NBA free agency began Friday night with many top players agreeing to new deals. Fred VanVleet made the jump into the Houston Rockets' expansive cap space, Kyrie Irving agreed to stay with the Dallas Mavericks and Draymond Green got his long-term extension from the Golden State Warriors.
Those deals can become official July 6. Between Friday and July 6, all deals can be agreed upon but are not binding agreements between team and player. They become official once the deal is signed July 6 or later. The new collective bargaining agreement took effect Saturday.
Who will make the right moves? That will unfold during free agency via signings or trades.
Let’s take a look at free agent news as USA TODAY Sports keeps you updated:
he Nets are trading Joe Harris to the Pistons for two future second round picks, per Woj
- The Pacers are nearing a trade of guard Chris Duarte to the Sacramento Kings for draft compensation, per Shams
- Warriors and Draymond Green agree to four-year, $100 million contract, per Shams
- Trey Lyles, Kings reach agreement to return to Sacramento, per Chris Haynes
- Suns, Drew Eubanks agree to two-year deal, per Shams
- Kyle Kuzma signs four-year, $102 million contract with Washington Wizards, per Woj
- Lakers, Taurean Prince agree to deal, per Shams
- Coby White signs three-year, $33 million deal with the Chicago Bulls, per Shams
- Deandre Jordan, Denver Nuggets agree to deal, per Chris Haynes
- Keita Bates-Diop agrees to two-year, $5 million deal with Suns, per Woj
- Josh Okogie, Phoenix Suns agree to deal, per Chris Haynes
- Damion Lee and Phoenix Suns agree to two-year deal, per Woj
- Bruce Brown, Pacers agree to two-year, $45 million deal, per Woj and Malika Andrews
- Blazers, Jerami Grant agree to five-year, $160 million deal, per Shams
- Boston Celtics, Kristaps Porzingis to agree to two-year, $60 million extension, per Chris Haynes
- Troy Brown, Minnesota Timberwolves agree to deal, per Woj
- Reggie Jackson, Denver Nuggets agree to two-year, $10.25 million deal, per Shams
- Caris LeVert, Cavs agree to two-year, $32 million contract, per Woj
- Jevon Carter, Chicago Bulls agree to three-year, $20 million contract, per Woj
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker agrees to two-year deal with Minnesota Timberwolves, per Jon Krawczynski
- Chimezie Metu, Phoenix Suns agree to one-year deal, per Woj
- Max Strus, Cleveland Cavaliers agree to four-year, $64 million deal, per Evan Massey
- George Niang, Cleveland Cavaliers agree to three-year, $26 million deal, per Woj
- Kyrie Irving has agreed to a three-year, $126 million deal to return to the Mavericks, per Shams.
- Khris Middleton, Milwaukee Bucks agree to three-year, $102 million deal, per Woj
- Joe Ingles, Orlando Magic agree to deal, per Chris Haynes
- Jakob Poeltl, Toronto Raptors agree to four-year, $80 million deal, per Woj
- Cam Johnson has agreed on a four-year, $108 million deal to stay with the Brooklyn Nets, per Woj
- Tre Jones, San Antonio Spurs agree to two-year, $20 million deal, per Woj
- Gabe Vincent, Los Angeles Lakers agree to three-year, $33 million deal, per Shams
- Joe Ingles, a free agent forward, has agreed on a two-year, $22 million contract with the Orlando Magic, per Woj
So, Joe Cronin wasn’t lying? You don’t hand a five-year contract to a 29-year-old if you have machinations of rebuilding a team. Paying Grant $32 million per year is a bit steep, but as is the case with Kuzma, it’s awfully hard to find wings with size who are plus shooters and capable defenders, and the Blazers had to pay a slight premium to secure, long term, the productive 3-and-D athlete they’ve chased for more than half a decade. The contract is hard to judge in a silo; it clarifies Portland’s direction, sure, but tells us nothing of what’s to come. Because there has to be more to appease Damian Lillard—running this team back without a clear runway for Scoot Henderson
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