If you missed any of this past week’s biggest headlines from around the NBA, we’ve got you covered with our Week in Review. Here are some of the most noteworthy stories from the last seven days:
The Warriors officially re-signed veteran center Andrew Bogut for the rest of the season. Bogut technically remains under a two-year contract with the Sydney Kings and is expected to return to Australia in 2019/20, but the Kings allowed him to finish out the ’18/19 season in Golden State.
The Lakers will monitor LeBron James‘ minutes going forward as the team slips out of playoff contention. While there won’t be a hard limit, the club will reportedly try to keep James in the range of 28-32 minutes per game, and there’s no guarantee he’ll play both ends of back-to-backs.
Bulls president and COO Michael Reinsdorf said that the team will “absolutely” retain executive VP of basketball operations John Paxson and GM Gar Forman. Head coach Jim Boylen is also on track to return to the Bulls next season, as Reinsdorf reiterated.
The Lakers and Carmelo Anthony pressed pause on their contract discussions. Los Angeles had reportedly been considering bringing Anthony aboard to fill the 15th spot on the roster, but the two sides have backed away from a potential union with the club falling out of postseason contention.
Magic head coach Steve Clifford confirmed that the team doesn’t expect Markelle Fultz to make his Orlando debut this season. Fultz continues to rehab his shoulder injury, according to Clifford, who suggests we won’t probably won’t see the former No. 1 pick suit up for the Magic until 2019/20.
Here are 10 more headlines from the last week:
- Lakers forward Brandon Ingram will miss the rest of the season due to a Deep Venous Thrombosis in his arm.
- There’s also no guarantee that injured Lakers guard Lonzo Ball returns to the court this season, per head coach Luke Walton.
- The Bucks officially signed Pau Gasol, terminating Isaiah Canaan‘s 10-day deal early to make room on the roster.
- Frank Ntilikina is expected to be on the trade block this summer, with the Knicks said to be seeking a first-round pick for him.
- Hawks forward Vince Carter, 42, hopes to play at least one more NBA season.
- The banged-up Pelicans will be without a pair of guards, Jrue Holiday, and E’Twaun Moore, for at least 7-10 days.
- Former first-round pick Tyler Zeller is back in the NBA after signing a 10-day contract with the Hawks.
- All signs point to the Mavericks preparing for a long-term union with RFA-to-be Kristaps Porzingis.
- Shaw University star Amir Hinton is going pro in the hopes of being the first D-II player drafted since 2005.
- Rookie forward Ray Spalding earned a multiyear contract from the Suns.
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