Los Angeles Clippers salary cap with Rui Hachimura.
This framework fits in the mid-level exception, which would hard cap them to the first apron. They could alternatively sign him with cap space.
They still have plenty of luxury tax space to take on more salaries in trades.
Just in: Free agent forward Tobias Harris has agreed to a two-year, $31 million deal with the San Antonio Spurs, sources tell ESPN. Harris exits the Pistons after helping lead a franchise turnaround and now joins a young contending team in the Western Conference.
BREAKING: Free-agent sharpshooter Tim Hardaway Jr. has agreed to a 1-year deal with the Miami Heat 🔥
Hardaway Jr., 34, averaged 13.5 PPG for the Nuggets last season.
Miami adds much needed shooting around Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bam Adebayo.
(via Shams)
Jalen Duren has a call scheduled with the Lakers tomorrow after the Pistons low balled him 💰
A potential sign-and-trade would be on the table between LA and Detroit 🔃
(via Sam Amick)
DEVELOPING: Three-time NBA All-Star Ben Simmons is reportedly planning a comeback to the NBA 🔥 He has circled Philadelphia and Miami as potential landing spots that would interest him 👀
“Maybe I’ll go back to Philly. Miami would be nice. And not because it’s Miami—I like Erik Spoelstra, I like the Heat, I like their organization, I like the culture.”
Simmons, 29, hasn’t played in the NBA since April 2025.
(Via Men’s Health Magazine)
Los Angeles Lakers star Austin Reaves intends to sign a four-year, $185 million maximum contract to return to the franchise, with a player option for the final season in 2029-30, sources tell ESPN. Reaves declined his $14.9M player option for the new max deal.