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Hawks Waive M.J. Walker

October 14th, 2025 at 9:48pm CST by Dana Gauruder

The Hawks have waived M.J. Walker, Spotrac contributor Keith Smith tweets.

Walker was just signed to a non-guaranteed Exhibit 10 deal on Monday.

After going undrafted in 2021, Walker has spent the past four seasons in the G League with the Westchester Knicks and the Greensboro Swarm (the Hornets’ affiliate). The 27-year-old also had a brief 10-day hardship stint with the Suns in 2021/22, playing eight NBA minutes in two appearances.

Walker can collect a bonus worth $45,000 if he spends at least 60 days with the College Park Skyhawks, Atlanta’s G League affiliate. The Skyhawks acquired his returning rights from the Swarm last month.

Hornets Waive Center Ibou Badji

October 14th, 2025 at 9:03pm CST by Dana Gauruder

The Hornets have waived center Ibou Badji, the team’s PR department tweets.

Badji, who appeared in one preseason game this month, saw action in 22 NBA games during the 2023/24 season while on a two-way contract with Portland. He averaged 1.5 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 0.9 blocks in 10.3 minutes per contest during his time with the Trail Blazers.

Outside of that stint in Portland, Badji has spent the rest of his professional career playing in the G League or in Spain, including most recently with La Laguna Tenerife, which competes in Spain’s top basketball league (Liga ACB). The 23-year-old headed overseas in the spring after appearing in 50 games for the Wisconsin Herd during the 2024/25 G League season.

The seven-footer from Senegal put up 6.0 PPG, 5.4 RPG, and an impressive 3.5 BPG in 22.4 MPG for the Herd, earning himself as spot on the NBAGL’s All-Defensive team.

The Greensboro Swarm acquired Badji’s returning rights from Wisconsin in August, which suggests the plan all along was for Badji to join Charlotte’s G League affiliate. Assuming he clears waivers, he would earn a bonus worth $85,300 if he spends at least 60 days with the Swarm.

Kings Exercise Third-Year Option On Devin Carter

October 14th, 2025 at 8:01pm CST by Dana Gauruder

The Kings have exercised their third-year option on guard Devin Carter, according to a team press release.

Carter’s third-year salary will carry a cap hit of $5,158,080. Sacramento had until the end of the month to exercise that option, which is for the 2026/27 season. The team’s next contract decision on Carter will come next fall, when his $7,370,896 fourth-year option for ’27/28 will have to be either picked up or turned down.

Selected with the 13th overall pick in the 2024 draft, Carter appeared in 36 games with the Kings during the 2024/25 season. He averaged 3.8 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 11 minutes per game. The Providence product missed a chunk of the season after undergoing left shoulder surgery in July 2024.

Carter was reportedly included in at least one of the packages offered by the Kings in their failed attempts to acquire Jonathan Kuminga from Golden State this summer.

All of this year’s rookie scale team option decisions can be viewed here.

Sixers Sign MarJon Beauchamp, Waive Emoni Bates

October 14th, 2025 at 7:43pm CST by Dana Gauruder

The Sixers have signed MarJon Beauchamp and waived Emoni Bates, according to a team press release.

Philadelphia’s intent to sign Beauchamp was reported over the weekend. At the time, the Trail Blazers were said to be “still involved” in the process.

Beauchamp signed an Exhibit 10 deal with Portland on September 30 prior to being waived on Oct. 7, which lined him up to join the Blazers’ G League affiliate, the Rip City Remix. However, given that he officially signed with the 76ers, it’s likely the Blazers have agreed to let him join the Delaware Blue Coats, Philadelphia’s affiliate. Typically, the team that has the player on its roster for more of training camp gets first dibs on making him an affiliate player.

Beauchamp, 25, was the 24th overall pick of the 2022 draft. He spent his first two-and-a-half years with the Bucks, the team that drafted him, prior to being dealt to the Clippers ahead of the February trade deadline. He finished 2024/25 on a two-way contract with the Knicks after being cut by Los Angeles.

The 6’7″ small forward has appeared in a total of 135 regular season games for the Bucks, Clippers and Knicks, averaging 4.1 points and 1.9 rebounds in 10.9 minutes per night, with a shooting line of .430/.354/.718.

Assuming Beauchamp is waived before the season begins and joins the Blue Coats, he would be eligible for a bonus worth up to $85,300 if he spends at least 60 days with the club.

