The 2025 NBA coaching carousel is complete. We’re examining the tasks facing every new coach, including Mike Brown and the Knicks.
Trendon Watford signs with Philadelphia
Source: x.com What’s the buzz on Twitter? Adam Aaronson @SixersAdam
ICYMI: Much of my day yesterday was spent watching Trendon Watford film. I came away impressed with his passing versatility + ball-handling at 6’9″.
I wrote about that, his unique scoring repertoire and the issues that caused him to be a minimum signing:
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Frank Vogel, ex-Lakers, Suns coach, joining Mavericks staff as Jason Kidd's top assistant, per reports
Vogel and Kidd won the 2020 NBA championship together with the Lakers
Bronny James Blocks Out Rumors Around LeBron Going Into His 2nd Season with Lakers
Bronny James sounds prepared to spend the summer ducking rumors and concentrating on the work necessary to become a contributor during his second NBA season with the Lakers.
Bronny: Not focused on speculation about LeBron
While speculation swirls about LeBron James’ future, Bronny James is working out with the Lakers’ summer league team and was told by his dad “to not worry about it.”
Sources: Ayton to sign 2-year deal with Lakers
Former No. 1 pick Deandre Ayton, who finalized a buyout with the Blazers on Sunday, will sign a two-year deal with the Lakers, sources told ESPN.
Sources: Knicks expected to hire Brown as HC
The New York Knicks are expected to hire Mike Brown, a two-time winner of the NBA’s Coach of the Year award, as the franchise’s next head coach, sources told ESPN on Wednesday.
Milwaukee releases Chris Livingston
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Right now, that leaves Milwaukee with $19.6 million in cap room. They likely will get to the $24 million they need to sign Myles Turner to a four-year, $107 million deal by moving off of Pat Connaughton’s $9.3 million salary. In the absence of a Connaughton trade, Milwaukee can get to $24.6 million in cap room by stretching Connaughton’s contract, so that seems the most likely mechanism for this deal to get done. Milwaukee will also need to either pull its qualifying offer to Ryan Rollins
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Sources: Hornets, Dinwiddie agree to 1-year deal
Free agent guard Spencer Dinwiddie, who averaged 11.0 points for the Mavericks last season, has agreed to a one-year deal with the Hornets, sources told ESPN.
Luguentz Dort on being down 2-1 to Nuggets: They had us a little shaken
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Brandon Rahbar: Brooks Barnhizer on players he’s looking forward to work with: “Caruso and Dort, guys who are kind of similar to my path. If I can be fit from that same cloth one day…” -via Twitter @BrandonRahbar / June 28, 2025 NBA: It’s raining champagne in Oklahoma City 🍾 The @okcthunder are having their championship parade! -via Twitter / June 24, 2025 Brandon Rahbar: Lu Dort says
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