RealGM Basketball Wiretap

12 July 2025

• Richaun Holmes Has Partially Guaranteed Contract Worth $250K For 2025-26 Season

  Richaun Holmes is partially guaranteed $250,000 out of his $13.28 million contract with the Washington Wizards for next season, sources told Michael Scotto of HoopsHype.

  By trading for Malaki Branham and Blake Wesley on Tuesday, the Wizards are now over their roster limit.

  The structure of Holmes' deal makes him suited to be waived or traded to make room on the roster.

  Holmes averaged 7.4 points and 5.7 rebounds last season.

• Spurs Acquire Kelly Olynyk From Wizards For Malaki Branham, Blake Wesley, 2026 2nd Rounder

  The San Antonio Spurs have agreed to acquire Kelly Olynyk from the Washington Wizards for Malaki Branham, Blake Wesley and a 2026 second-round pick. The Wizards will receive the least favorable second rounder between the Dallas Mavericks, Philadelphia 76ers and Oklahoma City Thunder.

  Olynyk will give the Spurs a stretch big man after also signing Luke Korent this offseason. Olynyk shot 41.8 percent on three-pointers last season across 44 games with the Toronto Raptors and New Orleans Pelicans.

  The Wizards acquired Olynyk as part of the Jordan Poole for CJ McCollum trade with the Pelicans.

  Olynyk, who is represented by Jeff Schwartz, will be an unrestricted free agent in 2026.

• Malcom Brogdon Receiving Interest From Clippers, Suns, Lakers, Warriors, Wolves, Others

  Malcolm Brogdon will likely remain unsigned until after Bradley Beal's situation is resolved. Brogdon has received interest from the Los Angeles Clippers, Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors, Minnesota Timberwolves, New Orleans Pelicans, Sacramento Kings and Milwaukee Bucks.

  The Washington Wizards are open to sign-and-trade discussions involving Brogdon.

  Brogdon appeared in 24 games this past season with the Washington Wizards, averaging 12.7 points, 3.8 rebounds and 4.1 assists in 23.5 minutes. Brogdon is 32 and has played for four different teams over the past four seasons as he played out the remainder of his two-year, $45 million extension signed with the Indiana Pacers in 2021.

• Wizards, Jamir Watkins Agree To Two-Way Deal

  The Washington Wizards signed Jamir Watkins to a two-way contract on Sunday.

  Watkins was selected by the Jazz with the No. 43 pick in the draft before getting traded to the Wizards.

  Watkins averaged 18.4 points and 5.7 rebounds last season at Florida State.

  Watkins and Jaylen Martin now occupy two out of the three two-way slots for the Wizards.

• Wizards Acquire Cam Whitmore From Rockets For Two Second-Round Picks

  The Washington Wizards are trading for Cam Whitmore of the Houston Rockets. Washington will send Houston two second-round picks for Whitmore.

  The Wizards are continuing to rebuild around young players. The nearly 21-year-old Whitmore will give Washington another young forward option. In 98 games over two seasons, the 6-foot-7 forward has averaged 10.8 points and 3.4 rebounds in 17.4 minutes off the Rockets bench.

  Houston continues to clear out space under their impending first-apron hard cap. The Rockets have several pending transactions lined up when the NBA's moratorium lifts at noontime on Sunday, July 6. Houston is acquiring Kevin Durant in a trade, Clint Capela in a sign-and-trade, Dorian Finney-Smith in free agency, and re-signing Fred VanVleet, as well as Jeff Green, Aaron Holiday and Jae'Sean Tate.

• Wizards Showing Interest In Jonathan Kuminga

  The Washington Wizards have expressed serious interest in signing Golden State Warriors restricted free agent forward Jonathan Kuminga. The Wizards would have to complete a sign-and-trade for Kuminga, as they don't have the cap space to sign the forward to an offer sheet.

  Kuminga has also received varying levels of interest from the Sacramento Kings, Miami Heat, Chicago Bulls, Milwaukee Bucks and Brooklyn Nets. Of that group, only the Nets have a path to create the cap space to make Kuminga an offer. The other teams would be looking at sign-and-trade scenarios, like the Wizards.

