Veteran NBA swingman Brandon Boston Jr. has officially signed with Trabzonspor, the Turkish team announced on Friday (via Twitter).

Reporting earlier this week indicated that Trabzonspor was Boston’s probable landing spot after he was waived by the Bulls at the end of the NBA preseason. Donatas Urbonas of BasketNews.com reported at the time that Boston drew interest from multiple EuroLeague teams early in the offseason but prioritized a possible NBA return with Chicago at the time.

Boston, who will turn 25 next month, entered the league as the 51st overall pick in the 2021 NBA draft and made 147 regular season appearances for the Clippers and Pelicans over the next four seasons, averaging 7.5 points and 2.2 rebounds in 16.0 minutes per game. He has some familiarity with Turkey, having played for Fenerbahce in the EuroLeague last season. Trabzonspor competes in the country’s top domestic league as well as the Basketball Champions League (BCL).

Here are a few more odds and ends from around the basketball world:

• Jalen McDaniels and the Kobe Storks have parted ways after the former NBA forward asked to be let out of his contract for personal reasons, the Japanese team announced in a press release (hat tip to Eurohoops). The older brother of Timberwolves forward Jaden McDaniels, Jalen played in 252 regular season NBA games from 2019-25 but has been out of the league since being waived by New Orleans in October 2025.
• Veteran broadcaster Ernie Johnson announced on Wednesday via social media (Twitter video link) that the 2026/27 season will be his last as the host of ‘Inside The NBA.’ Johnson, who started working for Turner Sports in 1989, began hosting the show a year later and has been a mainstay of NBA coverage for decades as part of the panel that has long featured Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith, and Shaquille O’Neal. Johnson clarified that he’s not retiring from broadcasting altogether and will continue to cover the NCAA men’s basketball tournament for CBS and Turner Sports.
• Former NBA player Barry Clemens passed away this week at age 83, according to the Cavaliers (Twitter link). An inductee into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame, Clemens was a Dayton native who played his college basketball at Ohio Wesleyan. The 6’6″ forward spent 11 seasons in the NBA from 1965-76, playing for the Knicks, Bulls, SuperSonics, Cavaliers, and Trail Blazers during that time. He appeared in 790 regular season games, averaging 6.7 points and 3.2 rebounds in 15.9 minutes per contest. Our condolences go out to his family and friends.