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Shams Charania: The Thunder are no longer signing free agent Ochai Agbaji as the franchise takes a step back to re-evaluate its open roster spot after losing Chet Holmgren for two-plus months, per sources.
Michael Scotto: The Oklahoma City Thunder plan to sign Ochai Agbaji, league sources told @hoopshype. Agbaji has averaged 7.2 points in four NBA seasons with the Utah Jazz, Toronto Raptors, and Brooklyn Nets. Agbaji was most recently with the New York Knicks in training camp.
James L. Edwards III: Can confirm the Knicks are waiving Tony Bradley, Drew Eubanks and Ochai Agbaji. Brown and Wiseman are still standing, with the Knicks looking to fill the 14th roster spot before start of the season. New York would need to make a trade to keep both.
Etienne Catalan: Ochai Agbaji ( @youngoch ) will wear No. 30 for the #Knicks. Number last worn by Julius Randle in 2024. #NBA
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Ian Begley: All of the veterans - John Konchar, Bruce Brown, Ochai Agbaji, James Wiseman, Drew Eubanks - are on training camp deals. They will compete for open roster spot. Knicks would have to trade player on NBA deal if they wanted to keep two vets. If not, they’ll likely have to choose between a big man and a wing. Knicks have all two-ways open. Liam Robbins will have chance to compete for 2 way. I assume Tyler Nickel gets a two way deal. Kevin McCullar Jr. has been working out with Knick players this month, remains on NYK radar.
Barry Jackson: For those asking about Gabe Vincent, there has been no Heat offer. Knicks brought him to New York earlier this week. New York signed 5 vets today to compete for 1 or 2 roster spots: Bruce Brown, John Konchar, James Wiseman, Drew Eubanks, Ochai Agbaji. Heat, which is hard-capped, added Nick Richards on this type of non-guaranteed deal but otherwise is holding onto a spot in case something needle-moving shakes free in months ahead.
Michael Scotto: The New York Knicks have signed Ochai Agbaji to an Exhibit 9 deal, team says. Agbaji has averaged 7.2 points in four NBA seasons with the Utah Jazz, Toronto Raptors, and Brooklyn Nets.
Michael Scotto: The Brooklyn Nets declined to tender qualifying offers to Ochai Agbaji and Jalen Wilson, making both unrestricted free agents, league sources told @hoopshype . Agbaji averaged 6.7 points in 20 games after being traded to Brooklyn. Wilson averaged 7.4 points over 3 seasons as a Net
With the salary cap situation the Raptors are in, March 15 was the first day they could add a player at the pro-rated minimum salary and stay under the luxury tax threshold, which was the impetus for Toronto trading Ochai Agbaji at the deadline in February. It doesn’t sound like the Raptors are in a rush to sign a player for the remainder of the season, but they are planning to use the roster spot and the flexibility they have to sign someone to a 10-day contract. Just looking at the calendar, if the Raptors add a 10-day signee on Wednesday before they play the Chicago Bulls, they could have him on their roster for a stretch of six games: their entire five-game west-coast road trip and their first game back in Toronto on March 27 against the New Orleans Pelicans. As for who? That’s a different question. The Raptors have seen some encouraging signs from Markelle Fultz with Raptors 905, but you get the sense they’d like to see him get closer to NBA game shape after a long lay-off before committing there. We’ll see.
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Ian Begley: Nets get 19 points from Day’Ron Sharpe and 18 points from Ochai Ogbagi (both off the bench) in home win over Memphis. Nets (17-47) have won two straight and now have the 4th-worst record in the NBA, a 1/2 game better than the Wizards.
The Toronto-Brooklyn-Clippers trade is official. If the teams waived physicals (which seems likely), it means Chris Paul and Ochai Agbaji could be traded again before 3 ET.
Josh Lewenberg: Small Agbaji story that speaks to his character. I was standing by the court before his 1st game in Toronto; he walked over, shook my hand and said "Ochai." Me, awkwardly & not used to NBA players coming over to introduce themselves: "I know." Enjoyed covering him & wish him luck
