NBA free agency tracker 2025: Live updates on news, rumors, signings and trades
NBA free agency tracker 2025: Live updates on news, rumors, signings and trades
The 2025 NBA free agency period has officially exploded, and despite fears that the new Collective Bargaining Agreement’s punitive "Second Apron" would freeze the market, teams are maneuvering with aggressive creativity. The salary cap has been set at $154.6 million, a 10% jump from last season, but the real story is the movement of superstars reshaping the league's hierarchy in real-time.
The undisputed shocker of the opening window is Myles Turner leaving the Indiana Pacers to join the Milwaukee Bucks. In a move that seemingly came out of nowhere, the Bucks have paired the league’s premier shot-blocker with Giannis Antetokounmpo, creating a defensive frontcourt that rivals any in NBA history. Turner’s ability to space the floor is the perfect complement to Giannis’s rim pressure, instantly re-igniting Milwaukee’s title hopes after a quiet 2024 campaign.
While the Bucks added size, the Houston Rockets have officially pushed their chips to the center of the table. In a blockbuster trade finalized just as the moratorium lifted, Houston acquired Kevin Durant, signaling the abrupt end of their rebuild. Durant joins a young, athletic core, bringing championship pedigree to a franchise desperate to return to contention. The Western Conference arms race has officially escalated.
In terms of extensions, the Oklahoma City Thunder wasted no time locking up their MVP candidate. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has agreed to the largest contract in NBA history, a supermax extension that cements him as the face of the franchise for the foreseeable future. Conversely, Kyrie Irving has opted to run it back, re-signing with the Dallas Mavericks on a deal to keep their window open alongside Luka Dončić.
Elsewhere, the Brooklyn Nets are retooling on the fly, acquiring Michael Porter Jr. via trade to add scoring punch, while the Orlando Magic made a splash by landing Desmond Bane. As the dust settles on day one, the league looks vastly different. The restrictive apron rules haven't stopped the chaos; they’ve simply forced general managers to be bolder. Stay tuned as we track every signing in what is shaping up to be a historic summer.
The 2025 NBA free agency period has officially exploded, and despite fears that the new Collective Bargaining Agreement’s punitive "Second Apron" would freeze the market, teams are maneuvering with aggressive creativity. The salary cap has been set at $154.6 million, a 10% jump from last season, but the real story is the movement of superstars reshaping the league's hierarchy in real-time.
The undisputed shocker of the opening window is Myles Turner leaving the Indiana Pacers to join the Milwaukee Bucks. In a move that seemingly came out of nowhere, the Bucks have paired the league’s premier shot-blocker with Giannis Antetokounmpo, creating a defensive frontcourt that rivals any in NBA history. Turner’s ability to space the floor is the perfect complement to Giannis’s rim pressure, instantly re-igniting Milwaukee’s title hopes after a quiet 2024 campaign.
While the Bucks added size, the Houston Rockets have officially pushed their chips to the center of the table. In a blockbuster trade finalized just as the moratorium lifted, Houston acquired Kevin Durant, signaling the abrupt end of their rebuild. Durant joins a young, athletic core, bringing championship pedigree to a franchise desperate to return to contention. The Western Conference arms race has officially escalated.
In terms of extensions, the Oklahoma City Thunder wasted no time locking up their MVP candidate. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has agreed to the largest contract in NBA history, a supermax extension that cements him as the face of the franchise for the foreseeable future. Conversely, Kyrie Irving has opted to run it back, re-signing with the Dallas Mavericks on a deal to keep their window open alongside Luka Dončić.
Elsewhere, the Brooklyn Nets are retooling on the fly, acquiring Michael Porter Jr. via trade to add scoring punch, while the Orlando Magic made a splash by landing Desmond Bane. As the dust settles on day one, the league looks vastly different. The restrictive apron rules haven't stopped the chaos; they’ve simply forced general managers to be bolder. Stay tuned as we track every signing in what is shaping up to be a historic summer.
