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The Indiana Pacers have agreed to terms on a one-year contract with free agent guard Monte Morris, per ESPN’s Shams Charania.

It’s a non-guaranteed deal, per Michael Scotto of HoopsHype.

Pacers beat writer Tony East added that it’s an Exhibit 9 contract.

Keith Smith of Spotrac explained what an Exhibit 9 deal entails.

“An Exhibit 9 contract includes a provision that protects the player against injury while under that contract. If a player is injured while on an Exhibit 9 deal, the team is responsible for paying that player $15,000 (this is up from $6,000 in the prior CBA). That $15,000 does hit the salary cap and luxury tax as a form of dead money charge, upon the player being waived.”

The 6’2″ Morris has played eight NBA seasons with the Denver Nuggets, Washington Wizards, Detroit Pistons, Minnesota Timberwolves and Phoenix Suns. The 30-year-old played 45 games off the bench for the Suns last year, averaging 5.2 points on 42.6 percent shooting (36.0 percent from three), 1.6 assists and 1.5 rebounds.

The defending Eastern Conference champion Pacers will play the 2025-26 season without superstar Tyrese Haliburton, who suffered a torn right Achilles tendon in Game 7 of the NBA Finals.

Indiana will miss him, but the Pacers still have tremendous depth, as evidenced by its run to the NBA Finals.

Here’s a look at how the depth chart may appear now with Morris aboard (h/t RealGM and CBS Sports).

PG: Andrew Nembhard, T.J. McConnell, Monte Morris, RayJ Dennis

SG: Bennedict Mathurin, Ben Sheppard, Kam Jones, Quenton Jackson, Taelon Peter

SF: Aaron Nesmith, Johnny Furphy, Jalen Slawson

PF: Pascal Siakam, Obi Toppin, Jarace Walker

C: Jay Huff/Isaiah Jackson (with the non-starter as the top backup), James Wiseman, Tony Bradley

The Pacers open training camp on Sept. 29. Preseason begins for Indiana on Oct. 7 with the regular season starting on Oct. 23 with an NBA Finals rematch against the Oklahoma City Thunder at home.

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Russell Wilson could be leaving $10.5 million in incentive money on the table if he does not play another game for the New York Giants this season.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported earlier Tuesday that the Giants are planning to bench Wilson in favor of rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart ahead of Week 4.

Wilson originally signed with the Giants on a one-year, $10.5 million deal worth up to $21 million with incentives.

Spotrac provides a breakdown of those $10.5 million in incentives, none of which Wilson qualified for during the Giants’ 0-3 start to the season.

For one, Wilson was slated to receive $176,471 for each regular-season win in which he played at least 50 percent of the Giants’ snaps, per Spotrac. A 17-0 season could have netted him $3 million.

The remaining bonuses have to do with Wilson’s full-season stats, including $2.5 million in playing time incentives which will become harder to reach with each game the veteran quarterback sits out.

Wilson was set to pick up $500,000 if he plays in at least 65 percent of the team’s snaps this season.

That incentive increases to $1 million at 75 percent of the Giants’ snaps, $1.5 million at 85 percent and $2.5 million if Wilson passes the 95 percent threshold, per Spotrac.

The quarterback was also offered up to $2.5 million in performance incentives. Those include $500,000 for a passer rating of at least 96 percent and $500,000 for a completion rate of at least 64 percent, per Spotrac.

If he finishes the season with a passer rating of at least 88, Wilson could also can pick up $750,000 for 30 touchdown passes and another $750,000 for 3,500 passing yards, Spotrac reports.

Wilson has so far fallen short of those thresholds, completing 59.1 percent of his passes and receiving a 78.5 passer rating through three games.

With his team now in an 0-3 hole to start the season, Wilson might not have gotten the chance to earn any of his playoff incentives even if the Giants hadn’t reportedly decided to bench him.

Those postseason incentives max out at $2.5 million if Wilson plays in 75 percent of the Giants’ snaps and leads the team to two playoff wins.

The most achievable incentive threshold for Wilson to reach would potentially be the 64 percent pass completion rate, although he also fell just short of that standard during his last season with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

It remains to be seen if Wilson will be able to continue working toward earning some of the incentives remaining on his contract. The likelihood he gets another shot with the Giants could hinge on how Dart handles his first NFL start when Week 4 kicks off Sunday against the undefeated Los Angeles Chargers.

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Cross was part of the England squad which won the Women’s Ashes in Australia in 2013-14 but missed the most recent series in Australia, which saw England humbled 16-0 on points, because of a back injury.

She returned to fitness to play in one-day internationals against West Indies but was dropped after figures of 0-60 against India in the first ODI of a series which the tourists went on to win 2-1.

“As it so happened, our appraisals were about 10 days after that series,” Cross told former England team-mate Alex Hartley on their No Balls podcast.

“I went down to Loughborough and I think I was in there for about six minutes and I drove myself back home.

“We had the opportunity to take somebody from the PCA [Professional Cricketers’ Association] into our appraisal.

“Looking back I am so pleased I took him in. I chatted him through what I thought my scenario was about an hour or two before I went into the appraisal and I was inconsolable.

“I thought how am I going to get through the appraisal without crying and then I had cried it out and got in there and within 45 seconds, I found out I wasn’t getting my contract renewed so it all happened really quickly.

“I was weirdly more calm in my appraisal than chatting before it. I had gone in there armed with a lot of my stats and stuff to talk about and I didn’t open my book, I didn’t get a chance to. It was a pretty savage day.”

Since being told her contract will not be renewed, Cross has won The Hundred with Northern Superchargers and helped Lancashire to success in the One-Day Cup.

