Discussion thread for the 79th Season of the NBA.
Congrats to last season's winner, for the first time in franchise history, the Oklahoma City Thunder!

Free Agency started Monday June 30th at 6PM

[u]Notable Free Agency bags acquired[/u]
Atlanta - Nickeil Alexander-Walker 4/$62M (player option + trade kicker), Luke Kennard 1/$11M
Chicago - Tre Jones 3/$24M
Dallas - D'Angelo Russell 2/$13M (player option)
Denver - Bruce Brown 1yr Vet Minimum
Detroit - Duncan Robinson 3/$45M, Caris LeVert 2/$29M
Houston - Dorian Finney-Smith 4/$53M, Clint Capela 3/$21.5M
Los Angeles - Deandre Ayton 2/$16.6M (player option)
LA Clippers - Brook Lopez 2/$18M
Memphis - Ty Jerome 3/$28M (player option)
Milwaukee - Myles Turner 4/$107M (player option + trade kicker)
New Orleans - Kevon Looney 2/$16M
New York - Jordan Clarkson 1/$3.63M
Orlando - Tyus Jones 1/$7M
Sacramento - Dennis Schröder 3/$45M
San Antonio - Luke Kornet 4/$41M (I'll miss you King)

[u]Extensions[/u]
Cleveland - Sam Merrill 4/$38M
Dallas - Kyrie Irving 3/$119M (player option)
Detroit - Paul Reed 2/$11M
Houston - Fred VanVleet 2/$50M, Jabari Smith Jr. 5/$122M
LA Clippers - James Harden 2/$81.5M (player option, 2nd year partially guaranteed), Nic Batum 2/$11.65M
Memphis - Jaren Jackson Jr. 5/$240M (player option), Santi Aldama 3/$52.5M
Miami - Davion Mitchell 2/$24M
Milwaukee - Bobby Portis 3/$44M (player option)
Minnesota - Julius Randle 3/$100M (player option), Naz Reid 5/$125M (player option)
OKC - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 4/$285M, Chet Holmgren 5/$250M, Jalen Williams 5/$287M, Jaylin Williams 3/$24M (team option)
Orlando - Paolo Banchero 5/$287M (player option)
Phoenix - Devin Booker 2/$145M (highest annual extension in league history)
Toronto - Jakob Poeltl 3/$83.5M, Garrett Temple 1/$3.6M (16th season)


[u]Notable Trades[/u]
Orlando gets [b]Desmond Bane[/b], Memphis gets Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Cole Anthony (bought out), 2026 1st round pick [PHX pick], 2028 1st round pick [ORL pick], 2030 1st round pick [ORL pick], 2029 1st round pick [MEM right to swap] and 2025 1st round pick (#16, Hansen Yang, later traded to Portland to move up to #11 (Cedric Coward))

Houston gets [b]Kevin Durant[/b], Phoenix gets Dillon Brooks, [b]Jalen Green[/b], four 2nd-round picks (No. 59 selection in this year's draft (later traded), two in 2026, one in 2030 (from Boston) and one in 2032), and 2025 1st round pick (#10, Khaman Maluach)

Portland gets [b]Jrue Holiday[/b], Boston gets [b]Anfernee Simons[/b]

New Orleans get [b]Jordan Poole[/b], Saddiq Bey, and Pick #40 in the draft (Micah Peavy), Washington gets [b]C.J. McCollum[/b], Kelly Olynyk (later traded to San Antonio), and a future 2nd round pick

Atlanta gets [b]Kristaps Porziņģis[/b] and a 2nd round pick, Brooklyn gets Terance Mann, Pick #22 (Drake Powell), Boston gets Georges Niang and a 2nd round pick

Phoenix gets Mark Williams, Charlotte gets 2029 1st round pick [least favorable of CLE/UTA/MIN], Vasilije Micic, and Pick #29 (Liam McNeeley)

Cleveland gets [b]Lonzo Ball[/b], Chicago gets [b]Issac Okoro[/b]

Utah gets Jusuf Nurkić, Charlotte gets Colin Sexton and Utah's 2030 2nd round pick

Denver gets [b]Cam Johnson[/b], Brooklyn gets [b]Michael Porter Jr.[/b] and Denver's 2032 1st round pick (unprotected)

Denver gets Jonas Valanciunas, Sacramento gets Dario Saric

Miami gets [b]Norman Powell[/b], LA Clippers get [b]John Collins[/b], Utah gets Kevin Love, Kyle Anderson, and Clippers' 2027 2nd round pick

[u]New Head Coaching Hires[/u]
Denver Nuggets - David Adelman (Interim during Denver's playoff run)
Memphis Grizzlies - Tuomas Iisalo (Interim during Memphis' playoff run)
New York Knicks - Mike Brown
Phoenix Suns - Jordan Ott
San Antonio Spurs - Mitch Johnson (Interim during Gregg Popovich's absence, Pop has since officially retired)

[u]Other[/u]
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander wins his first Finals MVP averaging 30.3/4.6/5.6/1.9 steals/1.6 blocks

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