CHICAGO (AP) — Jabari Parker and the Chicago Bulls agreed Saturday to a $40 million, two-year contract, bringing the talented and oft-injured forward to his hometown team.Agent Mark Bartelstein confirmed the deal shortly after the Milwaukee Bucks rescinded their qualifying offer. That made Parker an unrestricted free agent, clearing the way for him to join the rebuilding Bulls.The 23-year-old Parker led Chicago's Simeon Career Academy to four state championships and starred for one season at Duke before the Bucks drafted him with the No. 2 overall pick in 2014.The Bulls are banking on him to stay healthy after he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee twice in four seasons with Milwaukee."Jabari is a 23-year-old player who is a natural fit with our young core, and is a proven scorer at the NBA level," general manager Gar Forman said in a statement. "We look forward to welcoming him back to his hometown."Parker has averaged 15.3 points and 5.5 rebounds. His best season was... [More]

CHICAGO (AP) — Jabari Parker and the Chicago Bulls agreed Saturday to a $40 million, two-year contract, bringing the talented and oft-injured forward to his hometown team.Agent Mark Bartelstein confirmed the deal shortly after the Milwaukee Bucks rescinded their qualifying offer. That made Parker an unrestricted free agent, clearing the way for him to join the rebuilding Bulls.The 23-year-old Parker led Chicago's Simeon Career Academy to four state championships and starred for one season at Duke before the Bucks drafted him with the No. 2 overall pick in 2014.The Bulls are banking on him to stay healthy after he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee twice in four seasons with Milwaukee."Jabari is a 23-year-old player who is a natural fit with our young core, and is a proven scorer at the NBA level," general manager Gar Forman said in a statement. "We look forward to welcoming him back to his hometown."Parker has averaged 15.3 points and 5.5 rebounds. His best season was... [More]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Timofey Mozgov has been traded for the second time this summer, dealt from Charlotte to Orlando in a three-team deal that also included Chicago.The Magic sent Bismack Biyombo and two future second-round picks to Charlotte, which traded Mozgov to Orlando. The Magic also got guard Jerian Grant from the Bulls in the deal completed late Saturday night.Chicago acquired Julyan Stone from Charlotte in the trade that saves the Bulls about $2 million.The Hornets had just acquired Mozgov from Brooklyn in the deal that sent Dwight Howard to the Nets before he was bought out so he could sign with Washington. Neither Mozgov nor Biyombo ever came close to living up to the contracts they signed in July 2016, and both have two seasons and more than $32 million remaining.Biyombo played for Charlotte from 2011-14. He is fifth in Hornets history in blocks and blocks per game (1.6).

G/F Julyan Stone was recalled by the Charlotte Hornets from the Greensboro Swarm of the G League on Sunday. Stone is averaging 1.5 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 6.3 minutes over four games with the Hornets this season. He has appeared in five games for the Swarm, averaging 7.0 points, 5.4 rebounds, 7.2 assists and 28.3 minutes.

G Julyan Stone was recalled by Charlotte from Greensboro of the G League on Saturday.

The Charlotte Hornets recalled G Julyan Stone from the Greensboro Swarm of the G League. Stone is averaging 1.5 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 6.3 minutes over four games with the Hornets this season. In two games with the Swarm this season, he is averaging 4.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 10.5 assists and 24.0 minutes.

G Julyan Stone was recalled Saturday from the Greensboro Swarm of the G League. Stone is averaging 1.5 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 6.3 minutes over four games with the Hornets this season.He is averaging 1.3 points, 1.1 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 51 NBA games with the Denver Nuggets, Toronto Raptors and Charlotte Hornets.

G Julyan Stone was sent by the Hornets to Greensboro of the G League on Friday. Stone had appeared in only two games with the Hornets all season.

G Julyan Stone (strained left hamstring) did not play Wednesday.

G Julyan Stone signed with the Hornets on Wednesday after being released from his contract with an Italian team. The 6-foot-6, 200-pound Stone appeared in 47 career NBA games (two starts) over three seasons with the Denver Nuggets (2011-13) and Toronto Raptors (2013-14), averaging 1.3 points and 1.1 assists in 7.0 minutes per contest.Stone, 28, joins the Hornets after a stint with Reyer Venezia Mestre of the Lega Basket Serie A in Italy, in which he appeared in 26 games and helped the team to a 2017 Serie A Championship.

