{"id":149808,"date":"2025-07-05T20:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T20:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/149808\/"},"modified":"2025-07-05T20:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T20:49:09","slug":"free-agency-notes-yabusele-knicks-kings-beasley-turner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/149808\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Agency Notes: Yabusele, Knicks, Kings, Beasley, Turner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guerschon Yabusele<\/a>\u2018s two-year deal with the Knicks won\u2019t use the full taxpayer mid-level exception, according to Stefan Bondy of The New York Post (Twitter link<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Yabusele\u2019s slight discount will give New York the ability to fill out its 13th and 14th roster spots with one veteran-minimum contract and one rookie-minimum contract for one of the team\u2019s (current or past) second-round picks while remaining below the team\u2019s hard cap at the second tax apron<\/a>.<\/p>\n

[RELATED: NBA Minimum Salaries For 2025\/26<\/a>]<\/p>\n

If Yabusele had received the full taxpayer mid-level, the Knicks would have been roughly $3.53MM below the second apron, so they could have signed one veteran-minimum player ($2.3MM) or one rookie-minimum player ($1.27MM), but not both until after the regular season began.<\/p>\n

According to Bondy (Twitter link<\/a>), Yabusele\u2019s deal with the Knicks should still comfortably exceed the salary the Sixers offered him. Bondy says that Philadelphia\u2019s offer \u2013 which Yabusele referred to<\/a> as \u201creally low\u201d \u2013 as being worth the \u201c$2.6MM minimum,\u201d but the Frenchman\u2019s minimum salary this season would actually be $2.4MM, so it\u2019s possible Philadelphia went a little above that amount using his Non-Bird rights<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 76ers likely didn\u2019t want to hard-cap themselves by using any portion of their taxpayer mid-level exception before Quentin Grimes<\/a>\u2018 restricted free agency is resolved.<\/p>\n

Here are a few more notes and rumors related to free agency:<\/p>\n

Reporting<\/a> out of Sacramento<\/a> earlier this week seemed to suggest the Kings were aggressively pursuing Warriors restricted free agent Jonathan Kuminga<\/a>, but subsequent<\/a> reports have suggested nothing is close on that front. According to Matt George of ABC 10 in Sacramento (Twitter link<\/a>), while the Kings still have interest in Kuminga, they\u2019d be content to complete their Dennis Schr\u00f6der<\/a> acquisition and Jonas Valanciunas<\/a> and then bring that roster into next season. That roster would include both Malik Monk<\/a> and Devin Carter<\/a>, who have both been the subject of trade rumors.
\nWhile news of the federal investigation<\/a> into Malik Beasley<\/a> for gambling allegations didn\u2019t go public until June 29, the NBA reached out to the Pistons \u201cseveral\u201d days before free agency opened to let the club know about it, per Mike Vorkunov, Jon Krawczynski, and James L. Edwards III of The Athletic<\/a>. The two sides had been in talks on a three-year, $42MM contract that would\u2019ve included a third-year team option, but it now seems unlikely that any team would move forward on a deal with Beasley until that investigation is resolved (assuming he\u2019s cleared).
\nThe Bucks\u2018 four-year, $107MM agreement<\/a> with Myles Turner<\/a> has been the most surprising deal of free agency so far. Eric Nehm of The Athletic<\/a> takes a closer look at just what it means for Milwaukee, breaking down Turner\u2019s fit with the team at both ends of the court. While Turner has a similar skill set to former starting center Brook Lopez<\/a>, the former Pacer is younger, more athletic, and more mobile, which should allow him to make a greater impact than Lopez as a screener and defender, Nehm writes.<\/p>\n

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