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Injury update on Hawks forwards Vit Krejci and Larry Nance Jr.

Forward Vit Krejci left Monday night’s game due to a lower back contusion. Further evaluation and imaging at the Emory Sports Medicine Complex confirmed a non-displaced lumbar fracture. He will be re-evaluated in three to four weeks and an update will be provided at that time.

Forward Larry Nance Jr. left Monday night’s game at Orlando with a right knee injury. Further evaluation and imaging at the Emory Sports Medicine Complex revealed a non-displaced fracture of his right medial femoral condyle. He will be re-evaluated in approximately six weeks and an update will be provided at that time.

Pacers sign Jahlil Okafor to 10-day contract

The Indiana Pacers announced Tuesday the team signed center Jahlil Okafor to a 10-day contract.

Per the Indianapolis Star, “the 29-year-old Okafor has spent this season with the Indiana Mad Ants — the Pacers’ G League team — as he’s tried to make an NBA comeback. The No. 3 pick in the 2015 draft and an All-American and national champion at Duke has played with the 76ers, Nets, Pelicans and Pistons but hasn’t played in the NBA since the 2020-21 season. Since then, he’s played professionally in China, Spain, Mexico and Puerto Rico. However, he tore his Achilles tendon in 2022 and had to work his way back to health while trying to catch the eye of an NBA team. It’s finally happened thanks to a dominant season in the G League.”

Okafor will wear number 15 for the Pacers.

Lakers sign Alex Len, waive Christian Wood

The Los Angeles Lakers have signed center Alex Len.

And in a related move, the team waived forward/center Christian Wood.

Len (7’0”, 250) most recently suited up for the Sacramento Kings this season, appearing in 36 games (three starts) and averaging 1.4 points and 1.8 rebounds in 7.2 minutes. The 31-year-old has seen action in 680 career NBA games (240 starts) across 12 seasons with Sacramento (2021-25, 2019-20), Washington (2020-21), Toronto (2020-21), Atlanta (2018-20) and Phoenix (2013-18), averaging 6.7 points and 5.3 rebounds in 17.1 minutes. Len has scored in double figures 198 times throughout his career and has grabbed double-digit rebounds in 105 outings.

The Ukraine native played two collegiate seasons at the University of Maryland (2011-13). As a sophomore, Len appeared in 38 games (37 starts) and averaged 11.9 points, 7.8 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 2.1 blocks in 26.4 minutes.

Wood originally signed with the Lakers Sept. 6, 2023, and appeared in 50 regular season games (one start) during the 2023-24 season, averaging 6.9 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 17.4 minutes.

76ers sign David Roddy to 10-day contract

Philadelphia 76ers President of Basketball Operations Daryl Morey announced today that the team has signed David Roddy to a 10-day contract.

Roddy appeared in 27 games (three starts) for the Atlanta Hawks this season, averaging 4.5 points on 47.3-percent shooting (37.2% 3FG), 2.6 rebounds, and 1.1 assists. He produced a season-high 17 points (5-10 FG) on Oct. 30 at Washington, one of his five games scoring in double figures this season.

Now in his third NBA season, Roddy has appeared in 162 games (20 starts) with Memphis, Phoenix, and Atlanta, posting career averages of 6.3 points and 2.9 rebounds per game.

Roddy was originally selected by Philadelphia with the No. 23 overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft before his draft rights were acquired by Memphis.

His pro experience follows a three-year collegiate career at Colorado State, where he produced 15.5 points, 7.4 rebounds, and 2.4 assists in 91 games (76 starts). He capped off his Rams career by being named the 2021-22 Mountain West Conference Player of the Year after averaging the fourth-most points in the conference (19.2 on 57.1% FG) and sixth-highest rebound mark (7.5).

Roddy will wear No. 45 for the 76ers.

Clippers sign Ben Simmons

The LA Clippers have signed Ben Simmons, it was announced by Lawrence Frank, President of Basketball Operations.

Simmons, 28, has played in 33 games (24 starts) for the Brooklyn Nets this season, averaging 6.2 points, 5.2 rebounds and a team-leading 6.9 assists in 25.0 minutes. He is shooting 54.7% (93-170) from the field and has scored in double figures eight times.

