Kadary Richmond Signs 10-Day Contract With Wizards
The Wizards have filled the open spot on their 15-man roster by signing guard Kadary Richmond to a 10-day contract, the team announced today in a press release.
Richmond signed a non-guaranteed Exhibit 10 deal with Washington last fall after going undrafted out of St. John’s in June. The 6’6″ guard was waived at the end of the preseason and reported to the Wizards’ G League affiliate, the Capital City Go-Go.
Across 23 total appearances for the Go-Go, Richmond has averaged 8.3 points, 3.9 rebounds, 2.9 assists, and 1.3 steals in 22.4 minutes per contest, with a shooting line of .457/.308/.846. While those numbers don’t exactly jump off the page, the 24-year-old has been more effective since the G League’s regular season began in late December — in his most recent outing for the Go-Go on Saturday, he had 19 points and six assists.
The Wizards are currently carrying just 13 players on standard, full-season contracts, with Richmond joining Keshon Gilbert as the team’s 10-day players to fill out the 15-man squad.
While Gilbert’s deal will expire after All-Star weekend, Richmond’s will cover Washington’s first two games following the break, running through next Friday (Feb. 20). Richmond will earn $73,153 over the course of his 10-day contract.
Sixers Sign Dalen Terry To Two-Way Deal
1:52 pm: The Sixers have put out a press release officially confirming Terry’s two-way contract.
12:34 pm: The Sixers will fill the open two-way contract slot on their roster by signing free agent wing Dalen Terry, a source tells Adam Aaronson of PhillyVoice.
Terry reached the open market over the weekend after being traded twice during trade deadline week. The Bulls sent him to New York in exchange for Guerschon Yabusele and cash, and the Knicks flipped him to New Orleans along with a pair of second-round picks and cash in a deal for Jose Alvarado. The Pelicans subsequently waived him on Friday.
Terry, 23, was the 18th overall pick in the 2022 draft, but played a limited role during three-and-a-half seasons with the Bulls, averaging just 3.5 points, 1.7 rebounds, and 1.2 assists in 11.1 minutes per game across 204 total appearances. He would have eligible for restricted free agency this summer if he had finished out his rookie scale contract. Instead, he reached unrestricted free agency a few months early.
Players aren’t eligible to sign two-way contracts if they have four years of NBA service, but because a year of service isn’t credited until June 30, Terry remains two-way eligible for the rest of his fourth season. His deal with Philadelphia will be a rest-of-season contract, lining him up to reach the market again this offseason.
The 76ers recently opened up a two-way slot by promoting Dominick Barlow to their standard roster. Terry will join Jabari Walker and MarJon Beauchamp as the two-way players for a Philadelphia team that has prioritized using those slots on relative veterans rather than first- or second-year players.
Terry will be eligible to be active for up to 18 regular season games for the Sixers, though the team no longer has any “under-15” games remaining. That means Philadelphia will need to maintain a full 15-man roster in order to use Terry and Beauchamp (Walker has already reached his personal 50-game limit).
Pistons Sign Isaac Jones To Two-Way Contract
12:54 pm: Jones has officially re-signed with the Pistons on a two-way deal, the team confirmed today (via Twitter).
10:40 am: Less than a week after waiving him, the Pistons are bringing back forward Isaac Jones on a two-way contract, according to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype, who reports (via Twitter) that the deal will cover two seasons.
An undrafted free agent out of Washington State, Jones played well in a modest role for the Kings as a rookie in 2024/25, beginning the year on a two-way contract and earning a promotion to a standard deal last March. However, Sacramento cut him this past November to make room on its roster for Precious Achiuwa, at which time Detroit claimed the 25-year-old off waivers.
Jones was on Detroit’s roster for nearly three months before being waived again to accommodate the team’s three-team trade with Chicago and Minnesota. However, he appeared in just one game for the Pistons during that time, logging two garbage-time minutes.
The 6’9″ forward has spent most of this season with the Motor City Cruise, the Pistons’ G League affiliate. In 26 NBAGL outings, he has averaged 15.9 points, 8.1 rebounds, 1.7 assists, and 1.3 blocks in 28.1 minutes per game, making 55.7% of his field goal attempts.
The Pistons had a full roster after acquiring Kevin Huerter and Dario Saric from Chicago last Tuesday, but they’ve since waived Saric and promoted two-way player Daniss Jenkins to the standard roster. As a result, Detroit opened up a two-way slot that will be filled by Jones. Tolu Smith and Wendell Moore Jr. are the club’s other two-way players.
Suns Expected To Waive Cole Anthony
The Suns are expected to waive Cole Anthony, according to John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports 98.7 (Twitter link).
Phoenix acquired the sixth-year guard in a three-team trade last week. It was a salary-dump move for the the Suns, who have several guards on their roster.
Anthony has yet to report to the team and may not end up doing so; head coach Jordan Ott said on Saturday that the two sides were still working through the situation.
“I think they’re still determining that. Working through that as we speak,” Ott said.
