2025 NBA Offseason Buzz: Naz Reid intends to signal new take care of Timberwolves

The NBA offseason has begun, and with that comes drama and buzz in regards to the futures of the most effective free-agents and potential commerce targets. 

We have you lined monitoring all of the rumors from in and across the league:

June 27

T-wolves intend to signal Reid to new five-year deal

All indicators pointed in the direction of Naz Reid declining his $15 million participant possibility after the 2025 season, nevertheless it was unclear if that might result in a summer season of free company or a brand new take care of the Timberwolves. Now, it appears the latter is extra seemingly as of a report on Friday. Reid intends to signal a five-year, $125 million take care of the Timberwolves that might maintain him in Minnesota by means of the 2030 season. Reid, who gained the NBA Sixth Man of the 12 months award in 2023-24, posted career-bests in factors per sport (14.2) and rebounds per sport (6.0) this previous season. 

Suns, Booker “lively in understanding” document extension

The Phoenix Suns stay steadfast in constructing round guard Devin Booker. The ten-year veteran is coming off a 2024-25 season by which he averaged 25.6 factors per sport, his lowest mark since 2018, to go along with a career-high 7.1 assists per sport. Booker has three years remaining on a four-year, $220 million contract he signed previous to final season, however is eligible, and reportedly working towards signing a document extension, which might tack on an extra two years at $150 million ($75 million AAV) and maintain him below contract in Phoenix by means of the 2031 season. 

76ers choose up Andre Drummond’s group possibility

The Philadelphia 76ers retained backup heart Andre Drummond by selecting up his participant possibility on Friday. As a substitute of heading into the free-agent market, Drummond will make $5 million on the ultimate yr of a two-year contract he signed previous to the 2024-25 season with the 76ers. The 2-time All-Star averaged 7.3 factors and seven.8 rebounds throughout his thirteenth NBA season final yr.

Raptors, president Masai Ujiri half methods

The Raptors are transferring on from Ujiri, in keeping with ESPN. Ujiri grew to become Toronto’s government vice chairman and normal supervisor in 2013 and was the architect of the group’s 2019 NBA Finals triumph, the group’s lone championship. The Raptors are coming off a 30-52 season and have not gained a playoff collection because the 2019-20 NBA season.

June 26

Reaves turned down a four-year, $89.2 million extension supply from the Los Angeles Lakers, in keeping with The Athletic. This was the utmost supply that the Lakers might make to Reaves, who signed a four-year, $53.8 million contract with the Lakers in 2023; Reaves is coming into the third season of that deal, which features a $14.9 million participant possibility for the 2026-27 NBA season. Final season, Reaves averaged a career-high 20.2 factors, 5.8 assists and 1.1 steals per sport, whereas capturing 46.0/37.7/87.7. The Lakers went 50-32 and claimed the No. 3 seed within the Western Convention earlier than shedding to the Minnesota Timberwolves in 5 video games within the first spherical of the playoffs.

June 25

Knicks interviewing James Borrego

New York is interviewing Borrego, the previous head coach of the Charlotte Hornets and a present assistant coach for the New Orleans Pelicans, for its head-coaching emptiness, in keeping with ESPN. Throughout Borrego’s 4 seasons as its head coach (2018-19 season to 2021-22 season), Charlotte went a mixed 148-183. He has been a part of head coach Willie Inexperienced’s teaching employees in New Orleans the previous two seasons. Borrego is the fourth one who has interviewed with the Knicks, former Sacramento Kings head coach Mike Brown, former Memphis Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins and Minnesota Timberwolves assistant Micah Nori being the opposite three.

John Collins opts into participant possibility with Jazz

John Collins has opted into his participant possibility for the 2025-26 season as an alternative of testing free company. The veteran ahead averaged 19 factors per sport and eight.2 rebounds all through his eighth NBA season. He might have commanded a line of suitors on the open market, nevertheless it’s doable no group would have supplied him greater than the $26.58 million he is set to make by remaining with the Utah Jazz. 

