1:38 PM ET Free agent Gordon Hayward is signing a four-year, $120 million deal with the Charlotte Hornets, agent Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Saturday. Hayward became a free agent Thursday after declining his $34.2 million player option with the Boston Celtics for next season. He battled injury throughout his
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12:14 PM ET The Milwaukee Bucks have reached deals with free-agent forward Bobby Portis and guard D.J. Augustin on Saturday. Portis agreed to a two-year, $7.5 million deal with the Bucks, agent Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Milwaukee, meanwhile, also reached a three-year, $21 million deal with Augustin, sources told Wojnarowski.
11:30 AM ET Free-agent guard Kris Dunn has agreed to a two-year, $10 million deal with the Atlanta Hawks, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The deal includes a player option for the second year, sources said. Dunn is joining the Hawks after the Chicago Bulls somewhat surprisingly did not extend a qualifying offer, making him
9:12 AM ET Restricted free agent Jakob Poeltl is finalizing a three-year deal worth nearly $27 million to stay with the San Antonio Spurs, his agent Mike Tellem told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Poeltl was part of the Kawhi Leonard trade with the Toronto Raptors in 2018, joining the Spurs in the four-player deal and eventually
1:54 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN New Orleans and Milwaukee are expanding the original Jrue Holiday trade to include more teams and players, including the routing of Steven Adams to the Pelicans, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The deal is an expansion of the Jrue Holiday-to-Milwaukee trade that was agreed on earlier in the week. It
1:58 AM ET Veteran forward Trevor Ariza is headed to his fourth team this week as part of a three-team trade involving the Detroit Pistons, Dallas Mavericks and Oklahoma City Thunder, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Ariza will be rerouted from Detroit to Oklahoma City in a deal that sends forward Justin Jackson to Oklahoma
9:39 PM ET Shooting guard Malik Beasley has agreed to return to the Minnesota Timberwolves on a four-year deal worth $60 million. The fourth year is a team option. Beasley was a restricted free agent, meaning the Wolves had the right to match any offer for him. 2 Related Beasley was part of the mammoth
11:49 PM ET Justin Holiday is re-signing with the Indiana Pacers on a three-year deal worth just over $18 million, sources told ESPN’s Zach Lowe. Holiday had non-Bird rights in Indiana. The most the Pacers could offer him for the 2020-21 season without dipping into the midlevel exception was $5.7 million, according to ESPN’s Bobby
9:56 PM ET The LA Clippers are losing a key contributor, as Sixth Man of the Year Montrezl Harrell agreed to sign a two-year deal with the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday, agent Rich Paul of KlutchSports tells ESPN. The 6-foot-7 power forward is coming off his best season as a pro and will leave
10:21 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Free-agent guard Joe Harris has agreed to a four-year, $75 million deal to return to the Brooklyn Nets, his agent, Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports, told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Harris, 29, averaged a career-high 14.5 points per game last season for Brooklyn while shooting 42.4% from 3-point range. His return
10:42 PM ET Free-agent center/forward Christian Wood has agreed to a three-year, $41 million deal with the Houston Rockets, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The deal is expected to be completed with a sign-and-trade via the Detroit Pistons, a source said. 1 Related Wood, 25, exploded onto the scene for Detroit after becoming a full-time
8:48 PM ET Dwight Howard is signing a one-year deal with the Philadelphia 76ers, his agent, Charles Briscoe, told ESPN. The deal is for the veterans minimum exception of $2.6 million, sources told ESPN’s Bobby Marks. Howard, 34, is considered among the greatest big men of his generation, with career averages of 16.7 points, 12.3
8:05 PM ET Sacramento Kings guard De’Aaron Fox has agreed to a max extension with the team, his agent, Chris Gaston, told ESPN’s Bobby Marks. The deal is for at least $163 million and five years, Gaston said. Fox could earn more if the cap increases above $112 million or he is named to an
7:37 PM ET Jordan Clarkson has agreed to a four-year, $52 million deal to stay with the Utah Jazz, his agent, Rich Paul of Klutch Sports, told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Clarkson, 28, stepped up for the Jazz in the seeding games and playoffs after Bojan Bogdanovic was ruled out ahead of the NBA’s resumption of
6:11 PM ET Veteran guard Goran Dragic is re-signing with the Miami Heat, he announced on his Twitter account Friday. “I’m glad that I can announce that I’m staying with my #HeatNationFamily,” Dragic said in his tweet. “Let’s finish the job we started!!!” Dragic entered his sixth season with the Heat in a new role
3:58 PM ET The Portland Trail Blazers are acquiring Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter in a three-way deal that also includes the Memphis Grizzlies, sources tell ESPN. The Grizzlies gets Mario Hezonja and the 30th pick (Desmond Bane) from draft-night deals as part of the trade. The Celtics get a future Memphis draft consideration. Kanter
2:29 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Now that LaMelo Ball is a member of the Charlotte Hornets, some basketball fans are hoping that the one-on-one game between his outspoken father, LaVar, and six-time NBA champion Michael Jordan might actually come to fruition. But Ball, who was drafted No. 3 overall by Jordan’s Hornets,
1:14 PM ET The Toronto Raptors will begin the 2020-21 NBA season in Tampa, Florida, the team said in a statement Friday. The Raptors were unable to reach an agreement with the Canadian government on a plan to play its home games at Scotiabank Arena. “The Raptors worked diligently with public health officials at the