The 15th overall pick in the 2020 draft, Anthony spent his first five NBA seasons with Orlando, averaging 12.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.8 assists on .419/.345/.847 shooting in 320 games (24.8 minutes per contest). However, his minutes have declined over the past few years and he was traded to Memphis in the offseason as part of the Desmond Bane blockbuster.
Anthony reached a buyout agreement with the Grizzlies and signed a one-year, minimum-salary contract with the Bucks. He averaged 6.7 PPG, 2.5 RPG and 3.5 APG on .424/.306/.615 shooting in a career-low 15.1 minutes per game in 35 appearances with Milwaukee this season.
Anthony is still just 25 years old and has been productive in the past, though he’s never been the most efficient scorer (his true shooting percentage is a career-low 48.3% in 2025/26). Teams looking for backup ball-handling help might give him a look if and when he officially parts ways with Phoenix.
Blake Hinson Signs Two-Way Deal With Jazz
February 9: Hinson’s two-way deal with the Jazz is official, the team announced in a press release.
February 7: The Jazz will sign Blake Hinson to a two-way contract, agent Paolo Zamorano of Gersh Sports tells ESPN’s Shams Charania (Twitter link).
The 26-year-old small forward is in the midst of a standout year in the G League, where he’s averaging 21.8 points and 5.8 rebounds with Portland’s affiliate, the Rip City Remix.
Hinson has yet to appear in an NBA game, but he’s already spent time with three teams. He signed a two-way deal with the Lakers in the summer of 2024 after going undrafted, then inked an Exhibit 10 contract with the Warriors in September of 2024 before being released prior to the start of the season.
He joined the Trail Blazers on an Exhibit 10 deal this past September, but was waived on the same day and headed to the G League.
Hinson’s college career consisted of two years at Mississippi and two years at Pitt. He was a second-team All-ACC selection in 2023 and a first-team choice in 2024.
The Jazz have a two-way opening after trading John Tonje to Boston on Thursday. Elijah Harkless and Oscar Tshiebwe are their other two-way players.
Grizzlies Sign Lawson Lovering To 10-Day Deal
3:17 pm: Lovering’s 10-day contract is official, the Grizzlies announced (via Twitter).
2:45 pm: The Grizzlies are signing 7’1” rookie center Lawson Lovering to a 10-day contract, Michael Scotto of HoopsHype tweets.
Lovering has spent this season with the Memphis Hustle in the G League. In 24 games with the Hustle, he’s averaged 7.5 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.3 blocks in 26.8 minutes per game.
Lovering was signed by Memphis on an Exhibit 10 deal in early September. He played four preseason games for the Grizzlies and averaged 2.0 points and 2.5 rebounds in 9.5 minutes before getting waived in mid-October. The 22-year-old Wyoming native went unselected in the 2025 draft after his final collegiate season at Utah.
He temporarily fills a frontcourt need for Memphis, which traded Jaren Jackson Jr. to Utah last week. The Grizzlies opened up a spot on the 15-man roster on Friday when they waived Eric Gordon. With Zach Edey and Brandon Clarke currently recovering from injuries, Memphis didn’t have any healthy centers.
Because a 10-day contract must cover at least three games, Lovering’s deal will actually run for 12 days before expiring — the Grizzlies play twice before the All-Star break, then resume action on February 20 vs. Utah.
Pistons Promote Daniss Jenkins, Waive Dario Saric
February 9: The moves are official, according to a team press release.
February 8: The Pistons are converting Daniss Jenkins from a two-way contract to a two-year standard deal using a portion of their bi-annual exception, reports Shams Charania of ESPN.
Jenkins will receive a two-year, $8MM contract, league sources tell Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (Twitter link). His salary will represent the largest single-season sum a two-way player has ever received on a conversion, Scotto notes.
The second-year guard’s new contract will feature a team option for 2026/27, Charania adds.
To make room on their standard roster, the Pistons are expected to waive veteran forward/center Dario Saric, sources tell Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints (Twitter link). Hunter Patterson of The Athletic confirms Saric will be the odd man out (Twitter link).
Jenkins will now be eligible to play for the rest of the regular season and the playoffs. Two-way players are not playoff-eligible.
Pistons head of basketball operations Trajan Langdon said prior to Friday’s game that the team planned to promote Jenkins this weekend. Jenkins reached his 50-game active limit on Friday evening in the blowout victory over New York.
Jenkins reportedly turned down a two-year, minimum-salary contract offer near the end of January, which turned out to be the right call. The 24-year-old point guard recently told Omari Sankofa II of The Detroit Free Press that he was motivated by going undrafted out of St. John’s in 2024.
“If I’m being honest, and everybody knows I’m a very humble guy, but in college, most of these dudes that got drafted, what was the difference between me and them?” he said. “What? You tell me, what was the difference? For me, going undrafted is insanity to me, literally insanity, and that burns inside of me every single day.”
In 42 games this season (16.8 minutes per contest), Jenkins has averaged 8.2 points, 3.3 assists, 1.8 rebounds and 0.9 steals on .430/.391/.800 shooting. He has been Detroit’s primary backup behind Cade Cunningham for much of 2025/26.
The bi-annual exception, as its name suggests, is only available to teams once every two years. Detroit will not have access to the exception in ’26/27.
