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Matisse Thybulle Leaves Blazers for One-Year Lakers Deal, and Portland’s Wing Problem Is Now Its Own Doing
Matisse Thybulle took a one-year, $3.3 million Lakers deal after three weeks of free agency without a Portland agreement — and the Blazers’ guard-heavy, wing-light roster now has a hole they could have avoided.
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Bucks Sign Guard Kam Jones to Two-Way Contract
Milwaukee signed former Marquette guard Kam Jones to a two-way deal, filling its third and final two-way slot.
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Tyrese Haliburton Says He’s Playing ‘With No Restrictions’ in Recovery Update on Pat McAfee Show
Tyrese Haliburton told The Pat McAfee Show on Monday he is ‘playing with no restrictions’ and feels the best he has in a long time, the strongest public sign yet that his Achilles recovery is on track for opening night.
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Mavericks Making Klay Thompson, P.J. Washington and Daniel Gafford Available in Trade Talks, per Marc Stein
A day after adding Zaccharie Risacher, Dallas is gauging the market on three veterans — Klay Thompson, P.J. Washington and Daniel Gafford — while telling teams Kyrie Irving is not available, per Marc Stein.
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Draymond Green Says Warriors Offense ‘Would Be Ran Around Bron’ if LeBron James Signs
Asked on Threads who would run the Warriors’ offense if LeBron James signs, Draymond Green said it ‘would be ran around Bron’ — and volunteered to become a corner-shooting PJ Tucker, per NBC Sports Bay Area.
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Lakers Sign Arthur Kaluma to Two-Way Contract After Big Summer League Showing
Arthur Kaluma’s Summer League scoring run — nearly 19 a game on 61 percent shooting — earned him a two-way deal with the Lakers, per his agents.
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Lakers Sign Matisse Thybulle to One-Year, $3.3 Million Deal After Sign-and-Trade Talks With Portland Stall
Matisse Thybulle agreed to a one-year, $3.3 million contract with the Lakers, per ESPN, after sign-and-trade talks with Portland stalled — a low-cost answer to the wing-defense hole in a post-LeBron rotation built around Doncic and Reaves.
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Jordan Walsh Becomes Extension-Eligible Monday Entering the Final Year of His Rookie Contract
The 22-year-old wing is eligible for a rookie-scale extension as of July 20, entering the last year of a deal paying a team-low $2.4 million.
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Labaron Philon Finishes Summer League Averaging 18.5 Points and 5.8 Assists in Four Games
The No. 22 pick sat out Saturday’s 96-94 finale loss to the Bucks, closing his first Vegas run with 18.5 points and 5.8 assists per game.
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Sixers Recount the Shock of the Jaylen Brown Trade as Brown Makes First Appearance in Las Vegas
Jaylen Brown sat courtside at the Sixers’ Summer League finale, and his new teammates told The Inquirer how they found out about the trade — from missed front-office calls in the Bahamas to a nap interrupted by a buzzing phone.