6:09 PM ET EuroLeague forward/center Nicolo Melli has agreed to a two-year, $8 million free-agent deal with the New Orleans Pelicans, his agent, Sam Goldfeder of Excel Sports, tells ESPN. Melli, 28, was the EuroLeague Finals’ top scorer for Fenerbahce in Turkey last season. He has turned down NBA offers in the past, but he
6:07 PM ET Free-agent forward Harrison Barnes has agreed to a four-year, $85 million deal to stay with the Sacramento Kings, Excel Sports agent Jeff Schwartz tells ESPN. Barnes declined his $25.1 million player option for the 2019-20 season, becoming an unrestricted free agent. Sacramento acquired Barnes from Dallas at the trade deadline last season,
6:05 PM ET DETROIT — Roughly five years ago, Nate Lashley was a real estate agent, flipping houses to make money, not knowing if professional golf would ever be a part of his life. Now, after a commanding win at the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit, Lashley is a PGA Tour champion for the first
6:09 PM ET Free-agent center Jonas Valanciunas has agreed to a three-year, $45 million deal to return to the Memphis Grizzlies, his agent Leon Rose told ESPN. Valanciunas declined a $17.6 million player option on his 2019-20 contract, clearing the way to become an unrestricted free agent and negotiate a new, longer term deal. In
6:12 PM ET Free-agent guard JJ Redick has agreed to a two-year, $26.5 million deal to join the New Orleans Pelicans, league sources told ESPN. Redick joins a Pelicans roster that expects to compete for the playoffs despite the loss of Anthony Davis in a trade with the Los Angeles Lakers. Redick leaves the 76ers
8:20 PM ET Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu is expected to start for the National League in the All-Star Game, manager Dave Roberts told reporters Sunday. Ryu has a league-best ERA of 1.83 and is second in wins with nine. The news comes on the same day it was revealed that two other Dodgers
5:56 PM ET Three Houston pitchers — Justin Verlander, Gerrit Cole and reliever Ryan Pressly — were added to the All-Star squad Sunday, giving the Astros six All-Stars, the most in the majors. Their teammates, third baseman Alex Bregman and outfielders George Springer and Michael Brantley had already been voted in as starters. Three Dodgers
6:10 PM ET Once free agency opens at 6 p.m. ET today, All-Star Khris Middleton plans to agree to a five-year, $178 million contract to return to the Milwaukee Bucks, league sources tell ESPN. The deal includes a player option on the fifth year, league sources said. Middleton has developed into the co-star to MVP
3:53 PM ET NBA free agency is almost here. Teams and players will be allowed to begin negotiations Sunday at 6 p.m. ET. The first two days of free agency in 2018 included Paul George and LeBron James making major decisions — what will Kawhi Leonard, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and others do this year?
6:04 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks are hoping a familiar face can help them get back to the playoffs. The Blackhawks reacquired Andrew Shaw in a trade with Montreal on Sunday, bringing back the pesky forward just three years after they shipped him to the Canadiens. The 27-year-old Shaw had 19