Originally selected first overall in the 2016 NBA Draft, Simmons has appeared in 365 games across seven NBA seasons with Philadelphia and Brooklyn, averaging 13.6 points, 7.6 rebounds and 7.4 assists in 31.8 minutes. He is a three-time NBA All-Star (2019-21), two-time All-Defensive honoree (2020-21) and was an All-NBA Third Team selection in 2020. Simmons was also voted the 2017-18 Rookie of the Year, following a season in which he posted 12 triple-doubles, the second most by a rookie in league history.

A native of Melbourne, Australia, Simmons played his lone collegiate season at LSU, where he was the consensus National Freshman of the Year while also earning All-SEC First Team recognition.

76ers sign Justin Edwards to standard NBA contract

The Philadelphia 76ers have signed Justin Edwards to a standard NBA contract.

After signing a two-way contract on July 4, 2024, Edwards has appeared in 22 games for the 76ers, averaging 8.1 points on 46.9-percent shooting (37.5% 3FG), 3.1 rebounds, and 1.4 assists. He has scored in double figures eight times this season – seven of which have come over the last 14 contests – including a career-high 25-point performance on 9-of-16 shooting (4-9 3FG) against Oklahoma City on Jan. 14 in 35 reserve minutes. Edwards is one of six rookies in the NBA this season to have reached the 25-point mark off the bench.

Edwards has started each of Philadelphia’s last seven games, averaging 10.3 points on 48.2-percent shooting (42.9% 3FG), 3.7 rebounds, 2.4 assists, and 1.0 steals in 31.5 minutes per contest.

Prior to the NBA, Edwards spent one season at the University of Kentucky, where he averaged 8.8 points and 3.4 rebounds in 32 games.

Trail Blazers sign Sidy Cissoko, waive Taze Moore

The Portland Trail Blazers have signed forward Sidy Cissoko to a two-way contract.

In a subsequent move, the Trail Blazers have requested waivers on guard Taze Moore.

In 29 career starts, Cissoko has accrued career averages of 2.3 points (49.0% FG, 61.9% FT), 1.1 rebounds and 0.6 assists in 6.7 minutes per game for the San Antonio Spurs. The former G League Ignite product was drafted 44th overall by the Spurs in the 2023 NBA Draft has appeared in 59 career games (31 starts) in the G League, recording 14.6 points (46.1% FG, 64.4% FT), 3.8 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.2 steals in 29.2 minutes per game for Austin (2023-25) and the Ignite (2022-23).

Wizards sign Jaylen Martin to two-way contract

The Washington Wizards have signed forward Jaylen Martin to a two-way contract.

Martin (6-6, 216) is a 21-year-old forward in his second season out of Overtime Elite. He was previously on a two-way contract with the Brooklyn Nets this season, appearing in three games for Brooklyn and 12 games for the Long Island Nets, Brooklyn’s G League affiliate. Martin has also played 10 games for the Delaware Blue Coats, and in his 22 total NBA G League appearances this season, is averaging 16.7 points, 4.0 rebounds, and 2.6 assists per game.

The Tallahassee, Fla. native also played in 28 NBA G League games last season with Long Island and the Westchester Knicks, averaging 12.2 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game.

Hornets sign Moussa Diabate to multi-year contract

The Charlotte Hornets have signed forward Moussa Diabate to a multi-year deal.

Diabate has appeared in 42 games (five starts) this season and is averaging career highs in points (4.7), rebounds (7.1), field goal percentage (.594) and minutes (19.0). He ranks third in the NBA in offensive rebounds per 36 minutes (5.9).

Diabate was originally selected by the Los Angeles Clippers in the second round (43rd overall) of the 2022 NBA Draft out of the University of Michigan, and he played his first two professional campaigns with L.A. before signing a two-way contract with the Hornets on July 31. Diabate holds career averages of 3.8 points and 5.0 rebounds in 14.1 minutes per game across 75 outings (six starts) in three seasons.