The outpost of the 2022-23 season is about to begin. At 6 a.m. on July 1, Beijing time, the free market will open. Each team can negotiate and reach a verbal agreement with free agents. Restricted free agents can accept qualifying offers from their home teams. . Keith Smith repor

22-23 season is about to begin. At 6 a.m. on July 1, Beijing time, the free market will open. Each team can negotiate and reach a verbal agreement with free agents. Restricted free agents can accept qualifying offers from their home teams. .

Meji Keith Smith reported that Suns has made a qualifying offer of US$16.4 million to Ayton . The amount of this qualifying offer has created a historical record for NBA. When the free market opens, other interested teams will offer Ayton an invitation contract. If Ayton accepts it, the Suns have 15 days to consider whether to match the offer.

Lakers reporter Jovan Buha exposed the team's operation plan in advance. Currently, there are only 5 players on their list with guaranteed contracts for next season: Westbrook , James , Davis , Nunn, tuck . In addition, the Lakers are expected to choose to exercise the team options of Stanley Johnson ($2.4 million), Gabriel ($1.9 million), and Reeves ($1.6 million). After the free market opens, the Lakers hope to use the mid-level exception to sign 1-2 wing players who can start next to James, and the Lakers still want to send Westbrook away but will not issue a first-round pick, so the top management has no hope.

Mavericks player Brunson suddenly changed his mind. He rejected the contract offered by his home team with a longer term and a higher total price. Most people in the league believed that Brunson would join with a four-year contract worth more than 100 million US dollars. nix. To clear the way, the Knicks sent Noel and Burks to the Pistons, freeing up $19 million in salary space.

Sixers team reporter Keith Pompey revealed that PJ Tucker is expected to sign a three-year guaranteed contract of US$27 million with the team, plus a bonus of US$3 million, for a total contract of US$30 million over three years. Multiple sources pointed out that PJ Tucker's signing with the 76ers is a certainty.

Heat Wendelman explained the reason why PJ Tucker’s contract extension failed. Heat are worried that using the full mid-level will trigger a hard salary cap, which may limit or even exclude the team’s transactions in the offseason and next season. Something happened before the deadline, so they were unwilling to use the full mid-level salary of 10.3 million to renew PJ Tucker, and could only hand him a three-year contract worth $27 million.