The Nets have exercised their team options for 2025/26 on four players, the team announced today (Twitter link via Michael Scotto of HoopsHype). Those players, along with their option salaries, are as follows: Keon Johnson ($2,349,578) Jalen Wilson ($2,221,677) Tyrese Martin ($2,191,897) Drew Timme ($1,955,377) Crucially, Brooklyn’s decision to pick up these options does not … [Read more...] about Nets Pick Up Team Options On Four Players
Free Agency Notes: Turner, Lillard, Kuminga, Clarkson, Beasley
According to Gregg Doyel of The Indianapolis Star (subscription required), the Pacers offered up to $95MM over four years for Myles Turner before he agreed to sign with the Bucks. Earlier reporting suggested Indiana didn’t go above roughly $60MM over three years. Doyel shares that tidbit within a column defending the Pacers and castigating Turner’s camp for referring to … [Read more...] about Free Agency Notes: Turner, Lillard, Kuminga, Clarkson, Beasley
Knicks Expected To Hire Mike Brown As Head Coach
The Knicks are expected to hire Mike Brown as their new head coach, reports Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link). NBA insider Chris Haynes (Twitter link) confirms Brown has been offered the job and says the two sides are working “expeditiously” on finalizing the terms of a contract. Brown, who began his coaching career as an assistant with the Wizards, Spurs, and Pacers, has … [Read more...] about Knicks Expected To Hire Mike Brown As Head Coach
Lakers Rumors: LeBron, Finney-Smith, Reaves, Luka, Centers
With one day until LeBron James must make a decision on his $52.6MM player option for the 2025/26 season, ESPN’s Dave McMenamin is hearing the same thing his colleague Shams Charania was a month ago: James is expected to exercise that option to play out the final year of his current contract. James has considered retirement every offseason since 2023, according to McMenamin, … [Read more...] about Lakers Rumors: LeBron, Finney-Smith, Reaves, Luka, Centers
Nets Make Cam Thomas RFA; No QOs For Ziaire WIlliams, Day’Ron Sharpe
The Nets have issued a qualifying offer to guard Cam Thomas, making him a restricted free agent, but have opted to pass on QOs for swingman Ziaire Williams and big man Day’Ron Sharpe, according to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (all Twitter links). Brooklyn would still like to work out new deals with Williams and Sharpe, Scotto explains, but tendering them qualifying offers … [Read more...] about Nets Make Cam Thomas RFA; No QOs For Ziaire WIlliams, Day’Ron Sharpe