NBA Seals Deals With Several Players

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Published on July 1 2016 6:15 am
Last Updated on July 1 2016 6:21 am

BY ESPN

Joakim Noah and the New York Knicks are nearing agreement on a four-year deal worth $72 million, league sources told ESPN's Chris Broussard.

Noah will meet with the Knicks on Friday in Orlando, Florida, sources said.

The Knicks had emerged as the strong favorite to sign the free-agent big man, league sources previously told ESPN. Sources said multiple teams interested in the native New Yorker had all but conceded that the Knicks were his runaway preferred destination.

No deals can be signed until July 7, but teams and free agents could start coming to verbal agreements on contracts starting at 12:01 a.m. ET Friday.

The Knicks are eager to land a center this offseason, and Noah, a former All-Star, fits the bill. The Knicks have prioritized the position in free agency after sending Robin Lopez, last season's starting center, to Chicago in the Derrick Rose trade.


DeRozan, Raptors Agree To Deal

All-Star shooting guard DeMar DeRozan has agreed to re-sign with the Toronto Raptors, according to ESPN's Brian Windhorst and multiple reports.

The deal is for five years, $139 million-plus, according to The Vertical.

DeRozan expressed a desire to return to Toronto after the Raptors were eliminated from the playoffs, and a source told ESPN's Tim MacMahon in late June that the shooting guard was focused on re­-signing with the team, rather than setting up meetings with others once free agency started.

Toronto general manager Masai Ujiri also said retaining the veteran swingman was the team's No. 1 goal.


Drummond, Pistons Move To Final Negotiations

Andre Drummond and the Detroit Pistons are nearing agreement on a five-year maximum contract in the $130 million range, according to league sources.

Sources told ESPN.com that Drummond and the Pistons have quickly moved to the final stages of negotiations on a verbal agreement since free agency began Friday at 12:01 a.m.