Houston is signing VanVleet to a two-year, $50 million deal, in keeping with ESPN. VanVleet had a $44.9 million group possibility within the closing yr of his three-year, $128.5 million deal for subsequent season, which Houston was set to say no. The 31-year-old VanVleet averaged 14.1 factors, 5.6 assists and 1.6 steals per sport, whereas capturing 37.8/34.5/81.0 final season. The Rockets just lately acquired 11-time All-NBA honoree Kevin Durant from the Phoenix Suns.

June 24

New Orleans is buying and selling CJ McCollum, Kelly Olynyk and a future second-round choose to Washington for Jordan Poole, Saddiq Bey and the No. 40 choose within the 2025 NBA Draft, in keeping with ESPN. McCollum is coming into the ultimate season of a two-year, $64 million deal, whereas Poole is coming into the third season of a four-year, $128 million deal. The Wizards and Pelicans every missed the playoffs final season, with Washington choosing sixth and New Orleans choosing seventh within the 2025 draft.

Knicks interviewing Micah Nori for teaching emptiness

New York is interviewing Nori, an assistant coach for the Minnesota Timberwolves, for its head-coaching emptiness, in keeping with ESPN. The 51-year-old Nori has been an assistant in Minnesota for the previous 4 seasons, preceded by assistant teaching stints with the Detroit Pistons, Denver Nuggets, Sacramento Kings and Toronto Raptors. Nori served as Minnesota’s de facto head coach through the 2023-24 NBA postseason when head coach Chris Finch suffered a knee harm. Nori is the third identified candidate to interview with the Knicks, former Kings head coach Mike Brown and former Memphis Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins being the opposite two.

June 23

Gafford intends to signal extension with Mavericks

Daniel Gafford reportedly intends to signal a contract extension with the Dallas Mavericks. The middle, who is about to enter his seventh NBA season, has one yr remaining on a three-year, $40.1 million deal that he signed in 2023. His subsequent deal is anticipated to be one other three-year extension, value $60 million, that might run by means of the 2028-29 season. It might be a lift in pay for Gafford after a career-best season by which he averaged 12.3 factors per sport and 6.8 rebounds. 

Middleton stays with Wizards 

Khris Middleton has picked up his $33.3 million participant possibility with the Washington Wizards for the 2025-26 season, in keeping with ESPN. The three-time NBA All-Star was traded to D.C. forward of the NBA commerce deadline by the MIlwaukee Bucks. The 33-year-old wing has been coping with ankle accidents and solely made 37 appearances final season for each groups. Middleton helped the Bucks win the 2019 NBA Finals. 

June 22

Durant to Rockets in megatrade

Kevin Durant will be a part of the Houston Rockets in a blockbuster commerce that can see him depart the Phoenix Suns, ESPN reported Sunday. 

In return, the Suns will reportedly obtain veteran guards Jalen Inexperienced and Dillon Brooks. They’re going to additionally obtain six draft picks, together with the No. 10 total choose within the 2025 NBA Draft. The opposite 5 picks are second-round alternatives. 

Durant, who will probably be 37 at first of subsequent season, is coming into the ultimate season of a four-year, $194.2 million deal.

June 19

Rockets prolong head coach Ime Udoka

Houston signed Udoka to a “long-term” extension that makes him one of many highest-paid head coaches within the NBA, in keeping with ESPN. Earlier this month, the Rockets denied the New York Knicks permission to talk with Udoka about their head-coaching emptiness after they fired Tom Thibodeau. In Udoka’s second season as head coach, the Rockets went 52-30, claiming the No. 2 seed within the Western Convention earlier than shedding to the Golden State Warriors within the first spherical of the playoffs. Houston is a mixed 93-71 below Udoka, who was beforehand the pinnacle coach of the Boston Celtics within the 2021-22 NBA season, with Boston reaching the NBA Finals.

