The 2024/25 NBA season is casting its shadow ahead. Of course, numerous stars are looking for lucrative contracts this year and teams are exploring trades to improve their squad. ran provides all important information about rumors and deals in the ticker.
The NBA officially starts the new season on October 24th and right from the start there is a lot going on in the market.
We’ll keep you up to date on the most important transactions during free agency here in the live ticker.
+++ October 19, 2024, 6:39 p.m.: Grayson Murphy makes the jump from Dresden to the NBA +++
The Los Angeles Lakers have signed Grayson Murphy. After a season with the second division Dresden Titans, the guard is moving to the best basketball league in the world. Murphy was already used for the purple and gold during the Summer League.
In the German ProA last season, the 25-year-old was able to impress with, among other things, an average of 13.8 points and 7.1 rebounds. In total, he contributed at least 20 points in four games and even achieved a double-double five times.
Murphy has now signed a non-guaranteed one-year contract with the NBA franchise. The minimum salary for this type of contract is the equivalent of 1.07 million euros.
Before his first station in Germany, the American spent five years at Belmont College in Tennessee. In California he will wear shirt number 40 in the future. Next Wednesday the Lakers will meet the Minnesota Timberwolves at the start of the season (from 4 a.m. in the ran live ticker).
+++ October 8, 2024, 10:45 a.m.: Wendell Carter Jr. extends with the Orlando Magic +++
Payday for a teammate of the Wagner brothers and Tristan da Silva! According to consistent media reports, the Orlando Magic have agreed to a new three-year contract with Wendell Carter Jr. with a total value of 60 million euros.
The center has struggled with injuries over and over again over the last two years, but when he was fit he was set as a starter. Last season he played 55 games and averaged eleven points and seven rebounds in around 26 minutes per game.
This extension could particularly be influenced by Moritz Wagner, who is mostly used as a center in the NBA. The team seems to continue to rely on Carter Jr. as a starter, leaving the German only in the backup role.
Carter Jr. was originally drafted by the Chicago Bulls with pick number 7 in 2018. In 2021, the Magic secured the services of the now 25-year-old as part of the Nikola Vucevic trade.
+++ October 6, 2024, 9:41 p.m.: PJ Tucker dissatisfied with the LA Clippers – agreement sought +++
According to NBA insider “Shams Charania”, PJ Tucker will not be involved in the Los Angeles Clippers’ preseason at the moment, the power forward is extremely dissatisfied in the City of Angels – a trade is considered likely.
An agreement is being sought for both parties, said Charania. “PJ is a professional who has achieved much in his career and wants to achieve even more,” the Clippers said in a statement on Sunday. “We will continue to work with PJ and his representative to find the best solution for him.”
As early as February of this year, there were rumors about Tucker, who was looking for a trade due to his limited playing time with the Clippers. The 39-year-old ultimately stayed, despite flirtations with the Los Angeles Lakers and his former club Miami Heat.
Tucker came to LA as part of the James Harden trade. Last season, Tucker made 28 appearances for his Clippers with a meager 1.6 points per game.
+++ September 28, 2024, 8:40 a.m.: Timberwolves trade Superstar Towns to New York +++
Surprising trade in the NBA! The New York Knicks have secured the services of four-time All-Star Karl-Anthony Towns, The Athletic reports. In return, his previous team, the Minnesota Timberwolves, will receive forward Julius Randle and guard Donte DiVincenzo. In addition, the Timberwolves will receive a top-13 protected first-round pick for 2025 from the Knicks.
The Charlotte Hornets also receive draft compensation.
Big man Towns was drafted first overall by the Timberwolves in 2015 and spent his entire nine-year NBA career with the team. With the trade he returns to his former coach Tom Thibodeau.
According to a league source, the 28-year-old was “stunned” by the trade since he saw himself as part of the future planning in Minnesota. In any case, he appears speechless in a tweet.
The Knicks, in turn, acquire the player they have been after for years. So they kept asking the Wolves – in vain, until now.
+++ September 23, 2024, 8:49 p.m.: Grizzlies release ex-MVP Derrick Rose +++
Former NBA MVP Derrick Rose has been released by the Memphis Grizzlies, NBA insider Shams Charania reports. Rose played in 24 games for the Grizzlies during the 2023-24 NBA season, averaging 8 points, 3.3 assists and 1.9 rebounds per game.
According to the report, the point guard was released by the Grizzlies at his request. His two-year contract with a total volume of $6.6 million would have run for one more season. The 35-year-old Rose, whose NBA career has been set back by serious injuries, was considering retirement in 2023 before signing with Memphis.
It is still unclear whether Rose will find a place with a new team again or end his career.
+++ August 29, 2024, 10:12 p.m.: Cavs tie Isaac Okoro +++
Isaac Okoro has agreed to a three-year contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers. His new working paper is worth $38 million. The No. 3 pick in the 2020 NBA Draft is Cleveland’s best perimeter defender, often tasked with defending the opponent’s top scorer.
Okoro has also worked on improving his offensive game. The 23-year-old averaged 9.4 points and 3.0 rebounds in 69 games last season – including 42 starts – for the Cavs, who beat Orlando in the first round of the playoffs before falling to eventual champion Boston lost. Okoro shot a career-high 39 percent from the three-point line
+++ August 29, 2024, 6:28 p.m.: Record contract for Steph Curry +++
Stephen Curry will sign an early, $62.6 million, one-year contract extension with the Golden State Warriors. His agent Jeff Austin confirmed this to Adrian Wojnarowski from “ESPN”.
The contract runs through the 2026-27 season, when Curry will be 39 years old. The 36-year-old Curry signed a four-year contract with the Warriors in 2022 worth a total of $215 million. He will now earn $178 million guaranteed over the next three seasons. In the 2026-27 season, he is expected to become the first player to earn more than $60 million in a single season.
