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Jalen Duren’s Market Has Shrunk Further as Pistons Stay Confident in a Deal, per The Athletic
Hunter Patterson of The Athletic reports Jalen Duren’s outside market is shrinking and Detroit remains confident a deal gets done — days after Chris Haynes said Duren is fed up and weighing the qualifying offer.
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LJ Cryer’s Five Threes Send Warriors Into Summer League Semifinal Against Lakers
LJ Cryer hit five three-pointers in an 87-77 win over the Knicks that closed group play at 3-1 and claimed the last semifinal spot on point differential — setting up Warriors-Lakers in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
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Amen Thompson Can Sign a Rookie-Scale Extension Worth Up to $251.2 Million Before October 19
Houston’s fourth-year guard became extension-eligible when the moratorium lifted July 6, and the ceiling is a projected five-year, $251.2 million maximum. The window closes October 19.
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Mavericks Close Summer League With 110-88 Win Over Knicks, Hitting 18 Threes
Dallas made 18 threes and got 15 or more points from five players in a 110-88 win over New York on Friday, finishing Las Vegas at 3-2 with Sergio de Larrea rested.
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Report: Denver Wants a Walker Kessler-Sized Haul to Let Peyton Watson Go
The Bucks have joined the Clippers and Hawks chasing a sign-and-trade, but the Nuggets’ asking price is the same package the Lakers gave Utah.
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Bruce Thornton, Tristen Newton Lead Rockets Past Nets 100-83 Into Summer League Semifinals
Bruce Thornton scored 23 and Tristen Newton added 20 as the Rockets beat the Nets 100-83 to clinch the No. 3 seed and a Summer League semifinal date with the Grizzlies on Saturday.
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Cameron Boozer’s 24 Points Carry Grizzlies Past Hawks 96-64 Into Summer League Semifinals
Cameron Boozer scored 24 and Cedric Coward added 23 as the Grizzlies crushed the Hawks 96-64 — opening on a 32-2 run — to reach the NBA Summer League semifinals, where they meet the Rockets on Saturday.
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Pacers to Guarantee Quenton Jackson’s $2.58 Million Salary for 2026-27
Indiana will fully guarantee Quenton Jackson’s $2,584,539 salary for 2026-27 rather than waive him, per Dustin Dopirak — locking the team into roughly $206.3 million for 14 players.
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NBA Reviewing Bucks’ Four-Year, $64 Million Gary Trent Jr. Contract, per Shams Charania
A league spokesperson tells ESPN’s Shams Charania that the NBA is reviewing Milwaukee’s fully guaranteed four-year, $64 million re-signing of Gary Trent Jr. — a deal whose size and timing raised cap-circumvention questions around the league.