The Charlotte Hornets signed guard Julyan Stone on Wednesday after being released from his contract with an Italian team.The 6-foot-6, 200-pound Stone appeared in 47 career NBA games (two starts) over three seasons with the Denver Nuggets (2011-13) and Toronto Raptors (2013-14), averaging 1.3 points and 1.1 assists in 7.0 minutes per contest.Stone, 28, joins the Hornets after a stint with Reyer Venezia Mestre of the Lega Basket Serie A in Italy, appearing in 26 games and helping the team to a 2017 Serie A Championship. Prior to his time with Reyer Venezia Mestre, Stone played with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA G League last season, seeing action in 33 games (31 starts) and averaging 7.9 points, 8.6 assists, 6.0 rebounds, 1.3 steals and 34.7 minutes.Stone also played for Royal Hali Gazientep (2015-16) of the Turkish Basketball Super League, a first stretch with Reyer Venezia Mestre (2014-15) and the G League's Iowa Energy (2013) and Idaho Stampede (2012).Stone was a four-year collegiate player at the University of Texas-El Paso (2007-11).

The Raptors have waived guard Julyan Stone.

The move was expected as the Raptors had until midnight on Monday to waive Stone, or else his $948k salary would have become fully guaranteed. Through three season of NBA action Stone has scored a total of 61 points, clearly he is not a name that is on the fantasy landscape.

The Raptors have until midnight on Monday to waive backup PG Julyan Stone, or else his $948k salary will become fully guaranteed.

Stone's minimum-salary deal isn't unreasonable but Toronto may not need him with Kyle Lowry locked up and restricted FA Greivis Vasquez yet to present the Raptors with an offer sheet. If they do end up waiving him it may be to clear a spot on their active roster for a player more likely to crack the rotation.

Julyan Stone (hip) practiced on Sunday and expects to be healthy for the Raptors' season opener.

That's not to say that he expects to play, as he's fighting for backup PG minutes with Dwight Buycks and D.J. Augustin.

Julyan Stone is still sore after taking a knee to his surgically repaired hip.

He played just three minutes on Wednesday night before leaving the game. Stone has been a no-show this month with his 18.4 field goal percentage and missing a wide-open breakaway dunk. He's not in the conversation as a fantasy asset, obviously.

Julyan Stone was invited to participate in the Raptors training camp.

The Raptors are also inviting Chris Wright and another unnamed player to training camp, which gives them 17 players on the roster. The invite to Stone comes after knee and hip injuries canceled an agreed upon contract with the Raptors earlier in the summer, but GM Masai Ujiri may have brought him over from Denver for a reason. That said, he's highly unlikely to make an impact this season.

The Raptors and Julyan Stone are still in talks to honor their deal from earlier this summer, a league source told RealGM.com.

Stone and the Raptors agreed to a two-year, $1.9 million contract before knee and hip injuries sidetracked the agreement. It's unclear how much room the Raptors have for Stone since they signed Dwight Buycks and D.J. Augustin after the Stone deal collapsed. The source also told RealGM.com that three other teams have emerged as serious suitors for Stone but declined to name the clubs.

The Raptors are now unlikely to sign Julyan Stone due to knee and hip injuries.

Stone had reportedly agreed to a two-year-, $1.9 million deal with the Raptors, but it sounds like he could have the same fate as Devin Harris. Harris' agree upon deal was cancelled due to toe issues, and now the oft-injured Stone may not be with the Raptors after all.

Julyan Stone agreed to a two-year deal with the Raptors on Thursday.

He dealt with a knee injury for the vast majority of the season and played a minuscule 28 minutes over the course of the entire regular season with the Nuggets. Stone may have impressed new GM Masai Ujiri and will serve as backcourt depth for Toronto.

Julyan Stone, who had been out with a knee injury, played eight minutes and scored two points in Sunday's Game 4 loss.

He won't have an impact on this series, but does come off the injured list with tonight's appearance.