June 17

Suns asking for the second choose, Stephon Citadel

Kevin Durant has, reportedly, made it clear that the San Antonio Spurs are his precedence vacation spot. However, he might not get his manner as a result of the Phoenix Suns’ asking worth of the Spurs is steep. The Suns, reportedly, need the “second choose (within the 2025 NBA Draft) and/or Stephon Citadel.” The Spurs would favor to retain each these belongings in any commerce for Durant. 

June 16

Knicks not curious about buying Kevin Durant

The Kevin Durant vacation spot rumors have been operating rampant and the New York Knicks have remained a mainstay in that dialog. They’ve the belongings to amass the two-time NBA Champion, and he is expressed an curiosity in touchdown there. Nonetheless, the Knicks, reportedly, do not share that need:

“KD wished the New York Knicks. He wished to go there. The Knicks have little interest in bringing him in.”

June 15

The primary main commerce of the NBA offseason has been agreed to. The Magic have acquired Bane from the Grizzlies for guards Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Cole Anthony, together with 4 unprotected first-round picks and a first-round choose swap, ESPN reported. The picks Memphis is receiving are the No. 16 choose within the 2025 NBA Draft, the Phoenix Suns’ 2026 first-round choose in 2026, Orlando’s 2028 unprotected first-round choose and Orlando’s 2030 first-round choose. The choose swap is a flippantly protected first-round choose in 2029, in keeping with ESPN.

Bane, who’ll flip 27 later in June, has been an enormous purpose why the Grizzlies have made the playoffs in three of the final 4 seasons. The 2020 first-round choose has averaged 20.2 factors per sport in that stretch, together with 19.2 factors per sport this previous season. He is additionally been among the many sport’s prime 3-point shooters over that point, making 40.7% of his makes an attempt from deep because the begin of the 2021-22 season.

The Magic will hope that Bane will present the required scoring and capturing the group wants alongside rising star wings Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner. Whereas each gamers averaged over 24 factors per sport in 2024-25, they each shot 32% or decrease from 3-point vary, which is taken into account nicely under common. Orlando’s offense wasn’t nice in consequence, rating twenty seventh in offensive score (108.9) en path to a 41-41 common season. The Magic bought the No. 7 seed within the East by means of the play-in event, however misplaced to the Boston Celtics in 5 video games within the first spherical.

As for the Grizzlies, the commerce marks the primary massive shake-up to their core in recent times. Memphis earned the No. 2 seed within the Western Convention within the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons. Nonetheless, it by no means made it previous the second spherical of the playoffs in both season. It missed the playoffs in 2023-24 as Ja Morant missed a lot of the yr resulting from accidents and a suspension. It bought the No. 8 seed within the Western Convention this previous season, getting swept by the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder within the first spherical of the playoffs. The Grizzlies fired head coach Taylor Jenkins simply weeks earlier than the beginning of the playoffs. 

June 14

Kevin Durant’s most well-liked locations revealed

The disgruntled Suns star prefers to be traded to the Houston Rockets or the San Antonio Spurs, in keeping with a report from The Athletic. The Spurs and Houston Rockets have beforehand been linked to Durant, along with the Miami Warmth, Minnesota Timberwolves and New York Knicks. 

The 11-time All-NBA honoree, who will probably be 37 at first of the 2025-26 NBA season, is coming into the ultimate season of a four-year, $194.2 million deal. Final season, Durant averaged 26.6 factors per sport, whereas capturing 52.7/43.0/83.9. He was restricted to 62 video games resulting from calf and ankle accidents.

It grew to become clear towards the top of the 2025 NBA common season that Kevin Durant’s time in Phoenix would come to an finish with the shut of the common season. The Suns have reportedly positioned a unfastened deadline on when they’ll transfer Durant. The Suns are aiming to commerce Durant earlier than the NBA Draft on June 25.

Houston signed Adams to a three-year, $39 million extension, ESPN reported. Adams, who will probably be 32 at first of subsequent season, averaged 3.9 factors and 5.6 rebounds per sport this yr in his first wholesome season with the Rockets.

