And-Ones: Contract Details, Stotts, Fois, Summer League, More
Jordan Walsh‘s three-year contract extension with the Celtics, reported to be worth in the range of $15-16MM, has an exact value of $15.75MM, Hoops Rumors has learned. Walsh will earn guaranteed salaries of $5MM in 2027/28 and $5.25MM in ’28/29, with a $5.5MM team option for the ’29/30 season.
Meanwhile, while reporting on Thursday suggested that the first season of Isaiah Crawford‘s new four-year, minimum-salary deal with the Rockets will be guaranteed if he makes the opening night roster, Hoops Rumors has learned that remaining under contract through opening night will actually only assure him of a partial guarantee worth $1,154,325. His full $2,449,421 salary would become guaranteed if he’s not waived on or before January 7.
Finally, Jae’Sean Tate‘s new one-year, minimum-salary contract with the Rockets is partially guaranteed for $1,039,669. Notably, Tate waived his right to veto a trade during the 2026/27 league year. That implicit no-trade clause is typically awarded to a player who re-signs with his previous team on a one-year deal, but the club can ask him to waive it.
Here are more odds and ends from around the basketball world:
- In addition to eyeing Dwane Casey, the new Italian team BC Roma SPQR has also displayed interest in veteran NBA coach Terry Stotts and Knicks assistant Riccardo Fois for its head coaching job, according to Marc Stein and Jake Fischer of The Stein Line (Substack link). The club, whose co-founders include Donnie Nelson and Luka Doncic, will compete in the EuroCup in 2026/27 and hopes to earn a spot in the NBA’s European league.
- John Hollinger of The Athletic identifies 12 standouts from this month’s Summer League games, as well as his Summer League disappointments. Interestingly, unlike the rest of the players drafted in the top four last month, Darryn Peterson finds himself in the latter category, with Hollinger explaining that the Jazz guard struggled against length in the paint and didn’t look like a natural point guard, recording 26 assists to 24 turnovers. Hollinger still expects Peterson to be “a very, very good player” but considers him the fourth-best prospect in this year’s draft class.
- After spending 11 days at the Las Vegas Summer League, Keith Smith of Spotrac shares quotes from executives, scouts, and coaches about the Eastern Conference teams, the second apron, and the lack of rookie scale extensions signed so far this summer.
- Ben Golliver of ESPN goes into detail on what we’ve learned about each of the NBA’s 30 teams so far this offseason.