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Free agent shooting guard DeAndre Liggins' two-year agreement with the Cavaliers includes a partial guarantee of $25,000, per Basketball Insiders.

The second year of the Cavs-Liggins agreement is a team option, the website reports.

Liggins, 28, was selected by the Magic in the second round (No. 53 overall) in 2011.

He has spent time with the Magic, Heat and Thunder. He played for the D-League champion Sioux Falls SkyForce last season, and for the Cavs' summer team in July.

Liggins has been named D-League Defensive Player of the Year two of the past three seasons.

In other news:

Former Dayton forward Chris Wright (Trotwood-Madison High) has agreed to a partially guaranteed contract with the Thunder, per international basketball reporter David Pick.

Free agent NBA guard Shane Larkin will join ex-NBA big man Andrea Bargnani as a member of Spanish club Laboral Kutxa Baskonia, per the team.

Lance Stephenson and J.J. Hickson are among five intriguing free agents still on the market, per NBC Sports.

Former Nets guard Tyshawn Taylor has agreed to a contract with Kiryat Gat of Israel, per David Pick.

Hoops Rumors has put together a list the longest-tenured NBA players by team. View it here.

The Nuggets have officially signed Jamal Murray, Juancho Hernangomez and Malik Beasley to rookie contracts, per the team.

Per ESPN: "Denver is closing in on the hiring of former Rockets assistant Chris Finch to add to Mike Malone's staff."

Per The Ringer: "Hearing the Celtics and Knicks will play on Christmas Day in New York."

Tuesday's News

Former No. 2 overall draft pick and NBA big man Emeka Okafor is considering a comeback after three years away, per ESPN.

Per ESPN's Jackie MacMullen: "League sources said last season (Okafor) spoke with Cleveland, Miami and Golden State before deciding to delay his return." (Full story.)

Retired NBA swingman Stephen Jackson to HoopsHype: "As I started working out, I realized that I still have basketball left and why not go back to the NBA where I belong. I wasn’t going overseas, I wasn’t doing nothing that I felt was a setback. Then people started seeing me working out, and teams started calling me. I never really stopped playing, I just stopped playing in the NBA."

Cavaliers summer league forward Kenny Gabriel has officially signed a one-year contract with Russian club Lokomotiv Kuban, his agent tells Amico Hoops. (Full report.)

Suns guard Devin Booker in SLAM magazine: "I love it in Phoenix and I want to be one of those guys that gets drafted by one team and stays there the whole time,” said Booker, the Suns’ 13th overall pick in the 2015 draft.“You know, they turn around the franchise, and they get love for that in that city like they’re the mayor… People still wear Steve Nash jerseys here. That’s definitely something I want to be."

Hoops Rumors has put together a list of free agent signees who could be back on the market next summer. View the list here.

The Oklahoman on the Thunder: Westbrook-Donovan relationship in great spot.

Former D-League center Micheal Eric has signed with Spanish club Bilbao, per CSN MidAtlantic.

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