A pair of Bulls point guards will enter the 2024/25 season on expiring contracts. Lonzo Ball is entering the final season of the four-year deal he signed with the team back in 2021, while newcomer Josh Giddey is on track for restricted free agency in 2025 after not coming to terms with Chicago on a rookie scale extension. Ball will be eligible for a veteran extension throughout … [Read more...] about Central Notes: Ball, Giddey, THT, Middleton, Holland, Cavs
Pistons Exercise 2025/26 Options On Four Players
The Pistons have exercised their 2025/26 contract options on Jaden Ivey, Jalen Duren, Ausar Thompson and Marcus Sasser, the team’s PR department tweets. For Ivey and Duren, the options cover their fourth NBA seassons. Ivey, the fifth pick in 2022, will now get a guaranteed $10,107,163. Duren, chosen 13th overall that same draft after the Pistons swung a deal to acquire him, … [Read more...] about Pistons Exercise 2025/26 Options On Four Players
Central Notes: Middleton, Winslow, Cavs, Bulls, Ivey
Bucks forward Khris Middleton isn’t expected to be active for the team’s regular season opener against Philadelphia on Wednesday, sources tell Shams Charania of ESPN. Middleton spent the offseason recovering from surgical procedures on both ankles and the team is taking a cautious approach to his return this fall, Charania explains. Although Middleton recently expressed a … [Read more...] about Central Notes: Middleton, Winslow, Cavs, Bulls, Ivey
Pistons Sign Cole Swider To Two-Way Contract
As expected, the Pistons have filled one of their open two-way slots by signing forward Cole Swider to a two-way contract, the team announced today in a press release (Twitter link). Reporting on Saturday indicated that Detroit planned to sign Swider and Alondes Williams to two-way deals after they were waived by the Pacers and Clippers, respectively. Swider cleared waivers on … [Read more...] about Pistons Sign Cole Swider To Two-Way Contract
And-Ones: Williams, McCain, Dunn, Risacher, International Prospects, G League Trade
Monty Williams will be a head coach after all this season, just not in the pro or college ranks. Williams has accepted the head coaching job at TMI Episcopal prep school in San Antonio, where he will coach his son Elijah, NBA insider Chris Haynes tweets. The Pistons fired Williams in June just one season after he signed a six-year, $78.5MM contract. Williams is replacing … [Read more...] about And-Ones: Williams, McCain, Dunn, Risacher, International Prospects, G League Trade