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The Memphis Grizzlies today announced that guard Scotty Pippen Jr. underwent a successful sesamoidectomy today to address discomfort in his right big toe.
Pippen Jr. will miss the remainder of the 2025-26 season but is expected to make a full recovery in advance of the 2026-27 season.
The Boston Celtics have signed Celtics two-way guard Max Shulga to a standard NBA contract and center/forward Charles Bassey to a 10-day contract.
Shulga (6-4, 210) has appeared in 36 NBA G League games (all starts) for Maine this season, averaging 15.7 points, 4.4 rebounds, 6.7 assists, and 1.6 steals in 33.9 minutes per game. The 23-year-old has scored in double figures in 29 games, including 10 games with 20+ points and two games with 30+ points. Shulga signed a two-way contract with Boston July 30, 2025, and has seen action in three games for Boston this season. A native of Kiev, Ukraine, Shulga was selected with the 57th overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft after appearing in 162 collegiate games (109 starts) across three seasons at Utah State (2020-23) and two at VCU (2023-25).
Bassey (6-10, 235) has appeared in 116 games (three starts) over five NBA seasons with Philadelphia (2021-22), San Antonio (2022-25), Memphis (2025-26), and Philadelphia (2025-26). The 25-year-old rejoins Boston after playing in three games for the Celtics’ 2025 NBA Summer League team, where he averaged 15.3 points, 11.0 rebounds, and 2.0 blocks in 21.3 minutes per game. Bassey holds career averages of 4.3 points and 4.3 rebounds while shooting 62.6 percent from the field since being drafted by Philadelphia with the 53rd overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft. The Nigeria native played collegiately at Western Kentucky, where he was named the Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year twice (2019, 2021) and the Conference USA Player of the Year (2021).
Sacramento Kings center Drew Eubanks has been diagnosed with a torn UCL in his left thumb. Eubanks sustained the injury on Wednesday, March 11 versus the Charlotte Hornets. Eubanks will undergo surgery to repair the injury on Wednesday, March 18.
The Sacramento Kings have signed guard Killian Hayes.
Hayes (6-4, 195) has appeared in 10 games (1 start) for Sacramento this season, averaging 3.8 points and 3.3 assists per game. Earlier this season, he made 19 regular season appearances in the G League for the Cleveland Charge, averaging 22.4 points, 4.1 rebounds, 8.5 assists and 1.7 steals in 32.9 minutes per contest.
Hayes has posted career averages of 7.9 points, 2.9 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 1.1 steals in 25.6 minutes per game in 226 career games (151 starts) over six seasons with Sacramento, Detroit and Brooklyn. He was selected seventh overall in the 2020 NBA Draft by the Pistons after playing for Ratiopharm Ulm of the Basketball Bundesliga League in 2019-20.
The Brooklyn Nets have signed guard Malachi Smith to a 10-day contract.
Smith (6’4”, 205) joins Brooklyn from its NBA G League affiliate, the Long Island Nets. In 39 Tip-Off Tournament and regular season games (18 starts) for Long Island this season, Smith has recorded averages of 14.4 points on 52.0 percent shooting from the field, 42.2 percent shooting from 3-point range and 76.9 percent shooting from the free-throw line, 4.6 rebounds and 5.7 assists in 28.7 minutes per game. The 26-year-old spent the previous two seasons (2023-25) in the NBA G League with the Rip City Remix (2023-24), Wisconsin Herd (2024) and Memphis Hustle (2024-25), logging action in 127 career games. He appeared in 46 games (12 starts) with the Hustle last season, registering averages of 11.4 points on 50.1 percent shooting from the field and 34.7 shooting from 3-point range, 4.2 rebounds and 3.1 assists in 25.3 minutes per contest.
The Belleville, Ill., native went undrafted in the 2023 NBA Draft after spending his final collegiate season (2022-23) at Gonzaga University, where he earned West Coast Conference Sixth Man of the Year honors. Smith also spent two seasons (2020-22) at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga, where he was named Southern Conference Player of the Year as a junior, and one year (2018-19) at Wright State University, where he garnered Horizon League All-Freshman Team honors.
The Memphis Grizzlies today announced the team signed guard DeJon Jarreau to a 10-day contract.
Jarreau (6-5, 185) has appeared in 10 regular season games in two NBA seasons with the Grizzlies and Indiana Pacers and has averaged 4.3 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 15.1 minutes. He competed in nine games for Memphis during the 2023-24 season.
