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
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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
11:23 AM ET While All-NBA forward Anthony Davis is on course to eventually agree on a new deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, no formal commitment is expected to come in the immediate days following the start of free agency Friday, sources told ESPN. Klutch Sports CEO and Davis’ agent, Rich Paul, will be in
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,
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
12:50 PM ET NEW YORK — Just hours before free agency is set to begin, Nets general manager Sean Marks said that Brooklyn’s priority is to retain shooting guard Joe Harris. “We hope that we can continue to build with Joe,” Marks said. “Joe is an intricate piece to the program here, not only what
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
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
9:24 PM ET The NBA is investigating whether a failed sign-and-trade agreement that would have sent Bogdan Bogdanovic from the Sacramento Kings to the Milwaukee Bucks happened earlier than league rules allow, sources confirmed to ESPN. News of the league’s investigation was first reported Thursday by The New York Times. The NBA’s free-agency period begins
6:59 PM ET The Golden State Warriors are on the verge of acquiring Kelly Oubre Jr. from the Oklahoma City Thunder, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Oubre’s $14.4 million salary will be absorbed into the $17.2 million trade exception created last summer after the Warriors sent veteran swingman Andre Iguodala in a separate deal to