NBA Free Agency Rumors: Brook Lopez, Milwaukee Bucks Agree on One-Year Deal
Unrestricted free agents could agree to deals starting Sunday, but they couldn't officially sign contracts until 12 p.m. on Friday.
Well the Friday deadline has come and passed, and now news is official.
While most of the big names such as LeBron James, Chris Paul, Paul George and DeMarcus Cousins have agreed to sign deals, the Spurs' Kawhi Leonard is still being asked about.
The San Antonio star reportedly wants out, leaving his next destination the biggest remaining question. Tony Parker made a splash when it was announced he was leaving the Spurs to head to the Hornets. Tensions reportedly emerged between Parker and Leonard.
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There's a July 13 deadline for teams to withdraw qualifying offers to restricted free agents.
Here are the latest news and rumors from around the league.
5 p.m.
• The Spurs will decline to match Kyle Anderson's four-year, $37 million offer sheet with Memphis (Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPN.com)
3 p.m.
• Free agent center Brook Lopez agrees to a deal with the Milwaukee Bucks at the bi-annual exception. (Chris Haynes, ESPN.com)
1 p.m.
• The Chicago Bulls have matched Zach LaVine’s offer sheet from the Sacramento Kings. (Team announcement)
• Zaza Pachulia has agreed to a one-year, $2.4 million deal with the Detroit Pistons. (Shams Charania, Yahoo! Sports)
11 a.m.
• The Houston Rockets officially signed guard Chris Paul to a four-year, $160 million maximum contract. (Team announcement)
Saturday
• Devin Booker signed a five-year, $158 million extension with the Suns. (Official)
• The Bulls will waive Julyan Stone and his $1.65 million salary. (Vincent Goodwill, NBC Sports Chicago)
• The Bulls traded Jerian Grant to the Magic, while Orlando sent Bismack Biyombo to the Hornets and Charlotte dealt Timofey Mozgov to the Magic and Julyan Stone to the Bulls in a three-team trade. (Official, first reported by ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski)
• The Thunder signed guard Deonte Burton to a two-way contract. (Official)
• Forward Jonas Jerebko will sign with the Warriors upon clearing waivers. He's got a $4.2 million salary to be guaranteed if he's claimed. (Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPN.com)
• After signing a deal with the Warriors, DeMarcus Cousins said he'll return when he's "100% ready." (Chris Haynes, ESPN)
• Tony Parker said his move to the Hornets was a tough decision but he "had to move on." (Marc Spears, ESPN)
• Dallas owner Mark Cuban said DeAndre Jordan gave the Mavericks the "best chance to win now." Cuban said his other players said to go after Jordan. (Tim MacMahon, ESPN)
• Jusuf Nurkic agreed to a four-year, $48 million deal with a partial guarantee in the fourth year to stay with the Trail Blazers. (Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPN.com)
• The Bulls plan to match the Kings' four-year, $78 million offer sheet for restricted free agent Zach LaVine to keep him in Chicago. The offer sheet has an exhibit to financially protect the team should LaVine suffer an injury to his surgically repaired left knee. (Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPN.com)
• Restricted free agent Kyle Anderson has signed a four-year, $37.2 million offer sheet with the Grizzlies that includes a 15% trade kicker. The Spurs have 48 hours to match. (Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPN.com)
• Restricted free agent Zach LaVine agreed to a four-year, $80 million offer sheet with the Kings, so the Bulls have 48 hours to match the offer or lose LaVine to Sacramento. (Shams Charania, Yahoo Sports) (Marc Spears of The Undefeated reports the deal is for $78 million)
