Everything you missed this NBA offseason

Been engaged since mid-June? Did you instrumentality Stephen Curry's proposition and spell "night, night" aft Game 6 of the NBA Finals? Just can't retrieve what happened each the mode backmost successful July?

We've got you covered. Just successful clip for the commencement of the 2022-23 season, here's everything you mightiness person missed successful the NBA offseason:

Who got paid?

Let's commencement with the caller members of the $200 cardinal club:

Nikola Jokic: A low-stress five-year, $272 cardinal hold that makes his committedness to the Denver Nuggets a full of six years and an NBA-record $304 million.

Bradley Beal: Signed for 5 years and $251 cardinal with the Washington Wizards, but the sweetener was a uncommon no-trade clause that could beryllium worthy its value successful platinum astatine immoderate point.

Karl-Anthony Towns: A four-year, $224 cardinal supermax hold with a subordinate enactment connected the past twelvemonth with the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Devin Booker: A four-year, $224 cardinal supermax hold without a subordinate enactment successful the past twelvemonth with the Phoenix Suns.

Zach LaVine: A five-year, $215 cardinal afloat guaranteed woody with the Chicago Bulls, who weren't frightened disconnected by his offseason genu surgery.

The aboriginal Hall of Famer division:

LeBron James: Unworried astir the authorities of the Los Angeles Lakers, helium extended for two years and $97 million, stretching his vocation net past $500 cardinal and his declaration past his 40th birthday.

Damian Lillard: He added two years and $121 million with the Portland Trail Blazers. He'll marque a whopping $63 cardinal successful the past twelvemonth of his extended deal, the 2026-27 season.

James Harden: He took a astonishing $14 cardinal wage chopped with the Philadelphia 76ers, opting retired of a $47 cardinal wage to instrumentality a two-year, $68 cardinal woody with an option that volition let him to instrumentality to escaped bureau successful 2023.

Now the 2019 draught people extensions:

Zion Williamson: Five years and $194 million, but it comes with immoderate wounded protections for the New Orleans Pelicans that made it not afloat guaranteed.

Ja Morant: Five years, $194 cardinal with an escalator that volition footwear it to $231 cardinal if helium makes the All-NBA squad this play (Williamson has a akin bonus). The large triumph for the Grizzlies was not including a subordinate enactment successful the past year.

Darius Garland: Five years, $194 cardinal hold without a subordinate option, locking him successful with the Cleveland Cavaliers for adjacent six seasons.

Tyler Herro: The Sixth Man of the Year got a four-year, $120 cardinal woody from the Miami Heat with up to $10 cardinal successful imaginable bonuses.

RJ Barrett: Signed a four-year, $107 cardinal woody with the New York Knicks successful the mediate of the Donovan Mitchell commercialized discussions. The signing became 1 of the much melodramatic NBA moments of the summer.

Anfernee Simons: Four years and a level $100 cardinal from the Portland Trail Blazers.

Keldon Johnson: Signed for 4 years and $74 cardinal successful July, a woody that mightiness person been much costly had the San Antonio Spurs waited until the fall.

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Tim MacMahon breaks down wherefore Jalen Brunson chose to motion a four-year, $104M woody the New York Knicks.

Did immoderate of the big-name escaped agents power teams?

Jalen Brunson: A hotly debated four-year, $104 cardinal woody with the Knicks. The NBA is investigating whether determination was tampering with the erstwhile Dallas Mavericks' guard. Brunson's father, Rick, is simply a Knicks adjunct coach, and 1 of Brunson's agents, Sam Rose, is the lad of Knicks president Leon Rose. Proving tampering with household members progressive seems a challenge.

And past there's an asterisk*:

Deandre Ayton: Signed a four-year, $133 cardinal connection expanse with the Indiana Pacers aft much than a twelvemonth of chilly declaration talks with the Suns, who rapidly utilized their matching rights to support Ayton.

Who didn't get paid (yet)?

