuggets. If they have their way, they’d like to open talks on an extension for Danilo Gallinari as well, according to a league source. Gallinari is heading into the final year of his contract, which is scheduled to pay him $11.5 million. He’ll be […]
The Boston Celtics say guard Marcus Smart likely escaped serious injury when he suffered dislocations to his right index and middle fingers during Thursday’s summer league game against the Portland Trail Blazers in Las Vegas. The Celtics said Smart’s initial X-rays were negative and that it appeared Smart would be OK, an assessment Smart shared […]
The Sacramento Kings today announced that free agent forward Luc Mbah a Moute has failed a physical examination administered by team medical staff. Subsequent to that finding, his contract signed on July 14 has been voided, according to Kings Vice President of Basketball and Franchise Operations Vlade Divac. Source: NBA.com/Kings
The deal guard J.J. Barea signed with the Dallas Mavericks ended up being significantly richer than the one he originally agreed to. Barea signed a four-year, $16 million deal Thursday. He originally agreed to sign a two-year, $5.7 million deal, which would have given him Dallas’ cap-room exception, but the sides negotiated a new deal […]
After commissioner Adam Silver lamented some teams’ financial losses and enormous shortfalls that will have to be paid to the players in the coming years, National Basketball Players Association executive director Michele Roberts offered her rebuttal on Thursday. Ahead of the union’s annual meetings in Las Vegas, Roberts took issue with Silver’s assessment of the […]
