{"id":776923,"date":"2026-07-03T17:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T17:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/776923\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T17:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T17:52:10","slug":"2026-nba-rumors-live-updates-with-latest-news-free-agency-buzz-and-grades-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/776923\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NBA Rumors Live Updates with Latest News, Free Agency Buzz and Grades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">NBA free agency is in full swing, with plenty of big names still on the market.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">LeBron James is still the name to watch, and we now have a literal whiteboard of his potential destinations thanks to agent Rich Paul.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Jalen Duren and the Detroit Pistons have yet to agree to a new deal. Could a sign-and-trade deal be in the cards? James Harden and Draymond Green are likely headed back to their respective teams, although James&#8217; decision could shake things up. Potential stars like Jonathan Kuminga, Peyton Watson, Benedict Mathurin are all in search of a big pay day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Giannis Antetokounmpo (Miami Heat), Jaylen Brown (Philadelphia 76ers), Kawhi Leonard (Toronto Raptors), LaMelo Ball (Minnesota Timberwolves) and Ja Morant (Portland Trail Blazers) are all on different teams. Could Anthony Davis, Julius Randle, Michael Porter Jr., Trey Murphy III or Lauri Markkanen be next?<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">As we continue to sift through more NBA news, here&#8217;s WHAT TO KNOW so far:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NBA free agency is in full swing, with plenty of big names still on the market. LeBron James&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":776924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-776923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=776923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/776924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=776923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=776923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=776923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}