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Williams will sign a three-year, $44 million contract with the Trail Blazers, Shams Charania of ESPN reports.

Williams likely would've had a big market in free agency, so the Trail Blazers quickly moved to lock him up. He'll be penciled in as the backup center behind Donovan Clingan for 2026-27. During the 2025-26 regular season, Williams averaged 6.7 points, 7.0 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 1.5 blocks in 17.1 minutes per contest.

The Knicks will not extend a qualifying offer to Hukporti, Vincent Goodwill of ESPN.com reports Monday.

Hukporti is set to enter unrestricted free agency after spending the first two years of his career with the Knicks. Over 54 regular-season appearances (five starts) in 2025-26, the big man averaged 2.2 points and 2.9 rebounds while shooting 56.3 percent from the field in 9.2 minutes per showing.

Porzingis agreed to a two-year, $40 million contract extension with the Warriors on Monday, Shams Charania of ESPN reports.

Porzingis is set to remain with the Warriors after being traded from the Hawks ahead of last season's trade deadline, and his new deal includes a player option for the second season. The veteran big man appeared in 15 regular-season contests for the Warriors, during which he averaged 16.1 points, 5.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.1 blocks across 23.7 minutes per showing.

The Magic extended a two-way qualifying offer to Castleton on Monday, Jason Beede of the Orlando Sentinel reports.

Castleton is now a two-way restricted free agent and can look for a better deal elsewhere. The 26-year-old big man missed significant time last season with a fractured right hand and appeared in just four regular-season games with the parent club. In 23 appearances with the G League's Osceola Magic in 2025-26, he averaged 18.7 points, 10.8 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 2.0 combined steals-plus-blocks in 27.5 minutes per game.

The Mavericks extended a two-way qualifying offer to Cisse on Monday, Kevin Gray Jr. of AllDLLS.com reports.

Cisse is now a two-way restricted free agent and can seek a better deal elsewhere. He appeared in 38 regular-season games (one start) for Dallas last season, during which he averaged 4.5 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.2 blocks in 13.9 minutes per tilt. He also shot 57.4 percent from the field.

Williams agreed to a two-way contract with the Celtics on Monday, John Karalis of BostonSportsJournal.com reports.

Williams signed a two-way deal with Boston ahead of his rookie season before being upgraded to a standard contract. The 24-year-old center appeared in 22 regular-season games (two starts) in 2025-26, averaging 1.4 points and 1.8 rebounds in 6.6 minutes per contest. He will likely spend most of his time with the G League's Maine Celtics and will have to compete for playing time with Chris Cenac and Luka Garza behind Neemias Queta with the parent club.

Nurkic (nose) intends to sign a two-year, $22 million contract to return to the Jazz, Shams Charania of ESPN reports.

Nurkic was a full-time starter for the Jazz since November of the 2025-26 campaign due to the absence of Walker Kessler (shoulder). The former averaged 10.9 points, 10.4 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 1.3 steals over 26.4 minutes per game across 41 regular-season games (36 starts) last year, but Nurkic missed the last two months of the season after undergoing surgery on his nose in mid-February. He should be 100 percent for the start of training camp and will likely serve as the Jazz's backup big man behind Kessler for the 2026-27 season.

The Celtics are declining the 2026-27 team option on Williams' contract Monday, per Adam Himmelsbach of The Boston Globe.

Williams was more of a factor for the G League's Maine Celtics last season, though Himmelsbach notes that the big man could still land another opportunity with Boston. The 2025 second-rounder could participate in the Summer League with the Celtics before searching for a new NBA deal.

The Clippers are picking up the $9.2 million team option on Lopez's contract for the 2026-27 season, per Chris Haynes of NBA TV.

Lopez was thrust into a starting role following the Ivica Zubac trade last year, and he appears to be the early favorite for the top center gig once again in 2026-27. That said, the Clippers figure to try and upgrade the position this offseason. Lopez averaged 8.5 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 21.8 minutes per contest over 75 regular-season games in 2025-26.

The Celtics picked up Queta's team option Monday, Adam Himmelsbach of The Boston Globe reports.

This is an expected move for Boston after Queta put together a solid campaign as their starting center. He produced averages of 10.2 points, 8.4 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.3 blocks and 0.8 steals in 25.3 minutes per game across 76 outings (75 starts). Depending on what the Celtics do in free agency, Queta could again be in line for a big role in the frontcourt.