Kyrie Irving: After semipermanent declaration talks stalled, helium asked the Brooklyn Nets for support to question sign-and-trade deals elsewhere successful June. He got support but aboriginal admitted helium recovered fewer workable options, truthful he's back successful Brooklyn aft picking up a $37 cardinal subordinate option.

Khris Middleton: He has a $40 cardinal subordinate enactment for adjacent play with the Milwaukee Bucks, truthful helium could beryllium a escaped cause adjacent summertime if helium chooses. He tin motion an hold until June 30, but thing happened successful the preseason.

D'Angelo Russell: Earning $31 cardinal successful the last twelvemonth of his deal. With different costly stars connected the roster, it mightiness beryllium hard for the Timberwolves to support him agelong term.

Fred VanVleet: Has a $23 cardinal subordinate enactment for adjacent season. The Toronto Raptors are incentivized to yet fastener him up connected a deal.

Who got traded?

Rudy Gobert: The Wolves went into the grounds books by sending 4 first-rounders and 4 players to the Jazz for the three-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year, resetting the prima commercialized market for the foreseeable future.

Donovan Mitchell: After talks with the Knicks failed to onshore what had been an expected deal, the Cavs jumped in with 3 unprotected first-round picks, 2 prime swaps and 3 players to onshore the 26-year-old All-Star with 3 years near connected his contract.

Dejounte Murray: Looking to boost their presumption and assistance franchise subordinate Trae Young, the Atlanta Hawks sent 3 first-rounders to the Spurs for the 2022 All-Star.

Malcolm Brogdon: Trying to boost their playmaking disconnected an NBA Finals loss, the Boston Celtics utilized the combined salaries of five backup players positive their 2023 first-rounder to onshore Brogdan from the Pacers.

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Adrian Wojnarowski details however the Cavaliers were capable to enactment a bundle unneurotic to onshore Donovan Mitchell.

Who didn't get traded?

Kevin Durant: Asked for a commercialized conscionable earlier the commencement of escaped agency, sending the league into a frenzy. The Nets initially said they'd acquiesce, but their asking terms successful commercialized talks was truthful precocious that thing gained traction. Durant, locked into a five-year woody helium signed successful 2021, had constricted leverage and rescinded the petition successful August. For now.

Russell Westbrook: The taxable of rumors each summer, the Lakers said each the close things publically portion considering options but ultimately didn't marque a deal. For now, helium volition stay their starting constituent guard.

Who got hired?

Darvin Ham: After interviewing for respective jobs implicit the past fewer years, the Lakers hired Ham distant from the Bucks and gave him a four-year contract.

Mike Brown: Got his 4th head-coaching job with the Sacramento Kings aft six years arsenic the pb adjunct with the Warriors.

Will Hardy: The Jazz gave the 34-year-old, first-time caput coach a five-year declaration up of a large rebuilding effort aft 1 play arsenic an adjunct with the Boston Celtics.

Tim Connelly: In uncommon wide manager escaped agency, Connelly opted retired of his declaration arsenic president of the Nuggets aft a dense recruiting effort by the Wolves. He yet landed a five-year, $40 cardinal deal with Minnesota that reportedly much than doubled his wage arsenic good arsenic provided a pathway to ownership shares successful the future.

Who didn't get hired?

Quin Snyder: In a determination that portended the large shake-up coming for the Jazz, Snyder resigned aft 8 palmy seasons. He is present the astir desired manager connected the hoops market.

Ime Udoka: After starring the Celtics to the Finals successful his archetypal twelvemonth arsenic a caput coach, helium was suspended for the play for breaking squad rules and his aboriginal with the enactment is successful doubt.

Frank Vogel: Just 2 years aft starring the Lakers to a championship, helium was fired with a twelvemonth near connected his contract.

Who's selling?

Robert Sarver: After the NBA completed a 10-month investigation into his behaviour arsenic proprietor of the Suns and the Phoenix Mercury, helium was fined $10 cardinal and suspended for 1 year. After respective prima players, the players' national and sponsors applied pressure, Sarver announced helium is voluntarily selling the team.