The percentage of contract agreements reported on the second day of the NBA’s free agent period slowed slightly after Thursday’s brisk first day. Still, we saw over 20 more free agents come off the board, including one who became the second free agent to receive a max salary commitment this summer.
[RELATED: 2022 NBA Free Agent Tracker]
It was also an eventful day in NBA non-free agent news, with the three-time Defensive Player of the Year spearheading a blockbuster trade deal and a former No. 1 overall pick nearing a max-salary contract extension.
Below are Friday’s NBA highlights.
Free Agent Agreements:
These deals aren’t official yet, so the reported terms could change — or the deals could fall through altogether. Generally speaking, though, teams and players are on track to finalize those agreements sometime after the July 6 moratorium ends.
Note: Some of these salary figures may include options, incentives or non-guaranteed money.
- Zach LaVine, Bulls agree to five-year, $215.16 million contract (max salary).
- Jusuf Nurkic, Trail Blazers agree to four-year, $70 million contract.
- Mitchell Robinson, Knicks agree to four-year, $60 million contract.
- Kevon Looney, Warriors agree to three-year, $25.5 million contract.
- Ricky Rubio, Cavaliers agree to terms on three-year, $18.4 million contract.
- John Wall, Clippers agree to two-year, $13.2 million contract.
- Bruce Brown, Nuggets agree to two-year, $13 million contract.
- Danilo Gallinari, Celtics agree to two-year, $13 million contract.
- Jalen Smith, Pacers agree to two-year, $9.6 million contract.
- Donte DiVincenzo, Warriors agree to two-year, $9.3 million contract.
- Derrick Jones, Bulls agree to two-year, $6.6 million contract.
- Bryn Forbes, Timberwolves agree to one-year, minimum-salary deal.
- Aaron Holiday, Hawks agree to one-year, minimum-salary deal.
- Damien Lee, Suns agree to one-year contract with minimum salary.
- Robin Lopez, Cavaliers agree to one-year contract with minimum salary.
- Raul Neto, Cavaliers agree to one-year contract with minimum salary.
- Ball Ball, Magic agree to two-year deal.
- Luke Cornett, Celtics agree to two-year deal.
- Otto Porter, Raptors agree to two-year contract.
- Drew Eubanks, Trail Blazers agree to one-year contract.
- Theo Pinson, Mavericks agree to one-year deal.
transactions:
- The Jazz agree to trade Rudy Gobert to the Timberwolves for five players, four first-round picks (three unprotected) and an exchange of picks.
- The Pacers agree to trade Malcolm Brogdon to the Celtics for five players — including Daniel Theis and Aaron Nesmith — and a 2023 first-round pick (top 12 protected).
- Hawks agree to trade Kevin Hurter to Kings for Justin Holiday, Maurice Harkless and a 2024 first-round pick (top 14 protected).
Other news:
- Zion Williamson, Pelicans nearing five-year max-salary rookie scale extension (expected to include play-by-play and/or injury protections).
- The Nets are reportedly looking for a “historic acquisition” for Kevin Durant. Here are the latest rumors.
- Nemanja Belica has agreed to sign a two-year, $4 million contract with Turkish team Fenerbahce.
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