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 The Heat officially re-signed guard Mario Chalmers and signed
free agent forwards Josh McRoberts and Danny Granger.
The signings come one day after forward Luol Deng signed a two-year
deal with the Heat worth $10 million per season.
The Heat plan to team Deng with the freshly re-signed Chris Bosh and
also hope to re-sign free agent Dwyane Wade in the wake of James'
decision to return home to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Dallas Mavericks acquired forward Greg Smith from the Chicago
Bulls in exchange for the rights to Tadija Dragicevic.
Smith (6-foot-10, 250 pounds) is a three-year veteran and holds
averages of 3.5 points, 2.5 rebounds and 14.4 minutes in 89 career
games (10 starts) with the Houston Rockets.
 Dragicevic (6-foot-9, 222 pounds) was selected by the Utah Jazz with
the 53rd overall pick in the 2008 draft.
The Orlando Magic officially signed free agent forward Channing
Frye. The deal reportedly is a four-year, $32 million contract.
The 6-foot-11, 255-pound Frye played and started in all 82 games
last season with the Phoenix Suns, averaging 11.1 points, 5.1
rebounds, and 1.2 assists in 28.2 minutes per game.
The Magic also acquired two future second-round draft picks (2015,
2016), cash considerations and the contract of forward Anthony
Randolph from the Chicago Bulls in exchange for the draft rights to
forward Milovan Rakovic. Orlando intends to waive Randolph.
 The Detroit Pistons officially signed free agent guard Jodie Meeks
to a multi-year contract. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed,
but the deal reportedly is for three years and $19.5 million.
The 6-foot-4, 208-pound guard has career averages of 9.7 points, 2.2
rebounds, 1.1 assists and 24.3 minutes in 355 games (194 starts)
with the Los Angeles Lakers, Philadelphia 76ers and Milwaukee Bucks.
San Antonio Spurs forward Matt Bonner signed a one-year, $1.448
million, the veteran's minimum deal.
The defending champions are likely to bring back all 14 players on
their NBA Finals roster. Only restricted free agent Aron Bynes is
unsigned.
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Chandler Parsons is officially a Maverick. The restricted free agent
forward signed a three-year, $46 million offer sheet with the
Mavericks on Thursday, and the Houston Rockets declined to match the
deal.
USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo confirmed the 19-player
roster for the national team, headlined by 2012 gold medalists Kevin
Durant, James Harden, Kevin Love and Anthony Davis.
The roster for the 2014 USA World Cup Team will be selected from the
group that reports to training camp in Las Vegas July 28. DeMar
DeRozan (Toronto Raptors) and Chandler Parsons (Dallas Mavericks)
were added to the roster this week.
The roster includes: Bradley Beal (Washington Wizards); DeMarcus
Cousins (Sacramento Kings); Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors);
Davis (New Orleans Pelicans); Andre Drummond (Detroit Pistons);
Durant (Oklahoma City Thunder); Kenneth Faried (Denver Nuggets);
Paul George (Indiana Pacers); Blake Griffin (Los Angeles Clippers);
Harden (Houston Rockets); Gordon Hayward (Utah Jazz); Kyrie Irving
(Cleveland Cavaliers); Kyle Korver (Atlanta Hawks); Damian Lillard
(Portland Trail Blazers); Love (Minnesota Timberwolves); Derrick
Rose (Chicago Bulls); and Klay Thompson (Golden State Warriors).
(Editing by Gene Cherry)
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