{"id":783,"date":"2025-07-08T12:48:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T12:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=783"},"modified":"2025-07-09T15:56:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T15:56:43","slug":"nba-free-agency-2025-live-updates-news-rumors-as-paolo-banchero-signs-max-deal-with-magic-deandre-ayton-signs-with-lakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=783","title":{"rendered":"NBA free agency 2025: Live updates, news, rumors as Paolo Banchero signs max deal with Magic, Deandre Ayton signs with Lakers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"NBA free agency is well underway, and while most of the big names are now off the board, there are still several dominoes left to fall, with Damian Lillard, Chris Paul, Jonathan Kuminga, Quentin Grimes and more still undecided for next season. (Check out Yahoo Sports’ NBA\u00a0free agent big board here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

The action continued on Monday, as the Magic and Paolo Banchero\u00a0agreed to a max contract<\/a>\u00a0that’s worth up to $287 million. The deal secures Orlando’s core of Banchero, Franz Wagner and Jalen Suggs, who are\u00a0each now signed through the next five seasons<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Earlier Monday, the Clippers, Jazz and Heat\u00a0reportedly pulled off a three-team trade<\/a>\u00a0that will send Norman Powell to Miami, John Collins to L.A., and Kevin Love, Kyle Anderson and a 2027 second-round pick from the Clippers to the Jazz.<\/p>\n

To recap the rest: Deandre Ayton\u00a0agreed to<\/a>\u00a0a two-year deal with the Los Angeles Lakers. He’ll reportedly make $34 million in the coming season, with $25.6 million from his reported buyout from the Portland Trail Blazers and another $8.1 million from the Lakers on this new deal. But\u00a0does Ayton make the Lakers legit contenders<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Last week, reigning MVP\u00a0Shai Gilgeous-Alexander reportedly signed a four-year, $285 million supermax extension<\/a>\u00a0with the Oklahoma City Thunder, and shortly after, former Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner\u00a0reportedly agreed<\/a>\u00a0to a four-year, $107 million deal with the Milwaukee Bucks. With Turner in the fold,\u00a0the Bucks waived Lillard<\/a>, using the\u00a0stretch provision in the CBA<\/a>\u00a0to wipe the final $113 million of his contract off their books.<\/p>\n

Other deals included\u00a0Dennis Schr\u00f6der signing with the Sacramento Kings<\/a>,\u00a0Jakob Poeltl agreeing to an extension with the Toronto Raptors<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Nuggets trading for Jonas Valanciunas<\/a>\u00a0from the Sacramento Kings in exchange for Dario Saric. But the latter deal hit a snag, as Valanciunas\u00a0considers an offer<\/a>\u00a0to play in Greece.<\/p>\n

When free agency opened last Monday, the NBA had officially set its salary cap at $154.647 million for the 2025-26 season. That’s\u00a0up 10% from last season<\/a>, which was the expected jump.<\/p>\n

Jaren Jackson Jr. and the Grizzlies\u00a0agreed on a five-year, $240 million max extension<\/a>, and the\u00a0Nuggets traded Michael Porter Jr. to the Nets<\/a>\u00a0in exchange for Cam Johnson.\u00a0Dorian Finney-Smith agreed to a<\/a>\u00a0deal with the Rockets,\u00a0Ty Jerome and the Grizzlies agree<\/a>d on a three-year contract and the Mavericks struck a\u00a0two-year deal with point guard D\u2019Angelo Russell<\/a>.<\/p>\n