This season, the 28-year-old has played 19 regular season games (seven starts) for the Grizzlies’ NBA G League affiliate, the Memphis Hustle, and has averaged 15.2 points, 5.1 rebounds and 5.1 assists in 22.7 minutes. He has appeared in 63 career regular season games (31 starts) for the NBA G League’s Hustle, Fort Wayne Mad Ants, Texas Legends and Capital City Go-Go and has recorded 12 double-doubles, including four triple-doubles (all with the Hustle).
The New Orleans native, who joined the Grizzlies for the 2025 preseason, went unselected in the 2021 NBA Draft following his senior year at Houston, where he was named the 2020-21 American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year.
The Minnesota Timberwolves have signed guard Mike Conley.
Conley, 38, has appeared in 1,216 career games (1,137 starts) in 19 seasons with the Memphis Grizzlies, Utah Jazz and Timberwolves, owning career averages of 13.7 points on 43.7% shooting, including 38.7% from three and 82.6% from the free throw line, 2.9 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 1.3 steals in 30.8 minutes per game. The 6-1 guard has seen action in 108 NBA Playoff games (all starts), averaging 13.8 points on 40.9% shooting, 3.5 rebounds, 6.2 assists and 1.2 steals in 33.5 minutes per contest.
The Ohio State University product appeared in 44 games (nine starts) earlier this season for Minnesota, averaging 4.4 points, 1.8 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 18.5 minutes per game.
Conley is one of only four active players and nine in NBA history to total more than 16,000 points, 6,500 assists, 3,500 rebounds and 1,600 steals (James Harden, LeBron James and Russell Westbrook).
The Orlando Magic have signed free agent forward Alex Morales to a two-way contract, President of Basketball Operations Jeff Weltman announced.
Morales (6’6”, 195, 11/21/97) has played and started in 18 regular season games this season with Osceola of the NBA G League, averaging 19.2 ppg., 8.0 rpg., 3.2 apg. and 2.17 stlpg. in 35.6 minpg., while shooting .528 (130-246) from the floor, .413 (31-75) from three-point range and .833 (30-36) from the free throw line.
Undrafted by an NBA franchise, Morales has appeared in 112 career NBA G League regular season games (59 starts), all with Osceola (previously Lakeland), averaging 10.2 ppg., 6.1 rpg., 3.1 apg. and 1.58 stlpg. in 27.4 minpg., while shooting .514 (453-881) from the floor.
The Washington Wizards yesterday signed guard Alondes Williams to a 10-day contract.
Williams (6-4, 210) has made NBA appearances with the Brooklyn Nets, Miami Heat, and Detroit Pistons, while also playing 146 total games in the NBA G League with the Long Island Nets, Sioux Falls Skyforce, Mexico City Capitanes, and Capital City Go-Go.
The fourth-year pro spent the 2025-26 preseason with Washington before joining Capital City, where he has averaged 20.8 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 4.0 assists per game. He currently leads the Go-Go with four 30+ point efforts on the season. On Sunday, he took part in his second-consecutive G League Next Up game at NBA All-Star Weekend.
The Cleveland Cavaliers recently signed forward Riley Minix to a Two-Way contract, Cavaliers President of Basketball Operations Koby Altman announced.
Minix (6-7, 230) has appeared in 12 games (all starts) this season with the Cleveland Charge, the Cavaliers’ exclusively owned and operated NBA G League affiliate, averaging 19.3 points (.556 FG%, .457 3FG%), 6.7 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.3 steals in 31.6 minutes per contest. He was acquired by the Charge on January 12th after his rights were sent to Cleveland in a three-team trade with the Austin Spurs and Westchester Knicks. In 11 games (all starts) with Austin prior to the trade, he averaged 15.5 points, 6.4 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.0 steals in 33.1 minutes. Since being acquired by the Charge, he has produced multiple 20-point outings, including a 27-point performance on 6-10 (.600) shooting from the three-point line in a win over Raptors 905 on February 12th.
Undrafted in 2024, Minix previously signed a Two-Way contract with the San Antonio Spurs on October 19th, 2024 and has appeared in four career regular season NBA games with San Antonio. He also played in 19 games (all starts) with the Austin Spurs last season and has appeared in 42 total G League games (all starts) over his career, averaging 18.3 points (.519 FG%, .422 3FG%), 6.5 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.1 steals in 32.0 minutes. A native of Florida, Minix played one collegiate season at Morehead State (2023-24), where he was named OVC Player of the Year in 2024. He transferred to Morehead State after four seasons at Southeastern in the NAIA.
Minix is now the third Two-Way player on the Cavaliers roster, joining Tristan Enaruna and Emanuel Miller.