Saric is earning a guaranteed $5,426,400 this season, but most of that total was already paid by Sacramento, which traded him to Chicago on February 1. The Bulls sent him to the Pistons a couple days later in the deal that saw Kevin Huerter land in Detroit and Jaden Ivey in Chicago.
Saric, 31, only appeared in five games in 2025/26 after playing in 16 contests with Denver last season.
Hornets Waive Malaki Branham, Re-Sign Pat Connaughton
9:41 am: Charlotte used the open roster spot created by releasing Branham to re-sign Pat Connaughton, announcing the move on Twitter.
Connaughton was waived last Wednesday so a deal bringing Jones from Orlando could be completed. Connaughton, a 33-year-old swingman, has appeared in 22 games this season, posting 2.9 points and 1.4 rebounds in 7.0 minutes per night.
9:00 am: The Hornets have opened up a roster spot by waiving Malaki Branham, the team announced (via Twitter).
The 22-year-old combo guard was traded at last week’s deadline. Washington initially agreed to send him to Dallas as part of the eight-player Anthony Davis deal, but the Mavericks expanded the trade to reroute him to Charlotte in exchange for Tyus Jones.
Branham had a limited role with the Wizards this season, appearing in 28 games, all as a reserve. He averaged 4.6 points and 1.6 rebounds in 9.8 minutes per night with .473/.378/.824 shooting splits.
He’s earning a guaranteed $4,962,033 in the final year of his rookie contract, so the Hornets will be on the hook for the balance of that deal.
Branham was selected by San Antonio with the 20th pick in the 2022 draft after a strong freshman year at Ohio State. He was a part-time starter with the Spurs during his first two NBA seasons, but fell out of the rotation last year and was shipped to Washington in July.
The Hornets have won nine straight games and are currently 10th in the East.
Cam Thomas Signs With Bucks
9:20 pm: Thomas has officially signed with the Bucks, per a press release from the team. It’s a minimum-salary deal, according to ESPN’s Bobby Marks at Sports Business Classroom, which means Milwaukee will carry a rest-of-season cap hit of $844,607.
4:37 pm: Thomas confirmed his decision to sign with the Bucks in a statement to Spears (Twitter link).
“I picked Milwaukee because they wanted me and they told me they’ve been interested for years now,” Thomas said. “So, it’s good to have this opportunity come to fruition. And I’m just hoping to meet everybody, get to know everybody and contribute as soon as possible.”
Thomas’ contract with Milwaukee will cover the remainder of the season, reports Eric Nehm of The Athletic.
4:02 pm: Free agent guard Cam Thomas has reached a contract agreement with the Bucks, agent Tony Ronzone tells Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link).
Thomas was waived by the Nets on Thursday evening after he wasn’t traded prior to the deadline. He was hoping he would be released if he wasn’t included in a deal so he could pick his next team.
“Super excited ready to actually help and contribute to another team,” Thomas told Marc J. Spears of Andscape. “My next team is getting elite scoring, good play-making and a good combo guard.”
Michael Scotto of HoopsHype linked Thomas to the Bucks multiple times leading up to the deadline. The Cavaliers also expressed trade interest in Thomas, according to Scotto, who reports (via Twitter) that the deal would have included Lonzo Ball and second-round draft compensation. The Cavs instead traded a pair of second-rounders to Utah take on Ball’s $10MM salary.
Thomas, 24, led the Nets in scoring during the 2023/24 and 2024/25 seasons. However, he was limited to just 25 games last season due to a left hamstring injury, which he strained again in early November. He wound up missing 20 consecutive games as a result of that injury.
Although Thomas is an undeniably talented scorer, he isn’t the most efficient offensive player, and his game isn’t very well-rounded. In 24 games this season, he has averaged 15.6 points, 3.1 assists and 1.8 rebounds on .399/.325/.843 shooting splits.
Milwaukee has an opening on its 15-man standard roster and won’t have to waive anyone to add Thomas. The Bucks also have an open two-way spot.
Lakers Sign Kobe Bufkin To Two-Year Contract
February 8: Bufkin has officially re-signed with the Lakers, the team confirmed today (Twitter link via Brad Turner of The Los Angeles Times).
February 7: Free agent guard Kobe Bufkin will sign a two-year contract with the Lakers, sources tell Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link). The deal includes a team option for next seas0n.
Bufkin, 22, has been a standout with the organization’s G League affiliate in South Bay and spent time with the Lakers on a 10-day contract in January. He appeared in four games during that stint, averaging 3.0 PPG in 11 minutes per night.
He also signed a 10-day hardship contract with Memphis in late November, but didn’t see any game action.
Bufkin was selected by Atlanta with the 15th pick in the 2023 draft, but only appeared in 27 games over two years before being traded to Brooklyn in September. The Nets waived him before the start of the season, and he headed to the G League, where he’s averaging 27.7 points, 3.9 rebounds and 4.7 assists in 14 regular season games.
Bufkin will be the Lakers’ 15th standard contract once his signing is official. That means they would have to waive a player and eat some guaranteed money if they want to add anyone in the buyout market, notes Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints (Twitter link).