The Chicago Bulls have been super quiet on the opening evening of free agency. Not even news of Zach LaVine’s max deal has dropped yet, and we might have to wait until this weekend for that Woj bomb to arrive.
Fortunately, the rest of the NBA hasn’t been on cruise control. A number of big deals have hit the books over the past handful of hours, and we decided to put those all in one place for you.
Get caught up:
We got several massive extensions right as free agency opened up. Nikola Jokic earned himself the highest-paid deal in NBA history with the Nuggets, while Devin Booker agreed to terms on a $214 million supermax extension. We also saw the Trail Blazers extend breakout youngster Anfernee Simon with a four-year, $100 million deal.
Several other high-profile talents also decided to stay with their current organizations. Bradley Beal turned down his player option earlier this week to ink the largest deal of the bunch with a five-year, $215 million max contract to stay with the Wizards. Meanwhile, Bobby Portis accepted a four-year, $49 million deal to maintain his important role with the Milwaukee Bucks.
Here are a handful of other names who chose to stick with their squads:
Several free agents who felt like potential Bulls targets also came off the board rather quickly. We saw P.J. Tucker confirm rumors by choosing the 76ers on a three-year deal with roughly $33 million and versatile Raptors big man Chris Boucher on a similar three-year, $35.3 million deal. Other scooped-up targets included …
Two old friends found a home:
If the Knicks don’t get fined for this … we protest outside MSG.
Anyway, so I don’t flood your page with too many more Shams and Woj tweets, I’ll write out the remaining signings we’ve seen thus far below.
Joe Ingles to the Bucks on a one-year, $6.5 million deal – Scotto
Malik Monk to the Kings on a two-year, $19 million deal – Shams
Danuel House to 76ers on a two-year, $8.5 million deal – Woj
Damian Jones to Lakers (terms unknown) – Woj
DeAndre Jordan to Denver (terms unknown) – Shams
Lonnie Walker IV to Lakers – one-year, $6.5 million – McMenamin
Jae’Sean Tate returns to Houston on a three-year, $22.1 million deal – Shams
Patty Mills returns to Brooklyn on a two-year, $14.5 million deal – Woj
Juan Tuscano-Anderson to Lakers (terms unknown … he’s a Klutch client so also duh) – Haynes
Kyle Anderson to Timberwolves on a two-year, $18 million deal – Woj
Delon Wright to Wizards on a two-year, $16 million deal – Woj
Nic Claxton returns to Nets on a two-year, $20 million deal – Woj