  Kuminga's role was reduced with Golden State last season. He was injured for part of the year, then fell out of Steve Kerr's rotation. Kuminga averaged 15.3 points on 45% shooting, while grabbing 4.6 rebounds per game.

  In the 2023-24 season, while being a regular starter, the 22-year-old forward averaged 16.1 points on 53% shooting. Kuminga played in 74 games that season with 46 starts.

• Wizards Waive Anthony Gill

  The Washington Wizards have waived Anthony Gill.

  Gill appeared in 51 games last season with the Wizards, averaging 2.5 points and 1.3 rebounds in 7.8 minutes. Gill joined the Wizards ahead of the 2020-21 season at the age of 28 after several seasons in Europe.

• Thunder Trading Dillon Jones, Second Round Pick To Wizards

  The Oklahoma City Thunder are trading guard Dillon Jones to the Washington Wizards. Oklahoma City will also send a 2029 Houston Rockets second-round pick to Washington.

  The Thunder received guard Colby Jones from Washington in the deal, and they immediately waived him. In effect, Washington is being paid a second-round pick to take on the $2.7 million contract of Dillon Jones, while getting a look at the former first-round pick.

  Oklahoma City was facing a logjam on their roster. The Thunder have 13 players under contract, with Ajay Mitchell and Jaylin Williams as pending free agent. In addition, Thomas Sorber was selected in the first-round of the 2025 NBA Draft.

• Kadary Richmond, Wizards Agree To Two-Way Contract

  Kadary Richmond has agreed to a Two-Way contract with the Washington Wizards after going undrafted out of St. John's.

  After transferring from Seton Hall, Richmond averaged 12.4 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 5.3 assists in his senior year at St. John's.

• 2025 NBA Draft Second Round Results: Rasheer Fleming Goes No. 31 To Suns

  The Phoenix Suns acquired the No. 31 overall pick and selected Rasheer Fleming out of Saint Joseph's to begin the second round of the 2025 NBA draft.

  2025 NBA Draft, Round 1 Results
  31. Phoenix Suns: Rasheer Fleming, F, Saint Joseph's
  32. Orlando Magic: Noah Penda, F, France
  33. Charlotte Hornets: Sion James, SF, Duke
  34. Charlotte Hornets: Ryan Kalkbrenner, C, Creighton
  35. Philadelphia 76ers: Johni Broome, C, Auburn
  36. Los Angeles Lakers: Adou Thiero, PF, Arkansas
  37. Detroit Pistons: Chaz Lanier, SG, Tennessee
  38. Indiana Pacers: Kam Jones, PG/SG, Marquette
  39. Toronto Raptors: Alijah Martin, SG, Florida
  40. New Orleans Pelicans: Micah Peavy, SG/SF, Georgetown
  41. Phoenix Suns: Koby Brea, SG/SF, Kentucky
  42. Sacramento Kings: Maxime Raynaud, C, Stanford
  43. Washington Wizards: Jamir Watkins, SG/SF, Florida State
  44. Oklahoma City Thunder: Brooks Barnhizer, SF, Northwestern
  45. Minnesota Timberwolves: Rocco Zikarsky, C, Brisbane
  46. Boston Celtics: Amari Williams, C, Kentucky
  47. Milwaukee Bucks: Bogoljub Markovic, PF/C, Mega Superbet
  48. Memphis Grizzlies: Javon Small, PG, West Virginia
  49. Cleveland Cavaliers: Tyrese Proctor, G, Duke
  50. LA Clippers: Kobe Sanders, SG/SF, Nevada
  51. New York Knicks: Mohamed Diawara, F, France
  52. Golden State Warriors: Alex Toohey, SF/PF, Sydney
  53. Utah Jazz: John Tonje, SF, Wisconsin
  54. Indiana Pacers: Taelon Peter, G, Liberty
  55. Chicago Bulls: Lachlan Olbrich, PF/C, Illawarra
  56. Golden State Warriors: Will Richard, SG, Florida
  57. Boston Celtics: Max Shulga, G, VCU
  58. Cleveland Cavaliers: Saliou Niang, SG/SF, Trento
  59. Houston Rockets: Jahmai Mashack, G, Tennessee