Bates, who was signed to an Exhibit 10 contract last month, was selected with the No. 49 pick out of Eastern Michigan in 2023 by Cleveland. He played sparingly with the Cavaliers across his first two pro seasons as a two-way signing. In 26 appearances, he averaged 3.0 points and 0.8 rebounds per game.

Heat Sign Steve Settle, Waive Gabe Madsen

October 14th, 2025 at 7:02pm CST by Dana Gauruder

The Heat have signed forward Steve Settle III and waived wing Gabe Madsen, according to the team.

Miami originally agreed to an Exhibit 10 contract with Settle right after he went undrafted in June. It’s now come to fruition.

Settle started in all 31 games in which he appeared last season at Temple and averaged 12.6 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.0 steals, 1.0 blocks and 33.2 minutes per contest while shooting 47.8% from the field, 41.6% from three-point range and 73.6% from the foul line. He led the team in rebounds, blocks, minutes and three-point field goals made.

Additionally, he appeared in five Summer League games with the Heat.

Madsen re-signed with Miami last week after being waived in September. He returned on an Exhibit 9 contract and appeared in two preseason games, averaging 4.5 points and 2.0 assists in 14.5 minutes per night.

Madsen played a five-year collegiate career, beginning at Cincinnati and spending the next four years at Utah. He averaged 15.2 points per game in 2024/25 and made 36.0% of his three-point attempts over the course of his five college seasons.

Settle will likely be waived and join the Sioux Falls Skyforce in the G League. If he stays at least 60 days with Miami’s affiliate, he’ll be eligible for a bonus worth up to $85,300.

Jazz Add Bradshaw, East To Camp Roster

October 14th, 2025 at 6:32pm CST by Dana Gauruder

The Jazz have added forward Pedro Bradshaw and guard Sean East II to their camp roster, the team announced in a press release. Utah’s intention to sign Bradshaw was reported earlier on Tuesday.

Utah opened up spots on its roster by waiving Max Abmas and Cameron McGriff on Tuesday.

Bradshaw, who went undrafted out of Bellarmine University in 2021, began his career with Utah’s G League affiliate, the Salt Lake City Stars, as a rookie in 2021/22. He has since played for several other NBAGL teams and spent part of the 2024/25 season in Australia with the Cairns Taipans before finishing the year with the Rostock Seawolves in Germany.

A solid rebounder and shooter, the 6’7″ forward averaged 8.6 points and 6.2 rebounds in 23.9 minutes per game with a 40.2% three-point mark across 45 appearances for Indiana’s G League team in 2023/24. Last season for the Taipans, he registered averages of 10.7 PPG and 5.7 RPG with a .371 3PT%.

East played in 25 games (all starts) last season with the Edmonton Stingers of the Canadian Elite Basketball League, averaging 23.3 points, 4.8 assists, 4.2 rebounds, and 1.9 steals in 31.1 minutes per game. He also played for CSM Constanta of the Romanian Divizia A last season, seeing action in 10 games (all starts) with averages of 26.0 points, 4.6 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and 1.4 steals in 35.1 minutes per game.

East played for four different colleges in five collegiate seasons, winding up with Missouri (2022-24).

Both players will likely wind up getting waived and joining the Stars, where they can earn bonuses up to $85,300 apiece if they stay with the Jazz’s affiliate for at least 60 days.

Clippers Waive Two-Way Player Trentyn Flowers

October 14th, 2025 at 5:46pm CST by Dana Gauruder

The Clippers have waived two-way player Trentyn Flowers, Michael Scotto of HoopsHype tweets. The move is official, per the NBA’s transaction log.

Flowers accepted his two-way qualifying offer in July. Accepting the qualifying offer locked him in to an $85,300 partial guarantee.

Flowers logged just 27 total minutes in six games at the NBA level as an undrafted rookie in 2024/25, but played a more significant role in the G League. In 42 outings last season with the San Diego Clippers, L.A.’s NBAGL affiliate, he registered averages of 17.7 points and 5.0 rebounds per contest while connecting on 47.5% of his field goal attempts and 38.5% from distance.

Flowers spent the 2023/24 season in the NBL’s Next Stars program. He averaged 5.2 points and 2.9 rebounds on .458/.421/.613 shooting in 18 games (12.7 minutes) with the Adelaide 36ers.

By waiving Flowers, the Clippers now have one open two-way spot. Kobe Sanders and Jordan Miller hold the other two-way deals.

The Clippers now have 20 players in camp and don’t plan to add another, The Athletic’s Law Murray tweets. The four players who are not on guaranteed contracts could be competing for the two-way opening.