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Agents around the NFL called out the negotiating tactics of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and his habit of personally discussing contract terms with players.

“We have — not exaggerating — probably 30 categories we use to evaluate a deal, whether it’s new money, old money, guarantee structure, whatever,” one agent told ESPN’s Todd Archer and Dan Graziano. “That’s too many moving parts, and it takes more than a handshake.”

Another agent argued for the value in having an intermediary between the player and a team’s ownership and front office.

“You have to play the game,” they said. “They want to feel the love, the connectivity with the player. But you’ve got to be willing to give pushback. You’ve got to be willing to say, ‘I can’t get into the numbers, that’s for my agent to talk about.'”

One general manager concurred with that idea.

“I just think most owners don’t want to get involved on that level,” they told ESPN. “Lots of owners like having relationships with the players, but I think if you asked them, they’d tell you they don’t want to get directly involved in the negotiations because it could affect those relationships in a negative way. This is just the way Jerry likes to run his team.”

This comes after the Cowboys traded star edge-rusher Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers after they were unable to make a breakthrough on a long-term extension.

Jones maintained he had had a handshake agreement with the four-time Pro Bowler, only for Parsons’ agent, David Mulugheta, to get involved and prolong the process.

An agent pointed to that saga along with the protracted negotiations leading up to Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb’s extensions as examples of why Jones’ strategy isn’t working.

“You knew going into Year 4, you were getting a deal [if they wanted to keep you],” they told Archer and Graziano. “I used to think Jerry liked all of the attention and people talking about the Cowboys, but in the end all [the waiting] has done is cost them more money and pissed people off.”

One agent posited there is a benefit from having Jones be explicit in what he’s willing to offer before contract discussions get serious.

“I think most [agents] are used to it, but I’m fine with it,” they said. “Because you can use what [the player and Joneses] have said and say, ‘This is what they told him, why are we not getting this done?'”

Jones wound up arguably paying more to retain Prescott and Lamb than he would’ve by hammering out a deal earlier. Things also reached a stage with Parsons where Dallas deemed a trade to be the best course of action.

It’s getting harder and harder to argue Dallas’ general approach is the most efficient. Considering Jones will turn 83 in October, he’s probably not going to change his ways, though.

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ST. PAUL, Minn – The Minnesota Wild announced on Monday the signing of goaltender Chase Wutzke to a three-year, entry-level contract starting with the 2025-26 season.

Wutzke, 19, went 17-25-5 with a 3.38 goals-against average (GAA), a .895 save percentage (SV%) and one shutout in 50 games for the Red Deer Rebels of the Western Hockey League (WHL) during the 2024-25 season.

He was drafted with the fifth-round of the 2024 NHL Draft with the 142nd pick. He is 40-35-10 with a 3.21 GAA, a .896 SV%, and two shutouts in 93 career games across parts of four seasons with Red Deer.

Red Deer Rebels’ Chase Wutzke Signs ELC With The Minnesota Wild
The Minnesota Wild have signed goaltender Chase Wutzke to a three-year, entry-level contract. Wutzke, who plays for the Red Deer Rebels was drafted in 2024, going 142nd overall to Minnesota. Wutzke has played 93 games during his WHL career, putting together a record of 40-35-8.

The 6-foot-2 goaltender played in the Tom Kurvers Prospect Showcase at The TRIA Rink and played well. He has been at training camp and has just been returned to Red Deer for the upcoming season.

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‘You Guys Know I Like Minny’ Kirill Kaprizov Gives His Stance On Contract Situation
ST. PAUL, Minn – On Thursday Minnesota Wild superstar Kirill Kaprizov was given the chance to talk about the recent reports that came out about him rejecting an 8-year, $128 million contract extension.

– What Is New On The Kirill Kaprizov Contract Situation.

– Wild’s Mats Zuccarello Will Be Out For “A Little While”

– Is It Time To Panic: Kirill Kaprizov Contract Extension Situation.

– Minnesota Wild Announce Helmet Sponsor For 2025-26 Season.

– Marc-Andre Fleury Signs Professional Tryout With The Pittsburgh Penguins.

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Stephen Curry might not be the only member of his family in the Golden State Warriors backcourt next season.

NBA insider Marc Stein reported Monday that “there is a strong expectation leaguewide” that Seth Curry will eventually sign with the Warriors and take one of the six remaining open roster spots.

Stein noted Al Horford, De’Anthony Melton, Gary Payton II, Will Richard and Jonathan Kuminga are expected to take the other five spots.

Adding veterans such as Horford and Seth Curry to a roster that already includes Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Jimmy Butler is further indication the Warriors are in win-now mode as they chase a fifth ring during the Curry-Green era.

The connection to Seth is not a new one either, as ESPN’s Anthony Slater reported in July there was “mutual interest” in place.

Seth Curry is not nearly as accomplished as his legendary brother when it comes to on-the-court accolades, but he is a dangerous three-point shooter in his own right. In fact, he led the NBA in three-point percentage (45.6) last season when he was playing for the Charlotte Hornets.

The Duke product has bounced around to the Memphis Grizzlies, Cleveland Cavaliers, Phoenix Suns, Sacramento Kings, Dallas Mavericks, Portland Trail Blazers, Philadelphia 76ers, Brooklyn Nets and Hornets throughout his career and has largely been a journeyman without a permanent home.

That stands in stark contrast to Stephen, who has been with the Warriors his entire career.

Adding Seth will only further stress opposing defenses, who will have to account for yet another shooter all while collapsing on Stephen and Butler as the primary playmakers. He is the type of shooter who can take full advantage of even the slightest opening, and he will see plenty playing in Golden State’s offense.

Perhaps he can even win the first ring of his career as well.

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