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Ja Morant Agrees To 5-Year
Zion Williamson, New
Karl-Anthony Towns, Timberwolves Agree To 4-Year, $224M Supermax Extension
KARL-ANTHONY TOWNS
Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns has agreed on a four-year, $224 million supermax exten- sion.
The deal begins with the 2024-25 season and delivers Towns' total contract value to six years and $295 million.
So far this offseason, Min- nesota has agreed to a two- year, $16 million extension with forward Taurean Prince, keeping him with the Timberwolves moving for- ward. They also have agreed to a two-year, $18 million deal with small forward Kyle An- derson.
Jazz Trading Gobert To Minnesota For Four First-Round Picks
RUDY GOBERT
The Utah Jazz agreed to trade star center Rudy Gob- ert to the Minnesota Timber- wolves in a blockbuster deal that will pair him with fellow All-Star big man Karl-An- thony Towns.
The Timberwolves will send Malik Beasley, Patrick Beverley, Jarred Vander- bilt, Leandro Bolmaro, No. 22 pick Walker Kessler and four first-round picks to the Jazz, sources said. Utah will ac- quire unprotected picks in 2023, 2025 and 2027 and a top-five-protected pick in 2029, sources said, in Danny Ainge's first franchise-alter- ing deal since taking over as the Jazz's CEO midseason.
Extension Worth Up To
Orleans Pelicans Agree To
Five-Year Worth Up To $231M
$231M With Memphis
New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson has agreed to a five-year, $193 million designated maximum rookie extension that could earn him as much as $231 million.
If Williamson makes the All-NBA team or wins MVP or Defensive Player of the Year next season, it would trigger supermax esca- lator clauses that could up
ZION WILLIAMSON
the total value of the deal to $231 million.
Memphis Grizzlies All- NBA guard Ja Morant has agreed to a five-year desig- nated rookie extension that'll likely be worth $231 million, his agent, Jim Tanner told ESPN.
Morant, who made All- NBA Second Team, is guar- anteed $193 million and will trigger supermax escalators to take the deal to $231 mil- lion upon again landing on one of the league's three All- NBA teams.
JA MORANT
"Memphis is my home,'' Morant wrote on Twitter.
Warriors Keep Kevon Looney, Add Donte DiVincenzo
KEVON LOONEY AND DONTE DIVINCENZO
Suns, Booker Agree On 4-Year, $224M
The Golden State War- riors made a pair of key moves on Day 2 of free agency, agreeing to terms with center with center Kevon Looney and guard Donte DiVincenzo.
Looney has agreed to stay with the Warriors on a three-year, $25.5 million deal. DiVincenzo's deal is for two years and $9.3 million and includes a player option in the second year.
Phoenix Suns superstar Devin Booker has agreed on a four-year, $224 million supermax extension, his agents, Jessica Holtz and Melvin Booker told a source.
Booker's deal, agreed to early Friday, begins in 2024- 25 and brings his total con- tract value to six years and $295 million.
Booker, 25, has become the face of the Suns franchise since being drafted 13th over- all by Phoenix in the summer
DEVIN BOOKER
of 2015, including leading the Suns -- alongside future Hall of Famer Chris Paul -- to the NBA finals in 2021.
Supermax Extension
Nuggets Jokic Agrees
To Five-Year, $270M
Supermax Extension
Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic has agreed to the largest contract in NBA history -- a five-year, $270 million supermax extension.
Jokic, the two-time reigning Most Valuable Player, is now secured to the Nuggets for a total of six sea- sons for $303 million.
The deal includes a player option and a trade kicker. The contract will kick in during the 2023-24 season at $46.6 million and climb every sea-
NIKOLA JOKIC
son until 2027-28, when Jokic is set to make $61.5 million.
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