The NBA’s transaction wire has been pretty quiet since the regular season got underway on Tuesday, but we can still expect one last flurry of moves in October. The deadline for teams to exercise their 2025/26 team options on rookie scale contracts arrives on Thursday (October 31), and several of those decisions have yet to be reported or announced. Unlike player or team options … [Read more...] about Rookie Scale Option Decisions Due On Thursday
Western Notes: Rockets, KD, Butler, LeBron, Nuggets, Kings
Confirming recent reporting from ESPN’s Brian Windhorst, Marc Stein writes in his latest Substack story that the messaging out of Houston suggests the Rockets are unlikely to make a major in-season trade in 2024/25. Still, Stein has spoken to multiple rival teams who are “hesitant to dismiss Houston’s trade ambitions so readily.” Those clubs believe the Rockets’ front office … [Read more...] about Western Notes: Rockets, KD, Butler, LeBron, Nuggets, Kings
Southwest Notes: Alvarado, Pelicans, Morant, Edey, Adams, Rockets
With Dejounte Murray sidelined for at least four-to-six weeks, the Pelicans will be counting on recently extended guard Jose Alvarado to move up the depth chart and take on a bigger role this fall, writes Rod Walker of NOLA.com. “Jose’s gotta step up big time for us,” head coach Willie Green said. “We all love Jose and we know he brings it night in and night out and we know … [Read more...] about Southwest Notes: Alvarado, Pelicans, Morant, Edey, Adams, Rockets
NBA Teams With Open Roster Spots
Each of the NBA’s 30 teams is permitted to carry 15 players on standard contracts and three on two-way deals, which works out to a maximum of 540 players across 30 rosters. Of those 540 potential roster spots, 524 are currently occupied, leaving 16 open roster spots around the NBA. Three of those open roster spots belong to a single team, while 13 other clubs have one opening … [Read more...] about NBA Teams With Open Roster Spots
Rockets Notes: Green, Sengun, Thompson, Sheppard, Adams
The Rockets‘ decision to give contract extensions to Jalen Green and Alperen Sengun was made after two of their future targets in free agency came off the market this summer, Brian Windhorst of ESPN states in an article co-written with Tim Bontemps. When the Cavaliers‘ Donovan Mitchell and the Celtics‘ Derrick White both reached extensions with their teams, Houston’s front … [Read more...] about Rockets Notes: Green, Sengun, Thompson, Sheppard, Adams