{"id":774601,"date":"2026-06-30T15:42:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/774601\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T15:42:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:42:18","slug":"live-updates-2026-nba-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/774601\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Updates: 2026 NBA Free Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2253615\" class=\"wp-image-2253615\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2268221445-Cropped-1568x882.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2253615\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LeBron James and Jalen Duren are two of the high-profile players highlighting this year\u2019s class of free agents.<\/p>\n<p>Let the negotiations begin!<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/freeagents\/2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA free agency<\/a> opens at 6 ET, as stars, role players, young talents and NBA hopefuls hit the open market.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll track the best of the evening here with the NBA.com live blog, bringing you news, notes, strategic analysis and more as next season\u2019s landscape begins taking shape.<\/p>\n<p>What we know about NBA Free Agency 2026:<\/p>\n<p>Teams are free to negotiate with players beginning at 6 p.m. ET.<br \/>\nAny deals announced tonight will be reported, not confirmed. Teams can officially sign players to contracts beginning at 12:01 p.m. ET on July 6.<br \/>\nLeBron James, James Harden, Jalen Duren and Norman Powell are among the former All-Stars available in this year\u2019s free-agent class.<\/p>\n<p>JUNE 30 \/ 10:30 ET<\/p>\n<p>Check out the free agency tracker<\/p>\n<p>Our complete record of this year\u2019s free agent period is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/players\/free-agent-tracker\/2026?dir=D&amp;sort=PPG\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">available for your perusal on NBA.com<\/a>, complete with stats and reports about each of the unattached players.<\/p>\n<p>JUNE 30 \/ 10:15 ET<\/p>\n<p>20 intriguing free agents to watch<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2252522\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2252522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2273325334-scaled-e1782702730766-1568x884.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"884\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2252522\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Norman Powell is among the talents available in this year\u2019s free agent class.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/numbers-to-know-free-agents-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA.com\u2019s John Schuhmann has stats and facts for you to enjoy<\/a> about 20 notable players ahead of tonight\u2019s free agency festivities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNorman Powell (Miami): Scored 0.483 points per touch, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/stats\/players\/touches?CF=TOUCHES*GE*500&amp;PerMode=Totals&amp;SeasonType=Regular%20Season&amp;dir=D&amp;sort=PTS_PER_TOUCH\" target=\"stats\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">third most<\/a> among 426 players with at least 500 total touches. This was the sixth straight season that he ranked in the top three.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>JUNE 30 \/ 10:00 ET<\/p>\n<p>Reports: Kristaps Porzi\u0146\u0123is to remain with Warriors<\/p>\n<p>ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/2071727115322507686?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" rel=\"nofollow\">first reported<\/a> Monday that former All-Star and 2024 NBA champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/reports-kristaps-porzingis-opts-to-remain-with-warriors-on-2-year-contract\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kristaps Porzi\u0146\u0123is, will re-sign with the Warriors<\/a> on a two-year deal worth $40 million. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickFriedell\/status\/2071732245367554536\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Additional reporting<\/a> indicates that the second year of the contract is a player option.<\/p>\n<p>Porzi\u0146\u0123is played just 32 games in 2025-26 \u2014 the lowest total of his career \u2014 as he battled illness, but remained an effective two-way force when he was on the court, averaging 16.7 ppg and 1.2 blk.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LeBron James and Jalen Duren are two of the high-profile players highlighting this year\u2019s class of free agents.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":774602,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[94613,7,94614,6,15764,18218,11],"class_list":["post-774601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba-playoffs","tag-2026-nba-free-agency-begins","tag-basketball","tag-free-agency-recap","tag-nba","tag-nba-free-agency-updates","tag-nba-free-agents","tag-nba-playoffs"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116839825202815007","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=774601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/774602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}