Jazz Waive Max Abmas, Cameron McGriff

October 14th, 2025 at 3:42pm CST by Luke Adams

The Jazz have cut a pair of players on non-guaranteed contracts, announcing today in a press release that they’ve placed guard Max Abmas and forward Cameron McGriff on waivers.

Abmas and McGriff signed Exhibit 10 contracts with Utah on October 6 and were with the team for its first three games of the preseason, though neither player saw the court in any of those contests.

Abmas spent his first professional season in 2024/25 playing for the Salt Lake City Stars, the Jazz’s G League affiliate. Across 50 outings in the Tip-Off Tournament and regular season, he averaged 13.8 points, 4.8 assists, and 3.0 rebounds in 26.4 minutes per game, posting a shooting line of .412/.372/.836.

McGriff has been playing professionally since going undrafted out of Oklahoma State in 2020, having spent time with a handful of G League teams and non-NBA clubs in Belgium, Puerto Rico, Greece, France since then. The 28-year-old also had a brief cup of coffee in the NBA in 2021/22, appearing in three games for Portland on a 10-day contract. He spent last season with the Indiana Mad Ants – the Pacers’ G League team – but had his returning rights traded to Salt Lake City during the offseason.

It seems relatively safe to assume both Abmas and McGriff are headed for the Stars as returning-rights players. If they remain with the Jazz’s NBAGL team for at least 60 days, they’ll each earn a bonus worth $85,300.

Utah now has two open spots on its 21-man preseason roster. It sounds like the team will probably use one of those openings to sign Pedro Bradshaw to an Exhibit 10 deal.

Nets Sign Malachi Smith

October 14th, 2025 at 2:34pm CST by Luke Adams

The Nets have signed free agent guard Malachi Smith, the team announced today (Twitter link via Brian Lewis of The New York Post).

Smith, 25, has been playing in the G League since going undrafted out of Gonzaga in 2023. He was with the Rip City Remix and Wisconsin Herd during his rookie year and spent the 2024/25 campaign with the Memphis Hustle, appearing in 46 total games for the Grizzlies’ G League affiliate.

Smith averaged 11.4 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 3.1 assists in 25.3 minutes per game for the Hustle last season, making 50.1% of his shots from the field, including 34.7% from beyond the three-point line.

The Long Island Nets acquired Smith’s returning rights from Memphis last month, so it’s a pretty safe bet that the plan is for him to be waived in the coming days and then report to Long Island for the G League season. He’ll likely receive a small partial guarantee as part of the arrangement.

While most players who are ticketed for their teams’ NBAGL affiliates sign Exhibit 10 contracts, the Nets have been structuring their deals a little differently this fall since they don’t mind having the bonuses they pay those players count against their cap as they look to reach the NBA’s minimum salary floor. Exhibit 10 bonuses don’t carry a cap hit, but partial guarantees do.

For instance, as Keith Smith of Spotrac tweets, when signing with the Nets on Monday, Tre Scott received a standard contract with a $45K partial guarantee, while Terry Roberts got a $25K partial guarantee on his standard deal. Both Scott and Roberts were waived today, per Lewis, but those partial guarantees will continue to count against Brooklyn’s cap.

Jazz, Pedro Bradshaw Agree To Exhibit 10 Deal

October 14th, 2025 at 12:34pm CST by Luke Adams

The Jazz and free agent swingman Pedro Bradshaw have agreed to an Exhibit 10 deal, agent Darrell Comer tells NBA insider Chris Haynes (Twitter link).

Bradshaw, who went undrafted out of Bellarmine University in 2021, actually began his career with Utah’s G League affiliate, the Salt Lake City Stars, as a rookie in 2021/22. He has since played for several other NBAGL teams and spent part of the 2024/25 season in Australia with the Cairns Taipans before finishing the year with the Rostock Seawolves in Germany.

A solid rebounder and shooter, the 6’7″ forward averaged 8.6 points and 6.2 rebounds in 23.9 minutes per game with a 40.2% three-point mark across 45 appearances for Indiana’s G League team in 2023/24. Last season for the Taipans, he registered averages of 10.7 PPG and 5.7 RPG with a .371 3PT%.

Salt Lake City acquired Bradshaw’s returning rights in a trade with the Noblesville Boom this summer, signaling that the Jazz expect to have him suit up for their G League affiliate this fall. If he spends at least 60 days with the Stars, Bradshaw will earn an Exhibit 10 bonus worth up to $85,300.

Utah currently has a full 21-man preseason roster, so someone will have to be waived to temporarily open up a spot for Bradshaw.