The Toronto Raptors will waive Anthony Bennett to sign Jason Thompson for the remainder of the season.
Bennett was signed by the Raptors after he was waived last offseason by the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The Toronto Raptors will waive Anthony Bennett to sign Jason Thompson for the remainder of the season.
Bennett was signed by the Raptors after he was waived last offseason by the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The Phoenix Suns have waived Kris Humphries.
Humphries, in his 12th NBA season, appeared in four games with the Suns after being acquired from Washington in a trade on Feb. 18, averaging 7.3 points and 8.0 rebounds.
The Suns' roster now stands at 14 players.
The Miami Heat and Beno Udrih are close to an agreement on a contract buyout to offset the salary and tax implications of signing Joe Johnson.
Udrih is in the final year of two-year, $4.2 million contract he signed with the Grizzlies in 2014.
Udrih is out for the remainder of the season after undergoing foot surgery.
The Heat were $218,000 below the luxury tax line before signing Johnson and have made clear their plan is to avoid paying the tax. By reaching a buyout agreement with Udrih, Miami would balance out the salary of Johnson and other possible additions to the roster.
The Brooklyn Nets have signed guard Sean Kilpatrick to a 10-day contract.
Kilpatrick (6’4”, 219) joins the Nets from the NBA Development League’s Delaware 87ers, where he has appeared in 28 games this season, averaging a league-high 26.4 points per game on 47.2 percent from the field and 42.6 percent from three-point range, 3.9 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 38.4 minutes per game en route to D-League All-Star honors.
He has also appeared in eight games with the Denver Nuggets this season, averaging 3.4 points in 10.3 minutes per game, and spent the 2015 preseason with the New Orleans Pelicans. In 2014-15, Kilpatrick appeared in four games with the Minnesota Timberwolves, averaging 5.5 points in 18.0 minutes per game. He also played in 44 D-League contests split between Delaware and the Santa Cruz Warriors. Kilpatrick spent the 2014 preseason with the Golden State Warriors before being waived prior to the start of the 2014-15 regular season.
The San Antonio Spurs will waive Ray McCallum to create a roster spot for Andre Miller.
McCallum was acquired by the Spurs in the offseason in a trade with the Sacramento Kings.
Andre Miller has agreed to sign with the San Antonio Spurs for the remainder of the season.
Miller cleared waivers on Saturday after reaching a contract buyout with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Ray McCallum will be waived by the Spurs to create a roster spot.
Miller has averaged 3.4 points and 2.2 assists in his 17th NBA season.
The Miami Heat were all-in on 2010 for several years to be positioned for that free agency class, but they now are operating for either 2016 or 2017.
The Heat have interest in Kevin Durant just as they targeted LeBron James and Chris Bosh in 2010.
"You've got to really see the big picture in where you are," Riley said this past week in carefully scripted comments offered through the Heat's in-house media outlets. "From 2014 to this point, once LeBron left, we had some decisions to make. We had always been looking at 2016 and 2017. Just like back in 2006 we looked at 2010."
The salary cap will jump in 2016 and again in 2017. Russell Westbrook will be a free agent in the 2017 class.
"What happens in '16 and '17, are the next two years of being able to build this team back to a championship contender," Riley said. "That's our goal. That's my goal. That's my desire."
Dwight Howard has fired his longtime agent Dan Fegan of Relativity Sports.
"As I continue to embark on my NBA journey, I have decided to sever my relationship with Dan Fegan and Relativity Sports," Howard said in a statement provided to ESPN and USA Today Sports. "I have the utmost respect for Dan, but this is the right decision for me. My sole focus remains working with my teammates to position the Rockets for a pursuit of a championship. I wish Dan and the team at Relativity all the best in the future."
Howard said he currently does not have an agent.
Howard will likely opt for free agency in the offseason.
Fegan also was reportedly fired by John Wall last month and DeAndre Jordan last summer.
Howard elaborated on the decision on Saturday.
"Just really been since I went to All Star break in Sedona (Ariz.) I've been spending time thinking and just trying to figure out what I can do to better myself and better my situation," Howard said. "It was nothing against my agent. It wasn't anything bad that he did to me. Sometimes, change is good. I just made a decision based on what I feel I needed to change.
"I always respect him and love him. We still talk now. But as far as him being my representation, I decided to go other ways."
Jordan McRae is expected to sign a 10-day contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
McRae is currently in the D-League with the Delaware 87ers.
McRae is averaging 23.3 points, 4.6 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 1.7 steals in 35.4 minutes per game with a PER of 19.3 this season.
McRae appeared in seven games earlier this season with the Phoenix Suns.
Joe Johnson has committed to sign with the Miami Heat once he clears waivers.
Johnson also strongly considered the Atlanta Hawks and Cleveland Cavaliers.
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