June 13

Knicks set to interview teaching candidates

New York will interview Taylor Jenkins and Mike Brown for its head-coaching emptiness subsequent week, per The Athletic. Each coaches had been fired by their respective groups through the common season; Jenkins was fired by the Grizzlies, and Brown was fired by the Sacramento Kings. Throughout Jenkins’ six seasons because the Grizzlies’ head coach, the group went a mixed 250-214, making the playoffs 4 occasions, counting this season. Ought to he be employed by New York, it could be Jenkins’ second NBA head-coaching stint. 

Throughout Brown’s three seasons because the Kings’ head coach, the group went a mixed 107-88, profitable 46-plus video games in every of the primary two seasons, with the franchise making the playoffs for the primary time in 17 years in Brown’s first season on the job (2022-23 season). Ought to he be employed by New York, it might be Brown’s fifth NBA head-coaching stint.

New York’s request to interview Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd about its vacant head-coaching place was rejected, ESPN reported on June 11. The Knicks additionally had been denied permission to talk with Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch and Rockets head coach Ime Udoka, SNY reported. New York fired Tom Thibodeau after shedding to the Indiana Pacers within the Jap Convention Finals.

Russell Westbrook to say no possibility, grow to be free agent

Westbrook will decline his $3.4 million participant possibility with the Denver Nuggets for the 2025-2026 season, per ESPN. Westbrook is recovering from hand surgical procedure to restore a number of fractures sustained through the season, however up to now these sorts of accidents have price him 14 and 12 video games in a season, respectively, so the expectation is that he’d be able to go nicely earlier than coaching camp within the fall. The veteran guard averaged 13.3 factors and 6.1 assists whereas capturing practically 52% on 2-point makes an attempt in 75 video games for the Nuggets.

June 12

Spurs, 76ers discussing first-round choose swap

Per a number of reviews, Philadelphia has mentioned transferring up within the draft from No. 3 to No. 2 with San Antonio. The Spurs have already got a full backcourt — which is the place the presumed second-overall choice, Rutgers’ Dylan Harper, would find yourself — whereas the Sixers wish to add to their very own backcourt that already consists of Tyrese Maxey. Whether or not the Spurs would truly search for a deal that might web them some extra draft belongings to make up for the hole between the second and third picks is unknown, however the two groups have at the very least mentioned the swap.

June 11

Warmth and Tyler Herro working towards extension

The Warmth and Herro appear to be on the identical web page as the 2 sides work towards an extension. Herro is coming into the penultimate yr of his prior deal, by which he is set to be paid $31 million in 2025-26 and $33 million in 2026-27. The extension he and the Warmth are eyeing is reportedly a three-year deal, value $149.7 million ($49.9 million AAV). The potential increase is warranted for Herro, who’s coming off a 2024-25 season by which he posted career-bests in factors (23.9 per sport) and assists (5.5) and earned his first All-Star nod.

June 2

Raptors eyeing offseason shake-up — is Giannis Antetokounmpo on the desk?

After three consecutive playoff-less seasons, Toronto is trying to make modifications. On Sunday, ESPN’s Brian Windhorst reported on “The Hoop Collective” that the Raptors will attempt to purchase a “massive fish” this offseason. There are a couple of massive fish that could possibly be obtainable — Durant, who’s expressed a need to go away Phoenix — involves thoughts. The Raptors, although, might additionally attempt to lure Antetokounmpo, which might be like reeling in an excellent white shark. 

Toronto has collected gamers with the salaries wanted to construct a package deal for a transfer like this — buying and selling for and lengthening Brandon Ingram, RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley. Realistically, if Antetokounmpo is on the desk, no one ought to be off limits for Toronto, together with younger star Scottie Barnes. It might make sense for Antetokounmpo, too, as a result of, whereas he hasn’t formally requested to be traded away from Milwaukee, he is expressed a need to remain in a a lot weaker Jap Convention. In line with an ESPN report from Might, the two-time MVP stated he is “open-minded about exploring whether or not his greatest long-term match is remaining in Milwaukee or taking part in elsewhere.”

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